Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-10-21

professional men. i ne man ol 81 '''I
mcanS who achieves fortune by crook
"a methods does wrong to the Whoi"
body polite. Eut he not merely does
WRONG to, he becomes 4 source oT i'm
mm~nt danger to, other men on great
means: Tor his ill-wOn success tends
to arouse feeling of resentment,
hich if il becomes intamed fails 10
ditfcrcntiIte between the men ol
wealth who have done dcccntly ANA the
men of wealth who have not done de
Gently.
The conscience Of our people has been
deeply shocked by the revelations made
o. recent years as to the way i'll which
some of the great fortunes have been
obtained ANA used, ANA there is, |
think, in tn" minds of the people ut
large a strong feeling that a serious ef
fort must b" madc to put a stop to the
cynical dishonesty and contempt for
right which have thus been revealed.
| believe that something. and | hope
that Il good dead, can be- done by law
to remedy the state of things COM
planned of. Hut when all that can he,
has thus been done. there viii yrt re
main much which the law can not
touch, ana which must b. reached by
the force of public opinion. There are
men who de- not divide actions mr"rly
! into those that are honest ANA those
! that are not, but create Il third sub
! division-thut Of law honesty: of that
| kind of honesty which consists in keep
ing clear Of the pcnitcntiary. 1t is
| hard to reach aStute mon OF this type
save by making thcn feel the weight
of IN honest public INDICATION. But
this indignation, if it is to u" effective
must be intelligent. 1t is, Of course
to the great advantage Of dishonest
men OF wealth if they are denounced,
not for being dishonest, but for being
| wealthy, ana if they are denounced i'll
terms 50 overstrained ana hy1tericll as
to invite 4 reaction in their favor Wr
cannot afford in this country to draw
| the distinction rs between rich man
ana Poor man. The distinction upon
! which we must insist j. the vital, deep
I lying. unchan%cablc distinction between
! The honest man aud the dishonest man,
| between the man who acts drremtly
I ana fairly Ivy his nriGhhor ana with Il
! quick sense of his obligations, and the
man WHO acknowledges nu internal laW
save that Of his oWn Will and appetite.
/ Above all We should treat with 4
| Peculiarly coEtcmptuouS abhorrcncr
! the man vino in a spirit Of sheer
! clnicism dcbauchcs either our business
| life or our r"litiral ljfr. There are
men who use the phra~" 'rrIctirh
! politics aS merely 'uphemlSm Tor
Hlrty l"iitlrS. Lltd y i Surh men VINO
nave hf"liEht thr word p"lltlcl'h
INTO diS'l'd'' mere are "'u'r men
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