The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-01

penn cratic President. because they in
nominal party foes to seeing the con-
troll of IiU.- own. organization wrcsted
from their hands by. the rank and file
decent citizenship Their political lives
depend upon their keeping politics In
such conditions that decent men can
not succeed them and that the ordinary
citizens cannot get control OF their own
government.
Rather than see this control broken.
sociates deliberately put the Dcmocra-
tic organization and MIR. Wilson into
power at Washington.
CONTEST PRIMARILY
ONE FOR PRINCIPLES
"Of course, our contest must always
De primarily one for principles. IT
must always be a contest to enact into
law and reduce TO the domain of cxecu-
1--WE action those principles. But II Is
impossible to do this effectively until
we drive from political leadership the
Goss ,,w whose ose. very existence In polities
There is no use in endeavorinG to put
INTO erect our platform for soci2l and
industrial justice IL the Legislative and
mere suboflicers of boss. whether thiS
BOSS be MIR. Penrose. Mr.. Barnes or MIR.
Much of our effort |; 70 secure ,aws
projecting the labor ~ women and pro.
hibiting the labor o. children In mines
am1 dactories' pTSidin i Cor womens'
effort Is bound Il come to nomght. If. in
l.s actual woking, the forces of gov
whose " whoI administered by men
on tho afanco of crooked politics With
er9o9SIk,s&wealth.
non MWh Of our effort is to help the
eC6rt will fall if the government OF
JTate and nation is controlled by men
VINO treat with derision the very. idea
ing; ;,,
ditions such that honest men can earn
fair living for themselves and their
t haIna without the haunting fear of
know were such, and Which Will cV were not
violations Of sound public policy.
and women workers. Just as We be-
llc"c III cooperation among the farm
Grs and the business men, so we be-
workers. And we further believe that
the wage-workers and the business
men must cooperate together and
advantage 1t has been the cut-throat
competition of the past-the COMPETE
ton that Mr., Wilson Is determined to
hurt business and prevented the bust
ness man from working most effec-
lively for the common good. but which
for ruinously small wages. We pro-
pose TO substitute the era of co-opera-
ton for the era of competition among
the business men and farmers and
corOllary we believe that the govern
ment must in thorough-g going fashion
supervise and regulate this movement
toward cooperation.
SUPPORTERS OF PENROSE
INVITE WORSE DISASTER
But this effort will come to naught
lister politicians. whose interested en-
deavor is chiefly to help the crooked
business man. whose success Is
sGsr at the ms aa
ministration because of it's part In
bringing them to sore need. many bust
ness mes men, men and WORKING men and farm
politicians as MIR. penrose. in hope OF
securing relief. Those who do will
Invite ,,,,yitH n worse disaster than that from
politicians like Mr.. Penrose who are
responsible for tire existence Of tt
put them in power D wouid merely en-
sure In short time another violent
swing OF the pendulum against them.
and continuation OF government by
between two sets of policies. both
inimicai to the general welfare. and
responsive to tho public needs"
To meet such situation Colonel
Roosevelt argued that the voters OF
of Pennsylyania should repudiate Pen
rose and his nominees and followers.
and further should oppose the sup
porters OF the present administration.
SSonslua'h hs Ms ndiftmems of the
specific performances" of the Pro-
gressivc party. in the matter of State
and national legislation. and again took
up the tariff question.
We Progressives advocate the i'm
mediate creation of nonpartisan COM
mission. he said. with power to pro
pose revision of the tariff rates. sched-
ale by schedule, treating each case
on an intelligent consideration Of its
merits. divorced from favoritism and
the fostering of special interests. The
program would not be attended by the
reckless haste. the improper Influences,
the sectional party politics which char
legisla ton BY general law; and re-
member that exactly the same methods
were pursued in making the present
Aldrich law which II superseded Our
propose dmethod would never disorgan-
iZc business by complete change in
all the tariff schedules at one time.
This Is the Progressive tariff program,
and ! ask all honest believers in a pro-
tective tariff and especially all working
only program Offering hope of perma-
nent well-being; whereas. the alter
native program is one OF violent oscil-
Payne Aldrich bill made by Senator
PenroSe and his associates. and the
present tariff bill. made by President
Wilson and his followers, such as the
gentleman now running for the Senate
In pennsylvania on the Democratic
ticket.
"Of the Progressive antitrust pro-
grant," he said. I'VE belive in co-opera-
tion among business men, among farm
ers and among wage-workcrs.
1T is evident that the problem Of
all antitrust legislation is effectively
to determtn, on the one hand. what
trade practices are unfair, and OH the
other, to prevent the exclusive control
OF any factor essential to production
by any person or corporation or group
operated as Il unit. 1t Is primarily an
administrative problem. TO meet 1t we
must have adequate administrative ma
chincry.
ADVOCATES CREATION
OF TRADE COMMISSION
The Progressives. therefore. advo-
cate the creation of IL strong interstate
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 it's own mo-
ton, whether Il monopoly In fact eX-
lists. and If II does exist. the basis OF
Its monopolistic power.
Second. the power directly to pro-
hibit all unfair trade practices within
its jurisdiction. This power would
enable the commission to stop all mo.