The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-02-07

1 equality Of opportunity for al; and the
/ struggle for honesty Is the same whether
| II IL made on behalf Of ono set Of men
! or Of another.
Lava Must Continue to Be
! Administered with Even Hand
The laws must in the future be nd-
| mlnistered nS they are now being adj
/ m!nlstercd. 80 that the department OF
| Justice may continue to be, what II now
| ia. in very fact the department o; JUS
| ticc. where so far as our ability permits
| Justice Is melted out with AN even hand
| To great and small, rich and poor, weak
| and strong. Moreover, there should be
no delay IN experimenting the laws now
| on the statute books by the enactment or
| further legislation as outlined In the
| message / sent To congress on its assem-
| hing. Under the existing laws, much
| very much. has been actually accom-
| plished during the past six years, and II
! has been shown by actual experience
! that they can be enforced against tho
/ wcnlthicst corporation and the richest
| and most powerful manager or manlpu-
! latnr Of that corporation .as vigorously
| ana fcarleSsly as against the humhlest
offender Above all they have been
/ and agents Of wrongdocrs who have Tor
so many years gone scot free and noutei
! the laws with tmpunty, against great
| lHw-dcfynE corporations e. Immense
! wealth. which. until within tho last half
| dozen years. have treated themselves ana
have expected others To treat them rs
]
| IL IL especially necessary to secure to
! the representatives, Of the national gov
/ eminent full power TO deal with the great
| corporations engaged In interstate com
mcTcc and above all, with the great IN
! tcrBtatc common carriers. our people
/ should clearly recognize that whlle tnrrs
/ are difficulties In any course OF c0nduct
/ To he followed In dealing with these great
| corporations. these difficulties must %
| faced and one Of tire" courses followed
/ la la Al FF o
| fort to oversee aud control their actions
| IN the interest Of the general pubic
! and to permit return to tn" utter lack
! Of control which would obtain ~ th'y
| were left tn the common law. J do NOT
! FOR one moment believe that our people
would tolerate this position The eE-
! traordinary growth n! modern indusull-
| ism has rendered the common law. whlch
| grow up under and was adapted To dcal
| with totally different conditions, W many
| respects inadequate 10 dchi win tno NV
| conditions. These new conditions make "
| necessary to shack" cunning as IN mo
| past we have shacklcd force. the vast
| individual and corporate fortunes tns
| vast combinations Of capital, "W'h nave
| marked tho development OF our ihuustFlhi
! system. create now conditions. ana heces.
| state Il change from III" OLD alutuue oI
| the state and nation toward the ruIes
| regulating the acquisition and hntrhin-
! molod business use OF property, III oIuSI
| both that property may be hh"quh{cly
| protected. and that At tn" sane INNS
/
The sccond and third courses are to
! have the regulation undertaken tlthrr
| hy the nation Or by the states. pt
| course in any event both tn" national
/ government and the several stat" gov.
| ernmcnts must do each lis part ana
! each can do certain amount that tno
| other cannot do, while the only really
| satisfactory results must be ohtalnrd
| by the representatives of Ia" NATIONAL
| and state governments worklnE heaIt-
/ d IA
! spheres but in my Judgment
| thorouEhgolng and satisfactory CON
| troll can In the end only be obtained ny
| the action OF the national government,
! for almost all the corporations OF
! enormous wcalth-that H. the corpora
! tons which II Is especially desirable TO
| control-are engaged IN interstate com,
| mcrcc, ana derive their power ana
| their impOrtnnC" not from that pnr-
| ton OF their business which Is lntra-
| state. but from the iutorstat" business.
! 1t Is not easy always To dccld" Just
| whore the line OF d"mnrcatiun between
| the two kinds Of business falls. Thtn
| line must ultimately he drawn by the
! federal courts Much OF the effort to
| secure adequate control OF the great
corporations by stat" action ha3 been
| wise aud effective but much OF II has
been neither. for when the en"rt -
made to accomplish by the action OF
| the state what can only be accom-
! pllshed by the action of tn" nation, the
result can only be Disappointing, and In
/
| clared unconstitutional. SO. likewise,
| In the national arena, We who believe
! in tn" measures herein advocated are
! hamper"d and not aided by the CStrcm-
! lists who advocate action so violent
/ that II would either De useless or else
| would cause more mischief than IL
would remedy.
We have Just passed through two
| months OF acute financial stress. AZ any
| such timo II Is "A sad fact that entirely
! innocent people suffer from no fault
| of their own, and every one must feel
tho kecnest sympathy for the large
| body OF honest business men. OF hon
| est investors. OF honest waEewOrkers.
! who suffer because involved In crash
| for which they are in no way respon-
! siblc, At such n time there TX a natu-
| raj tendency on the part OF many men
to feel gloomy and frightened at the
! outlook, but there IL no Justification
! for this feeling, There Is no nation so
absolutely sure OF ultimate success
| as ours. or course we shall sue
| coed ours is a nation OF masterful
energy. with Il continent for It's do
main. and II feels within its veins tho
thrill which comes to those who know
! that they possess the future. We are
not cast down by the fear Of failure.
! We are upheld by the confident hope
| OF ultimate triumph Tie wrongs that
! exist are to be corrected. but they in no
| way justify doubt as to the final OUT
| come, doubt as to the great material
! prosperity of the future. or OF the lofty
! spiritual lie which Is to be built upon
| misdccds done in the present must DO
! permitted to shrOud from our eyes tho
! glorious future " the nation, hut be-
| cause of this very fact IL bchOoyes US
] never to swcryr from our rcsnlutc pur-
pose to cut out wrongdoing and uphold
| what Is right.
| 1 do not for moment believe that the
| actions OF this administration have
| brought on business distress. so far az
this is due TO local and not worldwide
! causes. and To the actions Of any par
, ticulur individuals II is due TO the specu-
| latiyr folly ana fragrant dishonesty OF u
! few men Of great wealth, who seek to
] shield themselves from the effects Of their
| own wTOuEdoiuE by HsCribiug It's results
/ to the actions Of those who have sought
| to put a stop to the wrongdolng but
/ II II were true that 70 cut out rotten
ness from the body polite meant mo-
mcntary check to an unhealthy seeming
/ prosperity, ] should not Tor one moment
/ hesitate to put the knit. to the COrrup-
! uOn. on behalf OF all Our people, on
/ behalf no less OF the honest man OF
| means than of the honest man who earns
each days livelihood by that days sweat
| of his brow. 1t IL necessary TO insist upon
honesty In business and politics alike, in
| all walks OF life, In big things and In
little things. upon just and fair dealing
as between man and man. Those who de-
I mand this are striving for the right In
the spirit of Abraham Lincoln when no
said:
"Fondly do we hope, fervcntly do we