The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-02-06
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CORRUPT, Business and Dirty Poaitacs
Come I'm For a Tap From the BIRA
= Stick and Responsibility for /.
the Panic is Disclain1etl. j.. ~,

the Panic is Disclaimed. ~.
= "Just as Ethe hlackmaiTer and
brlbe-glyer stand on the same: evil
eminenfe ofiipfamy. SO the man who
makes an enormous fortune by COR
rupting: legislatures and municipai4
ties and fleeing his stockholders, and
the pabllc, stands on the same moral
level with the creatures who fatten
on tho sblood-money Of the, gambling
house and the salean. =, }E5SIlie .. .,>>:,'
CORRUPT, business and corrupt pol
tiles act and react ever increasing
dobasement one on the other. The
corrupt head of q, corporation and
the corrupt labor leader are both in
the same degree 1.-The enemies of hon
est corporations and honest labor
unions, The rebate taker, the fran
elise traffieker, the smanipulator of
securities, the purveYor hnd protect
or of Vice, atRe bIa,kmailfng ward
, boss, the! bal1ot-box stpffer, The dema-
gogue. the NAB leader, the hired bull
ly and man Nnlerv--all alike work
at the same web of corruption and
all alike should be abhored by honest
mon. [.i,'~f, - ..., - -, p =:
The keynote Of all attacks ,1rSutn
the efforts to ,securR honesty in .bnsi-
ness and In politics ts well expressed
In brazen protests against any effort
for ths moraf,regeneration Of the bust.
rcs, world. -! ~, = }:.,,..,.j,-,.. -,
,',Phs< laws must iiS*the> future be
administered as they are now, being
administered, SO that. the Department.
OF l1stice' may continue to be what 1t
is-the DepaFtment of Justice, where
so far as our ability. permits. JUSTICE
is meted out withLhn even hand TO
great and small, rich and poor, weak
and strong. 81 ~, :, Ii. y< ~, / a.
IT !fs 4asps liz necessary to eess
cnra to tsse representatives. OF the
err SOY ent II iill y power ta
lsn 80 M
FED III 5IsJ3aF sssfmgasg; aails
alhoyeI ail With, great Interstate. car
Three coursesas suggested by ,f6;
President of ills RESULTING from dis
honest corporations abandon all ef-
forts to oversee and control their
actions in the Interest Of the general
public and permit a return OF the
utter. .lacRI Of control which would
obtain II they we're left to- the com
mon law. The people would then
rise en- masse, demanding justice
The second and third courses are to
have the regulation pndertaken eth
er by the nation OF. by the states.
Il do not for a moment believe
that the actions Of. the administration
have brought on business distress.
So far as this. is due to local and
not worldwide causes, and to the ac-
tions Of any particular individuals,
it IS due to the speculative folly and
flagrant dishonesty Of a few men Of
lgreat wealth., who seek to shield
themselves from the effects of their
own wrohgdoing by ascribing it's re-
suits to the actions Of those who
have sought to put a stop to that
wrongdoing... -
Certain wealthy e. men, of this
stamp, whose conduct should be abb
horrent to every man OF ordinarily
decent conscience, and who, commit
the hideons wrong of teaching our
young men that phenomenal business
success must ordlnalily be based on
dishonesty, %have during the last few
months made 1t apparent that they
have banded together to work for o
reaction. Their endeavor is to- over
throw and discredit all who honestly
administer the law.
The Federal government should
forbid the use of the mails, telegraph
and telephone wires for mere gamb-
ling in stocks and futures, just as it
does In lottery transactions. =.
ut Us difficult to suggest any leg
jslation that would give better con-
fldence to the public and investors
than wise public utilities bill. The
time has come for the strict super
vision Of these corporations and the
limitation Of their stock and bond
issues under some proper public Of
fetal" ,@.,, \ - ... .. :.
ImmediateFe~enactment or the en-
Dloycrs liability law Is urged, as IS
compensation by, the government to
all employees injured in it's service.
The same principle should apply to all
private employers, say sthe president.
Concerning the injunctiens In Ia
Dor cases the President says: -
Even, though it were possible, I
would consider IT. most unwise to
abolish the use Of the process OF in
junction. But judges should use it
cautiously and at the same time fear
lesSly."
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