La Junta tribune., 1912-03-02

perity of the German people equal to
ours; German world trade ahead of
ours. What ID the secret of this!
Nothing but common sense. The Ger
mans do not put ball and chain on
German business: no, they put wings
on its flying feet. The German peo.
pie do not say to German working.
men, look out for yourselves and the
devil take the hindmost; no. they
even see that every man who tolls u
insured. The German people do not
say to their farmers. sell In the
cheapest and buy In the highest mar
ket-your welfare Is no concern OF
ours no, they say. help German cap.
ital and labor to capture the worlds
trade and you farmers shall have the
highest prices that the spoils Of
the victor can bestow.
The time has come when we Amer.
leans must at least equal this com.
mon sense statesmanhip of rival ma.
tions We cannot go on depending
on our natural advantages and limit.
ed numbers to correct the nonsense
OF our legislation and the corruption
Of our politicians. II only we Amer
leans will make our capitalists chief.
ly serve us instead OF letting them
chiefly make us feed their greed: II
only we will see that our working
people are treated as human beings
instead OF mere tools of industry;
II only We will deal with our busi.
ness problmes as business problems
intead Of making them the spurious
issues OF counterfeit politics--if In
short, we will do with our public af.
fairs what hard necessity has driven
less favored nations to do with their
affairs. the whole world literally Ia
ours. No people equal us Americans
In natural wealth. inventiveness. en-.
t"rprise. courage. industry. Nothing
but confusion Of tongues on the one
hand and corruption on the other
hand prevents us from coming into
our own. The earth is ours and the
fulness thereof II only we will do the
simple thing OF letting common hon.
esty and common sense lead us to
our true estate.
First Of ALL we must give American
business free hand for honest work
but must see that II is honest work.
We must see that the frea hand is
not the pirates hand. We must open
the oceans Of American business no
that all hopes, merchantmen may
sail the seas OF honest trade unhin-
lpred; and that they may do SO. we
must clear the waters Of our com.
mnrce from every bucoaneer. The
bigger these honest merchantmen, u @
better for us; but no craft. however
small. must be given letters OF
marlue and reprisal to plundcr honest
commerce.
In simple phrase. let American busi
ness men know where they are and
then tell them TO go ahead and God
speed and prosper them. Let cl ar
and practical laws take the place OF
f01Ky and sentimental statutes: and
let bodily imprisonment Of business
criminals take the place OF money
fines. Money fines are paid by the
pIunderer out OF his loot Money
fines hurt nobody but the people who
foot the bill In the end DO the peo-
pie suffer because they are charged
prices for what they eat and wear
and rates for the shipment OF these
things based on oceans of watercd
stock' Then pass law making Il
crime for any Interstate corporation
TO issue stock that does not have be.
hind Il assets equal To "a hundred
cents on the dollar. DO our mighty
business concerns raise prices In one
part Of the country and lower them
In another to the financial advan.
tase Of the men who manipulate
those prices and TO the injury Of
the peopley Then pass a law making
IL . crime for any Interstate corpo-
rattoa 10 do that except M the dif.
f"fsuce In cost Of transportation jus.
lilies II. DO these powers of pillay.
IN American business invest In the
nomination and election Of public Of.
ficials: and In putting expert politI.
eians In control Of party orEsnixa.
tions which determine those othern7
Thea pass . national corrupt practice
act which shalt apply To county and
tate committees that have anything
to - VITA the election Of national Of.
ficaaAa. What sood does II do to
preveat criminal interests from In.
Testiag corrupt money In national
Committees and yet let them give II
TO STATE aad county committres?
II Ohoet. strife n trust evils di.