Evening journal., 1908-01-31
PRESIDENT SCORES
CRITICS OF THE
ADMINISTRATION
Continued from Pago Tive.)

The burden should be distributed. II
Is hypocritical baseness to speak Of
girl who works in factory where the
dangerous machinery is unprotected as
having the right freely 20 contract
to expose herself to dangers to life
and limb.
"Our opponents have recently been
bitterly criticising the two judges re-
ferred to In the accompanying COM
munications from the Standard OIL
Company and the Santa Fe Railroad
for having imposed haevy fines on these
two corporations; and yet these same
critics OF these two judges exhaust
themselves IN denouncing the most re-
spectful and cautious discussion Of the
Official action Of a judge which re-
suits in immunity to wealthy and pow
erful wrongdoers.
Equality For All.
"The methods by which the stand
ard oil people and those engaged In
the other combinations Of which have
spoken above have achieved great for
tunes can only be justified by the ad-
vocacy of a system of morality which
would also justify every form OF Grim
inality on the part OF a labor union,
and every form OF violence, corruption,
and fraud, from murder 10 bribery and
/ ballot box stuning In politics. We are
/ trying TO secure equality Of opportun-
ity for all; and the struggle for hon
esty Is the same whether II Is made on
behalf Of one set OF men or Of another
In the interest OF the small settlers and
landowners. and against the embittor-
ed opposition OF wealthy owners OF
huge wandering hooks OF sheep, or OF
corporations desiring TO rob the people
OF coal and timber we strive TO put
an end to the theft OF public land IN
the West. When we do this and pro-
test against the action Of all men
whether IN public life or in private
life, who either take part In or refus,
70 try TO stop such theft, we are really
engaged In the same policy as wher
we endeavor to put a stop to rebates
or 10 prevent the upgrowth of un'
controlled monopolies. our effort Il
simply 70 enforce the principles OF
common honesty and common sense
II would indeed be Al for the countr,
should there be any halt In our work
Need Of Additional Law.
THE laws must In the future be ad
ministered as they are now being ad
mlnistered, so that the Department o
Justice may continue 70 be, what I
now Is. in very fact the Department
Of Justice. where so far as our abil
ity permits justice Is meted out will
an even hand TO great and small, ricl
and poor. weak and strong. More
over, there should be no delay IN sup
plementing the laws now on the stat
ute books by the enactment OF fur
Their legislation as outlined In the mes
sage / sent 20 the Congress on II
assembling. Under the existing law
much. very much has been actual
accomplished during the past six years
and IL has been shown by actual ex
perience that they can be enforce
. against the wealthiest corporation an
the richest and most powerful manage
or manipulation OF that corporation
as rlgorously and fearlessly as agains
the humh'est offender Above all, the
!. have been enforced against the yer
a wrongdoers and agents OF wrongdoei
( who have for 80 many years gone scot
= free and houted the laws with impur
I, ity, against great law-defying corpoi
r atoms OF immense wealth, whicl
2 until within the last half dozen year
have treated themselves and have eS
pected others TO treat them as beln
heAond ana hnoNe All p1rclhi1 1h'N
from law.
Day Of Wrath For Corporations.
1T can not too strongly be insiste
that the defenders and apologlsts {
the great corporations. who hay
sought in the past and stu seek
prevent adequate action by the Fed
eral Government 10 control these gres
corporations are not only proving falls
70 the people, but are laying up a da
OF wrath for the great corporation
themselves The Nation viii not to
crate an utter lack Of control ov'
very wealthy men Of enormous pow'
in the Industrial. and therefore in Il
social. lives Of all our people. some Z
whom have shown themselves Gym
cally and brutally Indifferent TO N
interests Of the people; and II II
Congress does not act. with good ten
pered and sensible but resolute thor
: oughness. in cutting out the evils an
in providing an effective supervision