Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-02-13

mcnt. orc on the other; the corrupt head
OF a corporation and the corrupt labor
leader are both in the same degree the Ell
efnies OF honest corporatiosn and honest
chise traflcker. the manipulation Of Sc
curities. the pur"eyor and protector of
vice. the b~lackmaiiing ward boss. the bal
leader. the hired bully. and mankil!er-
all alike work at the same web Of COR
ruption. and all alike should be abhorred
by honest men.
Hurts Right Business.
The business which is hurt by the
movement for honesty is the kind of bus
mess which, in the long run, Ii pays the
country to have. hurt. 1t is the kind of
business which has tended to make the
dal to which all honest American men of
business should JON in putting an end.
The special aeadsrs for Tor business di,hon-
istration for enforcing the law against
the huge and corrupt corporations which
defed the law. also denounce 1t for en-
IAN milking ,employers liable for in.
and lit that the apolosists for corrupt
wealth should oppose every effort to re-
lieve weak and helpless people from
by injury in the business from Which thew
gain a bare livelihood. The burden should
bs distributed IT is hypocritical baseness
tory where the dangerous machinery is
unprotected as having the right freely
to contract 10 expose herself to dangers
to life and limb. She has no alternative
but to suffer want or else to expose her
self to such dangers. and when she loses
a han or is otherwise manned or d.stig-
ured for life. 1t is a moral wrong that
Incidental to the business should be placed
with crushing weight upon her weak
s shssna rso afd all T The profit Is aba by o her work
of a just employers liability law advo-
cate; and 1t Is consistent that they should
usually also advocate Immunity for those
most dangerous members of the criminal
class-the criminals OF great wealth.
Our opponents have recently been bit
terly crsttcising the two judges referred
from the Standard Oil company and the
Santa Fe railroad for having imposed
heavy fines on these two corporations;
Judges exhaust themselves In denouncing
the most respectful nj cautious discuss
sion Of the oficia! action Of a judge which
results in immunity to wealthy and pow
erful w~ronsdoers. Most certainly it be-
hooves us all to treat with the utmost
respect tho high office Of judge: and our
right men. Respect for the law must go
hand In hand with respect for the judges:
and. as a whole. 1t is true now as in the
GoNoI IAt@S liz JAA9So Sk0AtA VI character
and service above all other men among
their fellow servants Of the public. There
Is all the greater need that the few who
fail In this great office. who fall below
this high standard of Integrity. of Wis
dom, OF sympathetic understanding and of
courage, should nav their eyes opened
TO the needs of their countryn,en.
A Judge who on the bench either (:
: truckles to the mob and shrinks from
+: sternly depressing violence and dis
order, or bows down before q 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
bettcrment OF the conditions of labor. !:
makes the wageworker feel with Bit /:
terness that the courts are hostile to
him; or who fails to realize that all !:
/: public servants In their several sta
tons 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. ::