Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-28
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point, but as far as they went they committed him, IS did his promises to the breaking up of all corp 0ratiors and the reintroduction of old fash lioned, ruthless competitive methods in business such as obtained in | the middle of last century,
 | Would Free Business.
 We believe in constructive reguIa . | tion to free legitimate business from
 confusion, uncertainty, and fruitless l litigation; while by means of a strong Federal administrative commission we l prevent false capitalization, special 1 privilege and unfair competition, in
 cluding all unfair trade practices, such l as agreements to limit output, refus- 1 ing to sell to customers who buy from | business rivals, using the power of l transportation to aid or injure special i business concerns, and the like. We do not fear commercial power, but we desire that it be exercised openly un- der efficient publicity supervision and regulation. Together with such regu- laration, and management of business | We belieyeo in effective legislation look ing to the prevention of industrial a,c- cIdentS, occUpational diseases, over work, and involuntary unemployment; to the enforcing of minimum safety and health standards by means of the , Federal control over interstate com merce and the taxing power securing an effective prohibition of child labor tin my judgment, preferably by the living wage and an eight~hour day for working Womer, one days rest in seven and the eight-hour day in con- tinuous industry, and other such measures. President Wilson has made no effort Whatever to enforce the Sherman law Neither has he made any effort, to change it, In one of his speeches he used a sentence which seemed to in- dicate that he regards the Federal Trade Commission as having the power to modify the Sherman law. If this is what he meant, it is certainly not in accordance with the facts Mr. 1 Wilson is, however, q master of sub | tie indirection in speech and this sen tence. like so many of his other sen tences, is susceptible of several diff fcrent interpretations
 MT. Wilson, before election, an nounced that the trusts must be de- stroyed by state action. As Governor of New Jersey ne secured the passa SC of the seven little sisters bills which he asserted would put step to the evils of the trusts. They have not done so in even the smallest degree
 The evils of the corporate system in the United States have been left ab- solutely unchanged and unremedied by anything that MT. Wilson has done
 
 as President of the United States. Must Organize Machinery.
 We must ourselves organize, and furnish machinery to accomplish those things that labor cannot accomplish for itself-and which it sometimes at temptS to accomplish in ways that would be destructive to itself and to all of us. Bismarck carried such q program through in Germany, with the result that has arhjaUa6 literally phenomenal industrial success, together with an exceptionally high standard of average we'll being. Ger many is infinitely ahead of us in all of these matters. Under our system the worklngman gets but one third of what the German WCrkingman gets in such matter as compensation for injury. Even England's cooperative societies are immensely ahead of ours In Denmark, and elsewhere on the Continent, the farmers cooperative organizations nave eliminated to an extraordinary degree the waste in the
 market. a ta e Neither denaa gogues nor dectrinar- ians can do such work and least of all can it be done by the bitter preach under modern industrial conditions a program that will lead to the fullest possible life for the great mass of our people. The very structure of our na- tLOIIdl Illt uluSl pS tCfoIldpGu IO meet the vast new needs, and it can best be remade in desirable fashion if the leadership Is furnished by men of af- fairs who understand that, while they must themselves be encouraged and aided by the Government, the encour- agement and aid must be given on the condition of their helping to reshape a nationalized United States in such fashion that the farmers and wage workers and ordinary business and professional men shall have their full share of the benefits. Our people gen erally must be made to feel that they share in the rewards of cur world trade, so that it may be. obviously to their interests to support a self-re- specting and vigorous policy in inter- national affairs. and to accept the dis cipline and duty of universal service
 New World or Old.
 The wise employers must realize in l the future that the productive power 1 of our factories will ultimately depend l upon the well-being no less than Upon i the zeal and good faith of our work $ CTS: and the educa ton of our childreu