Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-07
OUTSIDE POINT OF VIEW

Close observers of the legal tactics
in the Tlaw trial must &imlre me ssh
of both jerome and Delmas. Inc lat-
ter, discaiming at the beginning Oh the
trial, any intention of using the I'M
written law as part OF the oeIehse'
has virtually brought that before tue
Jury as the motive Of the murder f1rst
the Jury was moved to sympathy by
Evelyn's story of her ruin by the VII
lain White. Then came the evidence
showing how 1.-The villain still pur-
sued her." and the righteous provoca-
ton any man has to kill seducer
of his daughter OF his wife. Then
notice how Jerome only feebly opposes
evidence to show that Thaw was m
sare before. at the time, and since the
murder. Jerome IA ,ws That to seha
Thaw to the insane asylum would be
an indeterminate sentence he Hur-
derer fears and breads much more
than conviction of any kind. jerome
knows that his jury is not only liable TO
acq,lit, but to disagree, hence II ne
can get commission Of lunacy to shut
up 'rhaw in state asylum, he has In
some measure punished a deliberate
murderer. Lawyers have their uses.
after all.
Rockefeller gives $32,0OO000 to an
educational fund and the world notes
with satisfaction his generosity. No
better possible use can be made OF
money. But just the same this gift
CRATES on the public sentiment. Dick
Turpin, Jack Sheppard and Captain
Kidd all practiced this kind OF public
work with this creditable difference.
They robbed the rich and gave to the
plor. whereas Rockefeller robs the
POOR and rich and gives to rich and
poor alike. And all this is not the
speuting of the demagog. It's a cool
d,spassionate statement OF fact The
profits, the dividends of the Standard
Oil company prove these statements.
r. to6a, kerosene and gasoline were
Sold at one-half the present price the
dividends even then, at these prices,
would be larger than on other fair in
vss.ments. In other words, If Rookie
Teller should sell mis- monopoly at half
present prices, he would then make a
present each year to the people of this
country of more than $32.000,000. And
this later referred-to public benefac-
ton would directly save consumers,
especially poor people, this exact
amount.
Looked at in the light of being Gods
chosen instrument to distribute money
for public good, Rockefeller is pre-em
inently a good agent SO is Carnegie
But it occurs to the poor washer wom-
an, obliged to use kerosene and gaso-
line for light and heat, that she would
prefer to handle her own money. She
prefers to save the $50 each year the
Standard Oil Company takes from her
and educate her own children. She
does not feel it her duty to contribute
each year to the support of retired col
lege professors, however much they
may deserve it. II she. paying two
dollars week for kerosene and gaso-
line, could buy the same quantity for
one dollar a week. it is self evident the
washerwoman would have more of the
comforts and necessities of life.
After thirty-five years of looking
at this state of affairs, tie public with
man named Roosevelt at the head,
has begun to act. We are also begin
ming to ask why we should pay Divine
Authority Baer two prices for anthra-
cite COAL He has not yet begun to
give away any large amounts. Proba-
bly, is waiting till he reaches the one
hundred million class. We are also
waking up to the fact that a lumber
trust now practically owns all Of the
cut and standing lumber in these I'm
tied States. Of all the public neces-
stiles only water, drinking water, now
is free. In its frozen condition even
water is now controlled by trusts in
all Of our large and many Of our small
cities. Transportation, another pub
lie necessity is gradually getting into
the control of few Our food pro-
ducts, our fruit. our -four, our meats.
all are more or less controlled in price
by combines and trusts. So here we
have it. Only the element of free all
is left us. That these problems need
to be solved by conservative men is
now apparent. Radical action in any
form now means panic and public dis
aster. But that an end must come to
all of these outrageous practices is
just as true. Something must and will
be done. Roosevelt will have sue
cessors.
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