Arizona republican., 1916-10-25

| all of the surrounding bellgerent nations. saw gigantic battles between
 them fought on it's territory, and was finally annexed by one of them, and it's young men drafted into her armies The present war, one hum dred years later. has seen her terri tory respected, although had she not
 been ready she would have unques- tionabV suffered the fate of Bel gium. The reason for the difference
 is that one hundred years ago there vas no universal training among her meE, nor any aptitude for war on | the part of the nation which there
 fore fell a helpless prey to the mili
 tary powers. Now there is universal
 service: the people are trained to defend themselves and because ot the fact that they had been thus
 trained, that they were efficient, that
 they hal prepared their strength. and
 were ready to use their strength.
 they were spared the necessity of
 using il. Al"o remember that this military training of the Swiss has enormously helped them in civic, so cial lnG industrial matters. It has increased each mans industrial ca pacity; it has taught him not to be slack and inefficient sto work hard to be clear and punctual to respect himself and to respect others. It
 has benefited him morally, mentally and physically. It makes him more
 law abiding; it is more than a coin-
 ciGence that relatively to their num-
 bers there are in Switzerland but
 tenth as many homcides as in
 the United States.
 ! advocate universal military training . as much because of what it will mean
 Tor this nation in peace. as because of 1 what it will mean, to this nation in war Washington said: "A free people ought
 not only to be armed, but disciplined" :"
 This is simply another way of saying 1 that there should be universal obiga-
 tory military training for our young
 men; and surely we need the discipline
 all of us, in civil life just as much as in
 military life. Such training is emphat-
 ically American, emphatically demo-
 cratic. emphatically nti-militaristic;
 and every young man who enjoys it will
 be a better citizen in time of peace bet
 ter able to hold his own and more de-
 sirous of doing his duty by his fellows
 At present only those who can pay for
 il can get such training and discipline.
 This IS unjust. At present in the event
 of the outbreak or war, the officers
 commissions must. rightly and proper
 ly, be given to the boys who have fitted
 themselves for the jobs Therefore un-
 der the present system, instead of hay
 ing all the boys. without any regard la
 whether their parents are or are not
 people of means. treated alike and the
 best men made officers. We find com
 missions limited to those who can af
 ford to pay for their training. lnevit-
 ably under present conditions. if d war , came, very much larger proportion of
 the officers would be chosen from this . class than from the class with less
 means. In addition to this the shirll the coward. the mere money getter. the } creature without patriotism. would stay at home and would try for the job the
 patriotic man left when he went to the front. l have actually seen. even this
 summer. cases where men who have [ been sent to the front in the national guard have had their jobs taken by ' men whom, l am sure, no mere appea : to patriotism would ever be able to get ? to the front.
 The absolute lack of any constructive ! policy of MT Wilson's leadership come. [ out strikingly in his attitude toward . business. His platform pledges o course, amount to nothing on this point . or for that matter on any other point but as far as they went they committed ! him as did his promises. to the break ing up Of all corporations and the re :, introduction of old fashioned. ruthles. U competitive methods in business - 2 methods such as obtained in the middl - Of the last century. We were promised a explicitly four years ago in the demo Q cratic platform and by the democrats
 orators on the stump. that they woul,
 destroy all trusts by the utilization O
 the sherman law. and a tariff for reve . nue only, and would thereby lower pric ! | C. nf itrfn lfts4 | and the cost of living have steadil, Q gone up and Mir. Wilson has not in Q voked the Sherman law against any bij q trust. The sherman law is on the books . lt was dead letter fourteen years age II became a live law only because 0 - the success of the Northern Securitie Suit This suit established the vitall . necessary principle that the nationa
 government had complete control owe
 interstate business; but the establish r ment of this principle was about all 0 x any real use that was achieved unde IS the Sherman law. Great and importan q suits were won under fl prior to NJ II Wilson's taking office; but the poor ef it fleets, or rather. non n-effects. of thes T suits have shown that the sherman la, T offered no real method of doing ava -, with the evils of corporate activitie. u while yet retaining what was goot u There must he a totally different meth
 od of dealing with the problem Tn ', case was admirably put by Mir Hughe :" m his reply to Mir. Bryan on Septembe n 5th. 1908. when after merciless dis ., section of Mir. Bryan's own proposal z. he stated what our aim should be. a
 follows:
 r It is the function of law to defin m and punish wrong doing. and not { ,s throttle business. In the fields of in -e dustrial activity the need is that trad ,e should be fair. that unjust discrimina ;- tions and illegal allowances givin IT preferential access to markets shoul -e be prevented; that coercive combina
 tons and improper practices to stiff )t competition should be dealt with re Id gardless of individuals; but that hone, n industry, obtaining success upon ii L. merits, denying no unjust opportunit IS to it's competitors, should not be pt Lo under prohibitions which mingIe th 'e innocent and the guilty in a commo l. condemnation" ,o In other words. we believe in COT |" structive regulation to free legitima
 business from confusion, uncertaint ' and fruitless litigation; while si means of d strong federal administr; 10 tive commission we prevent false car " italization. special privilege and unfa " competition, including all unfair trat ~ practices such as agreements to linn
 output. refusing to sell to custome I' who buy from business rivals, usir :. the power of transportation to aid in injure special business concerns ar ,,, the like. We do not fear commerci le power, but we desire that 1t be exc