The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-08-07

am well aware that every up
holder of privilege, every hired agent or
! Beneficiary Of the special interests, in
| cluding many well meaning parlor re-
| formers, will denounCe all this as social
| ISM or 'anarchy'-the same terms they
used in the past in denouncing the move
ments to control the railways and TO
| control public utilities. AS a matter of
| fact, the propositions I make constitute
reither anarchy nor socialism, but, on
| the contrary, a corrective for socialism
and an antidote to anarchy"
Constructive Control Of the Trusts.
In addition to punishment for wrong
doing by the trusts, the imperative de-
mand is effective and complete regula-
tlon. The views of President Van Hise
of the University of Wisconsin in his
scientific work on trust regulation are in
harmony with the program of the Ma
tional Progressives. THE present con-
ditions of business cannot be accepted
as satisfactory" The reason for this is
explained, in Mr.. Roosevelt's opinion, by
the fact that those dealing with the
| subject have attempted to divide into
two camps. each as unwise as the 9TH
er." One camp has fixed it's attention
only on the need for prosperity-"pros-
perity to the big man on top, trusting to
their mercy to let something leak through
to the mass Of their countrymen below.
which, in effect, means that there should
be no attempt to regulate the ferocious
scramble in which greed and cunning
reap the largest rewards" The other
camp has so fixed its attention upon
the injustices Of the distribution of pros
perity, "omitting all consideration OF
having something to distribute, and advo-
Gates action which, it is true, would
abolish most of the inequalities of the
distribution Of prosperity. by only the un-
fortunately simple process of abolishing
the prosperity itself" The tendency Of
those now in control OF the Republican
party is to give special privileges to big
business and to correct the evil Of such
course when they become crying by
sporadic lawsuits under the antitrust
law. The tendency of the Democrats,
judged both by their record In congress
and by the Democratic platform, is to
abolish all business of any size or effl-
cheney, on the ground that all bigness Is
badness and littleness and weakness
sign of virtue. What Is needed Is action
directly the reverse of that thus confus-
edly Indicated
The Farmer.
THE country life commission should be
revived with greatly increased power; its
abandonment was a severe blow to our
people. The welfare Of the farmer is
basic need of this nation" The country
school should be brought in touch with
country life. For this reason the Pro-
gressives approve of government coop
GRAFTON with tho farmer to make the farm
more productive Cooperative associa-
tons of farmers both for the production
and the selling of agricultural products
should be encouraged. 80 long as the
farmer leaves cooperative activities with
their profit sharing to the city man of
business SO long will the foundations OF
wealth be undermined and the comforts
of enlightenment be impossible in the
country communities.
I'm every respect this nation has to
learn the lessons OF efficiency In produc-
ton and distribution and of avoidance of
waste and destruction. We must de-
velop and improve instead of exhausting
our resources 1t is entirely possible by
improvements in production, in the avoid
ance of waste and In business methods
on the part Of the farmer 10 give him
an increased income from his farm, while
at the same time reducing to the con-
sumer the price of the articles raised on
the farm. Important although education
Is everywhere. II has a special import
ance in the country. The country school
must ft the country life. In the country,
as elsewhere, education must be hitched
UP with life. The country church and
the country Young Mems and Young Wo-
mems Christian associations have great
parts 10 play The farmers must own
and work their own land. Steps must be
taken at once to put a stop to the tend
ency toward absentee landlordism and
tenant farming"
The Tariff.
On the tariff he says: ~ believe In a
protective tariff. but believe In 1t as a
principle unapproached from a standpoint
of the interests Of the whole people. and
not as a bundle of ? eferences 20 be given
favorite individuals" He believes the
American people favor the principle OF a
protective tariff, but are in rebellion
against the wrongdoing and unjust ap-
plication of that policy and the abuses In
past legislation. ut Is not merely the
tariff that should be revised. but the
method of tariff making and OF tarlfr ad-
ministration." ''rhe first step should be
the creation of permanent commission
OF nonpartisan experts OF "ampie pow
ers" TO secure exact and reliable In
formation" THE present tariff board Is
entirely inadequate in point OF powers
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