Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-08-02

NEEDS. NOT DOCTRINES

Duluth Labor World: The following:
words from Gov. Wilson should be
studied by. progressive republicans.
They show how clearly he looks on the
issues Of the day, how he keeps his
mind on the end to be gained and not
on party doctrines and fetiches. He
looks beyond the name to the thing, and
states the real issue SO clearly that
there can never be danger Of the
country's failing to understand his
position. Could there be more adequate
expression Of the tariff principle than
this: The only thing I want to know
is which duty and how much Of duty
is serviceable to the country" A more
impartial disregard of names than,
81 don It care rap about protection !;
it is not a scientific doctrine; neither
is the doctrine Of free trade.'' Is not
this the man the country needs?~A man
who thinks that the administration
shows by his idea of what: is practical
that he looks steadily on the need of
the countrys This is what Wilson says:
+, "When I sit down and compare my
views with those Of q progressive re-,
publican I can t see what the difference
is except that he has a sort of pious
feeling about the doctrine Of protection
which I have never felt. He will always
insist. Oh, yes, I am protectionist
but. the tariff needs revision Now.
don't say anything about protection. ]
don't care anything about protection
The only thing I want to know is which
duty and how much of duty is ser.
vicable~ to the countrys That is all ]
want to know. don It care rap about
the doctrines Of proteetion:=It ism It \ q
scientific: doctrine;: neither is the
doctrine Of free trade. But the ad
ministration Of the government Of a
nation is a very practical thing, and
we intend to do, without any feeling OF
regret or piety Of any kind, that which
is necessary to do for the promotion Of
the prosperity Of the United States
That is all. :: :'<'...< u, &c.,.
"When I think over what we are en-
gagged in doing in the field Of politics
| conceive it this way, men who arr
behind any interest always unite in
organization and the danger in every
country is that these Special Interests
will be the only things organized
against that common interest will b{
unorganized against them. The, bust
ness of; government is to organize thu
common interest against the Specia
Interests. That is the reason it is: worth
while going around and trying to ex
pound no matter how imperfectly-
what the situation is, so that you may
draw these threads of common thought
into one pattern, so that you may or
ganize the general mind for the com
prehension Of the situation. AS soo1
as the common mind is organized the1
no Special Interest can hold it's owl
against it.
"This is the thing to which we must
challenge ourselves; this is the enter
prise of the so-called radicalism of ou1
time. If am informed correctly as t.
the. meaning Of the word radical, it ha.
something to do with roots. Now tn,
false radical pulls up roots to see if tn,
thing is growing; the true radical zoe.
down to the roots to see that the sol
is wholesome and that the tap-root i.
getting the pure nutriment that ought
to come from the soil. That is the kim
of radicalism I believe in, recultiva
ton, thence reformation Of the Who'll,
process. -