Evening journal., 1908-01-31


lantic to the Pacific. Of huge advertise
ments attacking with envenomed Bit
terness the administrators policy OF
warning against successful dishonesty,
and by their circulation of pamphlets
and books prepared with the same OBJ
ject; while they likewise push the cir
culation of the writings and speeches
or men who. whether because they are
misled. or because. seeing the light,
they are willing TO sin against the light.
serve these their masters OF great
wealth to the cost Of the plain people.
The books and pamphlets the control-
led newspapers, the speeches by public
or private men to which / refer. aro
usually and especially in the interest
OF the Standard Oil Trust and OF GER
tain notorious railroad combinations,
but they also defend other individuals
and corporations OF great wealth that
have been guilty OF wrong-doing. II is
only rarely that the men responsible
for the wrong-dolng themselves speak
or write. Normally they hire others
to do their bidding, OF find others who
win do IL without hire. From the rail-
road-rate law to the pure-food law,
every measure for honesty In business
that has been passed during the last
six years has been opposed by these
men on it's passage and IN it's adminis-
stration with every resource that bitter
and unscrupulous craft could suggest
and the command Of almost unlimited
money secure.
Jail For Wealthy Wrongdoers.
'The attack is sometimes made OPEN
" against us for enforcing the law,
and sometimes with certain cunning,
for not trying TO enforce it in some
other way than that which experience
shows to be practical. One OF the
favorite methods OF the latter class OF
assailant Is to attack the administrn-
ton for not procuring the imprison-
ment instead OF the fine Of Offenders
under these antitrust laws. The man
making this assault is usually either q
prominent lawyer or an editor who
takes his policy from the financiera
and his arguments from their attor-
news. When we are able to put the
real wrongdoer in prison. this is what
we strive 10 do; this is what we have
actually done with some very wealthy
criminals. who. moreover, represented
that most baneful OF all alliances, the
alliance between the corruption OF
organized politics and the corruption OF
high finance. This rs what we have
done in the Gaynor and Greene case
In the case of the misappllcation oi
funds In connection with certain great
banks in Chicago, in the land-fraud
cases. where. as in other cases like
wise, neither the highest political posi-
ton nor the possession Of great wealth
has availed TO save the offenders from
prison The Federal Government does
scourge sin; It does bid sinners 70 fear
for Il has put behind the bars with Inn
partial severity. the powerful financier
the powerful politician. the rich land
thief. the rich contractor-all, no mat
ter how high their station, against
whom criminal misdeeds can be proved
All their wealth and power cannot pro-
tect them. But II often happens thai
the effort 70 mDrison a given defend
ant Is certain to be futile. while Il is
possible TO fine him or TO fine the cor.
poration Of which he is head; so that
/ In other words, the only way OF punish.
ing the wrong Is by fining the corpor'
alton. unless we are content TO proceed
personally against the minor agents
The corporal on lawyers to whom I re-
fer and their employers are the mel
mainly responsible for this state q
things. and their responsibility Il
Ehared with all who ingenlously op
pose the passing OF just and efectiv'
laws. or who fail to execute them wher
they have been put on the statute
books.
Wrongs Done Stockholders.
"Much is said. In these attacks upon