The Carlisle independent., 1908-02-06

tion, of which the president spoke. and the executive asked the common curbing those corporations. which are accused of evil-doing. of course in any event both the national and state governments must each do its part" said President Roosevelt's message. and each can do certain amount that the other cannot do, while the be obtained by the representatives of the national and state governments working heartily together within their respective spheres. But in my jUdg- ment thorough-going and satisfactory control can in the end only be obtained by the action of the national govarn enormous wealth-that is, the corpo- rationS which it is especially desirable to control-are engaged in interstate commerce, and derive their power and their importance not from that portion of their business which is intrastate. but from the interstate business. It is not easy always to decide just where the line Of demarcation between the two kinds or business falls. This line must ulti- matsly naart: be s,,,oi drawn by the federal adequate control of the great corpora tons by state action has been wise and effective, but much of it has been neither; for when the effort is made to. accomplish by the action of the state what can only be accomplished by the aetlon a or the nation the result can only law will probably be declared uncon- St1tutional. So likewise in the national arena. we who believe in the measures herein advocated are hampered and not aided by the extremists who advo- eate cate action h so violent that it would more mischief than it would remedy. s Points to the Future.
 'The laws must in the future be ad- minlstered as they are now being ad- ministered so that the department of justice may continue to be- what it now IS In very fact the department of jus mits justice is meted out with an even hand to great and small. rich and poor, weak and strong. Moreover, there laws now on the statute books by the enactment of further legislation as outlined in the message I sent to the congress on its assembling. Under the existing laws much, very much has been actually accomplished during the past SIX years, and it has been shown enforced against the wealthiest cor poration and the richest and most pow errul manager or manipulator of that corporation, as vigorously and fearless ly as against the humblest offender Apove all they have been enforced agarhst aganfs of the 1 very wrongdoers and so many years gone scot-free and nouted the laws with impunity. against great law-defying corpora within the last half dozen years have treated themselves and have expected others to treat them as being beyond and above all possible check from law. IT IS especially necessary to secure to the representatives of the national gov ernment fuil power to deal with the great corporations engaged in inter state comerce, and above all with the great interstate common carriers. Our people should clearly recognize that while there are difficulties in any course Of conduct to be followed in dealing with these great corporations these difficulties must be faced. and one or three courses followed. The first course is to abandon all effort to over see ana control their actions in the in- terest Of the general public and to per mt return to the utter lack of con ,rol which would obtain if they were one moment believe that our people would tolerate this position. The ex- traordinary growth of modern indus triallsm has rendered the common law, Whlch grew up under and was adapt ca to deal with totally different condi- lions, Tn many respects inadequate to deal with the new conditions. These new condition. make it necessary to shack!e cunning as in the past we have shackled force. The vast individual ana corporate fortunes, the vast com Dlnat1ons of capital. which have marked the development of our industrial sys- tenn, create new conditions. and neces- or the state and the nation toward the rules regulating the acquisition and untrammeled business use of prop erty. in order both that property may De adequately protected. and that at the same time those who hold it may De prevented from wrongdoing.
 Talks of Financial Stress.