The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-05

hnA EHU M AIRAAlnEns ~ nA0AamAEU Nj VIII Ina
struc, The Govsrnmsn 10 franSact the business
which these corporations have made the
Government interfere with on account of
bad practices. We shall then have honesty;
for are not the men who compose the Govern
ment men OF our own choice. our servants
for our common businessP"
IL needs no prophet to predict that TOO
much government lies that way. and nothing
but too much government-and no Increased
efficiency or improved business TO De had In
the bargain. And beyond TOO much govern
ment lies the old programme. repeated and
repeated again ana again every ume the
like thing has happened; a new struggle Tor
liberty. q new easerness Tor emancipation
from the law tnat olctates into the freedom
OF the law that umpires.
Can we return 10 our OLD standards IN this
strange and altered day. when all the race
or circumstances seems cnanged ana nothing
remains as II waslnthe ume wnen the GOVERN
ment was hopetuhy set upf undoubtedly we
can. Not everything IL changed; the biggest
item OF all remains unaitereo-numan nature
itself and it Is nothing TO daunt q Tree people.
TITS the Lass OF nndins the individuai In the
maze OF modern social. commercial and In
dustriai condiuons finding MIN with the
probe OF morals ana with the probe OF lAw-
One really responsible mar In jail. one real
ORIGINATOR OF tne schemes ana TRANSACTIONS
when are contrary 10 PUBIC interest," iesaily
lodged In the penitentiary would Dc worth
more tnan n thousand corporations muicted
IN nnes IL REFORM Is 10 Dc genuine ana per-
manent'
MUST FIND II INDIVIDUAL.
II is only in this way that we can escape
socialism. II the Individual IN lost to our law
he IL lost to our politics and to our social
structure. II he n merged Ia the business
group he Is merged In the State. the ~associa-
uon that Includes all Others.
Unless We can single him out again and
make him once more the subject and object
Of Law We shall have to ira vel still further
upon the road Of Government regulation which
we have already travelled 80 far. and that
road leads to State ownership.
The elaborate secret manipulation BY means
Of which some of our so called "hnanciers-
get control Of q voting majority Of the stock
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TO FIX REsPoNsIbiLrrx.
We have never attempted such statutes.
We indict corporations themselves, fnd them
guilty Of Illegal practices, ane them, and leave
the individuals who devise and execute the
lille gal acts free to discover new evasions and
shape the policy Of the corporations to prac-
toes not yet covered by the prohibitions Of
law.
Let every corporation exactly define the
utilization and povers of its directora and