The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-31

Young men
9.s : and to practice 4iff
r1gsx@ for the rich and A0
he poor The amount d
: le Representatives OF certain
Inoneyed interests are willing I'd
hd can be gauged by their recent
publication broadcast throughout the
papers Of this country from the Allan
tic to the Pacific Of huge advertise.
ments attacking with envenomed bit
terness the Administrations policy Of
warning against successful dishonesty
ana BY their circulation Of pamphlets
and books prepared with the Same Oh.
ject while they likewise push the cir
culntlon OF the writings and speeches
OF men who. whether because they are
mIsled on because, seeing the light,
they yet are willing 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 | re-
fer. are usually and especially in the
interest Of the Standard OH trust and
of certain notorious railroad combina-
tons, but they also defend other In
dlvlduals and corporations Of great
wealth that have been guilty of wrong
doing. 1t is only rarely that the men
responsible for the wrongdolng them
selves speak or write. Normally they
hire others to do their bidding or find
others who will do II without hire.
From the railroad 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 passage and In its adj
ministration with every resource that
bitter and INSCRIPTIONS craft could
suggest and the command Of almost
unlimited money secure But for the
last year the attack has been made
with most bitterness upon the actual
administration of the law. especially
through the department Of justice. but
also through the interstate commerce
commission and the bureau Of corpora
lions. The extraordinary violence Of
the assaults upon our policy contained
IN these speeches. editorials. articles,
advertisements and pamphlets and the
enormous sums of money spent In
these various ways give fairly ac-
curate measure Of the anger and ter
ror which our public actions have
caused the corrupt men of vast wealth
to feel In the very marrow Of their be-
ing The attack is sometimes made
openly against Us for enforcing the
law and sometimes with certain Gun
ming for not trying to enforce 1t in
some other way than that which ex-
shows to be practical
Results Already Accomplished.
One or the favorlte methods Of the
latter class Of assailant is to attack the
for not procuring the
instead of the fine Of Of
Tenders under these antitrust laws
The man making this assault Is usually
either a prominent lawyer or an editor
who takes his policy from the dnan-
ciers and his arguments from their at
torneys. II the former, he has de-
Tended and advised many wealthy
and he knows well that,
thanks TO the advice Of lawyers like
himself, a certain kind Of modern cor
poration has been turned into an ad-
lnifable instrument by which to render /
II wen nigh impossible to get at the
head of the corporation. at the man
who fl really most guilty. When we /
ARE able To put the real wr0ngdoer In K
prison. this II what We strive to do. /
This Is what We have actually done /
with some very wealthy criminals,
who, moreover. represented that most /
baneful Of all alliances. the alliance I
between the corruption Of organized I
politics and the corruption Of high I
finance This Is what We have done In I
The Gaynor and Greene case. in the
Ease Of the misappication of funds in
connection with certain great banks in
in the land fraud cases, where,
rs Ia other cases likewise neither the
highest political position nor the pos
session OF great wealth has ayailed TO
save the offenders from prison The
federal government does scourge sin.
Il does bid sinners fear for It has put
behind the bars, with impartial Sc
verify the powerful financier. the pow
,rful politician, the rich land thief, the
'ich contractor no matter how
high their station, against whom crimi-
1al misdeeds can be proved All their
wealth and power cannot protect them.
,ut it often happens that the effort to
mprlson a given defendant Is certain
o be futile. while it is possible to fine
lin or to fine the corporation of which
ne is head. so that IN other words, the
'nly way Of punishing the wrong is by
lining the corporation unless we are
content to proceed personally against
The minor agents The corporation
awyers TO whom refer and their en-
,loyers are the men mainly responsible I
or this state Of things. and their re
Is shared with all who in
yeniously oppose the passing Of just
Ind effective laws or who fail TO ex-
,cute them when they have been put
IA the statute books.
Protection Fer Stockholders.
Much is said In these attacks upon