The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-02-07

| luHtlIV every 10TH VI tTltIllUdllNy VII ~
part Of n labor union, and every form
OF Violence. corruption. and fraud, from
Ing ae p t9 bribery ~ a ard P %yige 10 s stuT
equality OF opportunity for all; and the
struggle for honesty Ia the same whether
II Is made on behalf OF one set OF men
or of another.
Laws Must Continue to Be
Administered with Even Hand
The laws must in tho future be adj
minlstered as they are now being al.
ministered, so that the department OF
Is, in very fact the department of JUS
tice. where so far as our ability permits
TO great and small. rich and poor, weak
and strong. Moreover. there should be
no delay IN experimenting the laws now
further legislation as outlined In the
message gent 70 congress on IT'S a m'rh-
very much, has been actually accom-.
pushed during the past six years. and II
that they can be enforced against the
wealthiest corporation and the richest
lator of that corporation as VIGOROUSLY
and fearlessly as against the humDlest
offender; Above a.. they the n nao9 xd psss
and agents OF ~wrongdoers who have for
so many years gone scot free and fouted
the laws with impunity, against great
law-defying corporations immense
wealth, which. until within, the last mar
have expected others to treat them as
being Beyond ands above all possible
II Is especially necessary to secure to
the representatives of the national gov
eminent fun power to deal with the great
merce, and above all. with the great In
t~erstate common carriers our psoprs
are diHiculties in any course OF conduct
to be followed In dealing with these great
corporations. these difh co,rse. mnsS
The first course Is to abandon all Ell
5 fort to oversee and control their acuoms
7 and To permit a return to the utter lack
: OF control which would obtain u tney
were left to the common law. do noe
4 for one moment believe that our people
y would tolerate this position. Inc eH-
: traordinary srowth o. moaern law which
! rev up under and was adapted. TO deal
n with totally different conditions, IN many
respects Inadequate to deal with the new
: conSitIons' These new conditions make II
. necessary to shackle cunping as In lns
Individual and corporate fortunes. the
Il vast combinationSO f capital, when hang
d marked the development OF our nsces.
system. create new conditions ana nee nss 81
state a cb Gnge from the old atptuos 10.
1t the ststI and nation toward aaa ne nntram,
Tegyls;;as the s asgu " ppope aay in order
both thai property may be adequaiT,s
protecte9 Ard that at ths saIns from,
those gSs Sals It ra4yy E Prsysa.ea W..
& Tfs9 sgc2gRa sga Is thi 5Sa spsrsss t eisns e
by the ~sRf sSts{ Frs st a safi ga
v government and L.. S9slt INA
y erhments must do eac. -"s
: each can do a certain amour.
Itner cannot do. while the only re-. i
81 tlsIactory results must be obtained
by the representatives of the national
lily together within their respective
.RerousA going and satis}actc1r Has% een.
the action pr the national government.
for almost ell the corporations OF
tons which it is especially desirable to
control-are engaged in Interstate COM
merce, and derive their power and
ton of their business which is mira
state. but from the interstate business.
where the line of demarcation between
m %s i Nus, kl n ne 81 business hs dra falls an Nv This bis
secure adequate control of the great
corporations by state action has been
been neither; for when the effort il
made to accomplish by the action OF
the state what can only be accom-
result can only be disappointing. and in
the end the law will probably be de-
in the national arena. we who believe
in the measures herein advocated are
nampered ana not AIDED by the eXtrem-
lists who advocate action so violent
that it would either be useless or else
would cause more mischief than. 1t
would remedy.
We have just passed through two
months of acute fna ncial stress. At any
such time it is a sad fact that entirely
innocent people suffer from no fault
of their own; and every one must feel
the keenest sympathy for the large
est investors. of honest wageworkers.
who suner because involved in a crash
s sHb whi at sneS a ar tim ne tSer wa Is q aes na3n-
TO feel gloomy and frightened at the
for this feeling. There is no nation so
absolutely sure of ultimate success
coed. Ours is a nation of masterfuI
energy. with a continent for it's do
main, and il feels within its veins the
that they possess the future. We are
not cast down, by the fear of allure.
of ultimate triumph. The wrongs that
exist are to be corrected. but they in no
way Justify doubt as to the anal out.
prosperity of the future, or of the lofty
spiritual life which is to be built upon
misdeeds done in the present must be
permitted to shroud from our eyes the
cause Of this very fact niitb ehooovvees o rs
never to swerve from our resolute pur-
pose to cut out ~wrongdoing and uphold
I do not for a moment believe that the
actions of this administration have
brought on business distress; so far as
this is due to local and not worldwide
causes, and TO the actions of any par
ticular individuals. it is due to the specu-
lative folly and fragrant dishonesty OF a
few men of great wealth, who seek to
shield themselves from the effects of their
own wrongdoing by ascribing its results
to the actions of those who have sought
TO put a stop to the wrongdoing But
IL IL were true that to cut out rotten
ness from the body polite meant a mo-
mentary check to an unhealthy seeming
prosperity, l should not for one moment
hesitate to put the knife to the corrup-
ton. On behalf of all our people. on
behalf nj less of the honest man OF
means than of the honest man who earns
each days livelihood by that days sweat