The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-04-20

coed they would find that tbou
sown the wind and would SURELY va, aau
the whirlwind for they would ult;nsep
ly provoke the violent excesses ,..".
accompany a reform coming nv 'n
vulsion instead of by steady and W.,
ural growth. On the other hand -
wild preachers of unrest and d.. 'ne
tent, the wild agitators against Wv
entire existing order. the men uh "e
crookedly, whether because of sinis,o.
design or from mere puzzleheadednosn
the men who preach destruction MI.
out proposing any substitute for ,,.
they intend to destroy, or VINO
pose substitute which would h.
worse than the existing evils-au
these men are the most dangerous 49,
ponents of real reform. If tbe, ~.
their way, they will lead the neon,o
into deeper pit than any into wb;os
they fall under the present system
If they fail to get their way thew will
still do incalculable damage nv nro
voklng the kind of reaction which -
its revolt against the senseless o,;,
OF their teachings would entbrone
more securely than ever eyerv owl,
which their misguided followers ho
lleve they are attacking.
More important than aught else is
the development of the broadcast svm.
pathy OF man for man. The welfare
of the wagewOrker, the welfare of tho
tiller of the soil, upon these denend
the welfare of the entire country.
their good is not to be sought in mil.
ing down others, but their good must
be the prime object of all of our states.
manship. Materially we must strive
to secure broader economic opportu.
nifty for all men, so that each shall
have better chance to show the stuff
of which he is made; spiritually. and
ethlcally, we must strive to bring
about clean living and right thinking.
We appreciate that the things of the
body are Important; but we appreciate
also that the things of the soul are
UNNECESSARILY more important. The
foundation stone of national life is. and
ever must be, the high individual char
acter of the average citizen"
again, the national government
must in some form exercise supervi-
sion over corporations engaged in in.
terstate business-and all large cor.
porations are engaged in interstate
MISREPRESENTATION by license or other.
wise, SO as to permit us to deal with
the far-reaching evils of overcapital-
ization. This year we are making a
beginning in the direction OF serious
effort to settle some of these econom-
les by the railway rate legislation.
Such legislation, if so framed, as am
sure it will be. as to secure definite
and tangible results, will amount to
something of itself; and it will amount
to a great deal more in so far as it is
taken as first step in the direction
of policy of superintendent and con-
troll over corporate wealth, engaged in
interstate commerce. This superin-
tendence and control ought not to be
exercised in spirit of malevOlence to-
ward the men who have created the
wealth, but with the firm purpose both
to do justice to them and to see that
they in their turn do justice to the
public at large. The first requisite in
the public servants who are to deal
in this shape with corporations, wheth-
er as legislators or executives, is hon.
esty. This honesty can be no respect
er of persons. There can be no such
thing as unilateral honesty. The dan
ger is not really from corrupt corpo-
rations: it springs from the corruption
itself, whether exercised for or against
corporations.
mo good whatever will come from
that warped and mock morality which
denounces the misdeeds of men OF
wealth and forgets the misdeeds prac-
ticed at their expense; which denoun-
ces bribery, but blinds itself to black
mail; which foams with rage if cor
poration secures favors by improper
methods and merely leers with hide
Gus mirth if the corporation is itself
wronged.
THE only public servant who can
be trusted honestly to protect the
rights of the public against the mis-
deeds of a corporation is that pubic
man who will just as surely protect
the corporation itself from wrongful