The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-08-07

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act. Thls demand g. In effect. Tor the
states and national government g
Iuaks the futile attempts 20 exercise ~
so'stsisn S1d eonnic,ins .n nnsno,', ~.
trusts. while at the same time the
national government refuses 10 exer-
else proper control ever them There
cost OF trust-made articles 30 long an
our government attempts the impos-
sible task Of restoring the nint-lock
by trusting only 10 q succession OF
lawsuits under the Antitrust law
/ a method which IL has been definitely
shown usually results 10 the benent or
any big business concern which really
ought 90 be dissolved. but which
cause disturbances and distress 20
muitltudes OF smaller concerns. Trusts
which Increase production-unless they
do IL wastefully. as In certain forms
OF mining and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. per-
nently increase the cost OF living.
| IL is the trusts which limit production.
! or which. without limiting production,
take advantage or the lack OF govern
mental control. and eliminate compete
ton by combining 10 control the mar
ket, that cause an increase In the cost
or living. There should be established
at once. as | have elsewhere said. un-
der the national government an inter-
state Industrial commission, which
she pld exercise full supervision over
llne concerns DOING an
Interstate business into which an eie-
ment OF monopoly enters. Where these
Concerns deal with the necessaries OF
life the commission should not shrink.
| IL the necessity Is proved. OF going TO
the extent OF exercising regulatory
| control over the conditions that create
or determine monopoly prices.
IL addition. then, to the remedies
that We can begin forthwith. there
| should be a fearless, Intelligent, and
searching inquiry into the whole sub
4 ma "a hxy oh nfalU un ma ri n
san body of EXPERTS. with no preJudices
TO warp their MINDS, no object TO serve.
who shall recommend any necessary
remedy, needless OF what interest may
be helped or hurt thereby and caring
only for the interests OF the peopls
as whole.
We believe that there exists an Inn
peratlve need for prompt Legislation
for the Improvement OF our national
currency system The experience OF re-
peated financial crises In the last 80
years has proved that the present
method or issuing, through private
ment bonds is both harmful and un-
scientific.
| Conservation.
There can be no greater issue than
that OF conservation In this country.
Just as we must conserve our men.
women and children. so we must con-
serve the resources OF the land on
which they live.
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| Alaska should be developed at once.
but In the interest OF the actual set
| tier. In Alaska the government has an
| opportunity OF starting In what Is al
| most "A fresh field to work out various
problems by actual experiment. TIE
government should at once construct.
own. and operate the railways In
Alaska. The government should keep
tie fee Of all the coal-helds and allow
| them TO be operated by lessees with
| the condition In the lease that non-use
shall operate as a forfeit. Telegraph
lines should be operated as the rail-
ways are Moreover. II would be well
| in Alaska to try a system OF land tax
| alton which will, so far possible
remove all the burdens from those who
ACTUALLY use the land, whether for
building or for agricultural purposes.
holds the land for speculation, or de-
rives an income from II based. not on
his own exertions. but on the increase
| in value due TO activities not his own.
There Is very real need that this ma
ticn shall seriously prepare itself for
the task of remedying social injustice
and meeting social problems by well.
considered governmental effort; ana
| the best preparation for such wise ac-
| uon Is TO test by actual experiment.
under favorable conditions the devices
which we have reason to believe will
work we'll, but which II Is dtfncult 70
lappiy In old settled communities with
tout preliminary experiment.
| International Affairs.
| In international AFFAIRS this country
should behave toward other nations
exactly as an honorable private citizen
| behaves toward other private citizens
We should do no wrong TO any nation.
weak or strong. and we should SUB.
nit &c no wrong Above all, we should
never In any treaty make any promise
] which we do not intend In good faith
to fulfill. / believe II essential That
our. small army ahouid be kept at a
high pitch OF perfection. and In no
way can Ii be so damaged as by per-
hitting II to become the plaything OF
men in congress who wish TO gratify
either spite or favoritism, or TO SECURE
to localities advantages to which those
localities are not entitled. The navy
should be steadily built up; and the
ped until--and not before-it proves
possible to secure by INTERNATIONAL
! agreement general reduction or
armaments The Panama canal must
, be fortified.
| The question that has arisen over
the right OF this nation 20 charge tolls
| folly and iniquity OF making treaties
which cannot and ought not to be
kept As n people there Is no lesson
we more need 10 learn than the lesson
| not I'm An outburst or emotionalism TO
make a treaty that ought not to be.
and could not be. kept and the further
treaty. we must soberly live up to II
as long as changed conditions do not
| warrant the serious step In denounc-
ing II. II we had been so unwise As
10 adopt the general arbitration
treaties few months ago. we would
new be bound to arbttrate the ques-
ton Of our right TO free our own coast
wise traffic from canal tolls.
Now friends this Is my confession
OF faith. | have made IL rather long
because I wish you TO know just what
my deepest convictions are on the
great questions Of today. so that IL
you choose TO make me your stand
lard bearer In the fight you shall make
your choice understanding exactly
how I iceland IT, after hearing me.
you think YOU ought TO choose somc
one else, | shall Loyalty abide by your
choice.
Surely there never was fight better
worth making than the one In when
We ar, engaged. II little matters what
befElls any one OF US who Tor the
time being stand In the forefront OF
the battle I hope we shall win, ana
believe that n we can wake the peo-
pie TO what the fight really means We
shall win. But. win or lose We sheil
not falter. Whatever fate may at inc
mont mt overtake any OF US the move
ment Itself will not stop. our cause
Is based on the eternal principles or
righteousness. and even though W.
who now lead may for the time raj;
in the end the cause itself shdii
triumrh Six weeks ago. here In mi
cago I spoke 20 the honest representa-.
t.ves OF convention which was nov
dominated by honest men; conFen
tiCn wherein sat alas n majority or
r,., With sneerfnE Indifference