The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1914-01-24
SAYS TIE GOVERNMENT AND
BUSINESS MEN ARE READY TO
MEET EACH OTHER HALF WAY.
Declares Punishment Should Fall on
Individuals Responsible for IN
lawful Business Practices, as
Well as Upon Corporations.

tuS luhudmcittl pIluSlpitS VI lEC
Democratic administration programs
for dealing with trusts and big bust.
ness" The president presented the
case, he said, ''as it lies in the
thought of the country" reiterating
that private monopoly is indefensible
and intoierable,' and declaring that
conscientious business men through
cut ;he nation would not be satisfied
until practices now deprecated by
Iuhiie cpilicn as restraints of trade
ard commerce were corrected
The president spoke as follows:
''GeAlemen OF the Congress: In
my report On the State of the
Union. which / had the privilege OF
reading to you on the ist of Deem
ber last, | ventured to reserve for
acuss,cn at a later date the subject
CT additional legislation regarding the
very difficult and intricate matter ol
trusts and moncpolies. The time now
seems cpporLune to turn TO that great
Guos.san-not only because the cur
re1cy legislation, which absorDet
your attention and the attention @!
The G untry in December, is now dis
pCaed Of, bus also because opinion
seems to be clearing about us witt
singular rapidly in this other grea
fed OF action. III the matter of cur
renay it cleared suddenly and very
happily after the much debated act
was passed; in respect of the monop.
o!ies which have multiplied about Us
and in regard TO the various means
By which they have been organized
and maintained, it seems to be com,
Ing TO q clear and all but universal
.greemGnt Ill anticipation Of our ac
ten, as il by way OF preparation
making the way easier to see and
easier to set cut on with confidence
and without confusion Of counsel
Legislation has its atmosphere
ike everything else, and the atmos
phere Of accommodation and mu
tIal understanding which we nov
breathe with so much refreshment is
q mater of sincere congratulation II
ought 10 make our task very mucl
less dificult and embarrassing THAI
1t wcu'd haze been had we beer
obliged to continue to act amidst the
Et,at sphere of sus icion and antagon,
ism which has SO Iona made it in,
possible to approach such questions
with dispassiCnate fairness. Con
Es,uetive legislation. when success
fui Is always the embodiment Of con
n. vineinG experience and of the ma
tuse puDlic opinion which finally
springs cut of that experience. Les
is,atioa il q business of interpreta
tion, not Of origination, and it is now
plain what the opinion is to which
we must give effect in this matter
1t is net recent or hasty opinion II
Springs out of the experience OF 6
vrhnIS l-Graratinn If hoe clarified ~
self by long contest and those who
for a long time battled with it anC
sought to change it are now frankly
and hcnorably yielding to it ant
seeking to conform their. actions t.
It,
Ways Of Liberty, Ways cf Peace.
The great business men who or
gained and financed monopoly an;
these who administered it in actua
4 evccy day transactions have year al
tCr year, until now, either denied it
existence or justified it as necessar,
fer the effective maintenance an
development of the vast bushes
Processes Of the country in moder-
circumstances of trade and MANI
fa2turo and finance; but all the Will
q opinion LIS made head against then
Il Che average business man is col
WINGED thai the ways of liberty ar
d also the ways of peace and the way
u OF success as well, and at last tn
VI masters Of business ON the great seal
/ xDsve begun TO yield their preferenc
IND purpose, perhaps their judgmer
also, in honorable surrender.
NN What we are purposing to d
50 therefore, is, happily, not to hampt
# Or interfere with business as el
@ 1shteIed business men prefer to /
1t, or in any sense to put 1t under ii
ban. The antagonfsm between bus
# ness and goveTnme t is over. We al
MAJ now about to give expression to IL
best business juds nent of Americ
to what we know o be the busine.
conscience and honor Of the law. TT
government and business men a
ready to meet each other half W;
in q common effort to square busine
methods with both pubic opinion al
the law. The best Informed men
the business world condemn Il
s methods and processes and cons
6uences Of monopoly as we conden
them; and the instructive judgme
OF the vast majority of business M
everywhere goes with them.
shall now be their Spokesman. Til
te4# - tlc StISuSStu VI our poSiLlOn d
sz the sure prophecy of what will G
~ suo when our reasonable work
~ dCEe.
Safe and Sane Remedy.
When serious contest ends, VIII
plel unite in opinion and purpo.
these who are to change their wa
OF business joining with those W
ask for the change, it is possible
CA effect it in a way in which prude
8sssnd thoughtful and patriotic m
would wish to see it brought abo
< with as few. as Slight. as easy a
simple business establishments as D
M sibie in the circumstances, nothi
essential disturbed, nothing torn
by the roots, no parts rent asund
I'D which can be left in wholesome. &C
bination. Fortunately, no measui
of sweeping or novel change
necessary. 1t will be understood Il
cur object is not to unsettle busin
4 or anywhere SnriclSlv RI hroaL