The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1907-12-06
Presidents Message.

ours and think 10 can Dee uuthfuliy
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OUTS "' '"'s very
foolish Wueh su'n iS 'H' '"S' .''
pie 10 hoard money instead oil A'ei''n-
it IN sound banks. for II is such ho'io.
ing that is the immediate occasion OF
money stringcncy. Moreover, as a /
rule. the business Of our people is con- |
dncted with honesty and probity and /
nts .,.,li.s oiite IN farms and fac /
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In amy large body oil men, however
there are certain to Doe some VINO are
dishonest. and if the conditions are
such that these men prosper or commit
their misdeeds with impmity their
.,oinrf. is a very evil thing for the
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reckless ana where ''l'
such that they aci without super '''''
or control and at first without eIecllNe
check from public opinion. they delude
many inno,ent people into making n
,..t,n.nts or emharkiug in kinds of
l,,sin.ss that are really msound When
tho misdecds of these successfully dis
honest men are discovered suffering
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l,.. i,.no..nt whom the, have misled
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n..+ tn. lonrer fl was deferred the
,.,..r. ,..infnI IL yould he. I'm the effort
H.. .r,nisb fine guilty 70 is both wise and
nr.,,or in endey,or $50 far as possible
...i,t..i,. tho distress of those who
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- ,....sifte to refrain because of
i .,,.l, .distress from striving to put au
.nJ to the misdeeds that are the ulti-
o. nate causes of the suffering and. as
t MOONS Il, fhis end where possible Co
,,nisb those responsible for them
,rl..r. nov he honest differences of
.,.i.i,n MS fo many governmental poi-
f,,, .,,,.r,. -i.ra. cam I. uo such
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..... ,..rs,,arenca iu the war against
.a,..i.srnf dishonesty.
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W. -.'.. sr.,,, carving to an cx
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81. anu ''' '''''l iii, for ifs fullest
'.' ..,...,.,tiife with seeing that
fu..rtv does NOT become a liberty t.
wrong others. Unfortunately this is
a.. .i.f,.l or rberfv that the lack of al
.0.ctive regulation inevitably breeds
.rbo founders of the constitution pro
j ,i.ied that the national government
should have complete and sole contro
of Interstate commerce. There was
tben practically mo- interstate business
...,.,. s,,cb as was conducted by water
...l nis tbe national government a
, o,,oe nrocee1ed TO- regulate I'm thorough
,a ,,,ing and effective fashion. Conditions
bs,e now So wholly changed that th
Interstate commerce by water is insis
nifcant compared with the amour
that goes bv land. and almost all bi
l.n.iness concerns are now engaged ID
Interstate commerce. As a result it can
.n Iut nartiallv and imperfectly cor
t,o,led or regulated by the action O
). onv one of the several states. such aC
tion inevitably tending to be eithe
too drastic or else too lax and i'm eithe
cose Ineffective for purposes Of justice
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