The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-07
GOVERNOR WILSON ACCEPTS NOMINATION
FOR PRESIDENT ON DEMOCRATIC TICKET
IF her men Of affairs. They can mas
.er ANYTHING they set their minds TO


and we have been greatly stimulated
under their leadership and command
Their laurels are many and very
green. We must accord them the
great honors that are their due and
we must preserve what they have
built up for us: But what of the
other side of the picture? 1t is not
as easy for us to live as it used to be.
Our money will not buy as much
High wages. even when we can get
them, yield us no great comfort. We
used to be better off with less, be-
cause dollar could buy so much
more. The majority Of us have been
disturbed to find ourselves growing
poorer, even though our earnings
Socfe. than we can push our earnings
by setitions as s'eY ef afe the n9s market rxea
or by tn. ncient law of supply and
demand which is to be found stated
IN all the primers of economics. but
ny private arrangements with regard
to what the supply should be and
themselves. Those who buy are not
even represented by counsel. The
high cost of living is arranged by
private understanding.
We naturally ask ourselves, how
did these gentlemen get control of
s-HSoS Sh1h6S' w no QduOeQ our
economic laws over to them for leg
lsiative and contractual alteration? :?
We have in these disclosures still an
other view Of the tariff, still another
proof that. not the people of the
United States but only a very small
number of them have been partners
IN that legislation.
question only because we have not
yet found the rule of right in adjust
Ing the interests of labor and capital
Here, again, the sense Of universal
partnership must come into play if we
are to act like statesmen, as those
who serve, not a class. hut nation.
The Nations Backbone.
The working people Of America
II they must be distinguished from
the minority that constitutes the rest
OF it-are. of course. the backbone of
their life. that improved the physical
and moral conditions under which
they live, that makes their hours CT
labor rational and tolerable that gives
them freedom to act in their own in
terests. and that protects them where
they cannot protect themselves, can
properly be regarded as class legisla-
taken in the interest of the whole
people. whose partnership in right
action we are trying to establish and
make real and practical. 1t is in this
spirit that we shall act if we are
genuine spokesmen of the whole
country.
I'm dealing with the complicated
and difficult question of the reform
OF our banking and currency laws, it
Is plain that we ought to consult very
many persons besides the bankers, not
because we distrust the bankers, but
because they do not necessarily COM
prehend the business of the country,
Notwithstanding they are indispensa-
pie servants of 1t and may do vast
mere bankers plan will meet the re-
quirements. no matter how honestly
conceived. It should be a merchants
and farmers plan as we'll, elastic in
the hands of those who use il as an
indispensable part of their daily bust
ness.
The Philippines.
I'm dealing with the Philippines.
we should not allow ourselves to
stand sta upon any mere point of pride.
pine islands. We hold them in trust
for the people who live in them. They
are theirs for the uses of their life.
We are not even their partners. 1t
is our duty. as trustees. to make
Whatever arrangement of government
VIII be most serviceable. to their free
dom and development. Here. again
we. are to set up the rule of justice
and Of right.
II do not know any greater aues-
ton than that of conservation. We
have been spendthrift nation and
must now husband what we have left,
We must do more than that. We
must develop. as we'll as preserve our
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terways to the transportation facili-
ties of the nation, to supplement the
railways within our borders as we'll
as upon the isthmus. We must revive
our merchant marine too. and fill tho
seas again with our own fleets W.,