The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-07
PLAINLY IT IS new
AGE SAYS WILSON
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not on the door of congress, for that
is not where they have been determin,
ed, but in the committee rooms and
conferences? That is the heart OF the
whole affair. Will you. can you,
bring the whole people into the part
nership OF not?
I'VE do not ignore the fact that the
business of a country k Is ex-
| ceedingly sensitive to changes In legis-
lation Of his kind. 1t has been built
up, however, ill-advisedly, upon tar1n
| schedules written in the way ] have
indicated, and its foundations u
not be too radically or o suddenly
| disturbed. When we act we should
| act with caution and prudence, 4 k
men who know what they are about,
and not like those in love with a the
ory. 1t is obvious that the changes
we make should be made only at such
a rate and in such a way as viii least
interiors with the normal n health
full course of and manufac-
ture. But we shall not on that &C
count act with timtdity, a. If we did
not know our own minds, for we are
certain of our ground and OF our OBJ
ject. There should be an lr~nnnedlats
revision and 1t should be downward
unhesitatingly and steadily down
ward.
"The nation as a nation has grown
Immensely rich. She Is justly proud
of her industries and of the genius OF
her men Of affairs. They a master
ANYTHING they set their minds to ana
we have been greatly stimulated under
their leadership command. Tnelr
laurels are many and very green. we
must accord them the great honors
that are their due and we must pre-
serve what they have built up for us.
pnt what Of the other side Of the pic
ture? It is not so easy for US to live
as 1t used to be. Our money will not
buy as much. High wages, even IL We
do get them, yield us no great COM
fort. We used to be better on with
less. because a dollar could buy so
much more. The majority Of us have
been disturbed to find ourselves grow
ing poorer, even though u earnings
were slowly increasing. Prices
climb faster than We push our earn
ings UP. We know that they are not
fixed by the competition of the market.
or by the ancient law of supply ana
demand which Is to be found stated in
ali the primers of economics, but by
~private arrangements non the pro-
ducers themselves. Those who buy are
not v represented by counsel. The
high cost of living is arranged by pri-
vate understanding.
"We naturally ASK OuESSlNSS INV
did these gentlemen get control of
these things Who handed our eco
monte laws over to them for legisla-
tive and contractual alteration? We
have in these disclosures still another
view of the tariff, still another proof
that, not the people of h United
States but only a small humble OF
them have been partners in h a legis-
lation.
Labor Question.
The so-called labor question is q
nusstion only because we have not
vet found the rule of right in adjust
ing the interests Of labor and capital
Here, again, the OF universal
partnership must come into play II we
are to act like statesmen, as those who
serve, not a class, but a. nation,
THE working people Of America
If they must be distinguished from the
minority that constitutes the rest OF
it-are, OF course, the backbone OF
the nation. No law that safeguards
their life, that improved the physical
and moral conditions under which
they live, that makes their hours OF
labor rational and ~to1erable, thai
gives them freedom to act in then
own interests, and that protects them
where they cannot protect themselves
can properly be regarded as class leg
islation or as anything but as a mea-
< sure taken in the interest Of the whole
, people, whose partnership in right ac,
! ton we are trying to establish ant
7 mako real n practical 1t Is in t1ii
spirit that we shall act II we are gen,
uine spokesman Of the whole count
try.
sTn dealing with the complicatet
and dificult question Of the reform q
our banking and currency laws, 1T II
plain that we ought to consult very
many persons besides the bankers
not because we distrust the bankers
but because they do not necessarily
comprehend the business OF the coun.
try, Notwithstanding they are indis-
pensable servants OF 1t and may do
vast deal to make 1t hard or easy. NJ
mere bankers plan will meet the re.
quirements, no matter how honestly
conceived. 1t should be a merchants
and farmers plan as well. elastic II
the hands of those who use 1t as an In,
dispensable part Of their business.
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n - 1890 WORCESTERSHIRE