The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-04-19

have simply pointed to 1t TO snow
that the power to inherit and to de-
wise are simply privileges given by the
State to its citizens.
t"Men of Judgment have expressed
to me the opinion that were a vote to
be taken OH the proposition that all
estates over 100000 revert to the
State upon the death of the owner
the 100000 being exempt-it would
be carried two to one.
1.-THE present tariff monopoly is the
chief cause OF our unrest, and more
ere asking with Concern whether there
is any difference between the manu-
facturer who comes to the Govern
ment to ask for help in his business
end the poor man who goes to the
workhouse to get help.
THE people we're told in the last
campaign that trusts were a natural
evolution and that the only way to
deal with them was to regulate them.
The people are tired OF being told
such things. What thy want is the
kind of opportunity that formerly eX'
listed in this country.
zone man in my State told me that
he had 100000 and was about to set
I'D In business that was controlled
largely by trust and that he was
warned not to proceed. He had tigur-
cd out the amount that would be
needed for his plant, how much his
raw material would cost and what
labor could be had. One Of his own
friends told him he had better not SO
OIL; the trust would drive him out Of
business.
This is the kind OF business
against which the people are COM
planning. They are being told that
there are just as many opportunities
today as ever before; that there are
any number of jobs ranging from $lO.'
CO Oto $4,000 waiting for the capable
man. 1t may be that very able man
might not want 10 earn 100000 work
Ink for the steel trust, however. He
might prefer to start a little rolling
mill of his own, SO that he would be
Independent and his own master, even
though he made but $5.OOO'a year. Il
is such opportunities as these that
many men are saying are denied to
them.
81 might be able 10 earn $4,000 in
y big law firm, for instance, but would
prefer earning $4,000 working by my
self. What would the lawyer say If
had worked out in the
legal profession to the point where
lawyer would be denied the privilege
Of setting up in business for himself?
THE question is being pressed why
the Government should be expected to
guarantee profits 10 the manufacturer
when it does not guarantee the diner
cnce in the cost OF food ia home and
abroad to the consumer, with an extra
dollar for a rainy day. There was
line in England when children were
being born not as British citizens, Du;
Is cOgs in a machine, fed, as IL were,
10 the mills, and factories. II was
similar situation that pro-
luced Rousseau in France, and 1t
vas largely Rousseau's writings that
,rought about the revolution.
Thomas Jeirerson's philosophy was
influenced largely by the writings of
Rousseau. The one defect in Jeffer-
iOn's doctrines were the omission OF
he religious phase Of obedience to the
aw. He separated the Church and
Slate, but one Of our great deaylencies
o.day is the fact that American pa.
ents are leaving education too much
o the schools and are not educating
heir children to the laws of morality
u the homes.
There is a growing feeling tia!
many of our great lnanciers are max
ng the restrictions of the law their
ouchstone of guidance instead of adj.
lering more closely to the Golden
aule. There are many evils that can.
lot be reached by statute, and men
re saying-and strong men, too
hat If business men do not consult
heir consciences instead of their law
,ers when they are thinking Of driNngl
! weaker competitor out ofibusiness
he people willttake the matter into