The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-04-03

1np sevsafed attack - Pxsade1
n~o0eevelt II IT, name q ssFporatG
weaith = - hope1k prutssk. Mt ! Wi
~os3anined e1mF4inn ~ pioee IN n,
ttonai adnsinistration bsfsfsFth a. penpI<
r. ! fsiss lixht. IAe maa wbo havs
Asen e1sosen % leaA 81 th1s campsi0I
are. With fcw excxpti0nA. capable. In
EteiIjwenk att0snsyA NO m skilled "a
mprriOBs arkuupent sssd aeem % regard
naec<ss - ~justsAcstton a. ~ msan1
<snCl0yed. These ndvocntaD contend
t,Af th~ President h destroying cosz6.
dsnes. and thereby crtp4aing ipiusfry
and cheating prosperity. They bold
him ~ 10 view - ons who = "a enemy
~ III orssnixsd capital. ana therefore
NJ psoxresa.
The smnence a ths indtfnsent u con
tained In IL following extract from !
a,ecch delivered r~e<ntiy In ~ sMats
~ ~ United States bT aenator Rag.
nef n MARYLAND. N~aostveit heins under
d~tsaanmion From the violent fervor 81
his uttefnncxa t1ser~ h An idea running
tisfusxh fhe pubiic mind that be has
ccsne 10 the e~pnclnmton that every man
enxaxed IN I large buslneSa enterprise
n I naiefxrtos. aud that every god
citis<n ii tn land ought tn spend 1t
EeAm one trim In the penitentiary."
Now. ~ 4 NATTER u fact. M Geh Idea
n 'run1hnx ttruux. the public mind"
hui II n m ides that tlsc coumpirnto-s
are sr~kinx ip46dxe IN the public mind.
m aisoxetbkr different proposition. Not
VI The tn@n wbo have discovered. ~
euuse President Roosevelt has impResA
"a II ~ them. that they. like other
people. ars aruenxhle u the law believe
any spch nonsense. tut they realize
that unlesa popular sentiment = b.
surned against the President they must
cca@e their illegal practices and con-
duct their husiness In 4 legitimate man.
nef. Inaxnsuch m this reform means
! horizontal reduction In their pront.
they are playing Z desperate game for
high sfakes. obviously the nght must
b. condGrted under cover for ne truth
wonid only e~1nphasiss that their Inter-
are dismefrically opponed to the
peoples infcrestA II would not do to
tel the people that the motive under-
lying this criticixm Of the President II
purely selfish and mercenaSy. ond %
they aRcct 10 stand a. the champions
X eenersl prosperity In which We are
MI interested.
But cren m tho President has not
amaiIed I'll capital, % all capital Ii not
nrrayed againsf him. Maug corpora
lions HAVE not been under tina ban Of
suspicion. IL II 10 their advantage,
lust M II h to the advantage Of the
N . whole. that the wicked
separations are brought within the
,peSation Of the Law. Other corpora
ions that had gone wrong By associa-
promptly revised their methods in
with the law. 1t the behest
il the administration. and these recug-
aixe the Justice aud necessity of the
And there are likewise many
ndlyiiualA prominent In - indu1trial
md financial world who are mt heart
and who therefore approve Of
campaign that has for its purpose the
Of 4 higher moral standard In
R1Siness life. Andrew Carnegie, most
Il whose vaa wealth n In corporate
,rupeFtieA and whO, therefore. cannot
= charged with prejudice against Or
sees no cause for alarm In
~ adminissration's attitude. In Z ~
~nt issue u The Century b. relates hin
experience with the railroads In the 70
,ating business. which began Innocent
J enough. hut grew to becosne q o
gtrous evil. His view Of the national
,sform ID expressed In these words:
Ths creation Of the commission II the
nnst important addition that has bsen
made n cur uiay to the machinery of
IL should BE- proclaimed By
~ administration and leading statnmen
4 both parties and kept clearly before
~ people that no radical action has
bsen taken Or h contemplated On
~ contrary, al that y desired ID only
vhat other nations already possess, and
) IN the trusst sense conservative and
psssesvative u The highest degree.
11s ~Aas and apldity with which tn
VA estahlish>d which has
already abolished d~emoralixing rebates.
nd y rapidly giving 90 ccrporats invest-
nents The sernfty they posseas h other
an1s b hvfnging them under supsfvisfoa,
J ! eFeaf tStpnpA Tor euS governmental
yntem u I'll aspartmentA Legislative. ~
aud tndieial, and gives u al to
lmnrnnrs that ~ snergenry can ariss
: - cpsnesy Which win nct - promptly
~ meesmfnIly met-an intelligent. tust
il fAlr~nin6ed people ~ III bass cOr-
liaIly acprsvins tn salutAry MEASURES
Z their representative With tn PREF
|sn3, ! essat rsforning fcrce - ~ hsaA.
~ way.
This = tn e~xprsassoa q . patriotic
.itfsen wAO has followed closely ths
prugran Oe ~ admlnistratton. and
no underueands The lofty and unsslf-
= motive that inspires ~ Presldenl
Z an corpoesfionlsts WE'RE HE Car
see1a. ~ rsvolutjon which the enforce
nent 4 ~ Iaw sntails. would ~ -
with srarcaiy = rippas @
~ - ~ Industry. HI. unfoftunatel
j, there r Z ejaa II 6naoc1sFS gFUwA