Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-02-21

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III nld OF social aoi lAdustrlal justice
They have initiated that kind Of pro.
Ercanlyo government which means NOT
only the preservation Of true acsnptr
lacy hut the cxlenHion IT the principle
Of true democracy into industrirllsm
aa well ae into politics.
Colonel Roosevelt said In part:
IA hold u 70 be the duty 81 every
public servant. and Of every man VINO
in public or Ia private lite holds 4
posilinn % leadership "a thought OF
notlon, ~ cndcayor honestly and
fparlcssly 10 guide his fellow country.
nep 10 right decisions: but I omphRt-
ically dissent FROM the view THAI y
Is either wise os netcssary 90 Try "a
devise methods which under the con.
ntitutlon win automatically prevent
the people from deciding for them
selves what governmental action they
deem Just ana proper
1T Is impossible 10 invent oonstitu
tiOnai devices which viii prevent the
popular wsll from being effective for
wroDg without also preventing u
from being effective for right The
only safe course 10 follow ia this
great American democracy q 20 pro-
vide for making.thC popular judgment
really effective. Bot IL is q false
constlutiunnNem, n false statesman
ship lo cndoavor by the exercise Of q
perverted ingenuity TO seem TO give
the people full pOWCr and at the same
time 20 trick them out Of II.
yet this il precisely what IS done
IN everv case vheie the siaie permits
itg representatives whether or .ho
bench ~ 'u be legislature or In
executive office, 70 declare thni u has
not Che power 10 rirhi grave social
wrongs. 1r that any ol lie officers
createa by tne people and righttu!ly
the servants o7 the people. can SET
their elves up e. DC the masters oil
the people, Constitution makers
should maze Il clear beyond shadow
Of doubt th0t the pcoplc IN their leg
islatlec capacity have the power te
enact into law any measure they deem
necessary for the betterment o. so
cial and Industrial routitions.
Il hold that he Is the real progress
sive, thrt he Is the genuine champion
of the people. who cndeavors y,
shape he policy aliKe uf the nauoi
and o. the several stales so as &C. en-
courage legitimate and honest busl
ness at the Same time that he war
against All crOokedness and injustice
and unfairness and tyranny in TN
business world This is the reasol
why I have for 50 many years N
sisted as regards our national gov
eminent. that It ia both futile an
miscellaneous 20 endeBvOr 20 correc
the evils OF big business by an az
tempt to restore business condition
as they were in the middle oil an
last century. before railways and tol'
graphs had rendered larger hnsines
organizations both inoyiiablt and "
sirahle.
THE effort 10 restore such condl
lions. and 10 trust for ustice soie
10 such proposed festorafion, ~ =
foolish as n we should attempt I
arm our troops With me flinrocks q
Washlngtons COnnnentels instead Q
with modern weapons of precision
Flintlock legislation. OF the kind tina
seeks TO prohibit an combinations
good or bad, Ia hOHnd 20 fail and On
effort IN 70 Gar as Il accomplishe
ANYTHING at all. merely means tins
kInaH nA AtN MRlNN ARAAAhfttt'ft"f'f -
not checked. ana that honest BUSHES
Is checked.
what Is needed Is. frsS, the rec
IGNITION that modern business col
dilions have come 70 stay, In 30 "a
al least as these conditions mea
that business must be done In large
units, and then the cool-hoaded an
resolute determination 20 introduc
an effective method Of regulating bi
corporations 80 as 20 help legitinal
business as an incident 10 thorough
and completely guarding the II
tarests OF the people as a whole.
The middlesized business m'
fonn an element OF strength Whit
Is Of literally lnoalculable value
the nation. Tho average busino
man OF this type Is. as rule, lea
ing citizen OF MS community, for
most IN everything that tells TO-
betterment. a man whom his neig
bOrs look up ~ and respect
yet nowadays many men OF N
kind. when they come TO make nee'
sary trade agreements with 0ne Q
other. find themselves IN danger
becoming unwilling transgressors
the law. ana are at loss 20 kn'