The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1911-06-16


ii mean just that the
1t is said that Judge Gary equally frank with
the committee in his to all the questions ask ed
him, and it caused considerable speculation as to the
reason why such change condition is made mpera-
tive possible Can it be said with any degree OF fair
ness that the products of should be sold at
price be fixed by the government and not regulate the
selling of other factories FARMS labor 10
regulate the price of mans product OF labor and not
the other would not be fair to the and would give the
other an advantage which in all justice he is not entitled
to.
1t seems to that the trend is socla1s11c, and
events have transp1red with such rapidty that the
age is not able to keep up with the pace Only
few years ago the who would have had the 'nerve
to before committee that he favored
such radical that advocated by Judge Gary
would have been lootcd at the rankest kind OF So
ciast and his opinion would not have been seriously
considered for any length of time. But now coming as
it does from who is the acknowledged authority
political and financial economy the whole business
world takes notice and his statements heard through
the financial world 1t would be the dawn OF the
dream of Edward Bethany much earlier than that stu
dent of human conditions prop1esied to have
this time seriously consider the ques ton OF even
1ang the price be had for ones labor the products
of ones shop
It is coming however. righteousness and SELFISH
ness is to superseded by thought for the comfort of
ones neighbor we'll himself. 1t is becoming d
matter of public to how the other portion OF
the human is getting along. The brightest minds
of century of the greatest the history OF the world
is STUDYING the methods by which ameoration OF
the welfare of mankind be secured hard at work
devising the best possible method and it appears to be
crystazing in form fashioned sociastc theories.
That something should be done is admitted by nearly
all air-nnded men, and that something will be DONE is
hoped for by all men.
To insure the axiom ''al1 men born free and
equal from being a mere figure of speech and de-
fusion shared in by Fourth of July orators only the
sooner the change takes place the better it will be-
especially with those who not born equal with is
favored brother. To say that the born poor par
cuts is equal to the born on the same day with
millionaire father. is ridiculous to be thought
Of Of their chances for the good opinion OF the
people are alike but their business chances and the
chances of being competitive in a financial way is
absurd. TO equalize the vast difference which does
exist, is the problem of the day. The man who is
forced by circumstances to his subsistence by
1aboring for the combination OF men, with the
money is entitled to shape in the reward OF honest
labor equal with his fortunate employer. But
under the present conditions he is merely allowed to
exist and this only for the purpose it seems OF further
enriching the already rich. TO my mind, all men
should be entitled to all the profit OF their labor This
can made possible by resorting to the theory proposed
by Judge Gary, when he says the government should
regulate the price be charged by the steel trust tor
the goods it sells the world It must go farther though,
and regulate the price be charged by every one.
That makes it community matter and settles the
"eouality of all men before the law.
COKER +. RATHBONE.