The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-07-01

which they now sufter. II was the
politicians like Mr.. Penrose who are
responsible for the existence Of thp
present national administration. To
put them IN power would merely en-
sure IN short time another violent
swing Of the pendulum against them,
and a continuation OF government by
conynlsion, OF q governmental see
saw between two sets OF policies, both
intmical to the general welfare. and
two sets Of politicians. neither of them
responsive to the public needs"
To meet such q situation Colonel
Roosevelt argued that the voters OF
Pennsylyania should repudiate PEN
rose and his nominees and followers
and further should oppose the sup
porters Of the present administration.
Concluding his Indictment Of "the
bosses" he outiiAed what he styled the
Specific performance" OF the Pro-
greasfve party, in the matter OF state
and national legislation, and again
took up the tariff question.
We Progressiyes advocate the
immediate creation OF non-partisan
commission" he said, with power to
propose revision of the tariff rates,
schedule by schedule. treating each
case on an intelligent consideration
OF its merits, divorced from favor
,ttism and the fostering Of special in
teresta. The program would not be
attended by the reckless haste. the
improper influences, the sectional
party politics which characterize our
present methods Of tariff legislation
by general law; and remember that
exactly the same methods were pur-
sued in making the present tariff law
las in making the Payne-Aldrich law
which it superseded. Our proposed
method would never dlsorganize
business by a complete change In all
the tariff schedules at one tome.
This is the Progressive tariff pro-
gram, and l ask yod to weigh it
side by side with the tariff record of
Senator Penrose; a tariff record as
productive of evil is the tariff record
of any Of the men he opposed.
"Of all the Progressive ANTITRUST
program he said. I'VE believe in
cooperation among business men.
among farmers and among wage
Iue huLts1TuSC fFODlem. a
at is evident that the problem of
all antitrust legislation is effectively
to determine, ON the one hand, what
trade-practices are unfair, and on
the other. to prevent the exclusive
control Of any factor essential to-
production by any person or. corpora
ton or group operated as a unit. 1t;
is primarily an administrative prob
lem. To meet 1t we must have ade-
quate administrative machinery.
The Progressiyes therefore adyo-
cate the creation of a strong inter-
state trade commission and would
give such commission, primarily,
three powers:
First, the power Of investigation.
Tho commission should be able to
ascertain on complaint or on its own
motion, whether monopoly in fact
exists, and IL it does exist, the basis
of Its mopopolistic power.
Second, the power directly to pro-
its jurisdiction. This power would
enable the commission to stop all mo-,
nopolies based on unfair and oppres-
Nsiye trade practices, Whenever mo-
nopoly is based on such practices,
what is needed is not the right to
recommend that suits be brought by
the attorney general. or by anyone
else. What is needed is the direct
power in the commission itself 20
stop the wrong.
Third, the power to end the OK
elusive control Of factor necessary
to production by an order adapted
to the circumstances OF the particu-
lar case. The order may involve
changes in organization, in manage
ment, or in the conduct of the busl-
ness. Where exclusive possession OF
natural resource is the basis or
the monopoly. 1t may be necessary to
subject its possession to the obliga-
tion of public service. thht is. the
obligation to sell to others a reason
able amount at reasonable ,ates.
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