The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-02-07

curing, by speech, editorial. book, OF
pamphlet, the defense By misstate.
nn.hts Of what they have done. and
M yniss wnen public servants correct their
Hlsstatements by telling the truth they
ut'lalm against them for breaking
\ sttiehcc, lest values be deprecated "
nty nave hurt honest business men.
honest working men honest farmers,
being told
The keynote OF all these attacks
upoh the eHort TO secure honesty in
business and in politics Is well ex-
paassse9 IN brazen protests against any
snort Tor the moral regeneration OF the
business world. on the ground that IL is
unnatural, unwarrantetd and Injurious
anu that business panic Is the nece.-
ssary penalty for such effort 70 secure
such plea is precisely as great as II
made on behalf OF the men caught in
gambling establishment when that
gambling establishment is raided NV
the police. II such words mean anv-
thlng they mean that those WHOSE sen
,,,tnents they represent stand against
generation OF business. which will pre
vent a repetition OF the Insurance.
banking and street railroad scandals in
New York. a repetition OF the Chfca 90
q ALTON deal; repetition OF the com
plnatlon between certain professional
poHticians. certain professional labor
ffr ra1n -. ana ata certain big financiers.
CISCO mas just been rescued; a repeti-
ton OF the successful EFFORT by the
Standard Oh people TO crush out every
competitor, 70 ovcrawe the common
carriers, and TO establish a monopoly
winch treats the public with n con-
Tempt which the public deserves so
long as IL permits men OF such prfn
clples and sentiments to avow and act
on them with impunity. The outcry
gainst stopping dishonest practices
among Wrongd oers who happen to be
wealthy is precisely similar 10 the out
cry raised against every effort for
cleanliness and decency in city gov
eminent, because. forsooth il viii
hurt business" The same QUERY il
made against the department OF JUS
tice for prosecuting the heads of colos-
agalnst the men who in San Francisco |
nave prosecuted with impartial sever |
ny the wrongdoers among business |
men, public oficials and labor leaders |
me two cases. Just as the blackmaiI- |
sr and bride giver stand on the same |
IN, M em,nence OF infamy. so the man
VINO makes an enormous fortune by
,orruptlng legislatures and municipai-
ues ana neeclnE his stockholders and |
ne pubiic. stands on the same moral
tNei win the creature who fattens on
ne blood money of the gambling house |
ma the saloon. Moreover in the last
lnalysis both kinds OF corruption are
ar more Intimately connected than |
would at first sight appear; the wrong
oing is at bottom the same Corrupt
'usiness and corrupt politics act and
O0DAHH-
nent, one on the other; the corrupt
cad OF a corporation and the corrupt
abor leader are both in the same de-
rec the enemies OF honest CORPORA
ions and honest labor unions: the re-
ate taker. the franchise traficker
ne manipulation 90 securities. the pur-
eyor and protector OF vice the black
lailing ward boss. the ballot-box stun
r. the demagogue. the mob leader. the
ired bully. and man-killer-all alike \
Iork az the same web OF corruption.
should he al \. I ,
onest men.
The business" which is hurt by the
lovement for honesty is the kind Of |
usiness which. in the long run. IL
avs the country TO have hurt IL Is |
ne KIND OF business which has tended |
make the very name high finance" a
,rm or scandal to which all honest
merlcan men Of business should ioin |
J putting an end. The special plead- |
rs Tor business dishonesty In denounc-
X the present administration for on
'rcing the law against the huge and !
lrrupt corporations which have defed {
le law. also denOunce IL for endeavor- {
- 10 secure sadly needed labor legis- I
ton, such as far-reaching law max
* employers liable for injuries TO I
ietr employees.