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

the rights Of the wage worker We seeL
, 70 protect The property OF every man who
acts honestly, or every corporation that
represents wealth honestly accumulated
: ana honestly used. We seek to stop
wrongdoing, and we desire TO puHish the
wrong doors only 50 far as is necessary
TO achieve this end.
Campaign Of Lawbreakers
Against Governments Policy
There are ample material rewards for
those who serve with fidelity the man.
mon or unrighteousness. but they are
dearly paid for by the people who per-
init their representatives, whether in pub
tic life, in the press, or in the colleges
where their young men are taught. to
preach and 10 practice that there is one
law for the rich and another for the poor
Inc amount OF money the repI esentatives
OF certain great moneyed interests are
| willing TO spend can be gagged by their
| recent publication broadcast throughout
| the papers OF this country, from the At
! lantic TO the Pacific. of huge advertise
ments attacking with envenomed bitter
ness the administrations policy OF
warning against successful dishonesty.
and by their circulation of pamphlets and
books prepared with the same object.
while they likewise push the circulation
OF the writings and speeches of men who,
cause, seeing the light. they yet are will
| Ing TO sin against the light serve these
their masters OF great wealth to the cost
OF the plain people The books and
pamphlets. the controlled newspapers. the
speeches by public or private men to
which refer. are usually and especially
IN the interest Of the STANDARD oil Trust
and OF certain notorious railroad com
ninations, but they also defend other in
diNiduals and corporations OF great
wealth that have been guilty Of wrong
doing II Il only rarely that the men re-
sponsible for the wrOngdOing themselves
speak or write Normally they hire 9th
ers 10 do their bidding. or find others who
will do II without hire. From the rail
road-rate law TO the pure-food law, every
measure for honesty in business that has
been passed during the last six years has
been opposed by these men on its pas
sage and In its administration with every
resource that bitter and unscrupulous
craft could suggest and the command OF
almost unlimited money secure But for
the last year the attack has been made
Inlnstrauon or the law, especially
through the department of justice but
also through the Interstate Commerce |
commission and the bureau OF corpora |
tons. The extraordinary violence OF the |
assaults upon our policy contained in /
these speeches. editorials, articles. ad-
enormous sums OF money spent in these
various ways, give fairly accurate
measure OF the anger and terror which |
our public actions have caused the cor
rupt men OF vast wealth 10 feel in the
very marrow OF their being The attack
Is sometimes made openly against us for
certain cunning for not trying TO en-
force IL In some other way than that |
which experience shows TO be practical.
one OF the favorite methods Of the lat
ter class OF assailant is to attack the adj
for not procuring the inn
prisonment instead OF the. fine OF offend
ers under these antitrust laws The man
making this assault is usually either a |
prominent lawyer or an editor who takes !
his policy from the fnanciers and his
arguments from their attorneys. II the
former he has defended and advised |
many wealthy malefactors. and he knows |
we'll that. thanks TO the advice OF LAWYERS |
Ike himself Cerfuin Kind ~ | 7
corporation has been turned into an as- /
nirable instrument by which to render IL {
u the corporation. at the man who is s
eally most guilty. When we are able :
Q put the real wrongdoer in prison. this {
$ what we strive to do this Is what we | $
AVE actually done with some very :
Wealthy criminals. who. moreover. repre- [
tnted that most baneful Of all alliances. c
ne Alliance between the corruption OF | Z
rganizcd politics and the corruption OF | n
Ugh finance. This is what we have done h
p the Gaynor and Greene case in the r
ase OF the misapplication OF funds in | o
onncction with certain great banks in | u
hicago. i'm the land fraud cases. where n
$ IN other cases likewise. neither the q
lEntst political position nor the possess | n
on p great wealth. has awaited 20 save 81
ne offenders from prison The federal | nj
oNernment does scourge sin; Il docs bid 3,
nners fear, for II has put behind the | N
airs with impartial severity. the powerful lin
nancicr the powerful politician. the rich | NJ
nd thief. the rich contractor--all no | OF
nom criminal misdceds can be proved "a
II their wealth and power can not pro- An
Ct them. But II often happens that the Ia
Tort 20 imprison a given defendant is re
rtain 10 be futile. while IL Is possible | he
fine him or TO fine the corporation OF IA
men re Is head 20 that. In other words. ri
E ohy way OF furnishing the wrong is or
inning the corporation. unless we are OF
intent to proceed personally against the al
whom | refer and their employers are w,
g men mainly responsible for this co
ate OF things, and their responsibility is TO
AIRED with all who ingeniously oppose IN
e passing OF just and effective laws. or AZ,
10 fail TO execute them when they have su
en- put on the statute books se
Much Is said. in these attacks upon les
e policy Of the present administra- Tn
m. about the rights OF innocent | stf
,ckholders That stakeholder is sci
VI lhn e. who voluntarily purchases pu
d management he knows 10 be cor OF
pr: and stockholders are bound to fea
q 20 ors ses eaton nohest management or ga
out the proceedings the government pie
Is necessary In order TO compel the mu
'poration TO obey the law. There has ser
IN in the past grave wrong done in no,
cent stockholders by overcapitaliza- II
n, ock-watering. stock jobing. cha
lght TO prevent. first by exposing the spe
ng done and furnishing the offender are
en- any existing law had been vio- a l
Re OF laws which would make uniaw n N
similar practices for the future. or
public men. lawyers and editors | WIFI
@ iouuly proclaim their sympathy for spir
Innocent stock h olders" when n into
at Iaw.uetying corporation Is pun who
cd. are the first to protest with fran , to Z
Atneanenc. against all efforts by pur
~ put a stop 10 the practices which 10
tne rtah ana ultimate sources of the and
mage alike to the stockholders and hon
pnpllc ne apologists of success do
dishonesty always de,laim against dish
enort 70 punish or prevent IL. on tial
GROUND that any such effort will con,
settle business IL is they who and
their acts have unsettled business: The
,ne very men raising this cry spend pcoT
dreds OF thousands OF dollars In Sc com