The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-12-04


rut or keep on nc statute books law
nomnally IN the interest of public moral
. Nv that really puts premium upon
pubic immortality. by undertaking 70
forbid hnNcst men from dong what inuA'
be done under modern BUSH et7 cqnri-
lions. no TINT the law itself provides that
its own infraction must be the condition
preceNeAt upon hlSiress spccess- 70 ann
at tho accom- ri 'shneni % too much naa-
ally Moons the ACCOMPLISHMENT Of too NJ
M. ana often the dolag 81 positive aai-
ase, IN my messs sc TO the congress year
ago In speaking Of the antitrust laws
/ SAID:
"rhe actual working of our laws has
shown that the effort to prohfbit all com
blnatiOn good or bad Is noNlou5 where
II is not ineffective. Combination OF cap
ital. Ike combination OF laAcr, IS a mecca
sary clement In our present Industrial
system. II Is not possible completely 10
prevent II; and il il Were possible. such
complete prevention would do damage TO
tho body polite What we need IS not
vainly 10 try ~ prevent al combination,
but &c secure $uch risGro0a aad aae-
Uuate control ANA supervision of tine
combinations as 70 prevent their tniurng
the public, of existing IA sueh forms as
inevitably 10 threaten injury n
liz unfortunate th4t nlr present tK@a
FORBID
\ sharply discriminating between Those
I combinations which do good ana t.taaa
combinations which do evil 9ttfn
railroads would like "a combine fer t33r
purpose of preventing big sllppef from
/ maintaining improper advantages at the
expense OF small shippers and of the gem
eral public. Such a combination. instead
of being forbidden by law. should be fa-
vored. II Is a public evil to have
on the statute books a law incapable OF
fun enforcement, because both judges
and juries realize that its full enforce
ment would destroy the business of the
country: for the result is to make decent
men violators of the law against their
will and to put a premium on the be-
havior of the wilfuI wrongdoers, Such
q result in turn tends to throw the decent
man and the willfu wrongdeer into close
association, and in the end TO drag down
the former TO the latter's level for the
man who becomes a lawbreaker in one
way unhappily tends TO lose all respect
for law and TO be willing 10 break II Ia
many WAYS No more scathing p0u-
delnpatiou could be visited upon law
than Is contained ID tine words % the in
terstnte commerce commission when. IN
commenting upon tbc fact that the mfr
mefous joint traffic ass8eiatoas do teeh-
nicaliy Violate tho law. they say. Tho
decision of tlr United States supreme
the Joint Traffic association case has pro-
aueed no practical effect upan tile rail
way nprrl.i 9ts, 0f thc cmlntry Such as
sensations. IN faef fxtst now as tbev
ant before those decisions and with the
game general effect In iastice To an
p1rtics we ousht probably % add that
ii Is dif3cult to see rar an4 Interstate
railways could be operated wits tIue re-
gard IL tba inis rast of tae shipper and
The railway r.jtrnI1t 4srittl teffaelof d..
Kind afforded through These assaeiations.'
This means chat the law as eoa-
strIel bv the supreme court is sush that
the bosinezs IN tho conntrv cannot be
conducted without breakirty IT..
Combinations Natural ne2ult
~ h6oksr, f>o-afti,,,r
AS have elsewhere said:
"Ar this is suhstg@iafv what I have
said over ana oyd aeaiu snreFt It
ought not ~ he y psarx. Ia s4x that #
III 10 shane or ,rcprasents any hos
,uttv Ia rornoraf U a. ssteh an tba
contrary. II lueanEc fraRlF recazHifior3 81
ia fact IN IL conn Hn9fio1s of eantf9f ti5sa
combinations III Fbor ars natfslaI "a.
suit of modern c5htltfons ana af eur n.4-
tjonal acveinpalcT,f Ar FAR as TIT nv
ability LIDS ms ehaeavar II ana viii he
NJ nreyent NJ blisc III pswer Nv either ana
III favor both IN lafig as they do ven
q-he aim Of the National Government il
n,,i.e An mttrh ID favor and protect h1n-
ssst COMBINATIONS honest business men az
wealth. al 10 bring tn Justice those ind-
vi,lnlls ana corporations representing dis
Hannst methods Mast certainlp there
VIM 10 no reisxafon hv the government
sa.ili5riti,s m tho effort h gct NJ any
,-.r.,f,t rtiroa4 wreclgar aNs mar wis ~
clever pwindrlne devices robs Investors.
ot,r,rcsgez tcaues- workers. and does ini1s-