The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1906-10-05

able,
We have actually accomplished
much. But we have not accomplish
ed all. nor anything Ike ais hpt
We feel must be accomplished We
shall not halt; we shall steadily fol-
low the path we have marked out,
! executing the laws we have succeed
cd IN putting upon, the statute books
with absolute lmpaftlalty as be-
tween man and man, and unresling
In our cndoayor TO strengthen and
supplement these by;fwther laws
which shnll enable rs in tnorott.
ficieut and more SUMMARY fashlon
to achieve tho ends wdhoyodp. yIew,
During the last few years congress
has had to deal with such vitality inn
portRnI questions as PROVIDING FOR
the building Of -the-Paaano canal
inauguraling tie vast system of ma
tional irrigation In tho states Of the
great plains aud the Rocky noun
toins, providing for Pacific cable,
and so forth. : Yet In oddiuoii 10
these tasks. sqme OF which am Of
stupondous imIb rtonce, cong'css. has
taken giant strides along The path
OF government regulation aud CON
troll OF corporations; the interstate
commerce law has been made cflec-
tive in radical and far-reaching ASH
ion, rebates have been stepped. q
pure-food law has been passed, prop-
or supervision OF the mcat-packIng
business provided. and the bureau OF
corporations established bureau
which has already done great good,
and which can and should be given
constantly Increasing Functional
power.
the work Of legislation has baen
no more important thal the work
Gppe by the depsrtment Of justice ~
executing the laws, not only against
corporations and ialiyiduals who
have l.oKen the apIstfust or ialcr-
s.ste commerce law, but against
those who have been engaged In
land frauds. Scores of suits, civil
and criminal, have been successfully
undertaken against offenders of all
kinds many Qf thems ,agains5 the.
most formidable apdywealtny combi-
nations OF capital IN the land; IN
ime the combinations have been dis
! solved, in some heavy fines have
been imposed. in-aeyegal cases the
chief offenders have beeh.imprlsened.
1t behooves us Americans to look
ahead and plan out the right kind OF
n civilization, as that which. we ING
tend to develop from these wonderful
new conditions of vast growth. 1t
must not be, Il shall not be, the civ
ilizauon OF mere pluiocracy, a
banking house, Wall street syndicate
civilization; nogSlSeg cad thegeshc
submission tofclies 7hStreii, 7tp ram
cor, brutality, Observation-Disclosures, FOR
that would mean Che. sud of all civ.
ilization. Increased powers are 5us
cepublc OF abuse$ as wei as ,psei
never before have the Opportunities
for seirlshnesS Be6h 80 gieat' nov the
4 q. al .H. q
/ results or seifishness So app0lilpgi
for in commdnfiSs where eySrythins
is organized On merely selfish cont
mercial basis, such seIfislness, il upt
chocked, may 1transfprh the. great
forces OF the new epoch into powers
of destruction hitherto unsQyaled
We need TO cbecl, th5 FORCES Of
greed, to insure just treatment alike
OF capital and of labor and of the
general public, TO prevent any man,
rich or poor from doing or reeeiv-
ing wrong, whether this wrong be
ono Of cunning or Of violence. Much
can be done by wise legislation and
by rosolhte enforcement of the law
But still more must be done by stea-
dy training of the individual citizen,
in conscience and character, until
he grows to obhor corruption and
greed and tyranny and, brutality and
TO prize Justice and fair dealing
The men who are 20 do the WORK
OF the new epoch must be tralneG
so as to have A sturdy sseli-respePt