Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-09-28

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recurrence. The difficulty is that the
Indignation caused by the evils aroused
a spirit of antagonism and bitterness
which it is now difficult to allay, and
which manifests itself in action OF q
Ehostile character whenever occasion
arises. The same thing may be said
of the excessive tariff The fact that
banking and currency necessarily con-
i Germs banks ard those institutions that
gather together money attracts the
hostility of men 3iE politics. who thrive
by stirring up envy and hatred and
{ who live chiefiy upon the denunciation
of.the Industrious, the thrifty. and the
successful in business.
5I have considered these points with
a view to an appeal 70 the public in be-
half of reasonable, moderate action and
treatment for the purpose of encourag-
!! ing the investment of capital and of
promoting prosperity. I deprecate vim
dictive feeling against railway corpora
tions. against the competing parts of
trusts after they have complied with
DEGREES Of courts disintegrating them
against a reasonable treatment Of the
business dependent on the tariff. or
against the solution of the monetary
question, which appeals to all reason
able and experienced men.
All insane Boat.
We in this country are all in the
same boat. Speeches made in one part
of the country to arouse the people of
that region against the enterprises or
business of another are made by the
blindest men. Let there be prostration
of business in one large section and
that prostration will spread quickly to
all the rest.
What makes me,tshappy? What fur
nishes shoes and clothes and good.
wholesome food to the family of father
and mother and children but prosper
Gus times, in which labor is in high de !,
mand. wages are good, sales are pleT
! ty, prices are normal.san everybody is
| sharing in the general prosperity?
| In attempting to rid ourselves CT
| the evils that Were growing in bust
| ness so as to put dangerous power IN
| the hands of concentrated wealth. we
| had to do many things that savored of
! hostility to capital. at least to the capi
| tai which was engaged in those things
| that it was thought necessary to en-
act statutes to condemn. l am no de-
fender of those evils. On the contrary.
have been as strongly in favor OF
their suppression by statutes made ef-
! fective as anyone; but think we have
arrived at a time when the people
themselves ought to acquire sufficient
| perception into the operation OF
, economic forces to realize that a sec
tional prejudice leading to legislation
against the interests OF one part of the
country villas certainly rebound to
the detriment OF another as night will
| follow day We are in the same boat
| We are all tossed by the same waves
Why, then should we allow the politi-
cal fortunes Of any man or set Of men
! to mislead us into hostility toward
! parts of the country which is certain
| to work injury to all?
\ 1t Is not a progressive policy In any
/ true sense to be hostile to prosperity
| OF any part, OF rfhe country. 1t Is not
progressive to be against a railway
! corporation because 1t is railway
! ! corporation. It is progressive to take
measures by statutes which will regu-
| late railways and prevent their recur-
| ring to evils of which they have been
| guilty in the past; but. assuming them
| to be engaged in lawful business. 1t Is
| Of the highest interest that we should
secure to them reasonable rates. SC
that their shareholders may have q
/! profit, and that we should not enact
| legislation ina spirit of hostility and
think that merely because. we have nj
railway corporation and injured i'Sv'
| have done something for the public
good. Any other view is lacking In
! sanity. and it is that spirit OF unrea
soning and unreasonable antagonisn1
which political exigency seems to de
| velop and against which the com
| plants Of business men with prophet!
and good reason be directed.