Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-01-21
IN - cuflTy NAN ESCAPE.
T. sfsrss J-srssl.zfl0u Of the Case Dads
Agar, & thor 81 merle steel Company.

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hCsh,t tlIss'.ss reZie steel COMPANY.
III Tzi....fn po1aral belief in thii
4 country tar 4 8 Iaan commits a crime
q, sip-,l4 - " ishsd. g-d also that
ID paDi ,,s-l...t s..7uld ft the crime. on,
IN othss 1yo-.is. ba Commensurate with
IT,
Eo-eova-, --cc clare that some crimes
are m1ca -.o-s criminal than others be
cause their conc g1enoes are more far.
reaching II fellow steals a loaf Of
Tread OF a pooke,bool. that il one thing.
but if be dec aoaneJhing which endan-
gers the GOOD name or possibly the safe
~ of our federal government that is a
very different thing. and his treatment
F1ould be different He il worthy OF
nothing better than 20 be despised by
every self respecting man in the land
ard sLoald spead a gOOdly portion Of
his remaining days in that close seclu-
sion in which he will repent Of his sins
because that Is the only thing which
will enable him to pass his time com.
fOrtably.
Now, here are the huge steel works
of which Mr.. Carnegie is at the head.
~ has been s1gindling the government
for months and has done it deliberately
and with males aforethought It's guilt
has been established beyond a perad-
venture, and the subcommittee Of the
naval house committee has caught 1t,
as IL were. red handed. There is no room
10 douih that this company has been
palming of on the naval department
certain armor plates which are unfit 10
be used on our war vessels and getting
for them the price Of the very best plates
that can be manufactured.
Mr. Cleveland hesitated 10 believe
that charge when il was first made and
treated tine whole matter with undue
leniency OF Judgment Congress also hes
itated, for it was positively incredible
that a firm made up Of reputable gen
tlemen and doing work for country
which they have loudly protested to love
and honor could by any possibility en-
danger that country's welfare by the
delivery of defective plates. But the
facts were 50 broadly patent and back
cd by such good authority that the sub
ject had TO be investigated Listen,
therefore. to the verdict which these
careful experts have rendered. II reads
as follows:
"The servants OF the Carnegie Steel
company, whether with or without the
knowledge Of the company, 10 increase
their gains deliberately continued for
many months to commit ects whose
natural and probable consequence would
be the sacrifice Of the lives Of our sea-
men In time OF war, and with them
perhaps the dearest interests Of the ma
tion. "
Isn't that terrible arraignment? Il
stamps every man engaged in this in
famous proceeding AZ a traitor. He has
sold his country 10 the enemy for a fow
paltry dollars He has crippled onr do
feuses In time Of war and done what he
could, and done IL for hard cash, to
make our defeat possible in naval con
fiiot Ho has endangered the lives Of
our brave seamen and given an enemy
such an advantage over us that no one
can reckon the result
Aud where Is Mr.. Carnegie all this
whileg He has been talking eloquently
about his love for his adopted country
for many years. Aud well he may love
her, for he has made millions by tho
opportunities which no other land on tho
planet could offer in equal abundance.
But whore il hoi II ho is not personal
ly 90 blame, II ho is not In oollusion
with tho men engaged In these coward
ly misdeeds, why does he not come bold.
~ 10 the front aud do what ho can 20
remedy the rascality Of his subordinatesi
There ID something mysterious and sus.
pioions IA the fact that ho keeps him.
self we'll Ia the background
These are tho facts They are stern.
aud they aro hard. Now, Ia such mat.
tor thsro should be- no mercy. Tho men |
who are guilty should ho found. their
guilt should bs fastened upon them by |
due pruooss ~ law, and then they |
should ho dealt with as every patriotic |
community deals with traitors New |
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