Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-02-06

j1s,ify every form OF criminaiity on the
part OF a labor union. and every FORM
Sf ydseT ,s ,Ssrry snd s s1S
equality OF opportunity for ali; and the
!. I u madS on n0p behalf OF one SET OF mon
or OF another.
Laws Must Continue 10 Be
Administered with Even Hand
The laws must In the future be adj
mlnlstered as they are now being hns
ministered. NO that the department OF
IL. IN very fact the department. OF JUS
tice. where 10 far as our ability permits
TO great and small. rich and poor. weak
and strong. Moreover, there should he
no delay IN experimenting the laws now
on the statute books by the enactment OF
further legislation as outlined IN the
message | sent to congress on It's assem-
bling. Under. the existing laws, much.
pllshed during the past six years, and "
has been shown by actual ekpe,iennSe e
wonithies, corporation and the richest
and most powerful manager or manipu-
lntor of that corporation as rigorousy
one ofTend dsTi Above al. they have been
enforced against the very wrongdoers
and agents OF wrongdoers who haxe ioss
40 many years gone scot free and houted
the laws with impunity, against grea
law-defying corporations OF immense
wealth. when, nnuI wnsa'n ,h snv ana
have expected others TO treat them -
being beyond and above all possible
il IL especially necessary to secure to
the Representatives OF the national gov
eminent full power TO deal with the great
merce. and above all. with the great in
terstnte common carriers. Our people
should s S.Sny so 1h1s % of eondSct
to be followed In dealing with these great
corporations. these difficulties must be
faced. and one OF three courses followed.
The first course In to abandon all eff
fort TO oversee and control their actions
In the interest OF the general PUBLIC
OF control which would obtain II they
were left to the common law DO not
for one moment believe that our people
traordInary growth OF modern Industrial
Ism has rendered the common law, which
grew up under and was adapted TO deal
WITH totally different conditions, In many
respects inadequate TO deal with the new
conditions. These new condl tions make u
past we have shaekled force. The vast
Individual and corporate fortunes, the
vast combinations OF capital. which nave
marked the development OF our lnaustTle'
System, create new conditions. and neces-
sitato change from the old attitude OF
the state and nation toward the rules
regulating the acquisition and untram-
meled business use OF property, In order
both that property may DO adequately
protected. and that az the same time
! wrongdoinE.
The second and third courses are 10
have the regulation undertaken either
by the nation or by the states. OF
course in any event both the national
government and the several state gov
ernments must do each its part, ana
each can do n certain amount that the
other cannot do. while the only really
| satisfactory results must he obtained
by the representatives OF the national
NJ a.. ENVNtfat a l.
ily together within their respective
spheres But In ny Judgment nen
mo- on ing aS oniy hs oStSIn,d Nv
the action OF the national government
| for almost all the corporations OF
enormous wealth-that IT,. the corpora
control--are engaged in Interstate COM
merce and derive their power and
ton OF their business which IL intru-
| state. but from the interstate business
| IL Is not easy always to decide Just
where the line of dcmarcRtlon between
| the two kinds OF business falls. This
/ line must ultimately be drawn by the
federal courts. Much OF the EFFORT TO
secure adequate control OF the great
corporatlons by state action has been
| wise and effective. but much OF II h9s
been neither: Tor when the enort y
| the state what can only be accom-
| piished by the action OF the nation. the
the end The law viii probabiy be de- !"
| clared unconstitutional. So, likewise,
| In the national arena, we who believe
| In the measures herein advocated are
| hampered and not aided by the cNtrem-
! lists who advocate action so violent
that IL would either be useless or else
would cause more mischief than IL
would remedy.
We have just passed through two
| months OF acute financial stress. At any
innocent people suffer from no fault
| OF their own; and every one must feel
| the keenest sympathy for the large
est Investors, OF honest wageworke-s.
| who suffer because involved In n crash
for which they are In no way respon-
| sible. AZ such a time there Is a nntu-
raj tendency on the part OF many men
to feel gloomy and frightened at tho
outlook; but there IN no Justification
absolutely sure OF ultimate success
| as ours. OF course we shall sue
coed. Ours. is nation of masterful
main, and u feels within it's veins the
| thrill which comes to those who know
ihs , tney possess tne i1ture, we , are
We are upheld by the confident hope
OF ultimate triumph. Tho wrongs that
exist SaS Sry 20 pS b, put tney Ia no
come doubt as TO the great material
prosperity of the future. or OF the lofty
sRnt pTdspeTlty "i Sh tSu 6s 9t upSn
misdeeds done in the present must DO
permitted TO shroud from our eyos the
| glorious future of the nation; but be-
cause OF this very fact Il behooves us
never to Hwerve from our rcsolute pur-
pose TO cut out wrongdoing and uphold
| what Is right.
1 do not for a moment believe that the
| actions OF this administration have
brought on buzineHn distress; so far IA
this IL due To local and not world wide
causes, and to the actions OF any par
| ticulnr individuals, Il II due TO the sps.cu-
lRtive folly aud fragrant dishonesty OF a
few men OF great wealth, who seek 10
! shield Themselves from the effects OF their
own wrongdoing by aRcribing itH results
70 the actions OF those who have sought
- put stop 10 this wrOngdolng. BUT
IL II were true that TO cut out rotten
ness from the body polite meant a mo-
| mentary check 10 an unhealthy Seeming
prosperity. / should not for one moment
hesitate TO put the knife TO the corrup-
ton. on behalf OF ali our people. an
behalf no less OF the honest man OF
means than OF the honest man who earns
each days livelihood by that days sweat
% his brow u u necessary 20 insist upon
honesty In business and p0qitics alike In
All walks OF life. In big things and Ia
little things upon just and fair dealing