The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-02-27
SENATOR HEARNE FOR TAFT

men In an efficient manner. and 20
carry on the many important works
already begun for the ameliOratiOn Of
h social m economical conditions
% the country. but the public abso-
lutely insists upon a careful and wise
expenditure OF It's funds Our Presi-
lent insists tha; tariff revision re-
Guires exact knowledge. lie de
Ponds upon his tariff board and rec
ommends the desires greatly in.
creased powers and facilities for this
board for the pupose OF putting an
end 20 the you tickle me and I'll
tickle you" methods OF log rolling
tariff making. lie believes that a
duty on sugar for Louisiana has no
part in the determination of 4 duty
on steel. pottery. glassware or wool
for West Virginia. but that each
schedule OF a tariff measure should
stand on its own merit. lie believes
too in compromise. lie takes the
best he can get u OF each session
OF congress. and up smiling
at the next. hammering away for
more. lie is an optimist by nature
I'm the best sense of the word. and is
asleep on the job.
Enforcement OF Law.
Some of us don't like the Sherman
law. IL Is not up 10 the requirements
of modern business. But that has not
kept the President from getting after
the ~vlolators OF the law. IL We don't
like the law, Inc | do believe congress
should enact a law defining corruption
and prescribing penalties for its pun
ishmeni, let us urge our congressman
20 repeal the present law and re-enact
, an antitrust law applicable TO modern
business. This would help things.
Most business men are honest and
want 10 do business within the law.
but they do want a law hat is eX-
plicit and comprehensive. All vio-
lators look alike to the President and
he IL going after them. Sherman law
or no Sherman iaw. Don't blame the
President, he is honest and fearless.
The Republican party has enacted
most OF the beneficial labor laws that
have ever been enacted. President
Taft wants more done along that line.
lie has just impressed upon congress
the necessity and Justice OF passing
compensation laws for the benefit OF
those injured and the families OF those
killed In the service OF interstate cor
porations. lie ia also having investi-
gated the high cost Of living. lie is
I doing n whole lot and the whole coun-
try &c Just beginning L take notice.
In the regulation OF big business" |
take big business" 10 mean big bust
ness az applied 10 every field Of human
e~ndeaTor. It's proper regulation
should require = 10 be run fairly and
honestly with the greatest regard for
the value OF human life. liberty and
the pursuit of happiness. and when
ever any big business. be 81 an in
dustri0l. transportation or financial
trust. or even a labor organization
runs counter 10 the preamble OF the
. Declaration OF independence. II should
be made 20 square with it, Only about
once a year. on the Fourth of July.
and then only IN the small towns OF
u country. the village orator en-
thrails his audience by the affirmation
that all men are created equal: that
they are endowed by their creator
with certain unalienable rights that
among these are life. liberty and the
pursuit ~ happiness. that 20 secure
these rights. governments are insii-
tuied among men deriving their Just
powers from the consent Of the gov
erned. etc" u would be wholesome
II our Statesmen could commit 10
memory these basic maxims az self
government and he guided by their
principles.
The lust solution Of all our prob
lens should be based on the above
declaration and then all would be
solved In "a INST and orderly way and
~ a scientific spirit which Is the spirit
OF fairness. for science Is truth.
tSicnedl. i O. UENRNF