The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-02-08

justice may continue to be. what It now
Is. in very fact the department of JUS
mits justice Is meted out with an even
hand to great and small. rich and poor,
weak and strong. Moreover. there
should be no delay in supplcmenting the
laws now on the statute books by the
enactment of further legislation as
outlined In the message I sent to the
congress on its assembling Under the
existing laws much, very much. has
been actually accomplished during the
past six years, and II has been shown
by actual experience that they can be
enforced against the wealthiest cor
poration and the richest and most pow
erful manager or manipulation of that
ly as against the humblest offender.
Above all, they have been enforced
against the very wrongdoers and
agents OF wh9 hsye for
flouted the laws with impunity.
against great law-defying corpora
within the last half dozen years have
treated themselves and have expected
others to treat them as being beyond
and above all possible check from law.
1t Is especially necessary to secure to
the representatives of the national gov
eminent full power to deal with the
great corporations engaged in inter-
state comerce, and above all. with the
great interstate common carriers. Our
people should clearly recognize that
while there are difficulties in any
course of conduct to be followed in
dealing with these great corporations.
these difficulties must be faced. and one
of three courses followed The first
course is to abandon all effort to over
see and control their actions in the in
terest OF the general public and to per-
NIT return TO the utter lack of con-
troll which would obtain II they were
left to the common law. | do not for
one moment believe that our people
would tolerate this position. The eN-
traordinary growth of modern indus
trlalism has rendered the common law,
which grew up under and was adapt
ed to deal with totally different condi
tons, in many respects inadequate to
deal with the new conditions. These
new conditions make IL necessary to
and corporate fortunes. the vast com
binations of capital, which have marked
the development of our industrial sys-
| TEN, create new conditions, and neces-
| state change from the old attitude
of the state and the nation toward the
untrammeled business use of prop
| erty, in order both that property may
be adequately protected. and that at
| the same time those who hold 1t may
be prevented from wrongdoing.
Talks Of Financial Stress.
I'VE have just passed through two
| months of acute financial stress. At
any such time II is a sad fact that en-
| tirely innocent people suffer from no
| fault of their own: and every one must
| feel the keenest sympathy for the
| large body of honest business men. OF
honest investors, of honest wagework-
erS, who sumer because involved In a
! crash for which they are in no way
| responsible At such time there is
a natural tendency on the part OF many
men to feel gloomy and frightened at
| the outlook: but there is no justifica-
| ton for this feeling. There is no ma
ton so absolutely sure of ultimate sue
| cess as ours. OF course we shall sue
| coed. Ours is a nation of masterful
| energy, with continent for Its domain,
and II 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 upheld by the confident hope of I'LL
innate triumph. The wrongs that eX-
list are to be corrected: but they in no
| way justify doubt as to the final out
come. doubt as TO the great material
| spiritual life which is to be built upon
| that prosperity as foundation. No
misdeeds done in the present must be
| permitted to shroud from our eyes the
| glorious future of the nation; but be-
| cause OF this very fact II behooves us
never to swerve from our resolute pur:
pose to cut out wrongdoing and uphold
| what Is right. | do not for a moment
believe that the actions of this admin
istration have brought on business dis
| not worldwide causes. and to the ac-
| lions of any particular individuals, IL
| grant dishonesty of "A few men of great
wealth, who seek to shield themselves
| from the effects of their own wrong
| doing by ascribing it's results to the
actions OF those who have sought to
| put stop to the wrongdoing. But IL
II were true that to cut out rottenness
| mentary check to an unhealthy
seeming prosperity, l should not for
one moment hesitate to put the knife
our people, on behalf no less of the
| honest man of means than of the hon
est man who earns each days, liveli-
| hood by the days sweat OF his brow II
| Is necessary to insist upon honesty in
| business and in 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
| demand this are striving for the right
| in the spirit of Abraham Lincoln" said
| the president in conclusion.