Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-10-24

L iS1AElA0EsN0p1 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
aridicnl lOusH measure of tariff protec.
tiOn to certain socalle infsn indus.
tries that have not only as monopoly
contgo1 of our home market, but have
secured AN extensive foreign trade BY
selling to foreigners at q less price
than that charged our own people Z: 8
Contempt Of lawhas assumed alarm
ling proper ions. While the most bru-
tai and revolving manifestations 81 Il
deadly assaults by robbers, the un-
forgivable crime against women, and
lawless executions with harbarous
embelli lishments- attract the most at
tention, certainly the most dangerous
manifestations of it are the employ
ment by rich individuals and .corpor-
ations Of lawyers that<twist and weave
the subtleties and technic calities Of the
law to >entangle and bind the agencies
of Justice until escape is provided for
those that brush or: bend aside the
laws to enrich .themselv For this
not only provides Immunity baths
for men that,ar none the less crimi-
nal because their criminality. makes
them; milliOnaires, but creates in the
public mind contempt for law. thai
is the most threatening feature Of our
national life, *:5 FIT - :::s. IN y
Norman should <be so high and rich
and powerful that he is above the law,
and no5man so low and poor, and weak
that he is beneath the law 80 All should
obey the. law and all should have the
protection Of the law. ~ zz==$ j IF rs
zss.NOr do. we desire that anything
that aids us shall hinder Others: We
desire comfort and happiness to$the
full measure of the just reward for
honest endeavor for all mankind.
We ore sincerely sorry that any Of
God S ere eatures that work lack abnnd-
ant ood and lothing and shelter and
reasonable recreation and fair oppor-
tnnity for q comfortable competence
in old age. And no class has more 81
pity for the real unfortunat the
sick, the crippled, and the little chill
dren and. babies of ,the very poor.
We would that all of Gods creatures,
city and country, might never suffer
want and privatiOn, that all mi ght
have a gospel measure OF the satisfy
ing joys of simple, honestliving.: We
believe, we know, that increased profit
to us should come, not from the
masses of others, but, if from any,
from those already too. rich. We do
not ask that the consumers OftOur pro-
ducts should pay more, but that the
margin between what they pay and
what we get and which has created sag-
greg atiOns and concentrations OF
wealth that are both oppressive and
dangerous, should be reduced. j # 5:=. ,
!1aFinally, We are not money mad.
We regard money as :a5means, not an
end We want more income from our
capital and labor, that we may have
yet better homes and schools, and:
those comforts and luxuries thatwill,
make yet fuller and happier the lives:
OF our wives and children. While we
rejoice in our big crops {. OF grain
and grass, OF cane and cotton, and sini:
our cattle upon q thousand hills, we.
believe that Che. most valuable apro ::
duct ssof the farm, that which adds;
more to the real, true national wealth
than all { crops 4combined,$a and
that should most Of al nSentitle us Sto
the cOnsid deration 5Of. all that regard
liberty, natiopal stability, virtue and
progress, are our mill ions of girls
and boys; girls and boys that we are.
rearing under those conditions that
all history shows are best for the de-:
.velopment f!the stout hearts and sane
minds in sound bodies that are better:
protection to the state than armies
and navies; and are the best sureties,
Of good government and the liberties
of the people. '',s. =. :. J. y u st.s5
!; Joseph E. Ransden OF louisiana
closed the afternoon session with q
speech on the subject. Water Trans
:portation, as It Especially Affects
Farmers: .>* XII H.; ! !