The Elbert County tribune., 1908-02-06

Justice may continue to be. what 1t now
tice. where so far as our ability per-
mits Justice is meted out with an even
to .srSns sna a o snd
should be no delay In supplementing the
laws now on the statute books by the
enactment of further legislation as
outlined In the Inessage sent to the
congress on its assembling. Under che
been actually accomplished during 1f the the
past six years. and IL has been shown
by actual experience that they can be
enforced against tho wealthiest cor
poration and the richest and most pow
erful manager or manipulator OF that
ly as against the humblest offender.
Aooye ses,nt all they have eao. been snforeed ed
agents Of wronsSoers wr9nsaosrs MSo snye nq for
so many years gone scot-free and
tiouted the laws with impunity.
tions of Immense wealth. which. until
within the last half dozen years have
treated themselves and have expected
others to treat them as being beyond
and above all possible check from law.
II is especially. necessary to secure to
ernment full power to deal with the
great corporations engaged In inter-
great Interstate common carriers. Our
people should clearly recognize that
while there are difnculties in any
course of conduct to be followed in
dealing with these great corporations.
these difficulties must be faced. and one
course is to abandon all effort to over
see and control their actions in the in
terest of the general public and to per-
troll which would obtain II they were
left to the common law. do not for
would tolerate this position. The ex-
traordinary growth of modern indus
triailsm has rendered the common law.
ed to deal with totally different condi-
tons. in many respects inadequate to
deal with the new conditions. These
new conditions make 1t necessary to
shackie cunning as in the past we have
shackled force The vast individual
binations of capital, which have marked
the development of our industrial sys-
sitate change from the old attitude
OF the state and the nation toward the
rules regulating the acquisition and
erty in order both that property may
be be adequately protected, and that at
be prevented from wrongdoing.
Talks Of Financial Stress.
I'VE have Just passed through two
months of acute financial stress. At
any such time IL is a sad fact that en-
fault of their own; and every one must
feel the keenest sympathy for the
large body OF honest business men, of
honest investors. of honest wagework
ers, who suffer because involved in
crash for which they are in no way
a natural tendency on the part of many
men to feel gloomy and frightened at
the the outlook; but there is no justIiica-
tion so absolutely sure of ultimate sue
cess as ours. OF course we shall sue
coed. Ours is n nation of masterful
energy, with a continent for its domain.
and x feels within its veins the thrill
which comes to those who know that
they possess the future. We are not
cast down by the fear of failure. We
are upheld by the confident hope of ul-
list are to be corrected; but they in no
way justify doubt as to the final out
come. doubt as to the great material
spiritual life which is to be built upon
that prosperity as n foundation. No
permitted to shroud from our eyes the
glorious future of the nation; but be-
cause of this very fact 1t behooves us
never to swerve from our resolute pur-
pose to cut out wrongdoing and uphold
what is right. I do not for a moment
believe that the actions of this admin
istration have brought on business dis
tress; SO far as this Is due to local and
tions of any particular individuals. it
is due to the speculative folly and ma
grant dishonesty of a few men of great
from the effects of their own wrong
doing by ascribing its results TO the
nStons nSt ston on those tS who have sought to
1t were true that to cut out rottenness
from the body polite meant a mo-
seeming prosperity, I should not for
one moment hesitate to put the knife
to the corruption. On behalf of all
our people. on behalf no less of the
honest man of means than of the hon
est man who earns each days liveli-
hood by the days sweat of his brow. II
Is necessary to insist upon honesty in
business and in politics alike. in all
walks of life. in big things and in little
things; upon Just and fair dealing as
between man and man. Those who
demand this are striving for the right
IN the spirit of Abraham Lincoln" said