The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-02-07
Business" Hurt by Movement
for Honesty Should Be Crushed

IL is meet and fit that the apologists
Tot corrupt wealth should oppose every
enort 10 relieve weak and helpless peo-
PIE from crushing misfortune brought
upon them by injury In the business
from which they gain bare livelihood.
me burden should be distributed II
~ nypocrltlcai baseness to speak OF "a
klrl VINO works in a factory where the
uangerous machinery is unprotected as
having the right" freely to contract
| 70 expose herself to dangers to life and
limb. She has no alternative but To
| suHer want or else TO expose herself 70
sueh dangers, and when she loses a
ured for life. IL is a moral wrong thst
| the whole burden of the risk necessariIv
| Incidental TO the business should be
wsaE s w1,h ,crushing weight upon her
| her work escape scot-free This is
M What opponents OF a just employers
sis,y law advocate; and II is con-
slstent that they should usually also
advocate immunity for those most dan
serous members OF the criminal class
o,,r c nnn OF great wealth.
pltteriy criticislng the two judges re-
terred TO In the accompanying COMM
ra,,,. ons from the Standard oil Com
pahy and the Stata Fe railroad for bav
me imposed neavy fines on these two
corporations; and yet these same crit
cS on these two Judges exhaust them
selves In denouncing the most re-
spectful and cautious discussion ~
Inc of1cial action OF a Judge which "a
sNth' al 10 wealth and nntpar.
.uI wrongdoers. or which renders nura-
tory a temperate effort 10 better Inc
conditions OF life and work a mon, |
n rnoS" 81 our FELLOW countrymen whose |
httu - greatest Most certainly IL he |
moves US all To treat with tho ufr~,oet
respect the high Office OF fudge, ana
our Judges. as whole. are brave and 4
uprlkht men. Respect for the Ia,v
must go hand in hand with resnect To-
the judges, and. as "A whole II IL trra
TOW as IN the past. that the Judges
an other men among their feliove
servants or the public There a. all
~ sreater need that the few who fail
IN TINS great Office who fan beloxv tLfs
hlgh standard OF integrity. Of wisdom,
on sympathetic understanding ana ~
y rag, Ee should have their eyes opened
Judge who on the bench either trncisics
90 Ihe mob and shrinks from sternlv
b DenrssSSing violence and disorder. or
aus 70 stand up valiantly for ~ ,
lgnts OF property on the one hand ~
% IN, me other by misuse OF the process
III measures for the betterment ~ ~ ,
onIltlons or labor. makes the wage. !
YORKER feel with bitterness that the !
ourts are hostile 20 him: or who fatis
o realize that all public servants ~ /
helr several stations must strive 80 |
Top the abuses Of the criminal rich !
ervlcc TO the body polite than ~ 3
eglsiator or executive who goes wrong i
ne Iuuge who does his full duty we'll a
tanus higher and renders a hot,ar h
e,Iice 70 the people than anv otbor "A
uplc servant. he is entitled n yraat n
7 resp CT, and II he is n true ssrvart 4
,ne people n he is upright. wise ana 3
sariess- ne Will unhesitatlnglv disra
aIu even the wishes OF the peonIe - u
,,ey CONNECT with the eternal nrinci a
ies OF right as against wrong ~ u
lust serve the people: but ne rnnst "
I've MS own conscience first All r,
ggnior 20 such Judge o.
Inc opponents OF the measures Nc 81
hampton single out now one and nor III
iother measure for especial attach anJ v,
'sah ~ y, the movement In which wa u
e engaged was purely economic ~ has ri
iarge economic side. but II is f,indas
entaIiy an ethical movement n a. nc, IL
movement to be completed in one wear ri
Two or three years. II Is n movement To
nlch must be presevcred In until the
irit which lies behind II sinks deem In
20 the heart and the conscience OF the nj
hole people. II IL always imnortant M
choose the right means 10 achieve o,,r IN
rpose. but II II even more important m
keep this purpose clearly before us. SO
a this purpose Is To secure nationai Ia
nesty In business and IN politics We "a
not -ubscribe to the cynical belief tina, he
'honesty and unfair dealing are essen IA
j 20 business success. and are to he "a,
ndoned when the success is moderate III
q applsuded when the success il great IN
e methods by which the STANDARD OH
ople and those engaged In the other
nbinetfons OF which have spoken