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Reprinted from an artlclo by Theodore Roosevelt In Tho Outlook, by special
arrangement with The Outlook, of which lhoodoro Roosevelt Is Contributing
Editor. Copyright, 1910, by The Outlook Company. All Rights Reserved. I
HE August number ot the
World's Work contalna nn
article which la of Interest
to all who aro concerned In
tho vltnl subject to which
we give the soraowhat
foggy tltlo of "Political Reform." The
article, for obvious reasons anony
mous, Is written by a member of con
gress who, tho editors of the World's
Work say, has served for more than
ten years In tho house of representa
tives, has acted on many Important
committees, and has been successful
In "gottlnK thlnKs" for his constltu-
ency. The artlclo Is described aa
"showing tho reason why tho 'pork-
barrel,' speclnl tariff favors, and pri
vate pension bills becomo law," the
reason being, to quote tho words of
tho author, that "tho dictum of tho
constituency to tho congressman la,
'Get all you can for US.' Thero are
no restrictions placed upon his meth
od of getting it
Until tho American poople themselves
become more national nnd less local,
until constltucnces cease to regard
their congressmen as solicitors at the
national treasury, congress will con
tinue to enact Iniquitous groups of lo
cal favors Into national legislation."
This serious chargo against tho
American people for which there Ib
unquestionably altogether too much
Justification the author proceeds to
substantiate by relating some ot his
own experiences with constituents
which, however surprising they may
seem to the general reader, will seem
almost commonplace to all who know
how the average constituency does In
actual practise treat Its congressman.
Tho writer sets forth tho fact that,
In the first place, ninety per cent, ot
tho letters which a congressman re
ceives are requests for special favors
to bo obtained In somo way or other,
directly or Indirectly, from the United
States treasury. For Instance, while
tho Pnyne-Aldrlch tariff law wns un
der discussion, this particular con
gressman received In May, 1909, the
following letter from tho secretary of
a powerful commercial association In
his district:
"I have been instructed by the board
of directors of this association to ad
vise you that at special meeting May
20, a resolution, copy of which Is In
closed, was unanimously adopted, urg
ing our representatives in congress to
use every endeavor to have ihe pres
ent tariff In (mentioning thrco of the
preducts of tho industries referred to)
increased one cent per pound and the
present tariff on (mentioning the oth
er two products) Increased half a cent
per pound. I wish to further ndvise
you that wo have heard from Senator
and he Informs us that he
will take care of this matter in the
Benate."
When the bill was finally passed,
the congressman succeeded In adding
half a cent a pound to the duty on two
or these products and In preventing
any reduction on the others. A year
later, when the popular clamor against
the bill bad become ucuto, the same
association that had asked him to
voto for Increases wrote to the con
gressman denouncing the bill as "the
most Iniquitous measure ever enacted
by congress" and requesting him to ex
plain by letter why ho had voted with
"the Reactionaries" to pass the bill.
When It was pointed out to the asso-!
elation that It bad urged the congress
man to obtain an Increase of duty on
the products in which it was Inter
ested, It dropped Its demand for an
explanation. An influential newspa
per published in hla district editorial
ly commended him while the bill was
under debate for his "intelligent ef
forts" to Increase the duty on manu
factured articles In which the district
was Interested, and a year later the
same newspaper In the same editorial
column denounced him as one of "the
legislative banditti responsible for the
Payne-Aldrlch measure."
River and harbor legislation Is an
other field In which local selfishness
busies itself, to the exclusion of na
tional needs. In this caso requests
are not made by letter but by delega
tions which come to Washington be
sieging their senators and represent
atives. "There Is," says the frank
writer of this article, "figuratively
speaking, between $50,000,000 and
$60,000,000 on the table to be divided.
Tho committee divides it so that ev
ery one la satisfied, at least to a rea
sonable extent." Every ono, that is,
but the people at largo, the people
who have no special interest to serve,
and who feel keenly Indignant that
the rivers and harbors of the United
Statea aro developed In a fashion bo
Inferior to that of Europe.
Nor are all the requests for legis
lation merely, One constituent desired
to have this particular congressman
put bis name on the free mailing list
for all public documonts. That this
would be impossible because it would
mean delivering to the applicant sev
eral tons of documents every month,
does not In tho slightest detract from
ihe interest of the fact elicited by an
investigation that tho applicant was
the manufacturer of an article made
from waste paper, and the public doc-
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A Remedy for Some
Forms of
Selfish Legislation
uinonls would afford a very useful
sourco of raw material.
Is thero a remedy for such n stato
of things? Tho nnswor Is, yes; and,
moreover, It is a romedy which con
gross can Itself Immediately provide
Thero is no complete remedy, of
course. No scheme can bo doviaod
which enn prevent Huch a request aa
that of tho constituent last named
who wished public documents to uso
In his private paper business, no
quests like this merely mean that la
ovory district Individuals will always
bo found who will remiost Imnrnnnr
i favors. As regards these people, all
that can be done la to create a vigor
ous public opinion nn opinion which
Bl.all not only make It uncomfortable
for nny man to demand Buch favors,
but which shall cordially support tho
congressman In refusing them and
hold him accpuntablo for granting
them. .,
Congress has now, and hnB long
had, tho power to rid its members ot
nlmost all tho Improper pressuro
brought to bear upon tho Individual
by special Interests great and small,
local and metropolitan or such sub
jects as tariff legtalation, river and
harbor legislation, and pension legis
lation. Congress hns not exercised
this power; chiefly because of what
I am bound to regurd as a bry short'
sighted nnd uuwlse belief that it la
beneath Its dignity to delegate any of
Us functions. By pnsslng a rulo which
would forbid tho reception or pnssago
of any pension hill savo the pension
legislation recommended by tho Com
missioner of pensions (this of course
to be rejected or amended as congress
saw fit, but not so amended as to
Includo nny speclnl or private legis
lation), Congress would at once do
away with the possibility of Its mom
bora being subject to local pressuro
for Improper private pension bills, and
nt tho same time guarantee propor
treatment for tho veteran who really
does deserve to have everything done
for him that the country can afford.
In the case of the tariff and tho
river and harbor legislation, whni Is
needed In each caso Is amplo provis
ion for a commission of tho highest
possible grade, composed of men who
thoroughly know tho subject, nnd who
posses.8 every attribute required for
tho performance of the groat and dif
ficult task of framing In outline tho
legislation that the country, as dis
tinguished from speclnl Interests,
really needs. These men, from tho
very nnturo of the case, will be wholly
fren from the local pressure of special
Interests so keenly felt by every man
who Is dependent upon the vote of
a particular district every two yearB
for his continunnce In public life.
Such a river and harbor commission
could report, nnd probnbly would re
port, a great and compreheuslvo nat
ional schonio for river and harbor Im
provements fit to be considered by
tho peoplo as a whole upon its merits,
and not dependent for enactment Into
law upon a system of log rolling
designed to placate special Interests
which nre powerful In ench of many
score congressional districts. Such
a tariff commission could get at the
factB of labor cost here and abroad
by expert Inquiry, and not by the ac
ceptance of Interested testimony; such
a commission could consider dispas
sionately the probable effect upon the
entire social and economic body ot
all changes In any given branch of the
tariff, und Its recommendations would
represent the exercise of careful
Judgment from a disinterested stand
point. Such a commission could work
in harmony with the commissioner of
era for whom the tariff Is passed get
labor, so as to Insure that the labor
the full benont of It; for the major
part of the benefit of a protective
tariff should unquestionably go to the
wage-workers
Even under such conditions of tariff
making errors might be committed,
but they would be merely those errors
of disinterested Judgment Incidental
to every kind of public or, for tho mat
ter of that, private effort, and tho work
would not be hampered from the be
ginning by the need of gratifying prl
vnte selfishness.
It Is only In this way that tnrlff
legislation, river and harbor legisla
tion, and ponslon legislation can be
treated from the standpoint of prin
ciple and not from the very low stand
point of privilege and preference. The
obstacle hitherto to the adoption ot
such n method of treatment has come
from the queer dislike felt by so many
Congressional leaders to a course ot
action which they (quite unjustifiably)
feel would In some way bo a limitation
of their powers, I think this fooling
Is passing. It la simply another In
stance of tho kind of foellng which
makes some executive suspicious
about delegating their work to any
subordinate, and which nnkoa many
vomers, who have not pondred the
matter deeply, desire to oloct great
numbers of people on a ticket of such
longth that It 1b out of tho question
for any except professional politicians
to know much about thcra
THEODORE ROOGEVELT.
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bread at the Box Butte county fair this year, if the bread
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To the winner of second premium on loaf of
bread we will give a special premium of Five Dollars
($5.00) on the same conditions.
Now Is the time to commence practicing
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