The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-11-03

I how we are to solve the question OF
the tariff, the question of the trusts,
the question of the reformation OF
our whole banking and currency
system. the conservation of our
natural resources and of the health
and vigor of our people, the devel-
opment of our means of transporta'
ton, the right application of our
scientific knowledge to the work and
prspeority of our whole population
whether in the fields or in the fac
tories or in the mines, the firm es-
tablishment Of foreign policy based
upon Justice ard good will rather
than upon mere commercial exploit
tation and the selfish interests OF
a narrow circle of tinanciers eX-
tending their enterprises to the
ends Of the earth, and the eXten-
sion of the assistance of the gov
ernment to those many programs or
1plift and betterment to which some
of the best minds of our age have
turned with wise hope and arior.
There is much to be done in the
right spirit and in the right way. or
it will deepen our troubles, not re-
lieye them. The tariff question
must he solved in the interest of
those who work and spend and plan
and struggle, those who are finding
a foothold and working out a ca
reer. those who touch the sources OF
strength and are quick with the
pulse of a common life, for the
sake of "the power that tills the
fields and builds the cities and not
for the sake Of special groups OF
men who dominate and control their
fellows and regard the toll OF mil
lions of men merely as an opportu-
nity to make use of tGeir establish
ed advantage. 1t must be handled
very prudently, so that no homes.
toll may be interrupted, no honor
able or useful enterprise disturbed; ;
must be dealt with BY slow stages
Df well considered cnange-chanSe
whose object shall be to restore
and broaden opportunity, and de-
strov nothing but special privilege
and unwholesome control. Those
who handle it, therefore, must be
men who understand the general in
terest and have devoted themselves
to serving it without fear or favor
The trust question must be dear
with in the same way with this dis
tinct and single program, to destroy
monopoly and to leave business i'll
tact, TO give these who conduct en-
terprise no advantage except that
which comes by efficiency, energy
and sagacity, those cnly fountains ol
honorable wealth, every man reward
ed according to his insight and EN-
terprise and service, his mastery IN
an open field. Currency and bank
ing questions must be discussed and
settled in the interest of those who
use credit, produce the crops, man
ufacture the goods, and quicken the
commerce of the nation, rather than
in the interest of the banker and
the promoter and the captain of fl
nance. who if set off by themselves
in the management of such things
too easily lose sight even Of their
own intimate and inseparable rela-
ton to the general needs and in
terests of the rank and file. For
ests must be renewed. and mines
and water courses must be husband
ed and preserved, as if we were
trustees for all generations, not
merely for our own, for the sake OF
communities and nations and not
merely for the immediate use or
those who hasten to enlarge enter
prises and think only of their oWr
profits. The government must en-
ylov its powers and spend its money
to develop a whole people and
whole continent, and at the same
time keep then free and alert and
unhampered, its eye always on the
common use and purpose, its
thought constantly of what will hap
pen to the average man and OF
what will be prepared for the next
generation.
We must consider our foreign pol
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