The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1908-12-11

notice except where irreparable injury
would otherwise result: and in such case
a hearing on the merits of the order
should be had within short fixed pc
Rod, and, II 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, ! 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 IL it desires examine and investigate
the same.
For many of the shortcomings of
Justice in our country our people as
whole are themselves to blame. and the
judges and juries merely bear their
share together with the public as n
whole 1t is discredltable to us as n
people that there should be difficulty in
convicting murdercrs. 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 techncalitios 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
ms failure or justice no responsibility
whatever lies on rich men as such. We
who make up the mass of the people
cannot shift the responsibility from our
own shoulders. But there is an impor-
tant part of the failure w.Ich 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 aocu
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-
ton with allied undertakings, finally
become1 an instrument so complex as
to contain n 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 are
necessary instruments of modern bust
ness. They have been permitted to
become 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 multimillionaires. employ the
very best lawyers they can obtain to
pick flaws in statutes after their
passage; but they also employ a class
of secret agents who seek. under the
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
Hfrsf. .fy..sN
the interests of the parties inspiring
them; while the demagogues the cor
rupt creatures who introduce black
mailing schemes to strike" corpora
lions. ami all who demand extreme
and undesirably radical. measures,
show themselves to be the worst enc
mics OF the very public whose loud
mouthed champions they profess to be
Real damage has been done by the
manifold and conflicting interpretations
on the interstate commerce law. Con-
troll over the great corporations doing
interstate business can be effective only
IL It is vested with full power in an
administr department. a branch Of
the federal executive. carrying out a
federal law; it can never be effective II
a divided responsibility is left in both
the states and the nation; il 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 our form Of gov
eminent Respect for the law is essen
tiaI to the pcrmancuce Of our institu-
lions: and respect for the law is largely
conditioned upon respect for the courts.
| II is an offense against the republic to
say anything which can weaken this re-
spect save for the gravesi reason and in
/ the most carefully guarded manner In no
other nation in the world do the courts
WELD such vast and far-reachng power
| as in the United States. All that is nee
essary is that the courts as whole
! should exercise this power with the far
| sighted wisdom already shown by those
! judges who scan 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 we owe Il 20 our children
! 20 perform at once, 1t is to save the for
! et:. 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
a farmer. after all his life making his
| living from his farm. will, IL he is an eX-
pert farmer, leave 1t as an asset of in
/ creased value to his son, so We should
leave our national domain to our chill
4 dren increased in value and not worn
/ out There are small sections Of our own
/ country. in the cast and in the west, in
/ the AdirondaCks the White mountains
and the Appal hans, and in the Rocky
mountains where We can already see FOR
/ ourselves the damage In the shape 81
/ permanent injury to the sell and the
/ river systems which comes from reckless
I dcfOrestation. II 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-
troled grazing. especially by the great
. migratory bands Of sheep. the UNI
[ checked wandering OF which over the
| country means destruction to forests and
disaster to the small home-makers. the
I settlers Of limited means
[ Thanks to our own recklessness
IN the use of our splendid forests
we have already crossed the verge Of a
timber famine in this country, and no
measures that we now take can, at least
for many years, undo the mischief that
has already been done. But we can pre-
] l.f nd