Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-12-16

should boz erected Against = ts abuse.
In substance. provision should be made
that no tnjunction-or temporary re-
straining order issue otherwise than on
notice. except where irreparable injury
would otherwise result: and in such case
q hearing on the merits OF, the; order
should be had within short fixed Pc
Rod. and.f IL not then continued sitter
hearing, it should forthwith lapse, De-
cisionS should be rendered Immediately,
and the chance Of delay minimlzedJ In
every way. Moreover, I believe that the
procedure should be sharply defined, and
the judge required INFINITELY to state the
particulars both of his action and of his
reasons therefor. 50 that the congress
can II it3desires examine and investigate
the same.
: Fur many Of the shorteeomniintgsss9 Of
justice I'M ouf Country our people jan; a
whole are themselves to blame. and the
judges and juries merely bear their
share gtpgather with. the public as a
Whole It is diseredjtable TO Ns. as. a
people that there shotifd be dfffruity I'm
convictingf murderers. Or in Infringing to
Justice men who as public servants
have been guilty of corruption. or who
have prpAted t.by } .the.:-corruptipl of
Unfortunate VIII tlfer due to hafrsSiit-
9ftechMealita asi in, the ntefpr etatton
OF law by judges, to sentimentanty and
class consciousness on the part Of
lqrieaisor tosahystenia add sensational
Ills II a q Eass H5 RgSh sf
whatever 1ies:eu RICH men as suoh. We
who make up the mass of. the people
cannot shift the responsibility from our
eWn5 SD ouldeTsss But thers!is an impor-
e cl51aP part Of ths failnrs Elhl.ch has Sps,
itospGoper account men OF wealth who
behave badly. -,,. 4-1-
The Modern Corporation. 7'''' :
THE huge wea1th that}has been accu-
.mulafed by q, Few indiyidua Of recent
years, in what has amounted to a So
cial and industtlaE revolution has been
as Regards 1semel of tthese= individuals
made possible only by the improper use
type OF MOD ern:L eoTReratian with its
officers and agents, it's many ISSUES of
securities. And Its constant consoIida-
ttonS with alliedT underta kings finally
becomes an Instrument so complex as
to contain~a greater number of ele-
ments that, under .vartons judicial de-
cisions, lend themselves to fraud and
oppression than any device yet evolved
in the human; brain. Interpretations are
necessary instruments, of modern bust
ness. They have been permitted to
become a menace largely because the
SOVeTE{leHIa41, 4EepreSenCaLlVeS Oh the
people have worked slowly in provid-
ing for ADEQUATE control over 9hen.,D
tions, huge trusts and fabuiously
wealthy multimillionaires, employ the
very best lawyers they can obtain to
pick flaws IN statutes after their
passageis butt they also, employ a.class
Of secret agents, who seek, under the
advice of experts to render hostile
legisla lion inn ocuoNs7 by making ii: I'M
constitutional, often through the inser-,
ton Of what appear on their face to be
drastic and sweeping, provisions against
the interests-of- the parties inspiring
them; while the demagogues, ,theyco
rdpt creatures who Introduce black
mailing schemes to Strike" corpora.
lions, and all who demand extreme,
and undesirablYI radical measures,
show themselves to be the worst enc
mics OF 1.-the very public whose loud
mouthed champions they profess to be-
Real damage has been done by the
manifold and conflicting Interpretations
oil the Interstate commerce law. Con-
troll over the great corporations doing
interstate business can be effective only
If 1t is vested with full power in an
administrative, departmental branch Of
the federal executive, carrying out a
federal law; it can never be effective If
a divided responsibilities 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 sanctity3 under our form OF gov
eminent. Respect for the law is essen
tial to the permanence of our institU-
ttops:. 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 earefdlly guarded manner: In no
other nation I'M the world do 1.-The courts
WELD such vast and far:reachfns bower
as in the UnitHd Staths.-- All that Is nee
essary is that the courts as a whole
should exercise this power with the far
sighted wisdom already showh by those
Judges who scan the future while they
act in the present. Let them exercise
this great power not only honestlyi and
Rrayely, ibut with wise, insight into the
needs and fixed purposes Of the people,
80 'thatf they may do 5dstice, and work
equity. so that they may protect all per-
sons in their rights, and yet break down
tue barriers of privilege. which is. the foe
Of right! ~, >. ~, -
il @ Forest Preservation. 10
If there is any one duty which more
than anethere rye; owe IT, tp Jour children
to perform at once. it Is to save the for
ISIS VI ILLS GUILTY. luSy -COHSlltul0
the first and most important element in
the conservation of the natural re-
sources lofi the fcountryJc - NlJust as
q farmer, after all his life making, his
living from his farm. will. if he is an ex-
pert farmer, leave it as an asset 81 IN
leave our iilafionai" domain to our chill
drehi h1nsreased TN NSlLs and mot worn
out. There are small ;ssstienseof, our, own
country, in the east and in the west, in
tha IAdirofdackss thei White mountains
and the -A2palachiapsf and, II. the, Rocky
mountains, where we can already see, Tor
ourselves The 0damagS'fn ths shape Of
peFmape1t injury tonthe soil land the
river systems which comes from reckless
deforestation. II matters c not !: whether
this deforestation--is-t iue-to-the actual
recklesst Sptting, ofs timbeS,, to, the fires
that inevitably follow such reckless cut
ting of timber, sor to- reckless and uncon-
trelled, GRAINS especially by, the great
migratory Bands OF Sheep, the un-
checked wEa6eri1g;' 9f (which over tie
country means destruction to, forests and
disaster. to the sndaff home. makers, the