Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-23

should be, and in my judgment will pc, IN
troduced 1 believe 1t will work measur-
able betterment for the public. can only
come IL the officers fntrusted with the az
ministrat ton Of the law remember that 1t Is
exactly as much their duty to protect the
railroad from the public as to protect the
public from the railroad; to remember tnat
when we say we want justice from the rail-
road we must If we are honest, add also
pledge to do justice to the railroad.
The Beef Trust Inquiry.
am going to Illustrate what mean by
some work now being done in the Depart
ment Of Justice and in the bureau OF cor
porations, at the head Of which stands
your fellow-alumnus, James Garfield. Reso-
buttons have been passed by very important
bodies demanding the investigation OF what
Ia called the beef trust, and of the Standard
OIL Company. The beef trust had to be In
yestigated partly by the Department OF
Justice, acting through the district attorney
of Chicago The commissioner OF corpora
lions was to report upon the fact OF the
case, and the district attorney was 70 act
on the legal evidence he could obtain II
the district attorney can collect legal evil
dence which will show that there has been
willful and intentional violation OF the law
by any man, no matter how high ne stanos
| socially and financially, he will be indicted
and II possible convicted. II he does not
secure SUCH legal evidence no amount OF
popular feeling Is to be allowed to be sub
stituted for the legal evidence.
So, in investigating the beef trust and the
Standard OIL Company / have been content
| to leave 1t absolutely in the hands OF Mr.
Garfield. because l know that he was as IN
capable Of being swayed by popular de-
mand on the one hand as by any sympathy
on the other; that in conducting his tnves-
! legations he would do his simple elementary
duty by finding it guilty or not of the spe-
cifc facts alleged, not with regard to
whether he personally did or did not like
| the corporation, but in accordance with the
evidence produced before him, obtained by
| him to show the corporations acts on the
points complained OF.
The same spirit must be shown In apply
| ing the laws dealing with all corporations
II, as hope, we get the scope OF those laws
sufficiently lodged.
President Roosevelt in his address at
North Adams. Mass, said in part:
admire great many of Massa ehusetts'
products. but think the product Of the
children 10 the best.
And now, Just word to you, the fathers
and mothers and teachers. as to these same
stiIl more often the woman. who says, II
have had to work hard myself, and my
daughter shall not" Exactly Now. you
all often see the man who, though he may
not say that. thinks he himself IL hard
worker, yet does not train his boys to work
NOW, that father and mother think they
not. That sort Of kindness fs a curse for
those for whom 1t IL non.inally exercised.
Train UP the girl 30 that she can do moth
ing of use in the house: train up the boy
SO that his only desire Is to have a good
time without doing the preliminary work
that will warrant his having good time,
and you have trained them both up to be
curses to themselves and to every one else"
When the Presidents train pulled into
Adams several thousand persons had con-
gregated at the station. President Roose-
Welt was presented by William B. Plunkett
and spoke briefly.
His address was along the same line as
his talk ct North Adams When he had
finished he was presented with bouquet
by an aged cjtiQeu,
at Pitfsfeld, Mass, tho President spoke
briefly Of the mead OF the proper kind OF