The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-07-01

infinitely preferred the triumph Of
their nominal party foes to seeing
the control Of their own organization
wrested from their hands by the rank
and file OF their own party. They are
foes of decent citizenship. Their TO-
litical lives depend upon their keeping
politics in such condition that decent
men cannot succeed them ana that the
ordinary citizens cannot y.t control
OF their own government:
Colonel Roosevelt argued that the
voters of Pennsylvania shoull rcpu-
diaie I"nIose and his no n,icr., and
followe' y and further S.,OrIn OIL Irse
the supporters Of the present admins
tration. Concluding his indictment OF
the bosses" he outlined what he
styled the Specific performances .:
the progressive party. in the matter
of state aud nation IL losislation. AID
again took Of the tariff question.
Our constructive program OF anti
Trust legislation has no quarrel with
large business organizations as such.
th the contrary we recognize that
business efficiency in production cali
be attained only through business or
ganization. But we demand that the
government be clothed with all the
necessary be clothed with all the
with all its attendant evils.
"Contrasted with this program we
nave the Democratic antitrust pro-
gram now under discussion in the
senate OF the United States. That pro-
gram proves the inadcquacy OF the
democratic party for the present and
the future of the nation. 1t H.. aid
always will be. the states rights marty,
the party opposed to strong federal
action, t1e 'party-afraid-of-po power.
Purity Commends.
The house of representatives has
passed bill supplemental to the
Sherman Antitrust Act. Many of the
provisions Of this bill deserve COM
mendation. especially those which
: prohibit certain forms of unfair trade
competition Which the courts have not
as yet clearly condemned, but which
1 upright business men everywhere reg
oEnize as wrong and tending to mo-
nopoy. Similar provisions VIII he
found In the progressive antitrust
Li,ls
but the Clayton bill goes hopeless
! ly wrong in that 1t forbids specifically
any combination, or agreement in in
terstate commerce. between any Two
or more corporations. firms or even
individuals, which in any way lessons
or restricts the competition between
them. This Is the hub Of their whole
position. They propose thta two far
mers selling milk across a state line
cannot cooperate; and that two lnen
doing any business across state line
cannot form partnership or I cor
poratton. They insist that there must
be no big business power, concentrat-
ed power, or large enterprise any
where. and that our business must 20
back to the period Of not merely 1860.
but 1850; to the cobbler's bench. the
grist-mill, and the blacksmith's forge.
This is economic absurdity. Unlim-
tied competition has proved one OF the
greatest curses Of modern civilization.
1t was unlimited competition which
created the great trusts, exactly az it
created the sweat-shop and Is chiefly
responsible for child labor The New
Freedom Is merely the exceedingly
old freedom which permits each man
to cut his neightor's throat.
Progressive Plan.
The progressive plan. on the other
hand" said Colonel Roosevelt, will
allow businciss concentration in 60
far as such concentration gives social
and economic efficiency and good SER
vice. But 1t will also give the govern
ment full power to see that business
concentration does serve these neces-
sary ends. and that 1t is not used for
unfair competition or for monopoly, or
for the unfair treatment of labor or
for any other anti-scoial end.
"This Is the only tenable position
on the trust problem. for It faces the
facts, and does not try to turn back
the hands of the clock. BY long and
disappointing experience we have had
several cardinal facts hammered into
uB.
I'VE have had now twenty-four
years experience with rying to reg
ulate business by de. ruction.", the
colonel concluded. THE result has
been nearly flat failure. The admin
istration proposes a policy of further
destruction, even more unintelligent
in conception, and certain to be- more
futile In performance. than the exist
ing policy which 1t amends. 49,.
"The only alternative is the prog
ressive plan,. From all OF 1t follows
that we have right to ask good citi-
zens to join against tho present ad-
ministration. The policies OF the ad-
ministratiOn should be rebuked by the
people and senator's and congressman
returned to Washington who will
strive to end these policies"
Married Prince,
Paris. June 30.-Miss Laura Me-
Donald Stallo. OF Cincinnati. and
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