Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-04-23

dress.
of the Progressive party should not
forget that the statements of our ma
tional platform OF 1912 on the trust
question are being indicated every
day. We have heard great deal re-
Gently of German efficiency but we are
also learning that combination as
practiced in Germany, under govern
ment supervision and regulation. is a
most important means whereby the
German manufacturer Is able to de- |
stroy his competitor. German manu-
faeturefs do not compete with each
other but on the contrary cooperate
to Systematically destroy their indi-
vidualistic opponents by underselling.
The economic watchword Of the fu-
| ture is co-operation; but CO operation
is combination; and combination means
an end to competition; with neither
competition nor regulation, the public
must pay all the traffic will bear. At
/ this point our party says, in the lang
uage Of Mr.. Roosevelt regulation not
strangulation.' The great economic
4 question is that of competition. 1t in
! cudes the tariff, the trust and labor
questions, It concerns every farmers
and producers organization; every
/ contract Of employment and every sale
Of goods; as well as the social welfare
of the community The tariff relates
solely to foreign competitions the trust
question to domestic competition. 1t
| is absurd TO discuss either the trust
question or the tariff question, at
! tempting to ignore the principles of
competition.
Now 1t is conceded that competition
| does not exist or is rapidly passing in
4 All lines of business. Regulation has
! been substituted in relation to rail-
roads and public utilities alone. What
! isNo be done when competition in bust
ness wholly ceases to exist? Neither
( the Democratic nor the Republican
parties attempt to answer
The Paramount Issue.
we believe the paramount issue In
the coming national election to be the
foreign policy of the United States
For more than one hundred years we
have gotten along practically without
4 foreign policy. As a result of the Eu-
i ropean war we now realize the need
Of preparedness and the necessity of
an adequate foreign policy with refer
enee to that war.
AS patriotic citizens, we must 10y
ally support the foreign policy of our
4 government. The foreign policy of our
nation should not become a political
issue. We cannot forget. however that
orr country is republic and that our
president can move no faster than pub
lie opinion. He is forced. however, to
assume the responsibility of inter-
J1t
decisive conclusions. Our foreign
policy must be characterized by neither
yacfllation nor INDIGESTION. I believe
we Will all agree that the prompt and
decisive action of the government in
dispatehing an army into Mexico to
J punish those who made the attack on
the city of Columbus. n. NJ, has done
, more to restore the confidence of the
, American people IN themselves than
J could have been accomplished by any
other method, When the honor and
, prestige If our country is involved, we
must not only have fer president a
man who is 4 scholar and a statesman
bat who possesses the iirmness and de-
. efs.on necessary to act decisively. We
: cannot afford to play a towards part
] when we are forced into world poll
ties. Circumstances nave combined as
: 10 make the president Of the United
7 states the real diplomatic representa-
j tive of all the neutral nations in deal
t ing with questions arising out of the
S European war Hundreds of vessels Of
commerce belonging to the neutral ma
g tions have been sunk on the high seas
] iii violation of international law. The
t United States alone Of all the neutral
! nations dares resent the anarchy prac-
Z tieed in the submarine campaign oil
: the German government. We seen
TO be at one Of the points in the worlds
history when great decisions must be
e made and where ordinary statesman
: ship is insufficient. Tho policy of the
i, present administration has been criti-
: cised as yacillating and lacking IN
n firmness and there is widespread be-
J. lief that his diplomacy has ceased tc
4 inspire proper respect for the honor oi
g our nation. At this time, the attention
+ of the whole country seems to have
Y eentered on Mr.. Roosevelt as the mar
q who Is best. fitted by experience ane
t ability to represent the United States
: In this most dangerous crisis
e 1T Is customary for those who apollo.
gize for the foreign policy Of the Will
son administration TO charge that |
e Mr.. Roosevelt had been president h,
I would have plunged the country int
Q the European war. Since the war be.
n gan Mr.. Roosevelt is the one American
n who has not hesitated to insist tina
: our country should be prepared to pro
: tect the honor OF its citizens and main.
: tain Its position in world affairs. HI
q has thus laid himself open to a spe.
r eieus charge OF this character. : I
: happens. however, that Mr.. Roosevelt
9 has record for successful world di
: piomaey of which we may all be proud
. 1t is important 10 briefly recall TN
n diplomatic history OF his administra
. ton. II has been ably set forth b,