The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-01-09

Of politics. ] do not mean to keep politics
from interfering with business. but TO keep
business from controlling the action OF
government.
II IL our tariN system which chic f1y eS
prcsses the asccndancy that business has
had In politics iu this country. No one who
soberly examines the tariffs OF receht years
can seriously claim that those tariffs were
based upon any just calculation as to the
interests of business az whole.
Having stated the facts. we should ask
ourselves what va are TO do. Being Demo-
Gratis. believing the private control Of gov
crnment to he intolerable, believing the con =
troll of business by comparatively small
groups OF men. the same groups that have
come virtually TO control the Government,
to be fatal TO the best interests of the coun-
try. how are we to translate our principles
into effective action? How shall va reno
vate and reiuvenate without checking the
economic processes Of our life9 How shall
We oust tho small. sclf-constituted body Of
trustees of our prosperity and put again
into the seat of Judgment and control the
great mass of our thoughtful people? How
shall We substitute the general welfare for
special favors2
In the first place in order to free the
government we must withdraw special
favors That IL what lies at the basis
tariff reform must be central 20 all others
the beginning of the means by which We
shall restore onr Democracy TO its proper
foundations. And by Withdrawing special
favors wa shall break up special alliances
between powerful business interests and
the government of the States and OF the
country. We shall not cease to take thought
for business prosperity. but we shall cease
To look to those who ask for special favors
as spokesmen for that prosperity. and we
shall insist upon absolutely divorcing po-
litical action from the control OF the Rreat
moneved interests when It comes 10 nomi-
nations and elections and the choice OF
public policy.
Publicity IL more and more serving our
purpose to these ends. A stronger and
stronger light Is being thrown upon the
actual circumstances of our public action
and with the growing light the mainte-
uance Of special interests becomes more and
more nearly impossible.
While dealing with these things which
we come to see in their items We must turn
our plans also resolutely toward the larger
forces which operate 10 restrict opportunity
and limit achievement. II will be easy
enough no doubt II We act definitely and
sensihlv to deal with individual corpora
tions and combinations effected in single
field OF industry or enterprise. What will
be more difficult TO deal with !s the com
munitv of interest which invisiblv binds
these corporations together which through
the individual holdings and powers OF
individuals unites banks with railroads
with mines. with manufacturers. with
steamship lines and with the forces Of ma
ture itself IN great water powers our great
est difficulty lies not in the fact that conf
hinations have been formed in individual
fields of industry. but in the fact that there
are combinations OF combinations, effected
in score of subtle ways. which We shall
ho able only step by step to analy2e and
comprehend. but which we must deal with
II We are TO set business free again. II
may not be possible 70 "unscramble eggs "
but It Will he possible to prevent eggs from
being put before they are scrambled into
III" same basket The In must look closely
into these varied interrelationships Of
enterprises They must he separated and
individuali2ed
It.iS because il ia rapidly coming To com
prchend this that the country is scrntini2ing
so narrowly the new proposals with regard
TO banking and currency which are being
put forward by the Monetary Commission
TIE country will not brook any plan which
concentrates control in tine hands OF the
bankers because IL knows the bankers them
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