New-York tribune., 1908-06-26


contributing their modest savings Any man who
would discourage corporate enterprises. VINO would
used in increa sing the prosperity Of this country
would be doing greater harm to the poor nan 20
would to the manager and the PRESIDENT OF IN. ne
ANY man who would interfere with the prosperity
Of our country. considering what II H. roulo Oe
an arch-conspirator against the people
Mr.. Taft then called attention to the Sherman
antitrust law passed by the Republican Congress
IN 1890. and the important actions brought against
great combinations of capital, especially the
Northern Securities Company. in President Roos-
velt's first administration, speaking with approval
Of the operation of the bureau OF corporations
under Mr. Garfield. 1t is obvious. holds. that
It is possible through the instrumentality OF the
courts and through statutes properly directed. TO
suppress these evils. II time Is taken and energy
and vgor are put into the prosecution. He paws
his respects to those Of opposite political faith
who hold that the abolition of the tariff will result
in the automatic destruction OF trusts. as follows
But our Democratic friends say must DESTROY
the trusts we not regulate them-ve must
operation That sounds well rhetorcalIy: but when
you come to examine it, you will find that mat II Is. Is
business enterprises be destroyed? Why should
NV that which has furnished the payrols and an
enormous wage fund which has brought ap2gt % [Rs ne
ought to do is to regulate ITEM IN IN qros or so t5a
to go and contribute TO the general welfare q
this country.
LABOR ORGANIZATIONS.
The Secretary recognizes the absolute necessity
for the organization of labor. What. he inquiries
could : single laboring man do IN the necessary
controversies that between labor and capital
with respect to the adjustment OF wages and the
division Of the product Of uricn OF capital ana
labor against his wealthy employer. especially
when that employer is great corporation?' Rec
ognizing the fact that 1t is undoubtedly true. as
economists assert. that in the end the wages Of
labor are determined by the relation OF supply Of
labor the demand for it, he sees that IN the long
periods of transition between good times and bad
times and bad times and good times readjustnent
of wages on a fair basis considering the times. IS
largely affected by the power that the laoor1ns
men may gather for themselves by united effort to
increase their wages q rising market and TO pre-
vent the sudden decrease OF their wages on
falling market. He said:
There is a great deal of human nature IN man
and employers when they come 10 economic their
expenditures in more stringent times are APT 70
expenditure. the place where they can most
when business is improving and profits are in
creasng they are Ioath to share these profits with
men who do the work and without whose LABOR no
profit could be had
into labor Unions is absoiuteiS essential to the
welfare Of the laboring man in the protection OF
his legitimate interests
THE USE OF INJUNCTIONs.
Special interest attaches to the expressions Of
the Republican candidate for President the sub
ject of injunctons. owing the strong pressure
brought to bear the convention at Chicago for
a radical statement which would commit the party
to policy of opposition this form Of relief In
the same speech at Boise City the Secretary called
attention TO the complaints labor leaders that
what they held be the abuse Of the writ Of in
junction had worked a hardship upon Workmen
lawfully defending their rights, and discussed the
question at some length. saying in part;
The first section of the Compers bill provides that
no federal court shall have the power to enjoln
men from unIawfully njuring the business OF an
dmDers GsheT m and i0G ose Who support the Bill
under ancient practice in equity lnlunctloqs ISSUED
property right, and that for the lower federal
is judicial usurpaJion, The Supreme Court OF ]
the United states has decided that injunc5I4ns may may
or right of Pecunary nature The issue there
shortly stated thus. Whether the business that
has built up the business that ne Is dGng oae N
the goodwill, may be injured unlaTtHily q ~ - ~
4e 60T4s mS@ rom IN an1 nterfepence with such
action by the writ of Injunction. so that al! ne
to bring suit for damages and TO have the mat,
the damages This is. of course remedy which :
every one will recognize as wholly inadequate 70 +
submit to any body of laymen the question whether
which bv advertising lawful and honest deal +
ing he has made a valuable asset 10 MN so ~
sold by his administrator; is not right OF pc
cunlarv nature With Wn ossI, ~ nrolr+ m rielIt Cuelr
20 he 4T the courts have decided that this is
t6srts t6s gass or the se courts and there great
number who have held that nIuuCtions NAV issue
I'm such cases have usurped their authority. falls .
the ground
Mr. Taft had previously said in address in /
Detroit before the American Bar Association that /
il was hardly necessary to defend the necessity
for the Injunction as a means OF enforcing orders
of the court. and that the real opposition 70 the
arose from the certainty that diso5edi-
ence would be promptly punished before a court .
without a jury. II the court must wait upon the
slow course Of jury trial before IL compel
a compliance with its order. then the efficacy OF
its process would seriously impaired The argu-
u1ent of those strongly opposed TO the use
OF the Injunction TO him to be that because
many men determined to violate the rights OF
the public and their fellow citizens in spite Of the
la wfuI orders of the court restraining them from
so doing they should. on account Of their number
and popular strength. have a right which no
Auglo-Saxon has hitherto ever enjoyed-to inte--
pose trial jury between them and the enforce
ment of courts order.