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RADICAL STAND
(Continued from Pan One.)
not come to this way of thinking from
closest study or as a mere matter of
theory; I have been forced to it by
a long experience vlth the actual
conditions of our political lire."
The Courts nml the People.
Under this head Mr. Koosevelt
strongly emphasizes the necessity of
the soverign people preserving a
check on eveo branch of public ser
vice. Under this heail Mr. Koosevelt
reiterates his now well-known views
regarding the courts. Tin- American
people, and not the courts, are to de
termine their own fundamental poli
cies." This docs hot mean that the
people are to interfere in cases which
Involve merely questions of justice
between Individuals except that
"means should be devised for making
It easier than at present to get rid
of an incompetent judse." But when
a judicial decision involves an inter
pretation of what the people mean by
the constitutions which they have
framed and laws passed by the peo
ple are nullltied because the courts
say those laws are contrary to the
people's will as expressed in their,
constitution, there must a "reference
to the people of the public effect of
such decisions under forms securing
full deliberation," to the end that the
people may rectify this alleged de
fect in their constitution by a popu
lar vote having all the force of a con
stitutional amendment. "Our purpose
is not to impugn the courts, but to
emancipate them from a position
whenever they- stand finally in the
way of justice . . . 1 am well aware
that every upholder of privilege, ev
ery hired agent or beneficiary of the
special interests, Including many well
meaning parlor reformers, will de
nounce all this as 'socialism' or 'an
archy' the same terms they used in
the past in denounc ing the move
ments to control the railways and to
control public utilities. As a. matter
of fact, the propositions I make con
stitute neither anarchy nor socialism,
but on the contrary, a corrective for
socialism and an antidote to anarchy.'
Constructive Control of The Trusts.
In addition to punishment for
wrong-doing by the trusts, the imper
ative demand is effective and complete
regulation. The views of President
Van Hise. of the ITnlVerslty of Wis
consin, in bis scientific work on inM
regulation are in harmony with the
program of the national progressioes.
"The present conditions id' business
cannot be accented as sati-faetory."
The reason for this is- explained, in
Mr. Roosevelt's opinion, by the (act
that "those dealing with the subject
have attempted to divide into two
enmps, each a? unwise as the other,"
One camp has fixed its attention only
on the need for prosperity "pros
perity to the big men on top. tru-ting
to their mercy to let something leak
through to the mass of their country
men below, which, in effect, means
that there should be no attempt to
regulate the ferocious scramble in
which KTCed anil cunning reap the
largest rewards." The other Camp
hits so fixed its attention upon the in
justices of the distribution of prosper
ity, "omitting all con-i.leratlon of hav
ing something I distribute, and advo
cates action which, it is true, would
abolish most of the Inequalities of the
distribution of prosperity, by only the
unfortunately simple process of abol
ishing the prosperity Itself." The
tendency of those now In control of
the republican pasty Is to give special
privileges to "big business," and lo
correct the evils of such a course
when they become crying, by sporadic
lawsuits under the anti-trust law, The
tendency of the democrats, judged
both by their record In congress and
by the democratic platform, is to abol
ish all business of any size or effi
ciency, on the ground that all bigness
Is badness, and littleness and weak
ness a sign of virtue. "What is need
ed Is action" directly the reverse of
that thus confusedly indicated."
There should be applied to all indus
trial concerns engaged in interstate
commerce in which there is either
monopoly or control of the market
the principle already adopted "in reg
ulating transportation concerns en
gaged in stu b commerce. . The anti
trust law should be kept on the
statute-book to be invoked against
every big concern tending to monopoly
or guilty of anti-social practices. At
the same time a national industrial
commission should be created which
should have complete power to regu
late and control all the great indus
trial concerns engaged in inter? sate
business which practically means all
of them In this country. This com
mission should exercise over these in
dustrial concerns like powers to those
exorcised over the railways by the in
terstate commerce commission and
over the national banks by the con
troller of the currency, and additional
powers if found necessary." The com
mission "should have free access to
the books of each corporation and
power to rind out exactly bow it treats
its employees, Its rivals, and the gen
eral publict . . Any corporation
voluntarily coming under the commis
sion should not be prosecuted under
the anti-trust law as long as ft obex's
In good faith the orders of the com
mission. The commission would lie
able to interpret in advance to any
honest man asking the interpretation
what he may do and what he may not
do in carrying on a legitimate bu-i-ness."
When corporations Trot sub
mitting themselves to the regulation
id' the commission or clearly evading
or violating its orders arc prosecuted
under the anti-trust law and con
victed, the commission Phoold have
the duty of seeing "that the decree
of the court is put into effect com
pletely." Only in this way can there
be avoided "such gross scandals as
those attendant upon the present ad
ministration's prosecution of the
Standard oil and the Tobacco Trust',"
u prosecution which has merely re
sulted in increased prices to the pub
lie. Injury to t lie small competitor,
ami actual 1'mnncia! hem lit to the
trusts themselves. "The progresslvi
proposal is definite, it is practicable,
We promise nothing that wi- cannot
Carry out. we promi-e nothing which
will jeopardize honest business. . . .
Jur proposal is lo help honest busi
Viess activity, however extensive, and
to see that it is rewarded with fair re
turn, sii that there may be no oppres
sion either of husTinc-s men or the
common people. We propose to make
n "crth whflc for our business agen
cies for use in international trade;
for it is to the interest of our whole
people that we should do well in in
ternational business. IJu! we propose
to make those business agencies do
complete justice to our own people."
Where these concerns deal with the
necessaries of life, the commission
should not shrink. If the ncsslty Is
proved, from going to the extent of
exercising regulatory control over the
conditions that create or determine
monopoly prices.'
It Is Imperative to the welfare ol
our people that we enlarge anf extend:
our foreign commerce. We are pre
eminently lifted to du this because as
a people we have developed high skill
in flic ait of manufacturing; our busl
ners men are strong executives, strong
organlKers. In every way possible our
federal government should co-operate
in this Important matter. Any one
who has had opportunity to study and
observe first-hand (Jormany's course
in tbis respect must realize that their
policy of co-operation between gov
ernment and business has in compara
tively few years made them a leading
competitor for the commerce of the
world. It should be remembered that
they are doing this on a national scale
and with large unit-1 of business, while
the democrats would have us believe
that we should do It with small units
of business, which would be controll
ed, not by the national government,
but by -111 conflicting state sovereign
ties. Such a policy is utterly out of
keeping with the progress of the times
and gives our great commercial rival-'
in Europe hungry for International
markets golden opportunities of
which they are rapidly taking advan
tage. Justice to Wage-Workers.
lteferring to the opening sentence
id' ills address, namely, "that we are
now in the midst of a great economic
revolution," Mr. Roosevelt presents an
advanced and comprehensive plan to
insure the rights anil better condition
for labor. He gives it the paramount
place In his speech. "The first charge
upon the industrial statesmanship of
the day," he said, "is to prevent hu
man waste. The dead weight of or
phanage and depleted craftsmanship
of crippled workers and workers suf
fering from trade diseases, of casual
labor, of insecure old age, and of
household depletion due to Industrial
conditions are, like our depleted soils,
our gashed mountain-sides and Hood
ed liver bottoms, so many strains
upon the national structure, draining
the reserve strength of all Industries,
and showing beyond all peradventure
the public element and public con
cern in industrial health." He pro
posed several specific methods for
preserving and improving "our human
resources, and therefore our labor
power." Wage scales and other labor
data should be made public; all
deaths. Injuries, and diseases due to
industrial operation should be mad
deaths, injuries. and disease due
to industrial operation should be
made public: all deaths, inju
ries, and decease due to industrial
operation should be reported to ths
authorities; wage commissions should
be established in the nation nnd stat
to determine the minimum wage scat
in different industries; the federal
government should investigate all
dustries with a view to cMablishln !
standards of sanitation and safity;
there should be mine and factory in
spection according to standards fixed
by interstate agreement or by the fed
eral government; national and slap
legislation should establish standard
of compensation for industrial ueci
dents and deaths and for disease
clearly due to Industrial condition?
for the adoption by law of a fair
standard of cotnpeinsiition for casual
lies resulting fatally which shall
clearly fix the minimum compensation
in all cases; the monetary- equivalent
of a living wage varies according I a
local conditions, but should be sulll
ciontly high to make morality possibl 1
and to provide for education, recrea
tion, proper care of children, main
tenance during sickness, anil reason
able saving for old age; excessiv,
hours1 of labor should be prohibite 1
for till wago-w-orkers. and night labor
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f women and children should be for
bidden: one day of rest in seven
should be provided by law; continuous
24-hour labor should be divided into
three shifts of eight hours by law;
tenement -house manufacture should
be entirely prohibited, and labor
camps should be mihjeet to govern
mental sanitary regulation; '11 uuiu-
trh-s emidovlng women aiid children
should be specially subject to govern
ment inspection and regulation; insur
ance funds against sickness, accident.
invalidism, and old age should be es
tablished by a charge eithsr in whole
or In part upon the Indu tries; the
suffrage should be granted to women,
if for no other reason, to enable
workingwomen to combine for their
own protection by the use of the bal
lot. "As a people We cannot afford to
et any group of citizens or any in
dividual c itizen labor under conditions
which are injurious to the common
Ifare. Industry, therefore, must
submit to such public regulation as
will make it a means of life ana
health, not of death or Inetlieioncy."
The nuincr.
The country life commission should
be revived with greatly tncreasea
power; its abandonment was a severe
blow to our people. The welfare of
the farmer is a basic need of this
nation." The country school should
be brought in touch with country life.
For this reason the progressives ap
prove of government co-operation
with the farmer to make the farm
more productive. Co-operative asno
ciations of farmers both for the pro
duction and the selling of agricultural
oroducts should be encouraged. "So
long as the farmer leaves co-operative
with their profit-sharing to the city
man of business, so long will the
foundations of wealth be undermined
and the comforts of enlightenment be
impossible in the. country communi
ties."
The Tariff.
On the tariff he says: "I believe
protective tariff, but I believe in it
a principle approached from
standpoint of the interests of the
whole people, and not as a bundle ot
preferences to be given favorite
dividuals." He believes the American
people favor the principle of a pro
tective tariff, but are in rebellion
igainst the wrong-doing and unjust
application of that policy ' and the
liaises in past legislation. "It is not
merely the tariff thai should he
vised, but the method of tariff mak
ing and of tariff administration." "The
first steps should be the creation of
permanent commission of non
partisan experts" of "ample powers
to secure exact and reliable inrorma
tlon." "The present tariff board is
entirely Inadequate in point of pow
dels reposed in it and scope of work
undertaken.'' The tariff commission
in Germany affords a splendid model
This commission must scientifically
determine "the difference in the cost
of production here and abroad," the
effect on "prices to the consumer,'
insure full justice to the pay en
vclope of the Wage earner. The com
mission must not attempt to encroach
on the tariff making power of con
ress. It shall report with full pub
llcity and promptly. The tariff shall
be revised schedule by schedule t
avoid the staggering blows to nv-1
noes" incident to former' general re
visions. The effect will Ibe to wipe
out the "log-rolling and vMe-trading
secured by special interests in th
past. "Only by this means can th
tariff be taken out of politics." "The
substitution of a tariff for revenue
only as proposed by the democratic
platform would plunge this country
Into the most widespread industrial
depression we have ever seen." The
revision shall be downward and not
upward and secure a square deal rfot
merely to tne manufacturer, nut
the wake worker and to the goner
consumer.
The High Cost of Living.
"The cost of living,' says Mr
Roosevelt, "has risen during the last
few years out of all proportion to th
Increase of most salaries and wages
What is first necessary Is "fearless, ii
lelligent anil searching Inquiry int
the whole subject, made absolutely by
non-partisan body of experts with
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no prejudice to v
private object to
recommend any.
heedless of what
arp their minds, no
serve, who shall
necessary remedy
nterest may be burl
thereby, and caring only for the in
terests of the people as u whole." The
republicans promise such an inquiry
but their rank dishonesty of action
at the f'hleago convention "make
their every promise worthless." It i
hopeless to turn to the democratic
party for relief because, first, the
democratic party "affects to find th
entire high cost of living In the tariff.
Ignoring the patent fact that th
problem Is world-wide, equally press
Ing in free-trade Kngland ind In high
Ij protected Germany. Moreover, If
the democrats are sincere, they must
take ail duties off th products of the
Farmer, and wp "certainly cannot af
ford to have the farmer struck down.'
Various elements, economic, political,
and social, ire pointed out by Mr.
Koosevelt as contributing lo the high
coal of living. Hut effective legisla
tion regarding it can pnly be framed
nn a comprehensive scale after a
thorough, scientific, and prom pet in
quiry. The Curfew v
Mi. Roosevelt declares that our
present bunk currency based on gov
ernment bonds Is unscientific, and
urges the adoption of a system which
shall provide "elasticity In the credit
and currency necessary for the con
duct i r business, free from recurring
panics." The control of such a sys
tem should be in ibe band of the
government, and muM b free from
manipulation by Wall street or the
large Interests,"
i oti-crvatloii.
t'nder this head Mr. Roosevelt re
affirms his well known policy on the
conservation and reclamation of na
tlomil resources. We must conserve
our soil, our forests, onr mines, not
only fur our own benefit, but for the
hi neflt of our children and descend
ants. ' The public should not alienate
Its fee in the Water power which will
he of Incalculable value as a source
or power In the immediate future."
and "we should undertake the com
plete developmnnt and control of the
MNslsslppi h a national work, just
as wa have undertaken the work of
bulkllng the Panama canal."
Mask.
"In Alsaks
oHi tftnlty of
lest i. fresh
nua i Neur
it should st ii
and
Ifsae
that
felt;
the government has an
"farting In what Is al
io id, to work our varl
by actual experiment "
nee construct, nwa, and
i railways .11 U..k It
be fee of nil ' c.al lb Idi
a uystsm of lac
(Continued i.
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$22.50. Ladies', and. Misses'
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$29.50 Ladies' and Misses'
' Suits for $15.50
$32 and $34.50 Ladies' and
Misses' Suits for ... $18.50
'$35 and $39.50 Ladies' and
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50c Hose for 39c
$1.00 Hose for. 79c
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Underskirts.
One-fourth off on all Lin
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OnerfOurth off on all Para
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AUGUST 6, 1912
EXPLANATORY NOTES,
Observations taken at S a. m.. 75lh meridian time. Air pressure reduced to sea level. Isobars (continnous lines) pass throutrri points
of equal air pressun . isu.hcrnw (doited lines) pass through points oi equal temperaturo: driiwn only foriero, freoaiug, W, and 1W .
O dear; Q partly cloudy; cloudy; rain; -now; report missing. Arrows fly with the wind. First figures, temperature:
second, precipitation of .01 Inch or more for past'JI hours; third, maximum wind velocity. aferti'-ltfa'.'t.
THE WEATHER
if s
si a
Ashevllle jj s 72
Atlantic City 58 7 4
Augusta 66 SO
Birmingham 66 82
Brownsville 74 94
Charleston 68 78
(i. ilvcton 80 84
Helena H 78
Huron M 86
Jacksonville 71 . 82
Key Vest 8 (i 8 S
Kncxville CD 82
Alohllc 7(1 86
Montgomery s 82
New Orleans 76 86
New Stark" rs 74
Oklahoma 76
Savannah 68 78
Tamp 74 84
Washington H 76
Wilmington 60 78
Normal for this date; Temperature
72. Precipitation .18 inch.
Pcrrecasta until 8 p. m. Wednesday,
for Ashevllle and vicinity:
Probably lair tonight and Wednes
day ,not much change in tempera
ture. For North Carolina: Probably fair
tniiiulit and Wednesday, not muih
change In temperature, light variable
winds.
General Conditions Past 24 Hours.
The disturbance that was over the
northern plains states Monday morn
ing has moved slightly southeastward
and has been attended by showers In
the plains states and the upper Mis
sissippi valley. Scattered showers
I have occurred in the South Atlantic
and west QUlf states. The weather le
generally fair west of tne Kocky
Mountains and in the north Atluntlc
'states. Temperatures are hlffher in
ithe southeastern stalra and the cen
itral valleys but In other sections
'changes have been slight. The fol
lowing: heavy precipitation (in Inch
'cs) has been reported during the last
24 hours: Port Worth, 2.88. The
j weather "will probably be fair In this
; vicinity tonight and Wednesday with
'not much change in temperature.
I T. R. TAYLOR,
Observer.
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