The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-04-30

,vsas 1880 - 49, NJ 1MU1S
ample should Al INSIDE q the men. a
msnt.s OF al least aIl those who is O.
tober and November, 1906, entered In the
fraudulent coMpetitions; for the Cove
bridge, siould be brought before q fed
eraI grand Jury for violation OF the act
oI congress of July 3. 1880 three
sransaa initation Tor Pc tic,pstio Y these
ssiuence obtained by the comInisston Y
az complete that there should be NO DIFF
ncuHy n the governments securing ascon-
9 subnlitte this reportSto the de-
paftment OF Justice for thorough inyesti-s
eaton and for actionH action shall prove
Demands Legislation.
Surely such i state Of affairs as that
above set forth emphasizes the need OF
further federal legislation. not merely ne-
cause of the material BENEFITS sueh.legis-
latiofa will secure, but above all because
This federal action should be part, and q
large part, of the campaign to Waken our
people as a whole to a lively and eHes1lVe
morality Implied in such conduct on the
part of great business concerns. the rrst
duty OF every man - TO provide a.nsent
hood for himself and forSthose Dependent
upon him: 1t is from every de,
sirable thai each of our citizens shouidS
e~ndeavor by hard work and honoIaDte
LII III SGCuIG lkklt aAt4
a competence as will carry with u the ops
~portunity to enjoy III reasonable 1asnlons
the comforts and refineInents OF NE. anu,
furthermore, the man of great business
ability who obtains a fortune in upright.
fashion inevitably in SO doing corners =
benefit upon the community as . Whols
and Is entitled to reward, to respect, ana
to admiration.
But among the many kinds of evil. So
Scial. Industrial, and political, which 4 IS
our duty as a nation sternly to COMBAT,
there Is none at the same time more pase
and more dangerous than the greed Wh.ch
treats the plain and simple rules OF non
fere with making a profit; and as q ma.
ton we can not be held guiltless u We
condone such action. II man VINO
breaches hatred of wealth honestly ac-
quired. who incuicates envy and Jealousy
and slanderous Ill will toward those OF nus
fellows who by thrift, energy, ana m
menace to the community. But his coun-
terpart in evil Is to be found in that par
ttcular kind of nlultimillionaire who Us al
most the least envible, and Is certainly
one of the least admirable. of all our CIR,
liens; n manzof whom 1t has been well
said that his face has grown hard ana
whose son is a fool and his anghter q
foreign princess: whose nominal pleas,
ures are at best those of a tasteiess and
extravagant luxury, and whose real de-
light, whose real life work, Is the ac-
emulation and use of power In It's most
sSrdiG and least eleyating form. IN oo .ne
tSlO Oi III 6bJSOfQAC1S
mercial individualism under modefn con-
ditions. this Is q type thai becomes prom
inent as inevitably as the marauder baron
became prominent in the physical chaos
OF the dark ages. We are striving Tor
legislation to minimize the abuses which
give this type its fiourishing prominence
partly for the sake of what can ne ac-
complished by the legislation ftsetf, ana
partly because the legislation marks our
participation in a great and stern moral
movement to bring our ideals and our con-
duct into measurable accord.
Theodore Roosevelt.
The White House, April q. 1905.
Summary of Report.
In the report of the finance committee
,subjoined by the president to his message,
the methods employed in the alleged col-
lusions are considered under three heads
combinations among boilermakers, COM
binations among contractors for fire proof
ing, and combinations between corpora
tons and firms engaged In the manurac7
ture or supply of structural steel.
Under the first heading the committee
charges that some one familiar with the
operations of the school house department
would furnish each person invited to bid
the names of the other persons to whom
invitations had been extended. The con-
Germs selected would then arrange be-
work, as to the price to be fixed and as
to the division of the profits.
The report names W companies as the
sive practices in bidding for fire proofing
contracts. and says: '.These companies
combined for the purpose of parcelling
out the work. Contract for contract was
generally conceded. although in some
cases money was paid as the price of alb
staining from competition. This resulted
in high prices to the customer, and exac-
tons were thus obtained from all sorts
and conditions of men and corporations
The portion of the report devoted to
combinations in the structural steel trade
deals With what is termed the Boston
agreement" and the charge is made that
''in order to preserve the appearance of
competition and to ensure the success of
the scheme of COLLISION. the parties to the
agreement would arrange the bids to be
submitted In a progressive scale above, the
prearranged bid of the concern to which
the work had been allotted.
The members of the agreement did not
hesitate TO fortify their bids by false
statements In writing that they were
made n good faith. without fraud, collu-
SION -orsconncction with any other bidder
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