Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-04-14

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viii III firm purpose both q DO Ias
tsee 10 fa<m ana 10 zee that thsy n
their turn 40 justice 10 The pahlae u
large. Y :
TIE farss requisite N me pahlis
servants sho m 20 deal u tki,
shape sffA corporations. whether ss
LEGISLATORS or IS executives. b hon.
sstF, This honesty can be no n
sIeesor - p@rsons Thrre can be- No
such thing - unilzteIal honesty. The
danger II really from corrupt cor,
poeatioHss II Springs from the cor.
ruptinn iIself. whether exercised Coz
or asainsa corporations
Quotes lers's csmmsnsvrest.
The eight commandment reads
Thou shalt not steal. n does NOT
rad. Thou shalt not steal from rhe
rich man" n does mot read. Thou
shall MOI stsai from the poor man
n reads simply and plainly. Thou
shalt moi steal" No good whatever
VIII come from that warped and
mock morality which denoune.s the
misdeeds 81 men Of wealth >nd for.
Gets the misdeeds pracitced at their
expense. which denonnces bribery,
but blinds Itself To blackmsii: which
fosms with rage IN n corporation -
cures fasoFs by improper methods.
and merely ieers with hideons mirth
" the corporation Is itself wronged.
The only public servant who can be
trusted honestly 10 protect the rights
Of the public against the misdeed Of
. corporation Is that public man Who
VIII Just m surely protect the cor.
poration Itself from wrongful akxres.
sion. II a public man IL willing 10
yield 10 popular clamor and do
wrong to the men OF wealth or 10
rich corporations n may be set
down as certain that n the opportun.
comes he will secretly and fur.
do wrong 10 she public In the
interest of u corporation.
But. In addition IN honesty, we
need sanity. No honesty will make q
man useful II that man Is
or foiish. n he Is a h~ot.headed
sealot or an impracticable visionary.
As we strive for reform we find that
II Is not Mt all merely the case Of a
uphill pull. On the contrary.
here IN almost as much OF breech.
Ing work A. OF collar work: TO de-
pend only on traces means that there
will oon be a runaway and an upset
The men Of wealth who today are
to prevent the regulation and
of their business In the in.
lerest Of the public by the proper gov
eminent authorities will not succeed,
IN my judgment, In checking the prog.
ress Of the movement. But n they did
succeed they would find that they
had sown the wind and would surely
reap the whirlwind. for they would
provoke the violent ex.
cesses which accompany a reform
by convulsion instead Of by
and natural growth.
individual Character.
On the other hand. the Wild preach.
ers OF unrest and discomfort, the wild
agitators against the entire existing
order, the men who act crookediy,
whether because Of sinister design
Or from mere puzzleheadedness. the
men who prsash destruction without
proposing any substitute for what
they intend TO destroy. or who pro
pose a substitute which would be
far worse than the existing evils
all these men are dangerous oppon-
ents of real reform. II they get their
way they viii lead the people into q
pit than any into which they
could fall under the present system.
n they fall 10 get their way they
will still do incalculable harm BY
the kind OF reaction. which
In It's revolt against the senseless evil
Of their teaching, would enthrone
more securely than ever the very
which their misguided follow.
ers believe they are attacking.
4 More important than aught else is
The development or the broadcast sym
pathy or man for man. The welfare
of the wage worker, the welfare Of
the tiller OF the soil, upon those de-
pend the welfare OF the entire coun.
try; their good fs not 70 be sought
In pulling down others: but their
good must be the prime object Of all
statesmanship.
Materially We must strive 70 se-
cure d broader economic opportunity
for ali men. so that each shall have
a better chance to- show the stuff
Of which he is made. Spiritually and
ethically We must strive to bring
about clean living and right thinking.
appreciate that the things Of the
body are important; but We appre-
ciate also that the things of the
soul are UNNECESSARILY more import.
ant. The foundation stone Of nation
al life IS. and ever must be. the high
individual character Of the average
citizen