The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-12-12


that no injunction or temporary re-
straining order issue otherwise than on
notice, except where irreparable injury
would otherwise result; and In such case
| a hearing on the merits OF the order
should be had within a short hNed pc
Rod. and II not then continued after
hearing II should forthwith lapse De-
cisions should be rendered Immediately,
| and the chance OF delay minimized In
every way. Moreover, I believe that the
procedure should be sharply defined. and
| the Judge required infinitely to state the
| particulars both of his action and Of his
reasons therefor, 30 that the congress
can II II 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 turles merely bear their
| share together with the public as
whole. II Is discreditable to us as a
| people that there should be difficulty in
| convicting murdcrcrs, or in bringing to
| justice men who as public servants
| have been guilty of corruption. or who
| have prohtcd by the corruption OF
| public servants. The result is equally
| unfortunate whether due to hairsplit-
| ting technlcalities in the Interpretation
| OF law by judges, to sentlmentality and
| class consciousness on the part of
| juries. or to hystcria and sensational
| ism in the daily press. For much OF
| 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 winch has spe-
| cial!y 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 few individuals of recent
| years in what has amounted to 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 consolda-
ton with allied undertakings, finally
| becomes an instrument so complex as
| to contain a greater number of ele-
| ments that under various judicial de-
| Csions, lend themselves to fraud and
| oppression than any device yet evolved
| In the human brain. Corporations are
| necessary instruments of modern bust
| ness They have been permitted to
| become "A menace largely because the
| governmental representatives of the
| people have worked slowly in provld-
| ing for adequate control over them.
| our great clusters OF corpora
| lions. 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
| lcgisla ion innocuous by making II un-
| constitutional often through the inser-
| ton 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
IL II is vested with full power in an
administrative department, a branch OF
the federal executive, carrying out a
federal law; IL can never be effective II
n divided responsibility Is left In both
| the states ana the nation; II can never
be effective II left In the hands of the
courts to be decided by lawsuits.
Respect for Law Must Be Upheld.
The courts hold place OF peculiar and
| deserved SanCllty unuef our form OF gov
| eminent, Respect for the law Is essen
tial to the permanence OF our instltu-
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 II 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
bravely 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 dowr
the barriers OF privilege which is the foe
of right.
Forest Preservation.
II there is any one duty which NOR,
than another we owe II to our children
20 perform at once, II Is to save the for
es:e OF this country, for they constitute
the first and most important element II
the conservation of the natural re
sources OF the country. . . Just al
farmer after all his life making hi
: living from his farm, will, II he is an ex
pert farmer, leave II as an asset OF In
creased value to his son, so we shout,
leave our national domain to our chill
dren, increased in value and not worI
out There are small sections Of our owl
| country in the east and in the west, II
} the Adirondacks. the White mountains
, and the Appalachlans, and In the Rock!
mountains, where we can already see 70
ourselves the damage In the shape q
: permanent injury to the soil and IN
river systems which comes from rccSles
deforestation, II matters not whethe
5 this deforestatlon Is due to the actua
reckless cutting of timber, to the fire
. that inevitably follow such reckless cut
G | ting OF timber, or to reckless and uncon
trolled grazing, especially by the grea
= migratory bands Of sheep, the un
n checked wandering OF which over IN
. ! country means destruction TO forests an
+; disaster TO the small home makers, IN
$ settlers of limited means
Thanks to our own reCklessnes
e in the use of our splendid forests
= we have already crossed the verge OF
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