The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-12-10

should be erected against it's abuse
In substance, provision should be made
that no injunction or temporary re-
straining order issue otherwise than on
notice. except where irreparable injury
would otherwise result: and in such case
a hearing on the merits Of the order
should hc had within a short fixed pc
riod. and. If not then continued after
hearing, IL should forthwith lapse. De-
cisons 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 minutcly to state the
particulars both Of his action and OF his
reasons therefor. so that the congress
can II II desires examine and investigate
the same
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 a
whole. II is dscredltable 20 us as n
people that there should be difficulty In
convictnE murdcrers, or in bringing to
justice men who as public servants
have been guilty Of corruption. or who
nave profitcd by the corruption OF
public servants. The result Is equally
unfortunate. whether due to hairsplit-
ting technicalitics in the Interpretation
VI law ny JUICES To StUlllntnldlllN ana
class consciousness on the part of
iurics or to hysteria and sensational
ism i'm the daily press For much of
this failure of 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 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 a few individuals of recent
years, in what has amounted to a So
cial and industrial revolution, has been
as regards some of these individuals
made possible only by the improper use
of the modern corporation. a certain
type Of modern corporation, with it's
officers and agents, its many issues of
securities. and it's constant consolida-
ton with allied undertakings. finally
becomes an instrument so complex as
to contain 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
SoNeTDHtntiI representatives. Oh Ine
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
drastic and sweeping provisions against
the interests of the parties inspiring
them; while the demagogues, the cor
rupt creatures who introduce black
mailing schemes to strike" corpora
tons and 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
OF the interstate commerce law. Com
troll over the great corporations doing
interstate business can be effective only
if ii is vested with full power in an
administrative department, branch of
the federal executive. carrying out a
federal law; it can never be effective If
divided responsibility is left in both
the states and the nation; it 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 place of peculiar and
deserved sanctity under our form of gov
eminent Respect for the law is essen
tial to the permanence of our institu-
tons: and respect for the law is largely
conditioned 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 the far
sighted wisdom already shown by those
judges who sean 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.
If there is any one duty which more
than another we owe II to our children
! 20 perform at once. it is to save the for
| este of this country, for they constitute
| the first and most important element IL
| 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, If he is an eX
pert farmer, leave II as an asset of in
| creased value to his son, so we should
| leave our national domain to our chill
| dren, increased in value and not worI
| out. There are small sections of our owl
| country, in the east and in the west II
| the Adirondacks, the White mountains
| and the Appalachlans, and in the Rock!
| mountains, where we can already see 70
ourselves the damage in the shape q
| permanent injury to the soil and tn
| river systems which comes from reckless
| deforestation. 1t matters not whethe
| this deforestation is due to the actua
! reckless cutting of timber, to the fire
that inevitably follow such reckless cut
| ting of timber or to reckless and uncon
! troled grazing, especially by the grea
! migratory bands of sheep, the un
| checked wandering OF which over tn
J country means destruction to forests an
disaster to the small home makers tn
settlers of limited means.
| Thanks to our own reCklessnes
in the use of our splendid forests
we have already crossed the verge OF