The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-29
The Attorney General Delivers
Strong Address to Alumni
at Harvard College.
MORE THAN COLLEGIATE
TRAINING Is REQUIRED
Unrest of Times Points to Fact
That Corporate Greed
Must Not Rule.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, June 2S.-The
Harvard law school set the commence
ment pace today, although class cele-
brations, especially that of 1880, IN
which former President Roosevelt was
graduated, also held attention.
The law school alumni had as ora
tor of the day Attorney General Wick
ersham,
In his opinion the college trained law
yer will solve the great legal and eco
nomlc questions of government IN this
and the next generation.
He will not be the man whose only
acquaintance with the principles Of law
and government has been derived from
would not be equipped TO cope with
them. He must be the man who has
found the Giving law as it has been
developed IN the real transactions OF
men. Except with possible rare excep'
tions. the day of the plodding student
who read b Blackstone in desultory
unmethodical, interrupted fashion from
the musty shelves of some practicing
counselor, is over.
Advantage Of Training.
The college trained LAWYER of this
solve the problems of government Is the
man who has mastered the principles
and doctrines of law as science
through the selection, Classification and
analysis Of adiudged cases involving
their, application
Mr.. Wlckersham made an able ad'
dress. In his opening words he de,
clared he had been able TO obtain scant
leisure from the duties of official life
and referred to himself as can overbur-
dened public official whose mind was
necessarily crowded with che prosalC
and exacting details of government: y
Contentment with mediocrity,' Mr..
Wickersham continued, els in my
opinion, one of the greatest dangers
which confronts successful democracy
everywhere. The hope of averting 1t
rests largely with men Of sound legal
education. -
The attorney general then reviewed
In brief the development of the last
few years toward the control of public
utilities, and compared to it the growth
of the machinery of trade, now come to
control of great lines of industry by
corporations or individuals.
"Never before has it been possible to
lay so direct toll upon the public
through the concentration of industrial
power he said. "The full significance
of the attempt to check the growth and
power of great com binations through
the commerce clause of the constitution
was scarcely perceived at the time Of
the enactment of the Sherman law, nor
until successive interpretations of it
had been given by the supreme court.
Lessons of History.
"The history of nations indicates
that at certain period OF national de-
velopment 1t becomes necessary TO in
terpose by legislation between the rapa-
cit yof Individual greed and justice and
fairness to the whole people.
''The right of every community to
legislate respecting property affected
by a public use was early recognized -
The Roosevelt class of 80 journeyed
out to tho Hoosick Whisick club In the
Blue hills, where all sorts of sports were
enjoyed by athletes of thirty years ago
AS Colonel Roosevelt had already noti-
fed the secretary he would not be at
those observances, the members were
undisturbed by curious throng,
Seven classes lunched and dined at
the Country club at Brookline, while
later in the day many of the officials Of
the university were busy welcoming
candidates for honorary degrees to be
conferred at commencement tomorrow.