The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-22
PERKINS TELLS
WHY He DOES /
Says the Country Needs a
Party that is Not in the
Oxteam Period.

thorized iniervisW inter: @ with 1'F Fraderiek aa du
/ l3oNd Stevenson in the Brooklyn
Eagle. George W. Perkins tells why
hs has allied himself with the PRO-
gressiVe party and explains at length
ms attitude toward the corporations.
which. he saws. are the chief issue of
the presidential campaign
| In tho preface 10 his talk Mr. Fer
kins says:
Why does Parkins d., it This is
the question that MANY Of my friends
ar" asking, can an~war il in a few
words Money is NOT all this life l
might have gone on adding more mil
lions to my possessions but what
would those additional millions avail
me" | have enough To provide for my
| family and for myself / can wear
only one suit OF clothes al A time. I
can eat only one meal az time. can
| live in only one house Az time. and
when | die l cannot take one dollar
with me. These We're the thoughts
which came 10 me as approac he'd
rh" tiftieth wear of my life: Will the
mere accumulation of wealth bring
| an honora BILE heritage 10 my only
son?
long studied Unrest.
Is there not something more than
| money which I can Leave to him. is
there not something moro than the
Incentive to make money which | can
cave 10 MN That is the answer to
the query Of my friends"
The article states that Perkins he
gan several wears ago to study tho
reason for the spirit Of unrest among
the people. especially as ii applied to
the big business interests of the
country, which have become known
under The expressive name Of the
I ,S.Sc
then he Sought the remedy.
rs thar remedy Roosevelt ." he was
asked
Not necessarily Roosevelt. but first
Of all a man who sees the remedy
and can apply it think Roosevelt
is equipped for that duty But of
chief importance is a party with
motive-a party with light that can
move out of the beaten paths. The
republican party and the democratic
party are in the OK team period.
We are TODAY in the period of cleo
tricity Not long ago I sat at ban
quet siven by Adolph Ochs 10 Mar
conf The guests of that banquet
were told they could send wireless
MESSAGES 70 London If they desired
Some of the guests did so. and re-
celved their replies while we still sat
at the tables.
Columbus Day and Ours.
How long did it take Co.umbus to
come to this new continent? Do you
think that the methods of business
in Columbus day should be the
methods of business in our davo
Every one will admit that the teie-
phone was wonderful invention
that ii revolutionized business. To
make that invention something more
than a toy required the investment
of great capital and the enlistment
The individual partnerships Of
fifty wears ago could not have
handled such proposition. 1t took
big business interests to do it. This
is Just one instance. Without doubt
the changes that have been wrought
in business methods in the United
States in recent years have amounted
to business revolution. Scarcely
any line Of business is conducted to-
day along the same lines that it was
twenty-five years ago.
Unrest General.
AN important issue Of this presi-
dental campaign is big business and
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