The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-02-13
Business" Hurt by Movement
for Honesty Should BE Crushed

II Is meet and nj that the apologtsts
for corrupt wealth should oppose every
EFFORT TO relieve weak and helpless neo-
pie from crushing misfortune brought
upon them by injury In the business
from which they gain bare livelihood
The burden should be distributed IL
Is hypocritlcal baseness TO speak OF a
girl who works In a factory where the
dangerous machinery is unprotected as
10 expose herself 20 dangers to life and
limb She has no alternative but to
suffer want or else to expose herself TO
such dangers, and when she loses a
hand or Is otherwise MANNED or dtsftw-
urcd for life. II rs n moral wrong that
the whole burden OF the risk necessarily
Incidental to the business should be
placed with crushing weight upon her
weak shoulders. and all who profit hy
her work escape scot free. This -
what, what opponents OF a Just employers
sistent that they should usually also
advocate immunity for those most dam
gerous members 81 the criminal class
the criminals of great wealth
Our opponents have recently been
bitterly criticisinR the two Judges re-.
fsrred to in the accompanying commu-
pany and the stata Re railroad for hay.
ing Imposed heavy fines on these two
corporations; and ye, these same crit
les OF these two Judges exhaust them
selves In denouncing the most re-
spectful and cautious discussion OF
the official action of a Judge which re-
SUITS IN immunity TO wealth. ana DntyPEs
full wrongdoers, or which renders nuga-
tory temperate effort to better tho
conditions of life and work among
those Of our fellow eountrymen whose
need Is greatest Most certainly ii be-
hooves us all TO treat with the utmost
respect the high Office of Judge: and
our Judges. as whole. are brave and
upright men. Respect for the law
must go hand In hand with respect for
the Judges. and. as n whole IL IL true
now as in the past that the Judges
stand In character and service above
all other men among their fellow
servants OF the public. There is All
the greater need that the few who fail
IN this great Office. who fan below this
high standard of integrity, OF wisdom
OF sympathetic undetstR niinx and N
courage should have their eyes opened
10 the needs OF their cnautryman
Judge who on the bench either trucktss
TO the mob and shrinks from stsrniy
REFRESHING violence and disorder ar
bows down before corporation; ~ho
falls TO stand 1p Saiiantly Tor the
rights of property on the one hand ar
on the other by misuse of the process
OF Injunction or by his attitude iowa ~,
all measures for the bettermsnt ~ fbc
conditions Of labor. makes the wage
worker feel with bitterness that ID.
courts are hostile 60 him. or who fails
to realize that all public servants a,
their several stations must strive 10
stop the abuses of the criminal rich
such man performs an ever yyorSr
service 20 the body polite than ~.
legislator or executive who goes yvrunv
The Judge who does hts falf duty twcii
stands higher. and renders a bette ?
service 10 The people. than any other
public servant: he Is entitled Ia great
er respect. and NJ he ~ a true savyan.
% the people ~ he - upright, wise ana
fearless. he will unhesitRttnwly atsrs.
gard even the wishes OF the peopls n
I they conflict with the eternal prtnei.
pies OF right against wrong lie
must serve the people hut ~. rnrss
serve his own consrtence fret All
honor TO such a Judge.
The opponents of the rneantsres -.
champion single oui nov one Rna oo~.
another measure for especial attRrk ara
speak a. ~ the movement IN which We
are engaged was purely eronorrltc. III has
a larre economic side. bot u ls fasdn
mentally an ethical movement u IL no.
a movement TO ee completed in one year
~ two or three rears. u IL a movement
~hscn must hr pTtseNSFed In until tbe
spirit which lies behind "a sinks deer
i into the heart and the conscience of the
whole people. N IL Always lrut.o-tAnf
to choose the right nseaEs to achieve ouf
. purpose. but u - even more irrJDartan M
10 keep this purpose clearly before as
nrd this purpose 10 10 secure national
honesty In business ard 10 politics We
do not subscribe 90 the cynical belief tha,
dishonesty and unfair dealing are essen.
tsai 30 business success. and are To b.
ronsorsst when the success IN naAsrats
ara applAuded ~ hen thr success In great.
The methods by which the standard on
people and those engaged IN the oth0r
combinations OF ~hich ! have spokea