The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1916-12-08

opinion upon an impartial statement
of tie merits, ara opportunity to cOh-
slider all practicable means Of concilia-
ton or arbitration.
: ean see nothing in that proposition
hut the unsuitable safeguarding by So
clety of the necessary Processes of
its very life. There is nothing Rtti-
trury OF ajust in it unless il be arbi-
tlnifiy and unjustly done. It can and
should be done With full and scrupu-
lods fegdfd for the interests and Hber-
ties Of ali concerned ds well as for the
pefmhheiit interests Of society Itself.
other Legislation Urged.
Three matters Of capital Importance
await the action of the senate which
have attends been acted upon by the
house of representatives the bill
which seeks to extend greater freedom
Of combination to those engaged in pro-
noting the foreign commerce of the
country than is now thought by some
to be legal under tie terms Of the laws
against monopoly; the bill amending
the present organic law of Porto Rico
and the bill proposing more thor
ough and systematic regulation of the
expenditure Of money IN elections, COM
molly called the Corrupt Practices Act.
/ need not labor my advice that these
nlehsutes be enacted into law. Their
urEency lies i'll the manifest cirEtim-
stances witch render their adoption at
! this time not only opp0rttfne but recess
sary. Even delay would seiiWsly
| leopard the interests of the country
and of the government.
Immediate passage Of the bill to reg
ulate the expenditure of money IN eiee-
lions may seem to be less necessary
than the immediate enactment of the
! other measures to which / refer; be-
cause ut least two years will elapse
before another election In which fed
erHl offices are to be flied but 1t would
grently relieve the public mind If this
important matter were dealt with
while. the circumstances and the dan
gers to the public morals of the pres.
emf method of obtaining and spending
| campaign funds stand clear under re-
cent observation and the methods Gt
expenditure can be frankly studied in
the light of present experience; and a
delay would have the further very Sc
rlous disadvantage of postponing ne
| ton until another election was at hand
and some special object connected with
it might be thought to be in the mind
Of those who urged it. Action can be
taken now with facts for guidance and
without suspicion of partisan purpose.
shall not argue at length the desir-
ability of giving a freer hand in the
matter of combined and concerted eff
tort to those who shall undertake the
essential enterprise of building up our
export trade. That enterprise will
presently, will Immediately assume,
has indeed already assumed, a magnl-
tlae unprecedented in our experience.
| We have not the necessary instrument
Utilities for its prosecution; 1t Is
deemed TO be doubtful whether they
could be created upon an adequate
scale under our present laws. We
should clear away all legal obstacles
ana create a basis of undoubted law
for 1t which will give freedom without
permitting unregulated license. The
thing Must be done now, because the
opportunity is here and may escape us
ii we hesitate or delay.
Porto Rieo's Needs.
The argument for the proposed
amendments of the organic law OF Por-
to Rico is brief and conclusive. The
present laws governing the island and
regulating the rights aud privileges Of
Its people are not just. We have cre-
nted expectations Of extended ptivl'
leEe which We have not satisfied
Fhepa Il uneqalnsss pmeng The Psegis