The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-10-09

Operations and thus facilitates the
work Of exchange and no n who
has estimated with intelligence the
usefulness OF the corporation will for
one minute think Of destroying the
power that. the corporation gives for
cooperative efforts. But with every
new step in advance, responsibilities
come. When the railroad took the
place OF the turnpike, laws were nee
essary that were not IN the time Of
OF the highway, but society recogniz-
ling that the railroad had become Q
! necessity, adjusted itself to the rail.
road and then proceeded by legtsla-
ton to correct whatever abuses
might arise in the management OF
railroads. And SO society, accepting
1.-THE corporation as an established fact,
lis proceeding to enact such laws as
may be necessary to make the corpo-
rations serve the purpose for which
they were created and I am sure that
the members Of the association, this
association organized for the promot-
ing OF the city's interest, for the de-
velopment Of the citizens commerce
and for the advancement Of the city's
good, recognize that with the large
power that corporate action gives, re-
%striction is necessary. There Is a diff
ference between the corporate man
and the natural man. There is a diff.
ference In the creation. God made
man and placed him on his footstool
to carry out a divine decree. Man
made the corporation for q material
purpose. When God made man He
did not make the tallest man much
taller than the shortest and He did
not make the strongest man much
stronger than the weakest, but when
the Law creates the corporate person,
that one man may be made a hundred
thousand, q million times stronger
than the God made man. When God
made man He set a limit to his exist.
ence, so that II he was a bad man, he
could not be bad long"
MI. Taft whose rising was greeted
with another outburst Of violent cheer
ing, prefaced his prepared speech
with a few impromptu remarks which
created laughter. He said:
Taft's Speech.
Il have only begun to run for the
presidency, and l am glad to begin
when the political amenities Of the
campaign are better understood. l am
exceedingly glad to meet my disti1l-
guished opponent and fellow guest and
to forget the rivalries and disputes 81
the campaign in this inspiring hospi-
tally. And / reciprocate in every
way and to the full his kindly and
courteous words Of respect and good
will. With him l have recently been
subjected to a considerable strain.
But the experience of today has been
almost more than ! could bear. One
non-partisan speech is a good deal Of
a burden INF. Bryan led In the merri-
ment), when you are in other kind Of
practice. And to have to make three
inside of nine hours I submit to my
distinguished fellow guest and oppo-
nent is cruelty to any man. (Laugh-
ter.)
MI. Taft discussed Inequalities in
the administration Of justice, saying:
Scrutiny Of Corporations.
.All our institutions are being sub
jected to close scrutiny with a view
to proving that some Of them should
be radically changed. The chief at.
tack is on the institution of private
property and is based upon the In
equalities In the distribution Of wealth
and Of human happiness made appar-
ent in our system. / believe that the
interests Of the private property. next
to that Of personal liberty has had
much to do with the uplifting and
with the physical and moral I'm.
provement Of the whole human race,
but that It Is not inconsistent with
the rights Of private property to i'm
pose limitations upon It's use for un.
lawful purposes and that this Is the
reform needed rather than the aboli-
ton Of the institution itself. An evil
which Is likely to grow in independ-
ence is the inequality between the
poor and the rich, growing out Of the
delays in the administration Of jus.
tice between individuals. AS between
wealthy %litigants, where each party
Is able to pay the expenses Of litiga.
tion and to undergo for the time the
loss Of interest on the capital in.
volved, our present system, while not
perfect, does not call for anxiety.
"A defeat Of our system is seen In
the unequal burden which the delays
and expenditures Of litigation impose
on the poor litigant.
"a defect in our Judicial system is
giving to defeated litigants two ap-
peals. So far as the litigant is con.
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