Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-07-02


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know were such and which were not
violations Of sound public policy.
TO Help Women Workers.
much OF our effort is to help men
and women workers. Just as we be.
lieve in cooperation among the farm
ers and the business men so we be-
lieve in cooperation among the wage
workers. And we further believe
that the wage workers and the bust.
ness men must cooperate together
and work closer. together for their
mutual advantage. 1t has been the
SUIT throat competition Of the past
the competition that Mr.. Wilson Is
determined to preserve by law-which
has not only hurt business and pre-
vented the business man from work.
ing most effectively for the common
good, hut which has forced. the work.
ing man to work for r~uinouslyq small
wages. We propose to substitute the
era of cooperation for the era of COM
petition among the business lei and
farmers and wage workers; and as a
necessary corrollary we believe that
the government must In thorough go
ing fashion supervise and regulate
this movement toward cooperation.
''But this effort will come to naught
II honest business men support sinis-
ter politicians whose interested en-.
deavOr. is chiefly to. help the crooked
business ma y whose success is
achieved by swindling his fellows. In
their resentment at the national ad.
ministratiOn because Of its part In
bringing them to sore need, many
business men and working men and
farmers threaten to vote even for
such politicians; as Mr.. Penrose in
hope of securing relief. Those who
do will invite a worse disaster than
that from which they now suffer. 1t
was the politicians like MI. Penrose
who are responsible for the existence
of the present national administra-
ton. To put them in power would
merely ensure in q short time anoth-
er violent swing of the pendulum
against them and a continuation Of
government by co vulsion, of a gov
ernmental see saw between two sets
of politicians, neither. Of them res
ponsive to the public needs"
To meet such a situation Col. ROos.
evelt argued that the voters of Penn
sylvania should repudiate Penrose
and his nominees and followers ard
further should oppose the supporters
OF tho present administration. Con-
Guiding his indictment Of the "boss-
es," he outlined what he styled the
Specific performances" of the Pro-
gressive party in the matter of state
and national legislation, and again
took up the tariff question.
j. Non.Partison Commission. ,i
I'VE Progressives advocate the i'm
mediate creation of a non-partisan
commission" he said, with power to
propose revision of the tariff rates,
schedule by schedule, treating each
s on an intelligent consideration
of its merits, divorced from favorit-
ism and the fostering of special in
~terests. 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,
az in making the Payne-Aldrich law
which It superseded. Our proposed
methods would never disorganize bus
mess by a complete change In all the
tariff schedules. at one time. This is
the progressive tariff program, and l
ask you to weigh 1t side. by side with
the tariff record Of Senator Penrose;
a tariff record as productive Of evil
as the tariff record Of any Of the men
he opposes.
Antitrust Program.
"Of the Progressive antitrust pro-
gram he said: I'VE believe in CO.
operation among the business men,
among farmers and among wage earn
ters. $3.50 1t ia 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 pre"ent the ex-
elusive control Of any factor essential
to production by any person or cor
poration or group operated as q unit.
1t is primarily an administrative prob
lem. TO meet it, we must. have ade-
quate administrative machinery.
Give Commission 3 Powers.
"The P~rogressives therefore advo-
cate the creation of q strong inter
state trade commission and would
give such commission, primarily,
three powers.
First, the power Of investigation.
The commission should be able to as
certain on complaint or. on its own
motion lwhether q monopoly in fact
exists and II it does exist, the bosses
of its monopilistic power.
TO Prohibit Unfair Practire.
Second. the power directly to pro-
hibit all unfair trade practices within
its Jurisdiction. This power would
enable commission to stop all mon
.op0lies based on unfair and oppres-
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