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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-08-08
Banking and Currency.

AS our programme Is disclosed-for no
man can forecast 1t ready-msde and be-
fore counsel Is taken OF every one con
ccrned--tMs must be its measure and
standard. the interest OF all concerned.
For example. in dealing with the COM
pllcatcd and difficult question Of the
reform Of our banking and currency
laws, 1t is plain that we ought 10 consult
very many persons besides the bankers.
not because We distrust the bankers. but
oeca use they do not necessarily comprc-
hend the business OF the country, not
~ithstsnding they arc indispensable SER
wants OF II and may do q vast deal to
make IL hard or easy. No mere bank
ers plan will meet the requirement, no
matter how honestly conceived 1t
should be a merchants and farmers plan
as we'll elastic in the hands OF those who
use it as an Indispensable part Of their
about this subject TO be dogmatic about
II, ] know only enough TO be sure what
the partnerships In IL should be. and that
the control exercised over any system
slble, a control cmanating, not from
single special Glars, but from the gen
eral body and authority OF the nation
Itself.
In dealing with the Philippines. ne
should not allow ourselves 10 stand upon
any mere point OF pride. as II. in order
10 keep our countenance In the families
OF nations. IL were necessary for us 10
make the same blunders of seflshncss
that other nations have made. We are
not the owners OF the Philippine Islands.
We hold them In trust for the people
who live in them. They are theirs, for
the uses Of their life. We are not even
their partners II Is our duty. as trus-
tees, to make whatever arrangement of
government as will DE most serviceable
to their freedom and development. Here.
again. we are to set up the rule OF JUS
tce and Of right.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-08-08
The Tariff Question.

See how Il makes business out Of the
tariff question. The tariff question, as
dealt with In our time at any rate. has
not been business 1t has been politics,
Tariff schedules have been made UP for
the purpose Of keeping as large a num-
Dor as possible OF the rich and influential
manufacturers OF the country In a good
humor with the Republican party. which
desired their constant financial support.
The tariff has become a system Of ia
vors. which the phraseology Of tho sched-
ule wsa often deliberately contrived to
conceal. II becomes n matter OF bust
ness. OF legitimate business. only when
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-08-08
Conservation Plans.

do not know any greater question than
that OF conservation. We have been q
spendthrft nation and must now husband
What VIC have left, We must do more
than that We must develop. as well as
preserve our water powers and must add
great waterways TO the transportation ia
clllties OF the Nation, 10 supplement the
railways within our borders as we'll as
unon the Isthmus. We must revive our
merchant marine. TOO. and iil the seas
again with our own fleets. We must add
to our present postoffice service parcels
post as complete as that OF any other
nation We must look TO the health OF
our people upon every hand, as we'll as
hearIen them with justice and opportun-
ity, This is the constructive work of
government This is the policy that has
q vision and a hope and that looks TO
serve mankind,
There are many sides to these great
cralize about, but hard 10 part!cularize
about wisely. Reservation Is not the
whole Of conservation. The development
Of great states must not be stayed in
definitely 20 await = policy by which our
forests and water powers can prudsntly
be made use OF. Use and Development
must so hand In band; The policy we
adopt must be progressive, not negative.
merely, as II we did not know what to
do.
with regard 10 the development Of
and the building NJ Of merchant marine.
we must follow great constructive lines
and not fall back upon the cheap device
OF bounties and subsidies, In the case of
the Mississippi river. that great central
artery OF our trade Il is plain that the
Federal Government must build and
maintain the leveeg and keep the great
waters In harness for the general use.
1t Is plain. too. that vast sums OF money
must be spent to develop new waterways
whore trade will be most served and
most readily cheapened by
them. Such expenditures are no larcess
on the part OF tho overnment; they are
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-08-08
Two Great Things to Do.

what Is there to do2 1t is hard to
sum tho great task up, but apparently
this Is the sum of the matter: There
are Two great things to do One is to
set up The rule Of Justice and of right
IN such matters as the tariff, the regu-
At'on OF the trusts and tho prevention
Oh monopoly. the adaptation Of our bank
inS and currency laws TO the varied uses
10 which our people must put them, the
treatment of those who do the daily la
Dor IN our factories and mines and
throughout all our great Industrial and
commercial undertakings, and the poiiti-
csl nle OF tho people Of the Philippines
Tor whom We hold governmental power
I'D trust, for their service not our
own The other, the additional duty. is
the great task of protecting our people
ailo our resources and of Keeping open
10 the whole people the doors OF oppor-
tunity through which they must, gener-
atlon by genera ton, pass IL they are to
make conquest of their fortunes I'm
health, freedom, in peace and in con-
tent'neni In the performance OF this
second great duty We are face to face
WIN questions of conservation and of
development, questions OF forests and
Water powers and mines and water ways.
or the building OF nm adequate merchant
marine and the opening OF every high
way and facility and the setting I'D OF
every safeguard needed by n great, in
dustrious, expanding nation
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-08-08
Merchant Marine.

The question OF n merchant marine
turns back to the tariff again. TO which
all roads seem to lead. and To our reg
istry laws. which. II coupled with the tar
iT. might almost be supposed to have
been intended to take the American flag
off the seas. Bounties are not neces-
sary, If you will but undo some OF the
things that have bcen done. Without
great merchant marine We cannot take
our rIshtful place in the commerce OF
the world. Merchants who must depend
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-08-08
Rule of Right.

Let me say again, that what We are
seeking Is not destruction Of any kind
nor the disruption of any sound or honest
OF common advantage am happy to
say that q new spirit has begun 10 show
Itself In the last year or two among In
fluentia1 mon OF business. and what Is
perhaps even more significant. among the
lawyers who are their expert advisers;
and that this spirit has diSplayed itself
very bly, In the last few months In
an effort to return. in some degree at
any rate, TO the practices OF genuine
competition. Only A very little while
resisting every proposal of change and
reform as an attack on business, an en-
oarrassment to all large enterprise, an
lntims tion that settled ideas OF property
were to he set aside and a new and
strange order OF things created out of
hand. While they thought in that way
progress seemed impossible without hot
contest and a bitter clash between In
terests, almost q WAT OF classes. Com
mon counsel seemed all bnt hopeless. be-
cause some OF the chief parties In In
terest would not take part-seemed even
to resent discussion as a manifestation
of hostility towards themselves. They
talked constantly about vested interests
and were very hot
has changed They see that what is
right can hurt no man. that q new ad-
justment Of interests Is inevitable and
desirable, Is in the interest OF everybody.
that their own honor. their own lntcIii-
Gence, their own practical comprehension
OF affairs Is involved. They are begin
ming 10 adjust their business 10 the new
standards. Their hand is no longer
against the nation; they arc part OF 1t.
their interests are bound up with its
interests. This Is no, true OF nil of
them, but It is true OF enough Of them
10 show What the new age is 10 be. and
s. IT n ro n
be ea&ed. il the light that is dawning
hrcadenS into caY.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-08-08

,,rrs and Gentlemen OF the
'.,tI,,aon Comnittee'-speak-
a ,or the national Democratic
''s '',sntIon, recently assembled
{. asltlmore. you have notified
animation by the pemocret'c
,so high office of president OF
S,s,es: Allow me to thank
rsrmly for the generous terms
N have, through your dis
s,,rmsn, conveyed the noti-
FOR the thoughtful personal
~ which you have performed
.,,ne and important errand.
tbe nomination with a deep
=. nnusual significance and of
J. honor done me. and also with
.,.found sense of my RESPONSE
N, party and to the nation
I, .~,sot me In accepting the
! sn,ak very plainly the faith
=. You will expect me, In
IN notifies and open the cam
-o,ds whose meaning no one
.nt You will expect me- to
A. country as well as to your
-ra intelllgeptiy talk politics
4 tuow 10 whom we are talk
Il what circumstances. The
<,,cumstauces are clearly un-
j ,rsyious political campaign in
Y kos disclosed anything like
sudience we address is In no
fsmper, II Is no audience OF
ritizeus OF every class and
a nrepossession sit together. a
ma, to learn whether We un-
KIN life and know how TO az
/ sha counsel and guidance they
tssnlr aware that they stand In
Wa must speak, not TO catch
!, IN satisfy the thought and
4 NJ a. people deeply stirred by
'rton that they havo come to g.
Uning point in their moral and
dsyelopment.
Awakened.
nd IN the presence OF an awak-
or inpatient Of partisan maize
Ths public man who does not
4 fact and feel its stimulation
rInFularly unsusceptible TO the
/ that stir In every quarter
(. The nation has awakened to
4 neglected ideals and neglected
! consciousness that the rank
4 her people find life very hard
d. That her young men FIND
d embarrassed, and that her
lind business difficult to renew
min because Of circumstances
10 and private advantage
ayo inteTlaced their subtle
brcughout almost every part OF
'Eork OF our present law. She
med 10 the knowledge that she
certaIn cherished liberties and
iceless resources which she had
undertaken to hold In trust for
Ird for all mankind; and to The
\ that she stands confronted
ccasion for constructive states
1ch as has not arisen since the
! IN which her government was
II is 6 new age. The tonic OF
ne Is very exhilarating. 1t re-
f-restraint not TO attempt too
yet It would be cowsrdly TO
10 little. The path OF duty
"a bravely trod is the way to
ID distinction, and many ad-
feet seek to set out upon 1t.
leyer was a time when impa-
suspicion were mors keenly
b private power selfishly en-
len jealousy OF everything con-
touched with any purpose not
b general good. or inconsistent
pye sharply or Immediately dis
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-08-08
Justice for Labor.

II am right about this. Il Is going TO
be easier 10 act in accordance with the
ruie OF right and justice In dealing with
the labor question. The so-called labor
question is 2 question only because we
have NOT yet found the rule OF right In
adjusting the interests of labor and capi-
tai The welfare. the happiness. tho en-
ergy and spirit OF the men and women
who do the daily work In our mines and
factories, on our railroads. In our offices
and marts OF trade, on our farms and OH
The sea. IS OF the essence OF our national
life. There can be nothing wholesome
unless their life IS wholesome. there can
be no ccntentment unless they are con-
tented. Their physical welfare affects
tho soundnoss OF the whole nation, We
shall never get very far In the settle
mept OF these vital matters so long as
we regard everything done for the work.
ing man. by law or by private agreement,
as q concession yielded TO keep him from
agitation and disturbance of our peace.
Here. again. the sense Of universal part
nership must come into play II We are to
act like statesmen. as those who serve,
not q class. but u nation.
The working people OF Amerlca-lf
they must be distinguished from the mi
nority that constitutes tho rest OF 1t
are Of course, the backbone of tho ma
ton. No law that safeguards their llfc,
that Improve the physical and moral con-
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-08-08
Tariff Breeds Trusts.

am not drawing up an Indictment
against anybody. This is the natural
history OF such tariffs as are now con-
trlFed, as II Is the natural history of
all other governmental favors and of all
licenses TO use the government to heIr,
certain groups OF individuals along In
nfe Nobody In particular, | suppose Is
10 nlame, and I am not interested iust
now In blaming anybody; am simnl.y
Trying to point out what the situation is
IN order to suggest what there is for us
10 do, II we would serye the country aa
a whole. The fact is, that the trusts
nave been formed, havS gained all but
complete control OF the larger enter
prises OF the country, have fixed prices
and fixed them high so tnat profits might
oe roiled up that were thoroughly worth
while, and that the tariff. with it's artf-
ncial projections and stimulations, gave
them the opportunity to do these things,
and has safeguarded them In that oppor-
tunity.
Che. trusts do not belong 10 the period
OF infant industries They ara not the
products OF the time. that old laborious
time. when the great continent we live
on was mdeveloped. The young nation
struggling to find itself md get upon It's
feet amidst older and lnore experienced
competitors. They bAong TO a very re-
cent and very sophisticated age when
men knew what they wanted and knew
how to get 1t by the favor Of the gov
ernrnent. 1t Is another chapter in the
natural history or power and OF gov
erning classes" The next chapter will
set us free again There viii be no
flavor Of tragedy In n. II will be A
chapter Of readjustment, not OF pain and
rough disturbance. n VIII witness a
turning back from what is abnormal to
what Is normal It will see a restoration
of the laws Of trade. Which are the laws
OF competition and OF unhampered oppor-
tunIty. under which men OF every sort
are set free and encouraged to enrich
the nation,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-08-08

ditions under which they live, that
makes their hours of labor rational and
tolerabie. that gives them freedom TO act
in their own interest, and that protects
them Where they cannot protect them
selves. can properly be regarded as
class legislation as anything but q
inca sure taken In the interest Of the
whole people. whose partnership In right
action VIC are trying to establish and
make real ana practical II Is in this
Inc SDOkesmeD of the whole country.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-08-08
I Wise Counsel.

- The country ever more suscep-
unselfsh appeals or To the high
70 Of sincere Justice. These are
1zlaksble symptoms Of an awsk-
mere Is the moro need for wise
Hranse the people are so ready
epunsel II 1t be given honestly
heir interest.
q the broad light Of this new day
Nend face TO face-With what?
rot With questions of party. not
@nrest for office. not with a petty
Ior advantage, Democrat ag9ins,
@n. liberal against conservative.
we against reacrlnnary. With
Qeatlons OF right and OF Justice.
Hhesuons OF national develop
. the Development OF character
:snoards OF action. no less than
~ business system. more free,
'ptanle, more open TO ordinary
|.eticaole to live under, tolerabls
moer. or q better fiscal system
|szes Shall not come out of the
y me many TO go into the pock-
|'o Few. and within whose intri-
{eiial privilege may not so easily
ine forces OF the nation are
memselVes against every form
privilege and private control.
Using bigger things than they
herelofore achieved. They are
sWay What Is unrighteous In
sinuicate once more the essen
ol human life; and. what Is
,',s VA Ior US. they are looking to
usnce. dlsinterested guidance,
ppnest and fearless.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-08-08
/ Of Platform.

uine, and in the presence
,ulhsiances. what is the u can
piatiorm. and what Is our re-
a under IT? What arc our 3.lty
kposeg The platform is meant
e we know what the nation is
-' 3uvut' what 1t is most concerned
II wishes corrected. and
|ses 70 see attempted that Is
constructive and Intended for
lure. But for us It Is q very
socunenf, We are not about 10
\ T,pis n,p OF the United States to
S%tIorm; wo are about to ask
Ls Laa1 us with office and power
,usnce or their affairs. They
!" Know what sort OF men we
a ~, wnat definite purpose: what
~ action and OF policy we
o,s Eve 20 tho general terms OF
4 my M, which the convention at
~ lorth, should We be elected.
a mn nm is not a programme A
"uSt consist of measures. ad-
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-08-08

aIlnlslrAtive III. acts, and acts OF legislation.
thereof- How do we intend TO make il
edible and digestible? From this time
ON we shan be under Interrogation How
40 We expect to handle each of the great
matters that must he taken up by the
neNt congress and the next administra-
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-08-08

nations IN restraint or trade have ap-
percnty proved Intellectual Trusts
nave grown UP under its Dan very lux
uriantiy, and Eave pursued the methods
by which so many Of mem have estab-
lished virtual monopolies without serious
let o. hindrance. 1t has roared against
them like any sucking cove. ! am not
assessing the responsibility, l am merely
stating the fact But the means and
methods by which trusts have estab-
lished Tnonopolies have now become
known 1t will be necessary to supple
rnent the present law with such laws.
poth civil and criminal, as will cffcctu-
ally punish and pravcn1 those methods.
adding such other laws as may be nee
essary to provide suitable and adequate
judicial processes. whether civil or
criminal. to disclose them and follow
them TO final verdict and Judgment
They must be specifically aud directly
met by laN as they develop.
Problem Is Difficult.
much greater than that. There are not
merely great trusts and combinations
which are TO be controlled and deprived
Of their power 10 create monopohes and
destroy rivals. there is something bigger
still than they arc and more subtle, more
eVaslve, more difficult TO deal with There
are vast confedera cies (as I may per-
maps cAl them for the sake OF convcn-
lence) of banks. railways, express com
panics, insurance companies, manufacture
ing corporations, mining corporations.
power and development companies and
all the rest OF the circle, bound together
Dy the fact that the ownership OF their
STOCK and the members OF their boards
OF directors are controlled and deter
mined by comparatively small and closely
interrelated groups OF persons who by
their Informal confederacy may control,
IL tney please and when they will, both
credit and enterprise. There is nothing
Illegal about these confederacies, SO far
as can prcceive. They have come about
very naturally, generally without plan or
celebration. rather because there was
so much money TO be invested and 1t
was in the hands. at great financial CEN
ters, OF men acquainted with one another
ana Intimately associated in business,
Than because anyone had conceived and
was carrying out q plan OF general con-
troll; but they are none the less potent
TEN on that account, They are part of
our problem Their very existence gives
rise 10 the suspicion Of money trust"
d concentration of the controi OF credit
which may at any time become infinitely
dhhserous to free enterprise. II such a
and control does not actu-
ally exist, 1t is evident that II can easily
be set up and used at Will Laws must
be devised which will prevent this, II
laws can be worked out by fair and freq
counsel that Will accomplish that result
without destroying or seriously embar-
RAISING any sound or legitimate business
undertaking or necessary and wholesome
arrangement
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-08-08

Carnival dny Saltsir tndaS
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-08-08

have been greatly stimulated under their
leadership and command, Their Iaurels
are many and very green. We must ac-
cord them tine great honors that arc
They have built up for us. But what or
the other Side or the picture? II is not
as easy for US 10 live as II used to be.
Our money will not buy as much. High
wages, even when We can get them, yield
us no 8reut comfort We used to be bet
ter of with lcss, because a dollar could
buy 80 much more. The majority of us
nave been disturbed to find ourselv cs
growing poorer. even though our earn
lhgs were slowly increasing. Prices climb
raster than we can push our earnings up.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-08-08
How Prices Are Fixed.

faster than we can push our earnings up
How Prices Are Fixed.
Moreover. we begin to perceive SOM
things about the movement OF prices tha
eohccrn us very deeply. and Tx Our at
tention upon the tariff schedules With
more definite determination than eve
10 get to the bottom of this matter w
haNo been looking Into IL, at trials hel,
under the Sherman act and I'm investiga
where men who wanted to know The rca
1acts have been busy with inquiry: AM
we begin 10 see very clcarl!
what at at least some OF tn
fixed. We know that they are not dxe,
By the competitions Of the market. o
by tle ancient law OF supply and deInanc
which Is to be found stated in all th'
primers OF economies. but by private ar
rangenents with regard to what the sup
ply should be and agreements among th
producers themselves. Those who buy ar,
hot even represented by counsel. Th
Hate understanding.
We naturally ask ourselves, how dic
these gentlemen get control Of thes,
things? Who handed our economic law
tual alteration? We have In these dis
closures still another view OF the tariff
SUN another proof that not the peopl,
OF the United states but only a very
Si"' hoiHpSE oi tnem nave Dcen part
ners In that legislation. Those few hav.
learned how to control tariff legislation
and as they have perfected their contro
sney nave consolidated their interests
Men OF the same interest have drawn to-
Setner. nave united their enterprises anc
have formed trusts; and trusts can con.
troll prices. Up 10 certain point (anc
only up to a certain poinf) great comb
natlons effect great economies in admin,
lsirdbon, and increase efficiency by sim
plifying and perfecting organization; but
Whether they erect economies or not
they can very easily determine prices b,
intimate agreement. as soon as they come
TO control sufficient percentage of the
product In any great line OF business; and
we now know that they do.
Tariff Breeds Trusts.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-02-16

is no evidence that cancer In fishes
is communicable 60 man the import
ance 0f pursuing investigation of the
pre- sumable common cause " seli-evi-
dent Va is humanitarian aspects.
From The lsh Cultudsta standpoint
tho question involves the possible ne
ccssity for abandoning certain large
trout hatCheries whore the prevalence
OF disease has made The operations
Improbable
OF permanent importance Is expert
mental work In fish culture similar To
that conducted in plant and animal
Industry AT agricultural experiment
stations. What selectiye breeding mas
done for poultry, cattle. horses and
dogs, selectiye breeding may do for
bass, trout and other fishes, but this IS
"a subject to which as yet 40 attention
has been given owing To lack OF fac
iliiies. The United States Is far be
bind the nations OF Europe IN respect
40 this matter Notwithstanding that
It's fish cultural operations are more
extensive than those Of all other ma
tons combined. The experiments and
investigations conducted 10 the small
limit OF the bureaus present facilities
are an Indication of the possibilities
and the urgent need OF adequate means
sucn as the statlon asked for would
provide.