Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-04-14
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Hold defects shersnnto every lind
a. rsximsn i sahSecx. bal the secret
lets sa1 6ifficnlties. shieA ID pahp
he p~ueexdinss &re innarnsFzhle and
inetftahse they hAv@ MT ordinarily
tn Judgment ~ consider
This truth should BE- kepf constant.
" II mlad hy every free people de-
string 20 preserve the sanity ana
poi<e Indispensable 20 ne psrmsn-
enf success % self government Yss.
On the other hand. n 40 vial ast 10
permit Ibis spirit az csnity ana seif.
command 10 degenerate into mere
mental ssssnAtioa Rad shsagh n
state 81 hystericsl excitement h. snd
evii though the results are which
came from the violent oscillations
such excitement invariably produces,
vet 4 sssiden acauieseenee In ssti
~ even worse. A. this moment xe
are passing through a n%riod N crest
snr@sf-soeiaL political. and Indus.
trial unrest. NJ r. ~ the utmost i'm
rorfsnes for oar future that this
should ros IN ~ not the unrest of
mere reheliapsrsss a-sinsf lie. ~
mere dissatisfaction With The ineyit..
ahie i~asrrsiifs ~ CONDITIONS. but the
unrest q A resolute ana ea~ar amt
tion a secure fhe hesferrnc-s ~ -
individual sna tho nation. 81 far ~
this si,yenent Of seitafion through
out The country takes the firm N a
fierce discomfort with svii. az q deter.
IMITATION 10 punish the authors Of
evil. whether In industry or poistics.
the FELINE r. n he heartiiv weicom-
ed ~ n sivn o. healthy life.
Equal Rights 70 An.
IN. on The other hand. II turns into
q mere crusade Of appetite against
appetite. Of . contest between the
brutal greed OF the "have4nots" and
the brutal greed Of the HAYES" then
II has no significance for good. but
only for evil n II seeks 10 estab-
iish n line Of cleavage. not along the
line which divides good men from
bad. but along the other line. run
ming nj right angles thereto. which
divides those who are well of from
those who are less wen off. then q
will be fraught with unreasonable
harm 10 the body polite. \
We Tan no more and no less afford
10 condone evil In the man NJ capitai
than evil I'm the man OF nc capital. |
The wealthy man who exults because
there Is a failure OF Justice in the
TO bring some trust magnate
20 an account for his misdeeds Is as
had as. and no worse than. the so
called labor leader who eIamorously
to excite a foul class feeling
on behalf Of some other labor leader |
who In implicated In murder. One
attitude fs as bad as the other. and
no worse: in each case the accused
IS entitled TO exact justice: and In
neither Ease Is there need Of action
by others which can be construed
into an expression Of sympathy for
crime.
II In A prime necessity that n the
present unrest Is to result In perman-
ent good the emotion shall be trans.
lated into action. and that the action !
shall be marked by honesty. sanity.
and self restraint. There Ii mighty
little good In a mere spasm Of reform.
The reform that counts n that which
comes through steadv, continuous
growth: violent emotionalism leads
10 exhaustion.
Favors inheritance Tax. |
II Is important TO this people to
grapple with the problems connected
with the amassing Of enormous for.
tunes, and the use Of those fortunes.
both corporate and individual. In
business. We should discriminate In
the sharpest way between fortunes
well. won and fortunes III won. be-
tween those gained as an incident to
performing great services to the
community as a whole. and those
gained In eyil fashion by keeping
lust within the limits Of mere law
honesty. or course no amount Of
charity In spending such fortunes In
any way compensates for misconduct
in making them. As q matter OF per
sonal conviction. and without pre-
tending to discuss the details or for
mnlate the system, I feel that we
shall ultimately have to consider the
adoption Of some such scheme as
that Of 4 progressive tax on All for
tunes. beyond a certain amount,
either given In life Or devised or be
oueathed upon death to any individ.
ual-a tax so framed is to put Il out
OF the power Of the owner OF one OF
these enormous fortunes to hand on
more than a certain amount TO any
one individual: the tax, Of course,
10 b. imposed BY the national and
MT the state government. Such tax
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