The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1910-06-17
sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth

# is not difficult to imagine the feeling of bitterness that rank
M breasts Charles r. Heke and Ernest w Gerbracbt officers
he Sugar Trust convicted of participation in theft Roth ave-
years and in crime Both had been accustomed to coJ
o." enched position of the Sugar Trust sufficient aran -
f Both knew that the political party that has enoved sc
@ lease power has been the partner of Sugar Trust in
% committed under laws made order industrial grafte
I traded by political graers for the influence tiantic coo
tat influence meaning the of hard cash has been
c to lay for the perpetuaon what President Tft
t antIy called party solidarity
las Republican party has been the creature Of corporation
- although majority of the criminal corporations as thew 60
10 are creations Of the party Billions have been stolen from the
common herd by the putocacy under laws orrupty planned and
ot and complacently enacted Vast fortunes have accrued
captains Of industry through the insertion Of word here
nd there in the texts Of bills by editors of legislation acting in dial
cy as of special interests nominal epresen
yes of ultimate consumers Theft under the law equally as i'm
moral but safer than theft in violation of the law has prospere
ano The arduos piraces of Capt Kidd and his kind and
h bbe of the bandti of old who lived from hand to mouth and
dent in caves when not losing sleep in their efforts dodge repre-
niqes of organized government, constitute mere examples Of
v ievey compared with the accretons of wealth that have
me INTO the Golfers of the snug chucgong churcendowap
os modern piracy and wholesale robbery while they have
pt Il tight tie ebial bug III the rug from moes
toll
tt STEP that may be taken without any quas by the
he of pager who has conscience until he caught with
fingers in the pockets of else publicly branded or sent
prison There honor among thieves only insofar as it serves
the ends self protection is not to be expected that representa-
es Of that has ourished under dishonest legislation would
hesitate long the seemed safe perpeate weighing
frauds supplement the earnings it has enjoyed under legislative
frauds The intimate relations long existing between the trusts
and party power naturally bred belief in the minds of the
sugar officers that there danger inserting steel
springs the scales reduce the weight of valuable commodity
Public servants and 60 The reliable dependable
m servants of the great corporation equipped for usefulness b
knowledge of the business and guaranteed against dismissal by
perfect familiarity with the criminal methods of their employers
long they not ncapacltated 1t is natural that the
old and faithful employees of the sugar trust should have had conf
duc shifting population of official Washington and should
looked the boys devise ways and of making
campaign thunder without invoking the aid of actual thundebot
The thunder barrel has served often that the serenity and
usefulness that have existed among members of the old guard in
the sugar business logical and comprehensive Now, in the
hour Of their distress these venerable mscreane middle men
between the thieves the dock and the thieves in the highest Offices
THAT sharper than serpent tooth to have tankess Admin
Baon is possible understand their position, and to SYM
e with the bitterness they experience without wish
ing the least of the offenders escape service the penitena
merited penalty for longer service den of thieves
But the milk the of trust corruption has not yet been
tapped Not until from another high IN the
o of the sugar develops conscience prisongroWn or
otherwise and tells how the gang in New York and the gang IN
Washington have coopeated compounded and covenanted to skin
the millions billions the mutual benefit OF political clique
and Industrial group will the tale of corruption be told
May the Lord hasten the day