Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-07

thave a tendency to mount higher. OBJ
viously, the Democratic party and Gov.
Wilson with such conditions facing us
could not select worse time for pro-
posing to the American worker-as in
effect they do propose by urging re-
lduction in the tariff--to consent to lower
wages, with a view to more open compe-
tition with labor abroad. Wages must
be kept up, and the way to keep them up
is to keep the tariff protective and no
for revenue only
Il propose in dealing with the trust
question to keep the great combinations
of capital within exactly the same con-
! troll as the city or crossroads grocery
which pays a federal license for selling
cigars. | mean that both shall obey the
! law. That's all. Simple Is it not? The
Sherman law has been and will continue
to be enforced against all violators, how
ever rich and powerful they may be. I
have recommended national Incorporation
within infringing on the rights or the
state to tax corporate property, bur such
incorporation would not supersede or null
F., lily in any degree the Sherman law or
any other law against monopoly in re
! straint of trade. I am utterly opposed
\ to the proposal to have an interstate
trade commission, fixing prices and 9TH
erwise exercising control over business
affairs. Such a control, because not
guided by law but by personal discre-
| ton, would be both despotic and social
| istic and no reader of history need TO
| be told that the two terms have very
| close relation. 1t was not a broad step
from the convention to Napoleon. In a
government of law no Individual no
combination, can be above the law Out
side of that is either aranchy or tyranny.
or one followed by the other. This must
always be a government of law.
"Dr. Lyman Abbott is reported to
| have said in substance that it will
| take 100 years for Americans to real
| ize the effect of immigration upon the
national character. / disagree with
| him. The beneficial effects of recent
| immigration are already apparent, not
/ only in what immigrants have done
and are doing. to promote national
prosperity ana development of natural
| resources, but in the fine physical type
and mental abilities of their chill
dren. Has DIR. Abbott ever noticed
school children in the Fairgrounds of
the cities and towns largely populat-
ed by immigrants? No finer physical
types can be seen anywhere.
Il may add that one of my greatest
pleasures in riding through New Eng
land has been to see the little farms.
abandoned by their original owners
and blossoming and fruitful under
cultivation by foreigners of various
nationalities. More newcomers should
be induced to adopt this form of MAX
ing living.
referring to international ques
tions, | think that every one will
agree that the marines in Nicaragua
have conducted themselves in a man
ner worthy of their flag and their
uniform. That story about sharing
their rations with the starving women
and children might be expected from
such a fine body of men. 1t empha-
sized the timeliness of the assistance
given, by the request and with the
consent of the government of Nicara-
qua, in putting an end to conditions
shocking humanity.
Mexico seems to be emerging from
its troubles, which have probably not
been as bad as represented. This
government has been careful to re-
spect international obligations in
dealing with the questions that have
arisen in connections with the disor-
ders that have afflicted our Southern
neighber and / have confidence that
the patriotic spirit of the Mexican
people will lead to complete restora-
ton of the internal peace and bar
mony essential to their national well
fare.
I'm this connection, it may be add
ed that / regard with favor the sug
gestion to name some of the fortifi-
cations of the Panama canal zone af-
ter the heroes of American independ-
ence."