The Nome daily nugget., 1913-12-19


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 u."i.,ns thIs bii I'rrsiuvnL Nn- s'r' u"I Il very wise tnuIs. tie IS nu, u "aiincI ui.nousn ms Aaliiiiis as an t~u,atui Save hini d consiuerauie m s.ont AIitv ,ne tiieuiy uI uanking. tu, i' |" hot d uahhrr ahu ne WAS Mise e.I, uen to ,Vuceue the point anu wn~u l.. hv.ueu export auslse ana assist l.. |" au>is- hIn men who were prac- t.aI Danhers. In its Handling or the bni coIsress oid the same wise tning 1, has hau the aovice or some Of tnc ahiest bankers Tn the country anu Inust certainty any measure drought Nitn as mucn importance as a cur I.ncy Dili Is entitled to the considera- ti,n ut inc abiest minds that can be bIuusht 10 bear on it.
 Congress will now. at the instiga- ton of the president take up another matter fully as important as the cur tc regulation of the trusts. It Is to be hoped that the business men of the cc untry will take as much interest fin the discussion of this matter as the tankers did in the currency. Also Is 1t to be hoped that they will be given as much consideration and their views allowed as much weight in the final discussion of the questions that will come up as was accorded the bankers in the currency discussion.
 No men are more capable of giving congress valuable information and suggestions on the subject of trust reform than the men who have or ganized and successfully carried on 'big business" And contrary to the general opinion expressed by cer- tai class of the press the men who have accomplished SO much in the business world arc honest, honorable men who have done what they have dCnc by the use of their brain and not by special privilege or by robbing the nation.
 of course there is a certain amount of selfishness in any business and the bigger the business the greater the amount of selfishness sometimes dis played. This is natural and Is not by any means confined to the trusts but is inherant in any business. However in taking the views of successful bust. ness men in regard to the trust fegula- tion congress and the president must make the same allowance for self in- terest as was made in the case of the bankers. But that is not the point. The main thing about getting the ideas or the men who have made biz busl- ness is the same as 1t was in the case ol the bankers. The. president and congress. who are not experts. should not attempt any legislation without the advice of men who are experts. Con- gross and the president and everyone else in the land has heard much. far too much. in regard to tho evils of the trusts and they should not enact. or even draft law effecting these trusts urtil the trusts have been given a chance to be heard.
 The president was not a fnancier and when he drafted bill dealing with finance he asked the advice of the men who knew.
 The president is not a business man and it would seem that in like manner he should now seek the advice oi men who are proficient in tho practical. not tho theoretical. part of business.
 Congress is not composed Of business men. but is heteroeenious collection oe every kind of a man on the face 0. the earth and it. could profit by listening to the views of men who have accomplished much in the business