The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-01-18

ulation OF the great business corpora
tons OF the country. He has a good
deal OF the conservatism of the old
time judge about him, but he is will
Ing. 1t is said. to go Just as far as
MT Wilson Is willing to go to check
the evils which have manifested them
selves In great business.
There are Democrats who say that
II Mr.. O'Gorman Is entrusted with the
work OF framing amendments to the
Sherman antitrust law business need
not tremble in its boots over the out
come. The Democrats who say this
are men who think that Mr.. O'Gor-
man belongs to the reactionary ele-
ment In his party, but there have
been little perhaps In the judges rec
ORD or In his speeches to prove that
the criticism is just.
Tariff Not Really First.
In speaking of the forthcoming leg
islation under the new administration
the Democratic leaders In congress- al
ways put the tariff first In place and
first in importance. When they talk
privately about legislation 1t appears
that few of them think that first place
In real business Importance belongs
to the tariff. The tariff, in the minds
OF the Democrats, seems to have the
first place in political Importance
only.
The Democrats admit that the work
of revising the tariff will not be as
hard as the work of regulating the
trusts, although generally they do not
use the word regulating. Through a
long series of years the methods OF
tariff revision have become well
known. The attempts finally to settle
the trust question all have failed, a
fact which perhaps is equally true of
the tariff, but at any rate SO far as
customs are concerned, the Demo
Gratis know what they want to do,
while they do not know definitely
what they want to do with the trusts,
and they know nothing at all as yet
about how to do it.
The trust legislation problem will
be studied, not only by Mr.. O'Gorman,
but by other Democrats in the house
and senate whose legal training Is sup
posed to make them fit for the work.
There will be hard winter and a
hard spring in the chambers of the
students Of the problem of big bust
ness. What to do and how to do It?
The Democratic party is anxious to
know II Mr.. Wilson. Mr.. O'Gorman
and the rest can answer the ques-
lions.
May End Labor Disputes.
Representatives of both capital and
labor, judging from what they have
said about the matter for publication
seem to believe that the commission
on industrial relations which has just
been appointed by President Taft will
be able after investigation and study
to suggest some means for adjusting
labor disputes in the future and pos
sibly for their avoidance altogether.
The commission which President
Taft appointed in accordance with an
act of congress is made UP as follows:
Senator. George Sutherland. Utah;
George B. Chandler. Rock Hills, Con
necticut; Charles Simon Barrett
Union City. Ca; Frederick A. Delano
Of Chicago. president OF the Wabash
railroad; Adolph Lewisohn. New Yorl
city; F. c. Schwedtman, st. Louis
Austin B. Garretson. Va; John B
Lennon, Bloomington, ILL.,; and James
O'Connell. Washington, d. C.
II should not be understood that thii
commission Is to give Its entire time
to the work of trying to find means t
prevent future conflicts between cap
ital,and labor. 1t has been given au
thority to go far afleld In it's inquiries
and II 1t should satisfactorily clean III
the slate of difficulties which has beer
given 1t, 1t probably will go down into
history as the greatest body Of publ,
benefactors ever given official life. i
Is impossible that the commission car
do all that 1t Is told to try to do, bu
II 1t does one of the things committed
to 1t for solution it probably will ge
something of place In the histor,
of the economics of the country.
The commission will have the CO
operation of the department of com
merce and labor and 1t Is empowered
to hold meetings anywhere In the
United States. Each member will
draw $40 day as a salary and to thi,
will be added the actual expenses
while engaged In the work.
Barrett Represents Farmers.
Labor conditions in agriculture form
one OF the specific study duties of tn,
commission. Charles Simon Barrett
of Union City, Ca. Is known as tn,
president of the Farmers Union. III,
Is recognized as the representative o
the farmers upon the commission
while the labor representatives ar,
expected to include in their duties tn,
proper gathering Of facts concerning
the life of the agricultural laborers
John B. Lennon and James -O'Con
nell are officials of the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor. Austin B. Garretsor
of Iowa is the president of the Ordel
of Railway Conductors. This order Il
not affiliated with the American Fed
Grafton of Labor.
This Ia not the first Industrial com
nission which has been appointed b,