South Bend news-times., 1918-05-29

D
ism in the rule OF the mob and bait
their deluded followers with a
golden formula which promises all
things 10 all men without the ef-
fort. the industry the intelligence
and the thrift that should measure
every mans success under a free
and enlightened government.
THE TARIFF.
This war has brought a about great
changes i'm the industrial and social
, life OF our country our manufac-
turing Industries have been enor-
mously extended and speeded up in
order 10 manufacture the munitions
and supplies needed successfully 10
carry on the war Hundreds OF
thousands OF women have taken en-
ployment in the factories OF the
country. filing the places made va
I cant by the boys who have entered
| the army When the millions Of our
young men return home and again
ienter the peaceful walks OF life.
! they will find their places filled by
women who will not willingly step
aside To keep our manufacturing
ment 10 the laborer of our coun-
/ try. will require the most en-
/ lghtened national policy, IL disaster
/ is not 10 Overtake us. We will then
need real protective tariff a tariff
/ that will measure the difference be-
tween the social and industrial con-
/ ditions in this country and the
countries Of Europe and the far east.
/ IL is folly TO talk Of universal free
trade until social conditions in all
| countries have risen TO our stand
ard. unless we desire to sink 10 the
I social level OF the orient.
MERCHANT MARINE.
Just as important as the pro
tective tariff for the protection OF
our home industries will ne the de-
/ IVelopment OF a merchant marine.
not only 10 carry our commerce 10
/ the various markets Of the world.
/ but as a necessary auxiliary 10 our
navy. 1t is useless 10 build a great
navy such as We are proposing to
| construct, without al the same time
| building a great merchant marine.
Before the war was two years old.
/ Great Britain found she needed ten
million tons of shipping for war pur-
poses alone.
The possession Of ships when this
war IS over will be the greatest as
set we can have
Under the American system il
costs more to construct and vastly
more 10 operate an American ship
than it does one flying the flag OF
Japan. Great Britain, France OF Ger
many. To maintain our merchant
marine will require the government
to make up that difference by gov
ernmental aid IF the government is
TO build and operate a merchant ma
rine. this means the death knell a
! private enterprises upon which the
country must depend in the end for
the development OF its shipping
THE FARMER.
This war has emphasized the
importance OF the American farmer
We have been told repeatedly that
food would win the war and We
know that it is 10 the IA rmers OF
America that the allies turned for
provisions 10 carry on the war. Ag-
riCulture lies at the very foundation
OF national success and the true
greatness OF every nation is deer
rooted n its soil We must encour-
age cur agriculture until we have
developed our farm tenants into
farm owners The process Of agri-
culture is slow. II requires the
erection OF buildings. the digging Of
Z -
The tenant cannot do this a : he
must get from the land each year
the largest possible return which re
suits in an impoverished soil and a
declining yield The present farm
loan act, while a step in the righ
direction is insufficient
Absentee ownership of land is in.
creasing at an alarming degree
from 1900 TO 1910 the increase ir
tenant farmers was from 21 per cen
to 81 per cent. Should this increas $,
continue. by 1920 fifty per cent OF
the American farms will De operat
ed by tenants. -
RAILROADS.
While il is too early TO predic
what will happen 10 the great com
mon ca rriers OF the country wher
this war shall have ended. IL is no
proba bic that the country will ther
be ready 70 accept government own
ership or operation and make per
manent the enormous power nov
concentrated in the hands OF tn
secretary Of the treasury as a wa
measure. The restrictions now i'm
posed upon the common carriers by
the sherman antitrust law shoul,
he removed They are natural mo
nOpolies and the wasteful competi
tive methods obtai ininS among rail
roads before the war should b,
brought 10 an end Their equipmen
and earnings should ne pooled an,
the reGuls tion or the security issues
their rates and oeration he brough
under the direction OF the interStat,
commerce commission or some othe
= adequate governmental machinery.
CORPORATION.
, BY antitrust laws. we have trie,
! TO split up the great corporations
, attempted by legislation 10 stop tn
slow resistless progress Of economi
law
The large corporation of today S
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