The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-30

concerned. should be made a national
matter. with a national incorporation
law. and the whole power OF regulation
(which should itself he part OF a process
Of encouragement) lodged In the Federal
commission. the purpose being TO en-
courage the business In every Legitimate
way, while also seeing that 1t Is man
aged in the interest OF the public. no
less than Of the investors, managers
and wage workers.
Let the Government regulate the
corporations but let this regulation be
an incident OF hearty cooperation with
them to secure their well being and
also the well being Of those who work
for them and of those for whom they
work. Capital must he organized on a
large scale just as labor must bc or
ganizcd OH a large scale but both
forms of organization must Justify them
selves by showing that they are not
onl, beneficial to themselves but to the
people as "a whole.
81 speak for military preparedness. ]
speak for industrial preparedness. I
speak for the performance of interna.
tional duty. which can only come when
We ut ourselves to do our duty to our
selves and when we have made up our
minds never to make a promise TO any
nation which cannot be kept. which ought
not to be kept. and which will moi he
kept. speak Of all this In the interest
of national unity and manhood, Of in
ternational peace and Of the service OF
our country and OF the world at large.
II Ia our duty TO secure Justice and well
being at home, but We live in "A fools
paradise IL we think hat we stall be
permitted TO secure such justice and well
being. as the world now is. unless we are
AZ In hold nir nyn nNAlnSt AL
alien enemies.
81 appeal to the men OF the West I
appeal To Americans everywhere. TO stand
against the Grass material'sm which can
show itself tist as much in peace as IN
| war. appeal 20 our people To prepare
In advance so that there hall he no
hideous emergency which renders II
necessary to submit to inordinats prof'
makins by the few simply BECAUSE. when
the emergency comes. We must improviss
at whatever cost the things that f1r oui
siih We nave failed TO provide before
| hand. We cannot afford to leave this
democracy of ours inefficient. II We dc
II will aseuredly some day go down In
, ruin. We cannot AFFORD to tolerate will
cynical Indifference the pork barrel
theories Of government 30 dear 10 the
hearts Of politicians of the baser sort.
with a wealth Of billions OF dollars
and "A population of one hundred millions
We canno AFFORD to he In a condition II
utterly unstable social and industrial
| equilibrium, nor to see our sons grow Vi
stepped in "A spirit of mere selfish in
dividualism. without self-control or dis
| cIline or sense OF cooperation or firm
ness of purpose. We have great in
dlviduai capacity. This We must keep
But we must train II so that we shall
have great collective capacity. 20 that
there may he that collective democrats,
power and discipline without which nc
great modern democracy can perma'
iently subeist.
W. must not only io away witt
sectionalism. but we must see that oui
land really Is a melting pot Of citizenship
and that all peoples who come here be
come Americans and nothing else. W,
have equally to dread the sleek. well fed
materialist whose be all and end all "
life are eas II comfort and the bas'
selfish man who thinks only Of hs In