The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-01

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81 osrtain mI-I-s n wealth. together
with rising Pablo Indignation resulting
tberefrofn, may portend = condition of
affairs not wholly unlike that which I'M
medA,ely preceded the French Re7olp-
ton. UnquestiOnAbly the doctrines sp-
pertaining 10 socialism have 81 recent
years been more and more widely placed
before the American public, and rela-
lively the so-called Sociallstc party may
have been growing rapidly; but there
are few sane men who believe for a mo-
ment tina, any disaster threatens. other
than disaster % those whose fraudulent
and cunning schemes merit correction
and punishment.
This il no time for alarm, even Tor
dread, as 10 the stability and honesty Of
our general commercial life. IL Il prob
able that at no tine IN our history, GER
tainly not since We have become 20 pros
porous, have business and finance been
more circImspect than at this very day
and hour; and this in spite Of the
astounding developments during the
last year concerning acknowledgement OF
life insurance funds, Of the interplay,
sometimes Injurious % the general good,
OF this group or that Of coordinated bus!-
mesa enterprises. the very fact that the
country is aroused yer reported graft,
over rumored evasion Of honest dealing in
q score Of different directions, that che
country as a whole Is asserting In I'M
mistakable tones its determination that
trust funds shall be protected, that COM
MOI carriers shall not discriminate, that
one man shall have a. much Of achance
% do business fairly and squarely az any
other A that the nation shall be pro-
tected in It's public food supply, and that
there must be a day Of rigid accounting
for evildoers, assures the world, or
should assure it, Of our actual stability
and sound basis. In this country the
natural opportunities for individual
progress in business, education, enter
tainment, have been so great that at
times the body polite seems to have
lost sight, for the moment, Of the fact
that eternal vigilance, in peace as in war,
is the price OF liberty-liberty Of con-
science from fear; liberty OF cities, towns,
States from misr1ile; liberty Of mind as
TO investments which are of the nature
OF trust funds. When the day comes,
however, that proof is adduced Of double
dealing, Misrepresentation, or even Of
questionable practices, especially on the
part Of those whose undertakings are
of public or s~emi-public character, a
storm bursts, increasing in power until
It's work OF cleansing and purifying and
regenerating is accomplished. This has
been the case I'VE and over again, from
the days OF the Credit Mobilier and
the gold corner down to date. Each
time the country has emerged from the
disturbance more prosperous, more solid,
better of in every way than before,
because cleaner and more self-reliant.
Any widespread evidence Of business or
political corruption inevitably rises 10
the surface, like other scum; and before
h increases sufficiently 70 sink down into
the heart Of things, thereby causing real
danger, the American people have always
set about removing the Objectionable
matter, and they may always be de-
pended upon 10 do 50.
OF course il is 10 be expected that the
disconnected, and those who fatten on
p~andering to the fears Of the public, will
make political capital, il they can, out Of
recent disclosures. They will howl more
loudly than ever at conditions which per-
NIT individuals 10 amass large fortunes,
and will yell for depressing laws, per-
haps for ~confscation. Their disturb
ance may annoyance, but it should
not cause alarm. What every public
officer, every good citizen should do is
10 go calmly ahead, insisting that a fair
and square deal be given TO all alike.
The producer and shipper Of coal, oil,
grain or other commodity has a better
chance to-day than ever before 10 get
rates and terms from railroads as favor
able as any other man or corporation
enjoys. The wage Garner who hesitates
about protecting his family by continu-
ing a life insurance policy may comfort
himself with the reflection that insur-
ance in any Of the widely known com
panies is probably safer to-day than
ever before, The nan who has a thou
sand dollars to invest in railroad stocks
can be reasonably certain that greater
care than ever will be taken in future
OF each thousand dollars intrusted to the
railroads. In brief, this country has
been partaking OF too many riches.
There is no blinking the further fact