Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-12-06

year preceding presidential election,
because as a matter Of fact experience
has conclusively shown that at such a
time it is impossible to get men to treat
it from the standpoint of the public good.
In my judgment the wise time to deal
with the matter is Immediately after
such election
Income and Inheritance Taxes.
The President repeats his recommended
| tons of last year for national inherit
! ance and income taxes. He thinks that
when our system of taxes is revised,
Congress should adopt his suggestions.
He points out that the cry of few
years ago that wealthy offenders escaped
| the penalty of the law, can not be raised
now as the department of justice has
been as prompt to proceed against the
wcalthicst malefactor whose crime was
one of greed and cunning as to proceed
| against the agitator who incites to brutal
violence. Everything that can be done
under the existing law, and with the
existing state of public opinion, which
so profoundly Influences both the courts
! and iuries, has been DONE
Too Many Unjust Injunctions.
Regarding injunctions, the President
says:
Instances OF abuse in the granting of
| iniunctions in labor disputes continue to
| occur, and the resentment in the minds
! of those who feel that their rights are
| being invaded and their liberty of action
and of speech unwarrantably restrained
| continues likewise to grow. Much of the
attack on the use of the process of in
| junction is wholly without warrant; but
| | am constrained to express the belief
that for some Of it there is warrant.
| This question is becoming more and
| MORA ono of nrimp importaDrn and nm
! less the courts will themselves deal with
| it in effective manner, it is certain ulti-
matey to demand some form of legisla-
tive action 1t would be most unfortu-
nate for our social welfare if we should
permit many honest and law-abiding
citizens to feel that they had just cause
| for regarding our courts with hostility.
| | earnestly commend to the attention of
| the Congress this matter, SO that some
way may be devised which will limit
the abuse of injunctions and protect
| those rights which from time to time it
. unwarrantably invades. Moreover, dis
content is often expressed with the use
of the process of injunction by the
courts not only in labor disputes. but
| where state laws are concerned. | re-
frain from discussion of this question as
! | am informed that it will soon receive
the consideration of the supreme court.
THE federal courts must of course de-
| eide ultimately what are the respective
/ spheres of state and nation in connection
with any law, state or national, and
!, they must decide definitely and finally in
| matters affecting individual citizens, not
only as to the rights and wrongs of labor
but as to the rights and wrongs Of CAPT
tai; and the national government must
always see that the decision of the court
| is put into effect. The process of ipjunc-
| ton is an essential adjunct of the courts
doing its work well and as preventive
measures are always better than re-
medal, the wise use of this process is
| from every standpoint commendable
| But where it is recllessy or unnecessar-
| lily used. the abuse should be censured,
above all by the very men who are prop
| erly anxious to prevent any effort to
shear the courts of this necessary power.
The courts decision must be final; the
protest is only against the conduct of
| individual judges in needlessly anticipat-
| ing such final decision or in the tyranni-
cal use of what is nominally II temporary