Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-02-06


justify every form of criminality on the
part of a labor union, and every form
OF violence, corruption. and fraud. from
murder to bribery and ballot-box stuff
equality of opportunity for all; and the
struggle for honesty Is the same whether
1t 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 the future be adj
ministered. so that the department of
justice may continue to be, what 1t now
Is. In very fact the department of JUS
nce, where 50 far as our ability permits
to great and small. rich and poor. weak
and strong. Moreover. there should be
no delay In supplementing the laws now
on the statute books by the enactment of
further legislation as outlined In the
message | sent to congress on its assem-
bling. Under. the existing laws. much.
plished during the past six years, and II
has been shown by actual experience
that they can be enforced against the
and most powerful manager or manipu-
lator of that corporation as vigorously
and fearlessly as against the humblest
offender . Above all. they have been
and agents of wrongdoers who have for
so many years gone scot free and fouted
the laws with impunity. against great
wealth. which. until within the last half
dozen years. have treated themselves and
have expected others to treat them as
being beyond and above all possible
:. ~ especially necessary to secure to
the representatives OF the national gov
e eminent fun power to deal with the great
merce, and above all, with the great In
terstate 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 of three courses followed.
fort to oversee and control their actions
In the interest of the general public
and to permit return to the utter lack
were left to the common law. / do not
for one moment believe that our people
would tolerate this position. The ex-
traordinary growth OF modern industriai-
grew up under and was adapted to deal
with totally different conditions, In many
respects inadequate to deal with the new
conditions. These new conditions make II
necessary to shackle cunning as in the
past we have shackled force. The vast
individual and corporate fortunes. the
vast combinations of capital. which have
marked the development of our industrial
system, create new conditions, and neces-
state q change from the old attitude or
regulating the acquisition and untram-
meled business use of property, in order
both that property may be adequately
protected, and that at the same time
those who hold 1t may be prevented from
wrongdoing.
The second and third courses are to
have the regulation undertaken either
by the nation or by, the states. OF
government and the several state gov
ernments must do each it's part. and
each can do, certain amount that the
other cannot do, while the only really
results must be obtained
by the representatives of the national
and state governments working heart
s sly es'n Rut 'hi in ' new i udgment
thoroughgoing and satisfactory con-
troll can in the end only be obtained by
the action of the national government.
for almost all the corporations or
enormous wealth-that is, the corpora
tons which IT is especially desirable to
engaged in interstate COM
merce. and derive their power and
their Importance not from that por-
ton of their business which is intra-
state, but from the interstate business.
where the line of demarcation 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
by state action has been
wise and effective but much of 10 has
been neither; for when the effort Is
made to accomplish by the action OF
the state what; can only be accom-
plished by the action of the nation. the
result can only be disappointing. and in
the end the law will probably 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 extrem-
lists who advocate action So violent
that 1t would either be useless or else
would cause more mischief than 1t
would remedy.
We have just passed through two
months of acute financial stress. At any
such time 1t 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
body of honest business men. of hon.
est investors, of honest wageworkers
who suffer because involved in. a crash
sible' At such time there @1 Is, en natn-
raj tendency on the part of many men
to feel gloomy and frightened at the
outlook; but there is no justification
absolutely sure of ultimate success
as ours. OF course we shall suo-
coed. Ours Is a nation of masterfui
main, and 1t feels within it's veins the
thrill which comes to those who know
that they possess the future. We are
We are upheld by the confident hope
of ultimate triumph. The wrongs that
exist are to be corrected; but they in no
way justify doubt as to the final out
come, doubt as to the great material
OF the future, or of the lofty
spiritual life which Is TO be built upon
that prosperity as a foundation. No
permitted to shroud from our eyes the
glorious future of the nation; but be-
cause of this very fact 1t behooves US
pose to cut out wrongdoing and uphold
what Is right
/ do not for a moment believe that the
actions of this administration have
this Is due to local and not Worldwide
and to the actions OF any par
ticular individuals, 1t is due to the specu-
lative folly and fragrant dishonesty of q
few men OF great wealth, who seek to
shield themselves from the effects of their
own wrongdoing by ascribing its results
to put stop to. the wrongdoing. But
IL 1t were true that to cut out rotten
ness from the body polite meant a mo-
check to an unhealthy seeming
prosperity, should not for one moment
hesitate to, put the knife to the corrup-
ton. On behalf Of an our people, on
behalf no less of the honest man OF
each days livelihood by that days sweat
of his brow, 1t is necessary to insist upon
In business and politics alike, In
all walks of life, in big things and in
little things; upon iast and fair dealing
as between man and man. Those who de-
mand this are striving for the right In
the spirit Of Abraham Lincoln when he
said: JaaH N.H
"Fonday do we hope. fervently do we
pray, that this mighty scourge may pass
away. Yet, IL God Wills that 1t continue
until all the wealth piled by the bonds
mems two hundred and fifty years OF UNI
requitsd toll shall be sunk. and until
every drop of blood drawn with the lash
shall he paid by another drawn with
the sword, as was said three thousand
years ago, 50 stfn II must be said: The
Judgments OF the Lord are true and
righteous salt1gether.
with malice toward none; with charity
for an; with ffrmness In the right, as God
gives US to- see the right. let us strive on
to finish the work we are in"
In the work we Of this generation are
In. there IS. thanks be to the Almighty.
no danger of bloodshed and no use for
the sword; but there Is grave need OF
those stern qualities shown alike by the
men OF the north and the men Of the