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the necessary power to crush monop-
oily with all it's attendant evils. :.
"'We propose to provide strong
commission, getting prompt action by
direct administrative process; with
power in that commission to attack
all unfair and oppressive
forms of competition; power in that
commission to take case of mo-
ropoly, find out what is the real bus
mess cornerstone of its monopoly and
then bring the full strength of the
directly against it. We
propose to do away with all unfair
practices by big business or little bus
mess. We propose heartily to CO.
courage honest business, and to give
full scope to efficiency, provided the
efficiency is used for the benefit and
not to the detriment of the people as
a whole
"Then it denounces me most strong.
ly for having advanced such revolu-
tiona1y and immoral ideas. wish
good, intelligent people of sound mo-
rality and sound judgment would take
the trouble to read these doctrines of
mine which the Wall Street Chron-
icle itself quotes, and read the de-
nunciation of them by the Chronicle;
and then realize that the real issue
is the one between unpoliced, ire
sponsible, uncontrolled big business,
working through the party boss and
Larty machine, on the one hand, and,
on the other hand, the people as i
whole / am grateful to the Chron-
icle for having had the courage SO
plainly to set forth the real hopes
and beliefs of the reactionaries.
at also condemns me very strong
ly for advocating greater power on
the part of the federal government
in order effectively to deal with the
business situation. 1t furthermore
condemns me because / pointed out
that devotion to the states rights
idea, and fear of strong federal ac-
tion, necessarily prevented any effec.
tive onslaught on what was evil ir
business methods.
"Having thus quoted my program
"a program which it is difficult fo.
me to understand rational and far.
seeing men opposing) the Chronicle
continues to express its own purpose:
and hopes. 1t said:
"'The great need of the hour is
that government should be taken ou
of business affairs. 1t is in the high
est degree important that some sober
and sensible political leader shall bs
found be he Republican or Demo
crat, to marshal in support of righ
principles those great masses of th
population who still adhere to the be
lief that Government policing of tn,
country's industries is not the wa.
to industrial activity and advance
81 am really grateful to this doubt
i less l.onest representative of what i
purely Bourbon in Wall Street and il
big business for having had the cour
age to set forth the real views of tn
people whom it represents. Our DIFF
ficulty has largely been that the peo
rle advocating these views have beer
afraid openly to champion them, and
on the contrary, have often covered
up their secret and efficient adher
ence to them by open, although vagu
championship Of something quite tn
reverse. This organization puts fort
with frankness and clearness the rea
position of those great financiers wh'
hold that they are responsible to N
one except themselves for the exer
else of their enormous indutrial pow
er; who deny any sense of accounta
bility to the public at large or to theiI
fellow men who labor for them, ant
who themselves inevitably tend in ou,
political life to work through men O.
the stamp of Mr.. Penrose, Mr.. Barne:
and Mr.. Lorimer,
"Of course, the business men fol
whom this paper speaks know wei
that the sober and sensible politica
leader who is against government pc
Icing of the country's industries i;
invariably some political leader of the
stamp of Mr.. Barnes, Mr.. Penrose OIL
Mr.. Murphy, or else of the men will
a veneer of seeming better character
who nevertheless in any crisis can b,
trusted to do even more efficiently
than Messrs. Barnes, Penrose anC
Murphy what the great and unscru
pulous men of high finance demand
The interests for which the Chronicle
speaks do not seriously expect tbs
politician for whose advent they dc
ardently pray to espouse their cause
openly. What they really expect Is
that he shall cloud his real subservi
ence TO their interests behind orator