El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-21
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IS. as rule a leading citizen Of his
community, foremost IN everything
tnat tells for its betterment, 2 man
whom his neighbOrs look I'D TO and
respect
s'UnFittinE TransEressO-s.s
Yet nowadays many men OF this
kind, when they come TO make neces-
sary trade agreements with one an
other, find themselves in danger OF
becoming inviting transEressors OF
the law. and are at loss to know
what the law forbids and what II per
mits- This is all wrong There should
be q fixed governmental policy, a pol
icy which shall clearly define and pun
ISL wrong doing and shall give in ac-
vance full Information TO any man as
10 just what be can and just what he
cannot legally and properly do.
1t is absurd and wicked 10 treat the
deliberate laWoreaker as on an exact
par with the man eager 10 obey the
law whose only desire Is TO find out
from some competent governme ntal
authority what the law is and then live
up 10 IT. IT Is absurd 10 ndeaV0r 10
regulate business in the interest Of
The public BIZ means of lonE-oraWn
lawsuits without any accompaniment
OF administ rative control and regula-
ton. and without any attempt to dis
criminate between the honest man who
has succeeded In business because OK
rendering a service to the public and
the dishonest man who has succeeded
IN business by cheating the public
AouLruLEuE nIZ business
1T is imperative to exercise over
big business a control and supervision
which is unnecessary as regards small
business j DO not believe in making
mere size OF and by itself criminal
The mere fact OF size however, does
uuQuestionably carry the pOrentiality
OF such grave wrong doing that there
should be BY Jaw provision made for
the strict supervision ana regulation
of these great Industrial concerns DO
ing an interstate business much as we
now regulate the transportation sgen-
cies which are engaged in Interstate
business
The antitrust law does good in so
far as Il can be invoked against com
bluations which really are monopolies
OF which restrict production or which
artificiaily raise prices But In so Tar
IS It's workings are uncertain, or as II
threatens corporations which have not
been guilty Of anri-sOcial conduct IL
does harm. Moreover, IL cannot By
itself accomplish more than trifling
part OF the governmental regulation OF
big business which IS needed The na-
ton and the states must cooperate IN
this matter.
among the states that have entered
this field Wisconsin has taken q lead
ing place. Following senator La Fol
lette, a number OF practical workers
and thinkers In Wisconsin have turned
that state into an experimental lsoora-
tory OF wise governmental action IN a1d
have initiated the kind OF progressive
government which means not merely
the preservation Of true democracy but
the extension OF the principle Of true
democracy into industriallsm as wen
as into politics
Must Give People square Deal.
our demand is that big business
give the people a square deal ana tnal
the people give q square oeal 10 any
man engaged in big business who non
estly endeaTOrs 10 do what is right and
proper on the oLner hand any cor
poratiOn. big or little, which has
rained It's position by unfair methods
and By interference with the rights
Of others, when has raised prices or
limited output in improper fashion and
been guilty OF demOraliziug and cor
rupt practices should not only be
broken up, but 1t should be made the
business Of some competent govern
mental body by constant supervision 10
see that II does not come together
gain save under such strict control
as 10 insure the community against an
danger Of q repetition OF the bad con-
sThe chief trouble with big bust
ness has arisen from the fact that big
business has so often refused 70 abide
by the principle OF the square deal; the
oDpositfon which I personally have en-
couutered from big business has IN eT-
cry case arisen not because did not
give a square deal, but because did
"AIl business into which the ele-
ment Of monopoly in any way OF de-
gree enters, and where Il proves In