New-York tribune., 1901-12-06
THE PEOPLES RIGHTS.
CoRREsPONDENT WANTS TO KNOW HOW
THEY CAN BE ASSERTED AGAINST
GREEDY. sORDID CORPORATIONS.


Sir. ..Rut what is a little thing like the law be
tween a greedy corporation and its prey? quote
the above from editorial in this morning Issue
Of a Eew-York daily reaching and regularly read
by the best class Of law respecting ana Ia" au., III
ine citizens. 1t is a startling matter that Inc
New-York Tribune uses those words, confident mat
its readers will approve Tathe: than reprore me ne
sR5niher Road Grab rehearses the successive
grabs OF the Toadways OF FIaS.e[f of he Hucke-
berry system and the now attempted addltol -
and OF the Albany Post Road IL Is pIvGtI pIoye on
another editorial the assault py an eiipioy ~ is
persona! IN 191Gr @ I we been reading of such out
3shea, AIa Week and month after month and
still they 20 receiving the coIniorIne 5, s.oe
s.nce that they viii continue until the people as
Can We w5nder that the hundreds Of thousanTs ,5nT
who do not think very deeply are becoming mo- hTie
and more disposed look upon the law as INNS
against the poor? The people are tod TO assei s.
little thing like the law against greedy coTpoIa ~ rs
ton and its prey me .rf tta o, ~ do not perform
your services with some regard to the public pei
xonld resort 10 violent means Of redress. OF TINS
The corporations have no rear IN thela "a dieobeV
VIII step in TO prevent riot and violence So VI Wh ~ a.
can and may we, the law reVerehclhg pe'tie' o0 -
Perhaps the press can and viii suggest some fe
action which we take. with hope 10 success; i.et
assert enforce and maintain our rights dgaiDs'
these so-did corporations? WHAT ga san u MtSEE We az
lit IS not reasonable to condemn a tool aS
useless If YOU do not attempt to use IL Ihe
trouble is that the law reverencing peoplf are
too well content with passivey reverencIng 'he
law. and are net sufficiently aggressive IN en-
forcing the law. Service. not worship, is neeu-
ed. How many law reverencing people. Wheh
they see ur even personally suffer some illegal
abuse py an indlvlduai or corporation, wiz
take the trouble protest against il IN court
NineJy-nlne hundred will say ii is too flluch
trouble OF II is some one else's business or
they don't want II make themselves dishked'
and so viii go by the other side The nun
dredth man viii fght for the law. and Will win
the fight # all men. most men, would do
the same. il would speedily appear that the law
is pretty big thing. even against the biggeit
and gree1iest corporation. Not lawless vio-
lence but law strictly enforced, is the remedy
fer corporate and all other lAwlessness.
NO SECOND HAND CLOTHING ACCEPTED
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: We have been taking free OF charge TO Ber-
rauda considerable quantities of clothing and other
goods for the Boer prisoners at Bermuda 1t having
been publicly stated il the papers that we wou!d
be pleased 10 DO so.
nuda that second hand clothing can DC feceiysd @
bsb 4s resgusons New Clothing viii be received
and forwarded. although we are informed that
clothing Is necessary. the government authoF-
ties providing such free 10 the prisoners
The customs authorities require that all boxes or
and must be addressed For the Boer prisoners al
reenIations viii IL be- .pcapted at Pier no a. North
River. and transported by US free OF charge 10
No. % Broadway. New-York. Dec. .. is1i