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the evils which have manifested them
selves in great business.
There are Democrats who say that
If Mr.. OGorman 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.. OGor-
man belongs to the reactiOnary ele-
ment in his party, but there have
Deen 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 it appears
that few of them think that first place
In real business Importance belongs
to the tariff. The tariff, in the minds
or the Democrats, seems to have the
nrst 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 we'll
known. The attempts finally to settle
the trust question Ill 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 a hard winter and
hard spring in the chambers of the
students OF the problem of big busi-
ness. What to do and how to do It?
The Democratic party is anxious to
know If Mr.. Wilson, Mr.. O'Gorman
and the rest can answer the Ques-
tions.
May End Labor Disputes.
Representatives of both capital and
labor, judging from wnat 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 al
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 York
city; F. C. Schwedtman, St. Louis;
Austin B. Garretson. Va; John b
Lennon. Bloomington. ILL.,; and James
O'Connell. Washington. d. C..
1t should not be understood that this
commission is to give its entire time
to the work Of trying to find means to
prevent future conflicts between cap
ital and labor. 1t has been given au-
thority to go far afield In its inquiries
and II 1t should satisfactorily clean up
the slate of difficulties which has been
given 1t, 1t probably will go down into
history as the greatest body of public
benefactors ever given official life. 1t
is impossible that the commission can
do all that it Is told to try to do, but
II 1t does one OF the things committed
to 1t for solution It. t'probably will get
something Of, place in the history
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 salary and to this
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 the
Charles Simon Barrett
of Union City, Ga, Is known as the
president of the Farmers Union. He
Is recognized as the representative of
the farmers upon the commission.
while the labor representatives are
expected to include in their duties the
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. Garretson
of Iowa Is the president of the Order
of Railway Conductors. This order is
not affiliated with the American Fed.
Grafton of Labor. '
This is not the first Industrial com.
mission which has been appointed by
a president of the United States. The
most famous one, which was not call
ed an Industrial commission, but was
one in the highest sense, was that
named by Theodore Roosevelt in 1902
to investigate the anthracite coal
in Pennsylvania. Every man on that
commission was known to the coun-
tr,r at Largo The mamhers of tho