Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-03-04
MAKES EARNEST
APPEAL TO PUBLIC
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4A44 81 AEd4AAs ia the diversity and
sweep Of its energy. in the industries
hich have been conceived and built
lp By the genius Of individual men
and the limitless enterprise Of groups
Of men ID is great. also. very great.
in its moral force. Nowhere else in
the world have noble men and won
en- exhibited in more striking forms
the beauty and the energy Of sym
pathy and helpfulness and counsel
ia their efforts to rectify wrong. al
leviate suffering, and SET the weak
iii the way Of strength and hope we
have built up. moreover. a great sys-
tenn Of government, which has stood
through a long age as in many re-
spects a model for those who seek
10 set liberty upon foundations that
vii endure against fortuitous change.
against storm and accident. Our
life contains every great thing, and
contains il III rich abundance
But the evil has come with the
good. and much fine gold has been
eorroded. With riches has come in
excusable waste. We have squander-
ed a great part Of what We might
have used. and have not stopped to
conserve the exceeding bounty of ma
ture. without which our genius for
enterprise would have been worthless
and impotent. scorning to be careful
shamefully prodigal as well as admir-
ably efficient. We have been proud
81 our industrial achievements, but
We have not hitherto stopped thought
fully enough TO count the human cost
the cost Of lives snuffed out the en-
ergies oyertaxed and broken, the
fearful physical and spiritual cost to
the men and women and children
upon whom the dead weight and bur
den Of it all has fallen pitilessly the
years through. The groans and agony
OF it all had not yet reached our ears,
the solemn, moving undertone Of our
life, coming up out Of the mines and
factories and out OF every home
where the struggle had its intimate
and familiar seat With the great
/ government went many deep secret
things which We too long delayed tC
look into and scrutinize with can
/ dsa fonrIoe- .r-o- rrb. .,-oot o,o,rr.,.r,
ment we loved has too often beer
made use OF for private and selfisl
purposes. and those who used it hat
forgotten the people.
At last vision has been youch
safed us OF our life as whole. w
see the bad with the good, the de
based and decadent with the SCUM
and vital. With this vision we az
proach new affairs Our duty is t
cleanse, to reconsider, to restore, t
correct the evil without impairin
the good, to purify and humaniz
every process Of our common lif
without weakening or sentimentalii
ing it, There has been somethin
crude and heartless and unfeeling
our haste to succeed and be grea
Our thought has been, Let ever
man look out for himself, let ever
generation look out for ITSELF" Will
We reared giant machinery whic
, made it impossible that any BIT
those who stood at the levers of col
troll should have a chance to look OF
) for themselves. We had not forgo
ten our morals. We remembers
I well enough that we had set up
I policy which was meant to serve II
S humblest as well as the most powe
q full, with an eye single to the stan
: ards Of justice and fair play, and r
2 membered it with pride But "
were very needless and in hurry
be great.
: We have come now TO the sob
second thought. The scales Of hee
1essness have fallen from our eye
= We have made up our minds
! square every process Of our nation
y life again with the standards we /
e proudly set up at the beginning al
have always carried at our hea Z
Our work is a work of restoration
L We have itemized with some degr'
of particularly the things that ougl
to be altered and here are some
e the chief items A tariff which GU
n us off from our proper part in Il
e commerce of the world, violates Il
> just principles of taxation, and maxi
the government facile instrumei
n in the hands OF private interests;
n banking and currency system base
3" upon the necessity OF the governmei
to sell its bonds so years ago ar
perfectly adapted to concentrate
cash and restricting credits; an indu
trial system which, take II on a
3 sides, financial as well as admin
s trative, holds capital in leadr
i strings, restricts the liberties al
limits the opportunities Of labor, ar
exploits without renewing or conser
ing the natural resources OF u
! country; a body Of agricultural acti
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