The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1913-12-25

and Industrial institutions Of this ma
tion have been subjected to a cease
less crossfire. Our established GUS
toms have been criticised and ridicul-
ed. our habits Of trade excoriated as
dishonorable and base, our politics de-
rided as vicious beyond comparison
and an immortality written into prac-
tical American ethics that does not ex-
ist and never has existed except in
the inaginations OF fanatical theor-
lists. whose acquaintance with the sub
jects Of which they have treated has
been as casual and immature a. their
Nominations have been plausible and
deceptive.
A nation may become intoxicated
with prosperity and In the delirium
OF success commit hari-kari or par
alyzc its own initiative and vitality
by a senseless destruction Of the
props which have made progress pos
sible In no era Of the worlds trade
has such development been witnessed
as this country has seen In recent
years. The transition from the soup
houses Of 1893 to the OVERLOOKING lar
ders Of 1903 was little less than mir
acle.
Napoleonic ventures were planned
and achieved. Men Of genius seized
upon the instruments before clumsily
used by humanity and by dextrous
use OF them wove into the warp and
wool Of industry new aims and new
accomplishments. They assembled
canital into prodigious groups, where
hv enterprises which had before Of
fered insunerahle difficulties even to
nations were achieved. They did with
capital, the visible evidence of wealth,
what government did with men when
In the first faint glimmering Of civil
ization individuals were organized
into compact units.
new impulse was given to trade,
In which was brought about an evolu-
tion comparable to revolution, un-
til the commercial aspect Of the
world changed and international riv-
airy on the tented field gave way to
International rivalry In the farther
most marts of the earth. They at
tackled the distribution problem and
delivered industry from the bonds of
localization. They made ten talents
where one had been before and the
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to national ambition reflected itself
In the stir of other nations, which,
under the goad Of emulation, in Eur
ope, Asia and South America, arous-
ed themselves from lethargy.
The United States. by the estab-
ilshnsont Of republican institutions in
ITS. gave no greater incentive and
ideal to the nations Of the earth than
it accorded them in the marvellous
demonstration made in recent years
Of trade possibilities. So likewise in
mechanical invention it accelerated
progress.
It Is against this success that the
destructive agents have opened the
Walls of their wrath, wherefore it is
not remarkable that the floodgates of
their oratory and theory are also be-
Ing poured out in opposition to our
very form Of government, for 1t also
stands convicted OF momentous
achievements for the betterment of
humanity. The ruts made In the road
along which the colossal vehlcle Of
business travelled have been magnif1ed
into dark cellars Of iniquity. and the
minor delinquencies Of this great gov
eminent. inevitable in Its forward
sweep. are held up to scorn as indra-
lions Of inherent faults In our whole
political organization.
Having failed In the main design
to turn back the hands Of the clock,
so far as business is concerned. by
!mmutable economic laws that could
not be changed, and not having been
able to bring about return to a mul-
tiplicity of little businesses In place 90
the big business" which has been the
glory OF America. the iconoclasts
while still harassing business as best
they may. are intent now on vital
changes in the fundamental law. or
In the statute law, that they may bet
ter wage their campaign Of destruc-
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