Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1912-08-08
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he wav can there be avoided "such
a,oss scandals as those attendant upon
3d. present ADMINISTRATION prosecution
Tho STANDARD Oil and Tobacco
Trust.v prosecution which has mere
:. resnlted in increasing the prices to
..s nublic, injury to the small compel
:.or and actual financial benefit to the
,rnsts themselves. "The progressive
nronosal is definite, it is practicable.
We promise nothing that we cannot
.arrv out, we promise nothing which
will ieopardize honest business.
Our proposal is to help honest business
ooi+ritv. however extensive, and see
ho+ II is rewarded with fair returns.
60 that Their may be no oppression eth
:, If business men or the common peo-
nle We propose make it worth while
Cor onr business men to develop the
most efficient business agencies for
,se IN international trade; for it is to
tho interest of our whole people that we
should do well in international bust
moss. But we propose TO make those
business agencies do complete justice
~ our own people. Where these con-
earns deal with necessities of life, the
commission should not shrink, if the
necessity is proved, from going to-
tho extent Of exercising regulatory
control over the conditions that create
or determine monopoly prices.
It is imperative to the welfare Of
our people that we enlarge and extend
our foreiun commerce. We are pre-em-
;nently fitted to do this because as a
neople we have developed high skill in
the art Of manufacturing; our business
men are strong executives, strong or.
paaizers. In. every way possible our
federal government should cooperate
in this important matter. Any one
who has had an opportunity TO study
and observe first-hand Germany 3
course in this respect must realize that
their policy Of cooperation between
government and business has in com
parativeH few years made a lesding
competitor for the commerce Of the
world. It should be remembered that
they are doing this on = 'nati0nsl scale
and with large units Of business, while
the democrats would have us believe
that we should do it with ssmall unit
of business, which vrsuld be controlled
not by the national government, but b.
fctty-nine conflicting state sovereign
ties. Such policy is utterly out %
keeping with the progress of the time
and gives our great commercial rival
lin Europe-hunwy for internatioss
imarkets-golaen opportunities of whic'
they are rapidly taking advantage
Justice to the Wage Worker.
Referring 10 the ooPening sentence q
his address, uasmely " that we are MOI
in the midst Wf a great economic re~r
LUTON" Mr. Roosevelt present an 'at
vanced and comprehensive plan to Al
sure the rights and better condirior
for labor. He gives it the paramount
place in his speedh- "The first caare
upon the Industrial craftsmanship e
the day." he said, "is to prevent thu
man waste. The dead weight OF 20
phanage and depleted craftsmanship, q
crippled workers aand workers sufferin
from trade Diseases, of casual labor, 4
insecure old age, and of household d
petion due to industrial conditions ar
like our depleted soils, our gssht
mountainsides and flooded river DO
toms, so many STRAINS upon the naition
structure, draining the reserve streng
of all industries, land showing bey0l
all peradventnne the public element al
public concern in industrial health.
He proposed several specific merho
for preserving and improving "our n
man resources, and therefore our tsb
power.'' Wage scales and all eSi'
labor data should he made public; q
deaths, injuries, and diseases due
industrial operation should be repo1h'
to the authorities; wage commissa<'
should be established lin the nation n
state to determine tihe minimum Wa
scale iu different in&uatries; the fed
al government shonad investigate
industries with q view ITO establishil
standards of sanitation and safet
there shsGld be mine .aad factory
.spection according to standards fix
by the Interstate agreenaat or by t
federal government; NATIONAL and sta
legislation should establish ,standar
of compensation for indastrial ac
dents and deaths and for diseases cle'
ly due to industrial causes; fow the
option by law of fair standard
compensation for casualties resnltl
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