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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-07

RECOMMENDATIONS.

Among the most important recon-
mendations of the president are the fol-
lowing:
The immediate re-enactment of the
employers liability law.
The passage of an act providing COM
pensation from the government for all
persons injured in it's service.
Regulation of the use of the injunc-
ton in labor matters.
Provide the Interstate Commerce
commission with the means to make a
physical valuation of any railroad as
to which the valuation seems neces-
sary.
Declaring his firm belief that the
financial distress was not brought on
by the actions of the administration.
but by world wide causes, the presi-
dent makes a strong reply TO his critics
In which he reiterates his faith hat the
government should attempt to scourge
the country of sin. He does not re-
treat one iota in his policy heretofore
declared.
AS he progresses in the discussion of
the subject he grows more emphatic
and the best passages of his message
are to be found near its close.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-07

men raising this cry spend hundreds of
thousands of dollars in securing, by
speech, editorial, book, or pamphlet, the
defense by mis-statements of what they
have done: and yet when public servants
correct their mis-statements by telling
breaking silence. lest values be depreci-
ated."- They have. hurt honest business
men, honest w~orkingmen, honest farm
ers; and now they clanor against the
truth being told.
The keynote of all these attacks upon
the effort to secure honesty in business
and in politics Is well expressed in braZen
protests against any effort for the moral
regeneration of the business world, on
the ground that it is unnatural, unwar-
ranted. and injurious. and that business
panic is the necessary penalty for such
morality of such a plea is precisely as
great as If made on behalf of the men
caught in a gambling establishment when
thai gambling establishment Is raided by
the police. If such words mean anything
they mean that those whose sentiments
bring about a moral regeneration Of bust
ness which will prevent a repetition OF
the Insurance., k and street rail-
road scandals in New York; a repetition
of the Chicago and Alton deal; a repe-
tition of the combination between certain
sinai labor leaders, and certain big fnan-
ciers, from the disgrace of which San
Francisco has just been rescued; a repe-
tition of the successful effort by the
Standard Oh people to crush out every
competitor, to oVerawe the common car
riers, and to establish a monopoly which
treats the public with contempt which the
public deserves SO long as 1t permits men
of such principles and such sentiments to
avow and act on them with impunity.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-07
Spirit Is Ethical.

TIL opponents of the measures we
champion single out now one and now
another measure for especial attack; and
are engaged was purely economic. 1t has
a large economic side, but 1t is fund.-
mentally an ethical movement. II is not
a movement to be completed in one year,
or two or three years; it is aSmovement
which must be persevered in until the
spirit which lies behind il sinks deep into
the heart and the conscience of the whole
people 1t is always important to
choose the right means to achieve
our purpose, but 1t is even more imrortant
to keep this purpose clearly before us:
and this purpose is TO secure national
honesty in business and politics. We dc
not subscribe to the cynical belief tha'
daI to orriress 4Gcttss. acd r. ia b
condoned Nse3 tse .HCreTs is moderate
and api,.aided p.si. ne &-ct=s> is great
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-07
HARRY K. THAw.

| criminal lawyer from California. Del
mas made his defense the 9unwritter
law and insanity. District Attorne,
| Jerome introduced at first only such
witnesses as were necessary to prove
that Thaw killed White.
The defense hen urged that Thaw
was insane at the time of the killing,
and offered Evelyn Thaw' testimony
| to show that the story she told Thaw
! of her treatment by White drove her
husband temporarily insane and caused
! him to kill White.
The defense also introduced b tes-
| timony of alienists, two of whom swore
| Thaw was suffering from n brain
| storm when he fred the fatal shot.
Jerome during rebuttal caused a sen
sation by declaring he believed Thaw
was then insane. He got the court to
appoint a lunacy commission. This
body decided Thaw was sane, and the
| trial then proceeded to Its conclusion.
In the trial just closed the line OF
defense was altogether different. Mar
| tin w. Littleton, who replaced Delmas
as chief counsel for Thaw, based the
defense solely on insanity. The trial be-
gan on Jan. 6 and the testimony ended
Jan. %.
First Trial.
cost to defense. .s225.oOO
Cost 10 prosecution 10000
TaIasmen called 1856
Number days to get jury .-..- 9
Number days to finish trial.. -
second Trial.
Cost to defense. ..-.....slso,oo
Cost to state. $4,000
Talesmen called ...-........ BOO
Number days to get jury...... .
Number days to finish trial ~. II
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-07

3 1t is my purpos as soon as may be
to submit some further recommends
I: tons in reference to our laws regu-
(: lating abor conditions within the
/: sphere of federal authority. A very
/: recent decision of the supreme court
i: Of the United States rendered since
/: this message was written, in the case
/: Of Adair VS.. United States, seemingly
/: of far reaching import and of very
/: serious probable consequences, has
(: modified the previously entertained
L: views IN the powers of the congress
F.: in the premises to such a degree as to
!: make necessary careful consideration
(: of the opinions therein filed before it
(: is possible definitely to decide in what
I: way to call the matter to your atten-
: ton.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-07
To Be Settled Privately.

Judge, will you do me a great fa-
vor?" asked the lady who was about tc
be put upon the stand as a witness.
Certainly, miss; what is lit"
VIII you please ask me my g be-
s0re ] take the oath?"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-07

/: A judge who on the bench either
(: truckles to the mob and shrinks from
!: sternly REFRESHING violence and dis
order, or bows down before a corpor-
!: alton; who fails to stand up valiantly
for the rights of property on the one
hand, or on the other by misuse OF
the process of injunction or by his
attitude toward all measures for the
!: betterment of the conditions of labor,
makes the wageworker feel with Bit
terness that the courts are hostile t.
him; or who falls to realize that all
public in their several sta
ions must strive to stop the abuses
of the criminal rich-such a man per-
forms an even worse service to the
body polite than the legislator or
executive who goes wrong.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-07

!: we attack only the corrupt men of
/: wealth, who find in the purchased
q: politician the most efficient instru-
3: ment of corruption and in the pur-
: chased 81 the most efficient
&: defender of corruption. Our main
I: quarrel is not with these agents and
f.: representatives of the interests.
: They derive their CHIEF power from
; the great sinister offenders who
: stand behind them. They are but
are pulled.
a: 1t is not the puppets, but the
: strong cunning men and the mighty
: forces working for evil behind and
&: through the puppets. with whom we
: have to deal.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-07

The methods by which the
Standard Oil people and those en-
gagged In the other combinations
OF (which l have ~spoken above
have achieved great fortunes can
only be justified by the advocacy
of n system Of morality which
would also justify every form of
criminality on the part of a labor
union, and every form of VIC
lence. corruption. and fraud, from
murder to bribery and ballot box
stuffing in politics.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-07

But it often happens that the effort to
imprison a given defendant. Is certain to
be futile, while it is possible to fine him
or to fine the corpora don of which he is
head; so that. In other words, the only
way of furnishing the wrong is by fining
the corporation, unless we are content 10
agents. The corporation lawyers to whom
l refer and their employers are the men
and their responsibility is shared with all
who ingeniously oppose the passing of just
and effective laws, or who fail to execute
them when they have been put on the
statute books.
innocent Stockholders"
Much is said, in these attacks upon the
policy of the present administration, about
the rights of innocent stockholders"
That stakeholder is not innocent who
voluntarily purchases stock in a corpora
ton whose methods and management he
knows to be corrupt; and stockholders are
bound to try to secure honest manage
ment, or else are estopped from complain
ing about the proceedings the government
finds necessary in order to compel the
been in the past grave wrong done limo
cent stockholders by decentralization.
nipulaion. This we nave sought to pre-
vent, first, by exposing The thing done and
Furnishing the offender when any existing
mending the passage of laws which would
make unlawful similar practices for the
future. The public men, lawyers, and
editors who loudly proclaim their SYM
pathy for the innocent stockholders"
when a great law-defying corporation is
frantic vehemence against ali efforts by
law to put a stop to. the practices which
are the real and ultimate sources of the
damage alike TO the stockholders and the
public. The apologists of successful dis
honesty always declaim against any eff
agrS that any such Effort viii unsettie
Business" 1t is they who by their acts
ave unsettled business; and the very
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-07

estly administer the law, TO prevent any
additional legislation which would check
and restrain them, and to secure II pos
sihle a freedom from all restraint which
will permit every un~scrupulou wronsdser
to do what he wishes unchecked provided
he has enough money. The only way to
counteract the movement in which these
men are engaged is TO make clear 70 the
public just what they have done in the
past and just what they are seeking to
accomplish in the present.
The administration and those whe sup
port it's views are not only not engased
in an assault on property, but are siren
uous upholders of the rights OF property.
Under no circumstances would we coun-
tenance attacks upon lawabiding prop
erty, or do aught but condemn those who
hold up rich men as being evil men be-
cause of their riches. On the contrary,
our whole effort is to insist upon con-
duct, and neither wealth nor property nor
any other class distinction, as being the
proper standard by which to judge the
actions of men. For the honest man of
| great wealth we have a hearty regard,
just as we have a hearty regard for the
honest politician and honest
But part of the movement to Uphold hon
esty must be a movement to frown on
| dishonesty.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-07
Control of Railroads.

. - S~S
Riot only should there be action on GER
apin laws affecting wage earners; there
Should also be such acton on laws better
70 secure control over the great business
concerns engaged in interstate commerce.,
end especially over the great common
carriers. The Interstate Commerce COM
mission should be empowered to pass
upon any rate or practice on its own in
!%tiative. Moreover, II should be provided
that whenever the commission has reason
to believe that a proposed advance in a
rate. ought not to be made without in
issue an order prohibiting the advance
pending examination by the commission.
/: The Interstate Commerce commits
!: sion should be provided with the
: means to make a physical valuation
/: of any road as to which it deems this
!: valuation necessary. :
In some form the federal government
should exercise supervision over the
financial operations of our interstate rail-
roads. In no other way can justice be
done between the private owners of those
properties and the public which pay their
charges. When once an inflated capital
tzation has gone upon the market and
has become fixed in value, it's existence
must be recognized. As a practical mat
ter it is then often absolutely necessary
to a account of the thousands of in
nocent stockholders who have purchased
their stock in good faith. The usual re-
sglt of such imitation is therefore to inn
pose. upon the public al unnecessary but
everlasting tax, while the innocent pur-
chasers Of the stock are also harmed and
only a few spectators are benefited. Such
wrongs when once accomplished can with
difficulty be undone: hut h can be pre-
vented with safety and with justice.
When combinations of Interstate railways
must obtain government sanction; when
1T is no longer possible for an interstate
railway to issue stock or bonds, save in
the manner approved by the federal gov
eminent: when that government makes
sure that the proceeds of every stock and
bond issue go into the Improvement OF
the property and not the enrichment O.
some individual or syndicate: when
whenever it becomes material for guild
ance in the regulative action of the gov
eminent. the physical value of one Of
these properties is determined and msds
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-07

The federal government does
scourge sin; it oes bid sinners
fear; for it has put behind the
bars with impartial severity, the
powerful financier, the powerful
politician, the rich land thief, the
rich contractor-all, no matter
how high their station, against
whom criminal misdeeds can be
!: proved. All their wealth and
!: 1--WE cannot protect, them.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-07

/: / do not for a moment believe that !.
+: the actions of this administration /:
I: have rough on business distress; so /:
!: far as this Is due to local and not /:
worldwide causes, and to the ac- /:
/: lions of any particular individuals. !:
1t is due to the speculative folly and
fragrant dishonesty of q few men, of /:
great wealth, who eek to shield
themselves from the effects of their
w ~wrongdoing by ascribing its
results TO the actions of those who
have sought to put q stop to the
wrongdoing.
But if it were true that to cut out
\: r~ottenness from the body polite
meant a momentary check to an un-
healthy seeming prosperity, / should
not for one moment hesitate to put
the knife to the corruption.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-07

{: The nutcry against stopping dis
honest practices among wrongdoers
who happen to be wealthy is precise
ly similar to the outcry raised
!: against every effort for cleanliness
!: and decency in city government, be-
: cause, forsooth. 1t will hurt bust
: ness.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-07

~ behalf of all our people. on behalf
~ less of the honest man of means than
of the honest man who earns each AHyAs
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-07
The Panic.

We have just passed through two
months of acute financial stress. AT any
such time 1T is a sad fact that entirely
innocent people suffer from no fault of
their own; and everyone must feel the
keenest sympathy for the large bod of
honest business men, of honest investors.
of honest wageworkers, who suffer be-
cause involved in a crash for which they
are in no way responsible. AT such a
time there is a natural tendency on the
part of many men to feel gloomy and
frightened at the outlook; but there is
no justification for this feeling. There
is no nation SO absolutely sure of ulti-
mate success as ours. OF course we shall
succeed. Ours is a nation of mastery
energy, with a continent for it's domain
and it feels within its veins the thrill
which comes to those who know that
they possess the future. We are not cast
down by the fear of failure. We are up
held by the confident hope of ultimate
triumph. The wrongs that. exist are to
be corrected; but they in no way justify
doubt as to the final outcome, doubt as
to the great material prosperity of the
future, or of the lofty spiritual life which
is to be built upon that prosperity as a
foundation. No misdeeds done in the
present must be permitted to shroud from
our eyes the glorious future of the nation:
| but because of this very fact it behooves
us never to swerve from our resolute pur-
pose to cut out wrongdoing and uphold
what is right r..t.E Es fnssog sfrY@
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-07

where the life of demarcation between
the two kinds of business falls. This
line must ultimately. be drawn by
to secure adequate control of the great
corporations by state action has been
wise and effective. but much of it has
been neither: for when the effort Is made
to accomplish by the action of the state
what can only be accomplished by the
action of the nation. the result can only
be disappointment, and in the end the
law will probably be declared unconsti-
tutional. So likewise in the national
arena, we who believe in the measures
aided by the extremists who advocate
action so violent that it would either be
useless or else would cause more mischief
than it would remedy.
1t can not too strongly be insisted that
the defenders and ~apologists of the great
corporations, who have ought in the
past and still seek to prevent adequate
action by the federal government to con-
troll these great corporations, are not
only proving false to the people, but are
corporations themselves. The nation will
not tolerate an utter lack of control over
very wealthy men of enormous power in
the Industrial, and therefore in the So
whom have shown themselves cynically
and brutally Indifferent to the interests
of the people,; and If the congress does
not act, with good tempered and sensible
but resolute thoroughness, in cutting out
the evils and in providing an effective SUI
pervision, the result is certain to be ac-
ton on the part of the separate states,
sometimes wise, sometimes i1-judged and
extreme, sometimes unjust and damaging
to the railroads or other corporations,
point, because the federal courts declare
1t unconstitutional.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-07

I: But in my Judgment thoroughgoing
!: and satisfactory control can in the
of the national government, for al
most all the corporations of enorm-
Gus wealth-that is, the corporations
!: control-are engaged in interstate
{: commerce., and derive their power
!: and their Importance not from that
/: portion of their business which Is in
trastate. but from the interstate
business.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-07

The attacks by these great corporations
on the administrations actions have been
given a wide circulation throughout the
country, in the newspapers and otherwise,
by those writer's and speakers who, con-
sciously or unconsciously. act as the rep
wealth Accumulated on a giant scale by
all forms of iniquity, ranging from the
oppression of wageworkers to unfair and
competition, and to d~efrauding the pub
lie by stock jobbing and the manipulation
of securities. Certain wealthy men OF
this stamp, whose conduct should be alb
horrent 10 every man of ordinarily decent
conscience, and who commit the hideous
wrong of teaching our young men thai
phenomenal business success must or.
dinarfly be based on dishonesty, have
during the last few months made 1t ap'
parent that they have banded together
is to overthrow and discredit all who hon.
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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-09-03
TWO SIDES TO a QUESTION

Here is what farmer reader of one
of our exchanges says about the local
merchant and the catalogue house.
The farmers from their point of view
buy where they can get the best goods
for the least money. With them it is
not a matter of sentiment, but bust
ness proposition, pure and simple. They
are not so much toblame for the mail or
der evil as the local dealer. In order to
get rid of the mail-order houses as COM
petitors, the local dealer must undersell
them, or ct least meet their prices.
And let this be known to the farmer by
judicious advertising.
The mail order houses advertise and
give US prices on everything they offer
FOR sale. They tell us what they have
and what they sell and what they want
for it. Of course we get soaked once
in while and if we do try some other
house. Most of the merchants who adj
wise at all don't quote prices. They
neglect to tell us what we want to
know-th price. Of course we can go
to the store and ask the price OF this
article and that, but you know how it
is one doesn't know so we'll exactly
what he wants to buy as when heis at
home And here is where the mail or
der houses made their hit. They send
their advertising matter into homes and
we read it when we haven't anything
else to do, and every member Of the
family who reads their stuff usually sees
something that he Or some other mem
of the family wants and many orders
are made up and sent out just at such
times.
Right here is where the home mer-
chant falls down. If he would talk his
business to us in our homes the same as
the mail order houses do the people
would be in to see him the first time
they came to town and in many. cases
extra trips would be made to get things
at once that we didn't know we want
ed until they were brought to our at
tention.
The home merchant can save the ex-
pense of getting out catalogue. We
people read the home paper more care
fully than we do catalogue and if the
merchant want to talk business with US
let him put his talk in the home papers,
and put it in so that we know that he
means business. The home merchant
likely, nine times out of ten, sells his
goods as cheap as the mail order houses,
and l believe on many things they are
much cheaper, but how are we to know
if he doesn't tell US about it?
A merchant must not think that even
his best customers know his goods so
we'll that they can tell what he has
without being shown. It is none of my
business how the home merchant runs
his business, but don't like to see the
roasts in the papers all the time about
US fellows who get little stuff shipped
in once in while and never anything
said on the other side There are al
ways two sides to a question, and !
have given you mine. If it is worth
anything to you, you can take it.
Yours truly,
A Subscriber"