The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-09-20

licitudc: We are passing Through a
period of great material prosperity,
and such il period is as sure as adyer-
sity itself to bring mutterings of dis
content Again: If in a spirit Of
suhn envy they dllc people) insist
upon putting downl those who have
lAotitel most by the years of fatness,
they will bury themselves in THE cn,,sl,
of common disaster And still
again: Probably the most serious
harm resulting to us, the people of
moderate mtsahS, is when we harm
ourselves b" letting the dark and evil
vices OF envy and hatred toward our
fellows GM into our natures
"No trust mngnntc could have made
Il mere abiect and srrvilc plts, for
lawN,Ass wealth and l,eartless greed.
when we see great corporations
violating tlle laws of the l:llmI and rid
ing lUugllsllod oven the rights of the
people instead of applying "a remedy
WA must constantly restrain our ndig-
nation for fear the dark and evil vices
of envy and Tlmtlrd will eat into our
lMtures.'
"llnstGHl Of trying to catch the horse
thief would Inc lecture the man who
lost his horse? And does Inc tlNink the
horse l:lising industry would be jeop-
nrtlizeh by the complete determination
Of tllH horse thief?
"No one finds fault with wealth that
results from honest toll whether it be
toll of tire hand or toll of the head,
alm no one but ,Ir apologist for the
trusts would confuse such wealth with
the illcgitlmate denominations that
come from molpopolizing trade, strung
ling competition and cornering the
markets..
"Evary honest man is benefited, not
injured. by the prosecution of disllOn-
est men; every legitimate industry is
helped, mot hindcrel, by the elimirM-
ton of the illegitinlMte concern organ
iztsl not to FURNISH II fair product ut
a fair price. but to prey upon the peo-
pie mt large.
''WIllcn the president finally gets
Through with his multiplied warnings
against ignorant medIling,' and ap-
prOacles remedy he exlslusts his en-
ergy in pointing out tine difficulties in
the way and has no strength left to
urge effective means for meeting those
difficulties.
"IIc insists that it is highly lmde.
sirabIc to attempt too much or to be-
gin by stringent legislation Those
wbO are looking for 'strenuosity' in
dealing with the trust evil will not
find II in the presidents speech. 1t is
weak and puerile. Instead Of war
rior leading his men up San Juan Hill
we see the politician anxious for re-.
nomination and afraid either to ignore
t1le subject on to deal with it firmly
and Aggressively He need not have
protested against stringent legtsla-
tion;;' his failure to enforce the GRIM
iml law against the beef trust while
his mArslmls ScOur the country for
petty offenders is proof positive that
he will not err on the side Of severity
when influential law breakers are to
be dealt with.
'"Fle only definite suggestion he
makes is i'm regard to publicity, and
even this must be 'nOn-inquisitorial,'
Publicity as an aid to other remedies
would be useful, but publicity alone
would be of 10 benefit. 10 expect any
real relief to come from mere pub.
licity is as absurd asst would be ia
propose the repeal of laws against lar.
ceny and the substitution of a law sim.
ply requiring the thief to file sclled-
ule of the things stolen-slnd then
Keep them. Publicity would give somv
protection to the stockholders. but
none to the consumers of trust-con-
tlolled articles
Not only does ale fail to propose any
real remedy, but he advocates con-
stltlltiolail amendment tllat would take
from the states the power they al
ready have. While state remedies are