The Elbert County tribune., 1908-12-10

In substance. provision should be made
that no injunction or temporary re-
strainins order issue otherwise than on
notice. except where irreparabie injury
would otherwise result: and in such case
hearing on the merits OF the order
should be had within a short nxed pc
Rod. and, IL not then continued after
hoaring. II should forthwith lapse. De-
cisions should be rendered Immediately.
and the chance OF delay minimized in
every way. Moreover. ! believe that the
procedure should be sharply defined. and
the Judge required minutely to state the
particulars both OF his action and Of his
reasons therefor. that the congress
can II II desires examine and investigate
the same
For many of the shortcomings OF
Justice in our country our people as a
whole are themselves to blame. and tho
judges and juries merely bear their
share together with the public az a
whole 1t is discreditable TO us as n
people that there should be difnculty in
convicting murderers. or in bringing TO
Justice men who MS public servants
Rave been guilty OF corruption. or who
have profited by the corruption of
public servants. The result is equally
unfortunate. whether due to hahsplit-
ting technicalities in the Interpretation
OF law by Judges. to sentmentality and
class consciousness on the part of
juries. OF to hystoria and sensational
ism In the daily press. For much OF
this failure of Justice no responsibility
whatever lies on rich men such. We
who make up the mass of the people
cannot shift the responsibility from our
own shoulders. But there Is an impor-
tant part OF the failure w.ach has spe-
cial.y to do with inability to hold
to proper account men of wealth who
behave badly.
The Modern Corporation.
The huge wealth that has been accu-
muiated by few individuals OF recent
years. in what has amounted to a So
cial and industrial revolution has been
as regards some of these individuals
made possible only by the improper use
OF the modern corporation. certain
type OF modern corporation. with Its
officers and agents. Its many issues of
securities. and It's constant consolida-
tion with allied undertakings finally
becomeI an instrument so complex as
to contain greater number OF eie-
ments that, under various judicial de-
cisfons, lend themselves to fraud and
oppression than any device yet evolved
necessary instruments OF modern busi-
ness. They have been permitted to
become menace largely because the
governmental representatives OF the
people have worked slowly in provid-
Ing for adequate control over them.
Our great clusters of corpora
tions. huge trusts and fabuiously
wealthy multimillionaires employ the
very hest lawyers they can obtain to
pick flaws In statutes after their
passage; but they also employ a class
OF secret agents who seek. under the
advice OF experts. to render hostile
legisla Ion innocuous by making IL un-
constitutional. often through the inser-
tion OF what appear on their face to be
drastic and sweeping provisions against
the interests OF the parties inspiring
them, while the demagogues. tho cor
rupt creatures who introduce black
mailing schemes to strike" corpora
tions. and all who demand extreme
and undesirably radical. meaaures
show themselves to be the worst ene-
mics OF the very public whose loud
mouthed champions they profess to be-
Real damage has been done by the
manifold and conflicting interpretations
oil the Interstate commerce law. Con-
troll over the great corporations doing
interstate business can be effective only
II IL IL vested with fun power In an
administrative department. branch OF
the federal executive, carrying out a
federal law; II can never be effective if
divided responsibility Is left in both
the states and the nation: IL can never
be effective ~ left in tho hands OF the
courts to be decided by lawsuits
Respect for Law Must Be Upheld.
The courts hold place OF peculiar and
deserved sanctlty under our form OF gov
ernment. Respect for the law In essen
tial to the permancnce Of our institu-
tions: and respect for the law is largely
conditioned upon respect for the courts.
1t is an offense against the republic to
say anything which can weaken this re-
spect. save for the sravest reason and in
the most carefully guarded manner. In no
other nation In the world do the courts
WELD such vast and far-reaching power
as in the United States. All that Is nec-
essary is that the courts as whole
should exercise this power with the far
Sighted ah hv
Judges who scan the future while they
act In the present. Let them exercise
this great power not only honestly and
bravely, but with wise insight into the
needs and fixed purposes OF the people.
no that they may do justice. and work
equity, so that they may protect all per-
sons In their rights. and yet break down
the barriers Of privilege, which is tho foe
Of right.
Forest Preservation.
If there Is any one duty which more
than another we owe 1t to our children
to perform at once, It is to save the for
ests OF this country, for they constitute
the frst and most important element in
the conservation OF the natural re-
sources OF the country. Just as
farmer. after all his life making his
living from his farm. will. IL he is an ex-
pert farmer. leave It asset of in
creased value to his son, SO we should
leave our national domain TO our chill
dren. increased In value and not worn
out. There are small sections of our own
country. In the east and in the west, in
the Adfrondacks, the White mountains
and the AppalachIans. and in the Rocky
mountains. where wo can already sec for
ourselves the damage in the shape OF
permanent Injury to the soil and the
river systems which comes from reckless
deforestation- II matters not whether
this deforestation is due TO the actual
reckless cutting OF timber, to the fires
that inevitably follow such reckless cut
ting OF timber. or to reckless and uncon-
trolled grazing. especially by the great
migratory bands OF sheep, the un-
checked wandering of which over the
country means destruction to forests and
disaster to the small home makers the
settlers OF limited means.
Thanks to our own reckiessners
In the use of our splendid forests,