Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1912-08-06

I:aetiur.s VI ,,s,1,- .-t~eetl fnu1@ u<
ois excaDI ina "nseans should &c 6s-
visea for making 1t easier imam at pres
emf to get rid Of anincompetent Judge"
Rnt when a judicial decision involves
All in.c. Iretation of what the people
mean by ihe constitutions which they
have framed and laws passed by the
people are nsliified because the courts
say those laws are contrary to the PEG
pies will as expressed in their consti
tuition there must be Il reference to
the people of the public effect of such
decisions under forms securing full de-
liberation" to the end that the people
may rectify this alleged defect in their
constitution by IA popular vote having
all the force of Il constitutional amend
ment. Our purpose is not to impugn
the courts. but to emancipate them
from a position whenever they stand
finally in the way of social justice.
= * * | am we'll aware hat every
%upholder of privilege. every hired
agent or beneficiary of the special in
~terestS. including many we'll meaning
L ~ iiitlS, Win an tliiS
as Socialism or 'anarchy'-the same
terms they used in the past in denounc-
ing the movements to control the rail
ways II to control public utilities.
As Il matter OF fact. the propositions |
make constitute neither anarchy nor
socialism. but. on the contrary, Il cor
receive 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 reGu-
lation. The views of President Van
Hise of the University of Wisconsin in
are in harmony with the program of
the National Progressives. The pres
ent conditions of business cannot be
accepted as satisfactory The reason
for this is explained. in Mr.. Roosevelts
opinion. by the fact that "thoSe dealing
with the subject have attempted to di-
into two camps. each as unwise
as the other" One camp has fixed its
attention only on h need for pros
perity-'prosperity to the big man on
top. trusting to their mercy to let some
thing leak through to the mass OF thelr
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 in.jus-
tees of the distribution of prosperity,
committing all consideration Of having
something to distribute. and advocates
action which, it is true. would abolish
most of the inequalities Of the distri-
button of prosperity. by only the UNI
fortunately simple process of abolish
ing the prosperity itself" The ten
dency of those now in control of the
Republican party Is to give special
privileges TO big business and To cor
rect the evil of such Il course when
they become crying by sporadic law
suits under the antitrust law. The
tendency of the Democrats, judged
both by their record in congress and
by the Democratic platform, is to aboi-
ish all business of any size or ELI
cheney. on the ground that all biGleSs
is badness and littleness and weakness
a sign of virtue. What Is needed is
action directly the reverse of that thus
co%nfusedly indicated"
There should be applied to all indus
trial concerns engaged in interstate
in which there is either
monopoly or control of the market the
principles already adopted "in re&ulat-
ing Transportation concerns engaged in
such commerce. The antitrust law
should be kept on he statute book TO
be invoked against every big concern
tending to monopoly or guilty or anti
social practices. At the same time IA
national Industrial commission should
be created which should have complete
power to regulate and control all the
great industrial concerns engaged in i'll
terstate business which practically
means all of them in this country.
This commission should exercise over
these industrial concerns like powers
to those exercised e the railways by
the interstate commission
and over the national banks by the
comptroller of the currency and add
tional powers if found necessary The
commission should have free access
to the books of each corporation ana
power to find u exactly how it treats
it's employees. its rivals and the gen
eral public. * X Any corporation
voluntarily coming under the commits
sion should not be prosecuted under the
antitrust law as long as it obeys i'll
good faith the orders Of the commits
sion. The commission would be able to
interpret in advance to any honest man
asking the Interpretation what he may
do and what he may not do in carrying
on "A legitimate business" When cor
porations not submitting themselves TO
the regulations of the commission or
clearly evading or violating its orders
are prosecuted under the antitrust law
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