Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-03-29
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;. w It'll q strenuous rush Aud cl1ng
and chatter, President Roosevelt has
sat out to solve the Railroad Problem.
All honor to him for the motive
To his everlaating credit be 1t re-
membered that he recognized the
abuses Of the present system and
shoulaered the task Of reform. ~
But Mr.. Roosevelt's remedy will
never reach the seat OF the disease:
In case OF blood poison, shin
plssters for surface abrasions never
yet saved the patient; and Mr.. Roose-
velt's plans for another tribunal to
control the railroads are mere shin-
plssters. ....r-. ' II
The trouble is that the corporations
will control the new tribunals. just as
they have controlled the old ones.
The tremendous pressure which COM
bined capital can bring to bear upon
any tribunal which congress creates
will be irresistible In the future, as it
has been In the past. Poor human
nature is simply unable to Withstand
temptations which assume so many
seductive forms, aud in.imid ations
which asssil natural weakness in such |
variety of ways. So vast 10 the
20 yer Of the corporations to reward
or punish, enrich or impoverish, that
individuals sink into nothin9ness by
comparison. No man II boy ond their
roach. Ifthey cannot act upon the
Official himself, they can strike him
through his family, or, relatives, Or
friends, or business connections.
Somewhere, within the little world
in which he lives, they will find stme-
one who will yield to their temptations
or surrender to their power to hurt.
Railroads have been known to do
E eat things for the son of Judge
who was about to try IN important
case. +. ~,
Governors, senator's, judges, rail-
road commissioners sometimes have
relatives who are more or less willitg
to get hold of : good thing. d -5.z~..<
The wives of the same sometimes
haye approschable kinsmen Who, for
: consideration, are willing: TO, speak
supercili ously Of the =. demagogues".
who assail corporations. 81 &. *. :
Then, again, the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
busy bees can be 90 trained by cor,
poration cunning that they will give
us their sting instead of their honey.
II Sir Statesman votes with serene
disregard for Sir Demagogue, giving
the railroads what they want, Editor
ial prowess will take care of him.
His praises will res ound, until his
sublime head bumps against the stars.
But should he be his own master,
,beying no orders save those of his
conscience, the corporation organs
can 90 belittle him, slander him, and
manufacture lies about him, that he
almost grows ashamed of having been
honest. = 7: Y. 1, -.' \, :. : =. II. :
In short, the corporation can make
IA good time" for those who serve it,
and "a bad time'' for those who defy
| It. =. =. :. II. &. = sz- I'll
Do not oil mon know this? ..s: Y /
The more necessary any official il
to combined capital, the more they
will do for him, or against him. I'll. !.
Create any tribunal which becomes
IN absolute necessity to the corpora.
tions-a matter Of life and death to
them and they will either tempt II
with brides which no virtue can resist,
or assail it. with intimid ations which
no courage can defy. ..z: * III NH: J.
Mr.. President, have you studied The
history OF "The Granger Cases. Of
thirty years ago? II not, study. II,
Then you viii X ow better how the
corporations control human tribunals
and get rid Of laws which are oh.
st.cles. !. .,... ,.= .=-: g.. + + .
Have you studied the recent deci.
sions Of the Federal judges on the
question Of fixing reasons able rates?''
& II not, study them /. =.. ....: .s ~.
You will then know better what !
monkey railroad lawyer can make
. Of federal judge. IS + IS:
To create smother tribunal for thu
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