The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1908-12-19

stfaninB order issue otherwise than on
notice, except where irreparahle injury
would otherwise result and In such case
a hearing on the merits of the order
should be had within a short fixed pc
riod, and, if not then continued after
hearing, ii should forthwith lapse De-
cisions should be rendered Immediately,
and the chance of delay minmized in
every way Moreover. l believe that the
procedure should be sharply defined. and
the judge required minutely to state the
particulars both of his action and of his
reasons therefor so that the congress
can If it desires examine and investigate
the same.
For many of the shortcomings of
justice in our country our people as
whole are themselves to blame, and the
judges and 1uries merely bear their
share together with the public as
whole It is discreditable to us as
people that there should be difficulty In
eonvicting murderers. or in bringing to
Justice men who as public servants
have been guilty of corruption. or who
have prohted by the corruption of
public servants The result is equally
unfortunate. whether due to hairsplit-
ting technicalties in the Interpretation
of law by judges. to sentlmentality and
class consciousness ON the part of
juries. or to hysteria and sensational
this failure of justice no responsibility
whatever lies on rich men as such, We
who make up the mass of the people
cannot shift the responsibility from our
own shoulders But there is an impor-
tant part of the failure which has spe-
eiaEy to do with inability to hold
to proper account men of wealth who
behave badly.
The Modern Corporation.
The huge wealth that has been accu-
INFLATED by a few individuals of recent
years in what has amounted to a So
cial and industrial revolution has been
as regards some of these individuals
made possible only by the improper use
of the modern corporation. A certain
type of modern corporation. with its
officers and agents, its many issues of
securities and its constant eonsolida-
ton with allied undertakings, finally
becomes an instrument so complex as
to contain a greater number of ele-
ments that. under various judicial de-
cisions, lend themselves to fraud and
oppression than any device yet evolved
in the human BRAIN Corporations are
necessary instruments of modern busi-
ness, They have been permitted to
become a menace largely because the
governmental representatives of the
people have worked slowly in provid-
ing for adequate control over them.
Our great clusters of corpora
tions, huge trusts and fabulously
wealthy multimillionaires. employ the
very best lawyers they can obtain to
pick flaws in statutes after their
passage; but they also employ a class
of secret agents who seek. under the
advice of experts to render hostile
legisla ion innoeuous by making it I'M
constitutional. often through the inser-
tion of what appear on their face to be
drastic and sweeping provisions against
the interests of the parties inspiring
them; while the demagogues. the cor
rupt creatures who introduce black
mailing schemes to strike" corpora
tions, and all who demand extreme
and undesirably radical, measures,
show themselves to be the worst enc
mics of the very public whose loud
mouthed champions they profess to be.
Real damage has been done by the
manifold and conflicting interpretations
OF the interstate commerce law. Con-
troll over the great corporations doing
interstate business can be effective only
if 1t is vested with full power in an
administrative department branch of
the federal executive, carrying out a
federal law; ii can never be effective If
a divided responsibility is left in both
the states and the nation; 1t can never
De eIeN tive II leII IN tne ndnuS OF the
courts to be decided by lawsuits.
Respect for Law Must Be Upheld.
The courts hold place of peculiar and
deserved sanetity under our form of gov
ernment Respect for the law is essen
tial to the permanence of our institu-
tons; and respect for the law is largely
conditioned upon respect for the courts
1t is an offense against the republic to
say anything which can weaken this re-
spect, save for the gravest reason and in
the most carefully guarded manner. In no
other nation in the world do the courts
WELD such vast and far-reaching power
as in the United States. All that is nee
essary is that the courts as whole
should exercise this power with the far
sighted wisdom already shown by those
judges who scan the future while they
act in the present. Let them exercise
this great power not only honestly and
bravey, but with wise insight into the
needs and fixed purposes of the people,
SO that they may do justice, and work
equity, so that they may protect all per-
sons in their rights and yet break down
the barriers of privilege, which is the foe
of right.
Forest Preservation.
If there is any one duty which more
than another we owe il to our children
este of this country, for they constitute
the first and most important element In
the conservation of the natural re-
sources Of the country. Just as
a farmer. after all his life making his
living from his farm, will If he is an ex-
pert farmer. leave il as an asset of in
creased value to his son. so we should
leave our national domain to our chill
dren, increased in value and not worn
out. There are small sections of our own
country, in the east and in the west in
the Adirondacks, the White mountains
and the Appalachians, and in the Rocky
mountains, where we can already see for
ourselves the damage In the shape Of
permanent injury to the sell and the
river systems which comes from reckless
deforestatiou 1t matters not whether
this deforestation is due to the actual
reckless cutting Of timber. to the fires
that inevitably follow such reckless cut
ting OF timber. or to reckless and uncon-
trolled grazing, especially by the great
migratory bands of sheep, the UNI
checked wandering of which over the
country means destruction to forests and
disaster to the small home-makers, the
settlers Of limited means
Thanks to our own recklessness
in the use of our splendid forests.
we have already crossed the verge OF a