The Prescott daily news., 1912-08-06

| an incompetent JuuSe. But when | judicial decision involves an interpre- taton of what the people mean by the constitutions which they have framed and laws passed by the people are nullifed because the courts say those ] laws are contrary to the peoples will as expressed in their constitution, there must be reference to the peo- pie of the public effect of such decis- Ions under forms securing full delib- eration," to the end that the people may rectify this alleged defect in their constitution by a popular vote having all the force of constitutional amend. ment. Our purpose Is not to impugn the courts, but to emancipate them from a position whenever they stand finally in the way of social justice. The propositions I make constitute neither anarchy nor Socialism, but, on the contrary a corrective for Social ism and an antidote to anarchy
 Constructive Control of Trusts.
 In addition to punishment for wrong doing by the trusts, the imperative demand is effective and complete reg l ulation. "The present conditions of ! business cannot be accepted as satis- factory" The reason for this is ex- plained, in MT. Roosevelt's opinion, by the fact that those dealing with the subject have attempted to divide into two camps, each as unwise as the other" The tendency of those now in control of the Republican party Is to give special privileges to "big busi- ness,' and to correct the evil of such 0 course when they become crying, by sporadic lawsuits under the antitrust law. The tendency of the Democrats, judged both by their record in congress and by the Democratic platform, Is to abolish all business of any size or ef- | ticiency, on the ground that all big ness is badness, and littleness and weakness a sign of virtue. What Is needed Is action directly the re- verse of that thus confusedly indi- cated."
 There should be applied to all indus trial concerns engaged in interstate commerce In which there Is either mo- | nopOly or control of the market the 1 principles already adopted "in reg | ulating transportation concerns en- gagged in such commerce. The anti trust law should be kept on the stat ute book to be invoked against every tn guilty of anti-social practices. At the same time a national industrial commission should be created which should have complete power to regu- | late and control all the great indus trial concerns engaged In interstate business-which practically means all | of them in this country. This com mission should exercise over these in dustrial concerns like powers to those exercised over the railways by the in terstate commerce commission and | over the national banks by the comp troller of the currency, and addition | al powers if found necessary"
 When corporations not submitting ! themselves to the regulation of the | commission or clearly evading or vio- | lating its orders are prosecuted un- | der the antitrust law and convicted, the commission should have the duty of seeing that the decree of the court is put into effect completely" Only in this way can there be avoided such gross scandals as those attend ant upon the present administration prosecution of the Standard oil and the tobacco trusts" prosecution which has merely resulted in in creased prices to the public, injury to the small competitor, and actual finan- cial benefit to the trusts themselves" 7"
 Justice to Waee-Workers.
 Mir, Roosevelt presented an ad- vanced and comprehensive plan to in
 sure the rights and better conditions for labor. He proposed several specific methods for preserving and improv l ing "our human resources, and there fore our labor power" Wage scales and other labor data should be made public; all deaths, injuries, and dis eases due to industrial operation should be reported to the authorities;
 wage commissions should be estab- lished in the nation and state to de- termine the minimum wage scale in different industries; the federal gov ernment should investigate all indus tries with a view to establishing standards of sanitation and safety:
 there should be mine and factory in spection according to standards fixed by interstate agreement or by the | federal government; national and state legislation should establish