The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-10-26
SLOGAN OF SULLIVAN


Their, and the pledges will be fulfilled. |
Laws to stop the criminal practices |
Of business are on the eve OF attain /
ment. They are not laws to interfere
with honest business, not laws TO !
hamper it or disturb it; bet laws to
drive out rascality and to put the bust
ness Of the country on sound and
permanent basis.
If they are not passed before | get
to Washington they will have my
vote. l long since came to the con-
clusion that large business organiza-
tons, especially public service com
panies. should, and eventually must
accept one of two alternatives, name
/ ly: Government regulation or govern
ment ownership Of the sources Of sup
by and means of delivery to the places
/ of consumption.
4 Public Conscience Aroused.
( do not claim originality in this
l thought; ! believe it is cOncurred in
by large majority Of the thinking
and experienced men of the country.
/ The limited experience we have had
! in the regulation of interstate railroad
rates, railroad rebating and the like,
has awakened the public conscience;
| has created a wholesome respect for
| federal law, and in the end has been
| of great value to all concerned, even
though at times those Immediately in
volved have suffered temporary en-
/ barrassment. Broader application of
( like principles is coming into our en-
tire life as the way to escape COM
mercial piracy on the one hand and
confiscation on the other.
Another piece of constructive work
that will engage my earnest personal
efforts is that of an American merchant
marine. The crops of our Prairie state
should be carried to the markets Of the
world in ships that fly the American
flag; our manufactured products
should go with the crops. We cannot
overestimate the stimulus that restora'
ton of the United States to its proper
place among the maritime nations will
give TO industry in Illinois. The ques'
ton of a merchant marine is not q
local seaboard question. Europe, with
its shipping blockaded, no longer can
! furnish the vessels needed to carry
our freights The opportunity to dc
this for ourselves awaits US.
Stands for Good Roads.
There is still another piece Of con
structive work, nearer home, that
. will undertake to further. Iowa, In
J diana, Wisconsin and other states IL
. our immediate territory are benefited
. by good roads in Illinois, as Illinois il
b benefited by good roads in those states
} The federal government spends mil
p lions Of dollars yearly on river anC
{ harbor improvements, but neglects 1T
S great highways. Ship cargoes mus
g first travel the highways. a 1.-THE o
T the amount spent on rivers and har
@ bors, If laid out on good roads, woul,
e materially reduce the cost of market
r ing our products, to the advantage o
the worker, the manufacturer, and pan
s tlcularly the farmer.
= Earned Vote of Approval.
i But let US turn again to the recor
n of achievement in the past Is month:
8 On its work of enacting constructiy
k legislation alone the national admir-
@ istration has earned a unanimous vot
= of approval from the American people
But there is a record of still NOR
solemn significance. The page of hi
n tory that will show the greatest ser1
+ ice to our country and to humanity
y our time Is being written now.
g Dwell for a moment upon Mexic
" and all that is suggested by that NAM
L. 1t is a country devastated by war. II
lie homes are disrupted-the father in
to forgotten grave on some lonely hill
m side, the son manned or in exile, til
r, mother and the daughter wanderin