The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-05-01
to the federal statute known as the sher.
man or Antitrust law

10 the leQeral statute known as the SseH.
man or antitrust law.
The commission believes that en- ex-
ample should be made of these men, and
that the members of the Boston Agree
.ober and November, 1906, entered in the
fraudulent competitions for The Cove
street draw span and the Brookline street
bridge, should be brough. before a fed.
OF congress OF July 2, 1890. The three
years limitation for participation in these
.Iansactions has not yet elapsed. and the
so complete that there should be no diff
f1culty In the governments securing a con-
viction in this case"
have submitted this report 70 the &c
cation and for action il action shall prove
practicable.
Demands Legislation.
Surely such a state OF affairs as mat
above set forth emphasizes the need OF
further federal legislation, not merely be
cause of the material benefits such iegls-
lation will secure, but above all because
this federal action should be part. and a
large part, of the campaign to waken our
people as a whole TO a lively and effective
condemnation of the low standard OF
morality implied in such conduct on the
part of great business concerns. Inc hTst
duty of every man is 10 provide a hyel!-
hood for himself and for those dependent
upon him: 1t is from every standpoint de,
sirable that each of our citizens shouid
e%ndeavor by hard work and honcraole
methods to secure Tor him and his such
& competence as will carry With j, the OPP
p%ortunity TO enjoy in reasonable fashlon
the comforts and refinements OF Me: ana.
furthermore, the man of great business
ability who obtains a fortune in upright
fashion inevitably in so doing confers a
benefit upon the community as a whoie
and is entitled TO reward to respect. ana
to admiration.
But among the many kinds of evil. so
cial, industrial, and political. which II Is
our duty as Il nation sternly to coHlpat,
there is none at the same time more nase
and more dangerous than the greed winch
treats the plain and simple rules OF non
esty with cynical contempt If they inter
ton We can not be held guiltless II We
condone such action. The man who
breaches hatred of wealth honestly &C
auired. who tncuIcates envy and lea ae 9 h,s
and slanderous Ill will TOWARD those OF ms
fellows who by thrift. energy, ana m
dustry have become men Of means is a
menace I" the community. But his eeun-
terpars in evil Is to be found in that par
ticular kind of multimillionaire who rs al
most the least envible, and is certainly
one of the least admirable. of all our CIT
said that his face has grown hare and
cruel while his body has grown SOFT:
whose son is a fool and his dauSh1er a
foreign princess: whose llominal pfeaa7
light. whose real life work. is the ae-
cumulation and use of power in MS most
sordid and least elevating form. In the
chaos of an absolutely unrestricted COM
mercIal individualism under modern con-
ditions, this is a type that becomes prom
inent as inevitably as the marauder baron
became prominent in the physical chaos
of the dark ages. We are STRIVING, Tor
legislation to minimize he abuses winch
give this type its t1ourishing prominence,
partly for the sake of what can be ac--
complished by the legislation itself. and
partly because the legislation marks our
participation In a great and stern moral
movement 10 bring our Ideals and our con-
duct Into measurable accord.