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Show I'i ' ' ' ' Of What the Progressive H ' Movement Can Do i ' for a State i Youngstown, Ohio, Dec 27. Tlio H Progressive movement and what it lias H " dono in Wisconsin wero discussed by H j Senator Robert M. La Follcttc today M 'I at a noonday meeting of business men Hj l of this steel and Iron community. He Hl ! wag repeatedly cheered. Senator Jxi 1 ;' i Follotto declared the Progressive H i movement is a people's movement, a Hl j people's cause, and that It took root in the gTangcr raovemont of tho north- H west, asserting that "today tho jus- Hl tico, tlio wisdom, tho economic sound- H! uess of every Wisconsin law, to what M i l the Progressive movement gave being, H,' has conquered opposition and com- Hj polled the approval of every 'American Hl community ,'"s - Hh "The natlon-lias porfited by Wis- j I consln's civic evolution," IM r. La H i , Folletto declared, and continued: H "It is not claimed for tho Progrcss- H ' ive view in Wisconsin that It has Hp- attained its final destiny, that it has Hp settled all of tho questions that vex Hr and trouble thoughtful people every- ' where and cause unrest even among j tho poor and rich, but we do know ' that wo have achieved certain things. Hl "We know that government has Hl been made representative truly rep- Uresentative. We do lcnow that the dire and awful prediction which alarmed H U honest men in Wisconsin have proven H falso, that capital has not fled from H i the state but has become more se- M ' cure than elsewhere; that the state ji banks, subject to state regulation, are Wi ) safe and failure is unknown; that tnc 1; street car, the intenirban, the gas, B electric light and water rates are nn- I H dergolng regulation and reduction ay"' H l yet, because we have stabllitvtho H bonds of all our public utilities are H ' selling higher in tho markets than l i those of other states; that railroad m rates have beon reduced, the sorvlec M 1 regulated, the complaints of shippers m i adjusted, and yet tho railroads of M i ' Wisconsin are more prosperous than H ' in other states because a sense of Hj security prevails everywhere, and fl every producer, every manufacturer, H knows that his competitors within tho M Bcope of state regulation enjoy no H secret favor or advantage. M "The old feeling of class antagonism B ' and distrust Is fast giving place to H peace, confidence and prosperity. It m was clearly understood at tho outset H I that we were entering on a new era; H! that the wonderful development of the 1 1 csountry had outgrown out statutes H" and constitution; that the problems M were complex and intricate in a high , degree and that they required pro- Hn found study and research and tho np- H Plication of the best expert knowl- Hl edge available." HL oo |