Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-10-06
Mr.. Taft in Strong Speech at
Pooatello Today Says Stand.
ard Oil and Tobacco Deci-
sions Are Great Decisions
PROSECUTIONS OF
TRUSTS MUST GO ON
Railroads Are Entitled TO the
Proper Treatment and
Should Be Saved From At
taoks of Demagogues.

tBy EseaiaE HERALD A. q. Leased wirel
Pocatcllo, Idaho. oct q IN a speech
before the Chamber Oi Comnorcy here
TODAY. President Tafi bitterly assaulted
the critics uf the United states su.
prcme court and asserted anew his
views as to uls relation Of government
TO business
Il love Judges aad love courts.
said The president They are m,
ideals on earth that bpify what we
shall meet aficrwHrd m heaven under
a pis God And when a court u doing
ils duty when ii is trying so interpret
the iaw as n ought to bc 90 have o.
condemned and attacked and rs mo
tive questioned Ior mere political puf'
posrs without nav solid ground for
aitRck, Il goes 10 my heart and re-
sent Il with dcee indignation
President Taft said he had received
many criticisms on rhe paint hut AZ
vet he had failed 90 receive an answer
10 his challonge to " ! BRYAN and
other puMlcists TO cite single case
0f combination IN restrain ~ trade
which ought 60 De- condemned and
which would not bc condemned under
the supreme courts Interpretation ot
The antitrust Law In the standard on
and Tobacco Trust cases
What distinguishes this country
from any other one. said the plesl.
dent. US ihe supreme court that We
have iu Washington. that often has
stood between ts and errors that
might have been GO nmit'cd That
would have bcun greatly injurious 90
the couRtry. and To turn upon that
court and 10 question iis motives aud
io attack a. scoms to nae Co Ia, the
aN Rt the root oi The tree OF 0ur
civilization
Mr Tan referred 20 she supreme
cOurta disposal Of ,ho standard Oll
aud Tobacco eases ns two rrcni
decisions
"Thuy we've two Of tho greatest
trusts that existed" 4" he said and Ia
the WORKING ONT of the decree m
court had go make remedy The
STANDARD OIL company presented all
tho phases of lllcRality and crimlnallig
necessary 90 establish monopoly at
time when lhcy did NOT feel The ne
crssiiy for concealinr their mcthods
oi thoh motives The Tobacco Trust
represented an Organization made In
anticipation of the operation of the
law helped oul 10, the advice 81 Gun
ning lawyers IN order 90 uyoid It's op
eruiion B,g against them both the
dCcrcC OF The supreme court has been
pronounced
Mt Tan said Il was unfortunate
thai the country had gotten into q
condition that rodWifcd remedy like
this rcmed, oi any oyll. hc added
was bound io produce for time not
business disaster hui difficult Siius
iiun that night make business slow
lini after The ISOLATION had been work
eel out he saw no reason why tbs
country should not Ro On 90 greater
ana greater prosperity
"ro one In ms place" said tho
president "theru is no discretion with
reference 10 the trial Of eases brought
TO The attention of The executive m
violations ol The law The prosccu
iions must go ON n ls not for The
executive 20 say he can withhold
criminal prosecutions or any Kind al
prosecutions Just 10 help business
Huslness must reform Itself and those
executive duties must be- performed
under the oath Of uilice that I tuob
and under the oath thar those under
me took.
"llui wnen that part oi the business
community that thougnt that the anti
trust statute did not mean anything
understands that II is "a be enforced
then We may reuch a solution that viii
enable the business community tn set
tic down ON proper anh legitimat,
basis hone the time IN near % hand
whom We must get together for pros
perity We must eliminate. 80 fnr as
We can this desire 10 attack waRlfl
earned by thrifl and gathered iogeihel
hy foresight, attention AMI Industry
because that ~ 70 set up feeling that
bodes no good iOr the result When q
man Attempts that he ough, 10 be
marked hy The patriots OF the counir,
who understand that he Is attempting
to usc some disaster 10 the eounlr,
10 benefit himself
Il believe Ne are going on to Z
greater future n We had allOwe.
these combinations 10 60 on and de