Imperial Valley press., 1913-06-27
DEAcrIoNARy "PRoeREssIvEs"

was at It's llut Hco dSo allu llc
new Progressive party came into be-
ing, there rallied to its support people
of many views. because there was a
widely felt conviction that the time
had come for a new alignment of
the voters of the country on live
issues, and many voters Subordinated
ideas on specific issues to the general
need for reorganization.
1t was in this spirit that the Press
supported the Progressive party.
| though not believing in the doctrine
Of Roosevelt on the trust issue, the
/ great leader taking the ground that
trusts are to be encouraged and regu-
lated. 1t was believed that when the
heat Of the campaign was over and
the managers of the new party took
time to formulate definitely what might
| be termed the permanent policy Of the
party those who undertook TO pose aS
Progressives would present an outline
Of principles which would, in fact, be
progressive.
1t was not until yesterday, however,
that in the Saturday Evening Post there
was given by Senator Albert J. Bever-
ldge wnat must be interpreted as the
authorized statement Of the "Progres-
sive" policy Of the new party, and
1t is inconceivable that any person
who believes in the rights Of the hu-
man being as opposed to the oppres-
sion of organized wealth can find com
fort in the article.
Speaking Of trusts Senator Beveridg.
says:
But while these foreign govern
ments encourage trusts, they control
them-sternly and effectively control
them! That is just what we ought to
do here. So the Progressive party
would stop the policy Of badgerinq
business through sham battles against
the trusts, which is the only plan
the two old parties have with which
to deal with this question, and. in
stead, control them, % that they can
not hurt but only serve the people"
And again he says: '.If The inter
state commerce commission il a good
thing to regulate and control the rail
roads Of The country, Will anybody tell
US why an Interstate Trust Commis-
SION would not be an equally good or
! better thing to control and rc-uIola
The trusts, whose products the rail-
roads carry?"
The foreign government from which
Senator Beyeridge admits that he bor-
rows his ideal of trust control is
Germany, the most arbitrary despotism
IN Europe, barring Russia and Turkey
An advocate Of republican principles
who has been inspired with the watch
word Progress" )" he discounts the re-
dictionaries Of America by setting up
the principles Of monarchcal govern
ment as an ideal to be copied in this
republic!
Not in many years has so gIaring a
bid been made for the support of the
concentrated wealth of the nation. and
it looks very much as though Senator
BeveridSe had made up his mind that
the "PrOgressive" party must outriva
the reactiOnary Republicans themselves
in bidding for corporation support.
The utterances of Senator Beveridge.
however, are in harmony with the re-
cent trend Of affairs in this and other
progressive" states, where the policy
is becoming thoroughly formulated by
the new party Of creating monopolias
through the direction Of autocratic bu-
reaus. Under the new procedure. we
are to have complete monopoly given
to every public service corporation in
the states, and under the plan proposed
by Senator Beveridge, we are to have
national mOnopolies of manufacture.
traffic and commerce vested in trusts
under the protection of a national bu-
reau.
WE BUILD A NATION ON THE
ASSUMPTION THAT HUMAN LIB
ERTY is AN INALIENABLE RIGHT.
AND THEN. BY LAW, WE CREATE
TRUSTS TO COMPETE WITH INDI
VIDUALS, BECAUSE THEY ARE
MORE POWERFUL THAN INDIVID-
UALS, FULLY RECOGNIZING THAT
THE WEAK CANNOT COMPETE
WITH THE STRONG, AND THEN
THERE COMES FORWARD, IN THE
NAME OF PROGRESS, A POLITICAL
PARTY THAT PROPOSES MORE
STRONGLY TO INTRENCH THE
TRUSTS, AND BY LAW UTTERLY
| CRUSH UNDER THE TRUSTS THAT
VERY LIBERTY. OF THE INDIVIDUAL
OF WHICH, IN MOCKERY, WE STILL
BOASTI
When California shall have COM
pleted its task Of Russianizing affairs
in this state through bureaus and
Senator Beveridge shall have placed