The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-12-03

Vice IN Its crudcr and more archaic
/ forms shocks everybody, but there /,
very urgent need that public opinion
| should he just as severe in cundcmun
tion Cf the vice which hides itself hr
3 hlhd class or professional loyalty ui
which denies that It is vice II % can cs
cape conviction I'm the courts The pub
lie and the representatives " the pub
lie, the high officials. whether uu IN,
bench or IN executive or legislative pu
sitioI.s. need to remember that often
the most dangerous criminals. So rfr u-
the life or the nation Is concerned. az,
not those who commit the crime.
known 10 and condemned 10y tie rpur
lar conscience for centuries. but .iusc
who commit crimes only rendered pns
siblc 10y the complex conditions uf oui
modern Industrial life. II mikes not n
particle Of difference whether these
crimes are committed by capitalist nt
hy II lahorcr. 10y leading banker o.
manufacturer or railroad man ar by "a
leading representative of n labor union
Swindling In stocks. corrupting hccls.
laturcs. making fortunes by the india.
tion Of securities. by wrcckIng railroads
10y destroying competitors through re-.
bates these forms uf wrunctloinu Ia
the capitalist are far more Infamous
than any other form of cmlc2zlcmcnt ar
Forgery. yet 1t is a matter Of extreme
dllliculty To secure the punishment Of
the men most guilty of them. most re-.
sponsiblc for them The business man
who coudoucs such conduct stands nu
level with the labor man who de.
llhcratcly supports n currurt Gcma.
gosuc ana ugltutor. whether head Of u
union or head OF some municipllitv.
because he IL said 10 have stood hv
the union" The members Of the husi
ness community. the educators OF
clcrgymcn who condouc and cucourngr
the first Kind Of wrongdoing are mo-
more dangerous 10 the community. but
nrc morally even worse. than the labor
mon who are guilty of the second typc
OF wrongduIng. bccausc less Is To he
pnrdoned those who have no such cx.
cusc as IL furnished either hy igno.
rance or by dire need
Farmers and Wageworkors.
When the department Of agricul
turc was founded there WIS much
as TO its usefulness. No de
parimcnt of the government. however.
has more cmphatically vindicatcd It's
usefulness. and none save the post
o!lice department comes SO continually
lnd Intimately into touch wi'h the pco.
pie. The two citizens whose welfare
IS In the aggregate most vital 10 the
welfare Of the nation and therefore
% the welfare OF all other citizsns are
he waScworkcr who does manual IN
Dor and the tiilcr Of the soil, the farm.
'r. There are of course kinds Of labor
where the work must bc purely men
.al, and there are other kinds OF labor
where under existing conditions very
little demand indeed Is made upou the
mind, though am glad TO say that
ne proportion Of men engaged in this
kind OF work * diminishing. But In
iny community with the solid. healthy
qualities which make up u really great
nation the bulk of the people should do
work which calls for the exercise of
'o.n pou' 'i'' n''"u' irog'eSs cannot
= ,,' '".' 'N'N' III 'ie "pahuohmeht
" r'' ''"u', p"' III ,hc ue'olol-
'-'i' VI P'S H''"l 'apor' 80 ,hht IL shail
W - ,.'o'r ana more 'he WORK ol
NV. NV u%'''pu ',, .. .'ilu ~ 'llr ''iiihcu body
'N''o' - ,''''' ~ E'"NciN uoic'tiNc
=" " ,'i 80 II i'u'S premium upon
.'''.'s '"'n,nE ana "hus' 'here-
',, os' " Ian ''le uoS AWAY 'roln th'
"'l Wv "'INS"op' N"'llhS Is
o ",',' ,'"i' 'uo oest type ol IN
We, ''i s'noo'' 'n' SCHOOL ior ih"cllh-
81 'Il''us'l,rS III ',ir ci'y' ,he sehool
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nv. Nv '",''hs vi 'he slllrd
,',, ',e sun ''e mining "' lhe
49, %.a, n's.i",n'c, '.s, snou'u ailhe pe recog-
,, '''aai''S Just IN c'hphatlc'
"Is w ""!cr' uoc'or'
a.'i ''',n' v. S'c'h' ne SCHOOLS should
','a,,'' o,n'~s , ."'S 'ac', ana u shouh