Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-07-05


labor wages adequate to maintain
such labor to American standards of
living, and 1 would suggest that the
right of appeal from this commission
be limited to appeal only to congress
upon one specific item at a time We
condemn all unscientifc tariff meas
ures, those adopted by the present
Democratic congress as we'll as those
adopted by a Republican congress
which has already been twice re-
pudiated by the people
True Prosperity.
We believe that true prosperity is
J that prosperity which brings to the
masses of the nation the full benefits
of individual opportunity and we con-
denim as vicious that pretended pros
perity which comes only when corrupt
business is allowed to prosper to great
degree with honest business and the
masses prospecting. II at ALL in only a
small degree. We believe there can
be comparative poverty as well as
actual want, and that no nation can
attain a permanent prosperity while
the rich are growing richer through
fraud, corruption, oppression or legal
lied special privilege. We recognize
ton to the existence and conduct Of
modern business, but we demand that
there shall be the strictest and strong
est supervision, inspection and regula-
tion Of all great corporations whether
engaged in interstate traffic or con-
fined to the business life of our own
state. Modern business demands con-
centration Of wealth but such concen-
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to crush our freedom nor take away
from us the right of individual ad-
vancement; we, therefore demand that
concentrated wealth shall be made t..
serve the public and not to Cypress it.
That it already has been greatly
abused all admit. That it threatens
even greater abuses, none can safely
deny. We proclaim that it is in the
true province of a wise government to
curb the excuses of the powerful, to
encourage the weak, to punish the cor
rupt and wicked and to give oppor-
} tunity for reward to the honest and
the just, and that these principles
should apply to corporate existence
just as we'll as to individual existence.
1t is as imperative to punish the cor
! porate highwayman of today as ever
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/ highWayman of old.
In the nation we demand the crea-
j ton of a commission or board having
similar powers over all great inter-
state business corporations as are now
exercised by the interstate commerce
, commission over the railroads. In our
own state we demand that the public
utilities law be strengthened to permit
the bringing under state control of all
intrastate transportation and business
, corporations doing a business affecting
the general public and we demand that
commissioners be appointed upon that
board who are in sympathy with
these objects and purposes.
No FaVors to Grant.
We are not seeking the support OF
= the rich, the powerful, qne exclusive;
we are seeking the support of the com
t mon man, the average citizen. the
E bone and the sinew of our nation
, But the rich, the powerful, the ex-
| elusive, so long as they are honest SO
t long as they conduct themselves as
honest citizens ought to act between
l man and man, have nothing to fear
from us; neither have they anything
5 to expect which viii not be given t.
I the humblest citizen with equal will
] ingness. The seekers for unfair adj
t vantage for the few at the expense OF
the many have long ago adopted THEN
= political affiliations and we have nc
] desire to disturb them in such aftilia-
ton We do intend, however, to re-
r move from them the advantages they
e have gained because of such afilia-
/ lions and we do propose to set at
e naught the price they have paid for
I the privileges they enjoy
] Bring Full Prosperity.
= We seek no advantage for labor, fol
e the great army Of producers of wealth
e whether upon the sarm, in the factory
or the newspaper office, for the clerk
e employed by the tradesman, or for the
4 employees of the great transportation
= companies, or elsewhere that they
4 ought not to enjoy. We seek to take
s no right away from capital, however
. or wherever it may be employed that
properly belongs to it. We seek tC
e harm no legitimate industry but mere
0 IN propose to assist and direct It in
e sustaining itself and all its proper
burdens without one section or class oil
y men engaged in such industry taking
o. advantage of others in the same OF
% similar Duslnesss III supIlt We lti ely
= propose to substitute for the ancient
n outworn, cutthroat system which in
5. vites destruction, breeds class hatret
. and generates needless want and en-.
C forces wasteful energy, a sane, bust
$ ness opportunity for labor and capita
= to work together in that harmony
o. which alone can produce prosperity
e and give to the American citizen th'
e fullest opportunity to enjoy those in
e alienable rights to life, liberty and the
s pursuit of happiness, mentioned in oui
& great Declaration of Independence
a but long since forgotten, or ignored il
j our governmental .ystem.
p The growth of popular government
] has always been a slow and hard con
}. test against the governing power o
e special interest which has always re-
e sorted to one plan or another to pre-
= vent the accomplishment OF this natu
[ raj desire of mankind. From the secur
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