The evening world., 1905-07-27
GIBBONS SAYS
PUBLICITY IS
| CRAFTS cure
Cardinal Strongly Advocates
Newspaper Exposure Of
the Evil.

Cardinsi James Gibbons. who /:
spenyl.nE the summer down on tht
further end of Long Island in The
modest little rectory of Father o'Hara
pastor of the local church of South
atnpton, did not waste words as hS
told OF the wrongs threatening the
country because of corporate greed
which is making men money mad. Sit
ting In the rectory, dressed more IN the
garb of a priest, who INDUCES in none
ofsttte frivoiities of the tailor's art, the
Cardinal received n reporter. The Car
dinal does not look his fun seventy-one
years. Although he is small in stature
the vigor of youth is still his fortunate
bleyatg, and although he has worn the
scarlet baretta of Cardinal the ma
teralSfaet sof wearing it is not to his
liking.
As9he sat in Father OHara's rectory
the baretta was the only mark of his
distinguished preferment in the Church,
with the exception of his massive ring,
which cleaned from the finger of his
riglh. hand. While he talked the baretta
often slipped from his head. and at such
times he caught it with a gesture of
iinpatience.
Corporation Corruption Evil.
''Cofporation corruption is a fixed evil
that we must reckon with" he began
Wherever there is an amalgamadon Of
great capital or a large collection CT
men Interested in one money-maling
concern, there is sure to be corruption.
1t IS an old story. and the only reason
st comes SO much TO the fore now Is
that the methods of Its detection are
daily growing stronger.
"But the fear Of public exposure Is
counter-balancing the evil element. and
that fear. that dread, that horror Of
having a once respected name dragged
down. because Of this money-madness.
Is due TO the efforts OF the metropolitan
press. The fear of exposure in the press
Keeps men sticking close to the narrow
and straight path.
There is nothing that SO touches a
mans self respect as what the news
papers say about him. By newspaper |
mean a great metropolitan newspaper,
which can in one headline bring justice
and, dethronement to a man who has
always posed as popular idol of right
eousness. but who Is really hypocrite.
insurance scandal.
1.-THE shatterlng OF idols. popular idols
has OF late become thing OF almost
daily occurrence. 1t Is a sad thing
10 contemplate. but 1t IS an Inevitable
condition. The late James G. Blaine,
when he was Secretary of State, said
TO me once that man in business
Would do an act which he would con-
sider absolutely contemplate and
wrong IL he did it In his own person
atty.
"A COLLECTION of men,, said Mr..
6ialhe, VII permit wrong winch no
ever think of doing.
That IS undoubtedly true OF the con-
NtIon that has been exposed in this
recent insurance scandal"
NOW in this insurance scandal and
the various other unfortunate business
wrongs that have been exposed lately
II is very much 10 be doubted If any
one particular man would do of MS
own accord what he did as a director
or y stockholder. a great many very
Sonorabie and reputable gentlemen arc
more or less implicated in these scan
dals. When the scandals are brought
to light and exposed these honorabie
men justify themselves by saying that
they only had a very small part in IL
Their. excuse is that perhaps they
owned one share In a thousand. ana
that while the directorate of the thou
sand shares committed q financial crime
their one little interest was SO small
that It did not count
Talks of Tainted Money.
'-rhe great trouble maker to this
eountry Is money.
THE great offset to :hat evil is the