The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-07-13
Amos PinchOt Asserts Priv.
ilcgp Must Be Fought
Openly.
OTHERS FOR REGULATION
Roosevelt. Perkins and Bcv-
cridge VS.. PinchOts. John
son and Jane Addams.
nv WALTER wELLNAN.

strange things are happening within
.he Progressive party; happenings SEN
Aa,lonal even II hitherto we'll concealed.
and only just now beginning to be
spoken Of above a whisper; happen
inrs which are sure profoundly to
esec, the future Of American politics
and which throw a strong even II not
conclusive light upon the questions so
many men are now asking:
lis the Progressive party to live? Or
will il amalgamate with the old Re-
publican organization on some terms
Of compromised"
Further on in this article the reader
vii find a most extraordinary conver-
eation with one OF the wheelhorses Of
the Progressive movement-Amos Pin
chot. Ii is an interview which will
come like a bombshell falling out Of
0 clear sky and exploding in the very
centre " the seemingly calm and peace
ful Progressive camp.
Mr. Pinchot's astounding revelations
must be interpreted. Like the man Of
courage and candor he is he simply
tells what he thinks. and what he knows
others are thinking. without pausing
10 make the application Of those
thoughts to current events. Like the
true leader of thought he is careful to
avoid personalities and prophecies. But
the historian Of the day must supply
what the cautious leader neglects. for
without the application the real sig
nificance of the conversation Is lost.
splitting Into Factions.
And when we add the Interpretation
and make the application required by
the known facts these are among the
peculiar and highly interesting things
We hnd:
The Progressive party is fast split
ting into factions.
There is little hope Of reconciliation
between them.
Col. Roosevelt and George w. Per-
kns and Albert Beveridge are at the
head Of one column: the Pinchots, Gov.
johnson. Jane Addams and large num-
her Of others equally prominent lead
the other.
At ,he forks Of the road where they
parted company may be seen two big
signboards:
This way to social justice with regu-
lst,on Of privilege and monopoly" reads
one.
This way to abolition Of privilege
and monopoly--regulaton IL q fraud
roads the other.
As the Colonel and George and AL
bert go swinging down the first road
the Colonel is saying to George. and
George to the Colonel. and Albert to
10th OF the others. all at the same
time:
We are the only true Progressives
with a large Z. There are bad trusts
and good trusts. The thing to do Is to
regulate them all. make the bad ones
good. and We know that our friends are
not in any but the good ones. And
along with that we must have lots OF
social Justice; stop child labor: raise
wages; settle strikes; regulate every
body and everything: improve the
courts; cut down the hours Of work
for all hands; curb the bosses with d.
rect primaries: find another big stick
In the referendum ana recall; have
woman suffrage; put bathtubs In all
the factories and flowers in work.
ingmen's yards and don't forget
whole lot OF publicity about everything
and everybody. especially U.S."
other sides View.
A. the Plnchots and Gov. johnson
and Jane Adams and their friends
meander down the other path they are
also talking one to the other. all In
the same breath, and wondering II there
Is any one listening in the hedges by
the roadside:
I'VE are tired of this social justice
chllds play, this fakerish stun, this
cot soaping OF the innocent. We want
70 go az something OF a mans size.
Every holder Of special privilege. every
Nploter Of the people by means of a
privat" monopoly, every wallower In the
p"lf ~ the trusts in this country ID
hoping and praying for the success OF
or friends who are over there on that
other and wrong road. This is because
tney know every mothers son o. them
what regulation means--it means pro-
lection. recognition, legalizatiOn. per-
p"tuatlon. They know that the social
Justice programme. while good In parts
is also full Of contraptions. imprac-
Gcallties. dreams and stun and 10 to Z
large extent mere bait. q trap. an allur-
ing lot Of bunk deliberately put forth
20 blind the eyes of the people to the
real issue. which 10 Ibolition Of mn.
hopoly and privilege. The vital issue
is economic justice-stop making %
many millionaires. stop making 10 much
property. Settle this right and sociA!
Justice will take care Of ITSELF We An
the only true Progressives"
And at bend in the road they pause
look over toward the other highway