The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-12-12

should be erected against its abuse.
In substance, provision should be made
| that no injunction or temporary re-
| straiHing order issue otherwise than on
| notice. except where irreparable injury
| would otherwise result; and in such case
| hearing on the merits of the order
should be had within a short fixed Pc
riod, and. If not then continued after
hearing, II should forthwith lapse. De-
| cisions should be rendered Immediately.
| and the chance of delay minimized in
| every way. Moreover. 1 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. SO that the congress
can II It desires examine and investigate
| the sans.
/ For many of the shortcomings OF
| Justice in our country our people as a
| whole are themselves to blame. and the
| Judges and juries merely bear their
| share together with the public as
| whole. 1t is discreditable to US as a
| people that there should be difficulty In
| convicting murderers. or in bringing to
| justice men who as public servants
have been guilty OF corruption. or who
have profted by the corruption of
public servants. The result Is equally
| unfortunate. whether due to hairsplit-
| ting technicalities in the Interpretation
| Of Law by judges. to sentlmentality and
class consciousness on the part of
| juries. or to hysteria and sensational
ism in the daily press. For much OF
this failure of justice no responsibility
whatever lies on rich men as such. We
| who male up the mass of the people
cannot shift the responsibility from our
own shoulders. But there Is an impor-
| tant part OF the failure which 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-
mulated by few individuals of recent
years, in what has amounted to 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 its constant consolida-
tion with allied undertakings finally
become7 an instrument so complex as
to contain a greater number of ele"
ments that under various judicial de-
cisions. lend themselves to fraud and
oppression than any device yet evolved
in the human brain. Corporations
necessary Instruments OF modern busi-
ness. They have been permitted to
become q 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 fabulously
wealthy multimillionatres, employ the
very best lawyers they can obtain to
pick flaws in statutes after their
passage; but they also employ class
of secret agents who seek. under tho
advice Of experts. to render hostile
legisla ion innocuous by making it 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 the cor
rupt creatures who introduce bllck-
mailing schemes to strike" corpora
tions. and all who demand extreme
and undesirably radical. measures
| show themselves to be the worst .ne-
| mics OF the very public whose loud
mouthed champions they profess to be.
Real damage has been done by tho
| manifold and conflicting interpretations
| OIL the interstate commerce law. Con-
| troll over the great corporations doing
| interstate business can be effective only
| II 1t is vested with full power in an
| administrative department a branch Of
| the federal executive. carrying out
| federal law: 1t can never be enective IL
| a divided responsibility Is left in both
| the states and the nation; II can never
| be effective If left in the hands of the
| courts to be decided by lawsuits.
Respect for Law Must Be Upheld.
The courts hold a place of peculiar and
| deserved sanctity under o:- form of gov
| ernment. Respect for the law Is essen
| tial to the permanence of our institu-
| tons; and respect for the law Is largely
| conG.t.tcned upon respect for the courts.
| 1t is an offense against the republic to
say anything which can weaken this re-
| spect. save for the gravest 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 nee
| essary Is that the courts as whole
| should exercise this power with tho far
sighted wisdom already shown by those
judges who 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.
| so 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 the foe
! OF right
Forest Preservation.
| II there is any one duty which more
| than another owe 1t to our children
| to perform at once. 1t Is to save the for
| ests of this country, for they constitute
| the first 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 ex-
| pert farmer, leave it as an asset of in
| creased value to his son. SO we should
| leave national domain to our chill
| dren. increased in value and not worn
| out. There small sections of our own
| country. in ~ east and in the west in
| the Adirondacks. the White mountains
| and the Appalachians, and in the Rocky
| mountains. where We can already see for
| ourselves the damage in the shape of
| permanent injury to the soil and the
| river systems which comes from reckless
| deforestation. 1t 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-
l troled grazing. especially by the great
! migratory bands of sheep. the
| checked wandering of which over the
| country means deStrnctiou to forests and