Arizona republican., 1901-05-24
Ex.cov. HocG. AND OTHERS.

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 The ex-governor is a picturesque fig ure. But he is a long way more than that; man big both of brain and heart. who can distinguish betwixt hawk and buzzard whichever way the wind blows. and since he went out of office. five or six years ago, has been 'rastlin roun' for even," sometimes here and sometimes there. but always in ways that were honest. open and above board. He did play 1t kind O
 l.ck on those Tammany tenderfoots that Fourth of July. But, there was no money. just lots of fun. in that. and the way he came 1t over the braves was good for them and pleased the boys im- mense!y. If the governor comes down the homestretch as rich as Rockefeller and Carnegie, he will simply add an. other illustration to the fact that this io great country free for all. and that there are as many fortunes yet hid in the womb of time as ever came out of 1t.
 The conceit over which some editors exhibit ghoulish glee. that because the ex-governor has been little pro- nounced in his opposition to trusts. he is committing a sin in joining a corpo- ration, will cut no Ice with discrimi- hating critics Even the Texan must obey the economic laws that prevail over the investment of money. Not alone the millonaires do in Rome as the Romans do; and we presume that Governor Hogg. finding himself in the possession of money to burn. denies himself the temptation to burn it. but. instead, puts 1t into something that will do bit of good to himself along with the rest and mayhap yield him a profit. There is not a poor Iaboring man In the land who may not some day make his pile. and who. if he does. will not follow the example of the big Texan and place 1t where it will earn him the best returns. The circumstance Is a part of our peculiar structure as a na- ton and as people.
 In that semi powerful. rather tedious and brilliantly written novel "The Oc- topus." we have portrayed at great length and with infinite detail the ex- perience of a neighborhood of wheat growers in the San Joaquin valley of California with the Southern Pacific railway. Much of this fiction is history. The company. with Huntington at ita head, was an octopus. Its ex- actions were prodigious. in many cases ruinous Its methods were corrupt. Its power grew to be absolute. The | ranchers. driven to the wall, finally re- solved to organize a league In self C a. fense. The story oh how this league felt that to carry its point 1t must re- sort to the same interruptions practices pursued by the railway: how it was | completely beaten at its own game by the managers of the railway, and how in the result when the cruel test was reached. it fell to pieces. ending in a woeful tragedy. is an e'er true tale of the incapacity and perfidv of man. of the power and resourcefulness of cor porations. Here Is a suggestive pas ! sage. Presley. a poet. q kind of chorus of the piece, goes to make an appeal and protest to Shelgrlm--IIuntington the president of the road. We quote
 Presley spread out his hands with a helpless. resigned gesture.
 And continued the president of the P. and $. w.. with grave intensity. looking at Presley keenly. suppose you believe l am grand old rascal I believe. answered Presley. Q I am persuaded"
 He hesitated in searching for his words
 Believe this. young man. exclaimed Cha1o 1orft, fn, sN.f. finger on the table to emphasize his words. try to believe tris--to begin with-that railroads build themselves. When there is a demand sooner or later there will be a supply. Mir. Derrick, does he grow his wheat? The wheat grows itself. What does he count for? Docs. he supply the force? What do I count for? Do I build the railroads? |? You are dealing With forces young man. when you speak of wheat and railroads, not with men. There is the wheat, the supply. It must be carried to feed the people There is the de- mand The wheat is one force. the railroad another. and there Is the law that governs them-sIpply and de- mand Men have only little to do in the whole business. Complications may arise. conditions that bear hard on the individual-crush him maybe--but the wheat will be carried to feed the people as inevitably as 1t will grow. If you want to fasten the blame of the affairs at Los Muertos on any one person. you will make a mistake. Blame conditions not men
 But-but.' faltered Presley. you are the head. you control the road.
 You are very young man. Con- trol the road! Can stop it? I can go into bankruptcy if you like. But other wise If I run my road as a business proposition. I can do nothing. I cannot control it. It is force born .out of cer- tain conditions. and I--no man-can stop or control It. Can your Mr. Der rick stop the wheat growing? He can burn his crcJ, or he can give it away or sell 1t for a cent a bushel-just as could go into bankruptcy-but other wise his wheat must grow. Can any one stop the wheat? Well. then, no more can l stop the road"
 Capital combines for it's own protec- ton. Ditto labor. Neither can dis pense with the other. Here, as every where else in life the principle of bear and forbear;of life, and let live of fair wages for honest work-ever dominated by the law of supply and demand-sts enthroned as just judge; and when