Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-08

Of commerce, that is the corporate en-
tity The corporation is a step in adj
vance 1t enables people to do togeth-
er what people could not do alone. 1t
relieves those who cooperate of the
embarrassments of partisanship and it
substitutes larger operations and thus
facilitates the work of exchange, and
no one who has estimated with intel
ligence the usefulness of the corpora
ton will for one moment think of de-
stroying the power that the corpora
ton given for cooperative efforts. And
SO society. accepting the cooperation
rs an established fact. is proceeding
It. enact such laws as may be neces-
sary to make the corporation serve the
purpose for which they were created
and l am sure that the members of
the association recognize that with the
large power that corporate action
gives, restriction is necessary. When
God made man he set a limit to his
existence, SO that if he was a bad man
he could not be bad long, but when the
corporation was created the limit of
age was raised and it sometimes pro-
jects itself through generation after
generation.
When God made man He gave to
mankind q soul and warned him that
in the next world he would be held ac-
countable for the deeds done in the
flesh: bur when man created the cor
poration. he could not nedow that COR
poration with a soul so that if it es-
capes punishment here it need not fear
the hereafter. We must assume that
man, in creating the corporation. had
in view the welfare of many and the
power that created must be willing to
restrict its control and we can never
become so enthusiastic over the cor
poration as to forget the GOd-ma1e
man who was here first and still re-
mains a factor to be considered.
Il take it then, that l can assume
that all who are interested in COM
"nerce and interested in the corpora
ton as a means of developing COM
l1erce and extending commerce will
recognize the necessity of making com
petition between the natural man and
the fictitious person sufficiently equal
that the natural man may not be trod-
den under foot. The great lesson shat
we must learn is that society cannot
dispense with any element that is en-
gagged in production. To my mind. the
worlds great problem today IS not to
solve correctly the questions about
which my distinguished friend and I
dispute. These are surface Indications
Of larger problem. That problem is
the adjustment of the rewards of so
ciety. Upon the settlement of that prob
lem Alright depends the future of man
kind
The Introduction of Mr.. Taft fol-
lows:
"In the fortunes of war, we acquired
alien and subject races. Our govern
ment assumed to lead them to the lofty
eninence of American civilization for
the accomplishment of this purpose
the President sent to the Filipinos. a
typical citizen and eminent counselor
and man with courage of his convic-
tons He accomplished the high pur-
pose of his mission, winning both the
confidence of his countrymen and the
love and gratitude of nation. Success
and honor have crowned his every eff
fort in an active life as citizen, jurist,
peacemaker and cabinet officer.
Through all his career and in our in
sular possessions, he had stood for the
integrity of his government and the
majesty of right. Gentlemen, Mr.. Taft"
Mr.. Taft said in part:
at seemed to me that such an as
socia ton this might be greatly inter-
estcd in the prompt and efficient ad-
mlnistration of justice. and that it
might we'll lend it's aid to an effort to
remodying the inequalities in the adj
ministraton of justice between the
rich and poor necessarily growing out
OF avoidable delays and unnecessary
expense to the legitants.
'In a republic like ours, under pop
ular control. with the dual form of
government between the states and the
United states there are many politico-
legal questions concerning the distri-
button Of power under the federal
constitution between the national gov
ernnent and the states, concerning the
divisio between the executive. legisla-
tive and judicial branches of the gov
eminent. and concerning the limita-
tionS upon governmental action in re-
spect to the rights of idividuals, which
if undecided by some tribunal, might
easily lead to domestic turbulence. IN
der our constitution as interpreted, not
however. without bitter criticism and
opposition. the supreme court of the
United States became the ultimate ar
bitter in respect to most Of such grea.
political questions. l believe we gener-
ally agree that this has much contrib
uted to the smooth working of our
government and to the supremacy of
law and order in our community and
offers advantages over the method of
settling similar questions in other
But while we may felicitate
on the discovery of new
instrument for preventing dangerous
controversies. have we the
right to say that our present admins
tration of justice as between individ-
ralS and as between the state and in
iivlduals insures continued popular
with its results? think
cot We have abundant evidence that
the prosecution of criminals has not
been certain and thorough to the point
If preventing popular protest. Lynch
ng in many parts of the country is d.
'ectly traceable to the lack of uni
'ormty and thoroughncss in the en-
'orcement of our criminal laws. This |
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