The Nome daily nugget., 1913-12-19


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 Congress will now. at the instiga- tion Of the president take up another matter fully as important as the cur r~ncy reform measure. This is the regulation of the trusts. It is to be hoped that the business men of the co cuntry will take as much interest In the discussion of this matter as the bankers did ip 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 tho questions that Will ccme 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 tho general opinion expressed by a cer- t. in class of the press the men who have accomplished so much in the business world are honest. honorable men who have done what they havc dcnc by the use of their brain and not by special privilege or by rohhing thc nation.
 Of course there is a certain amount of sclflshness in any business and tho bigger the business the greater the amount of sclashness 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 busi- ness men In regard to the trust FeGula- ton congress and the president must mako tho somc allowance for seif fn- tercst as was made in the case Of tho bankers. But that is not the point. The main thing nbout getting the ideas or the men who have made biz busi- ness is tho samc as 1t was in the case of the bankers. The president and congress. who are not experts. should not attempt any legislation without the advice of men who are experts. Con- gress and the president and everyone else in the land has heard much. far too much. in regard to the evils of the trusts and they should not enact. or even draft n law effecting these trusts urtil the trusts have been given Q chance to bc heard.
 Tho president wns not a fnancier and when he drafted a bill dealing with finance hc asked the advice of the men who knew.
 The president is not business man nd 1t would seem that in like manner he should now seek tho advice of men who ara preficient in the practical. not tho theoretical part of business.
 Congress is not composed of business men. hut is hsteroGsnious collection cs every kind of man on the face os the earth and 1t. could profit by listening to the views of men who have accomplished much in the bussnsss