Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-06

POCATELLO. Idaho. October 6.-1n
merce today President Taft bitterly as
sailed the critics Of the United States
Supreme Court. and asserted anew his
views as to the relations of govern
ment to business.
81 love Judges and love cOurts."
said the President. "They are my ideals
on earth that typ:fy what we shall
meet afterward In heaven under . just
God. And when q court fs doing its
duty, when 1t is trying to interpret the
law as IL ought to be, 10 have IL con-
dcmned and attacked and tts motive
questioned for mere political purposes.
without any solid ground for attack,
goes to my heart. and I resent It with
deep Indignation
Bryan Has Not Answered.
Mr. Taft spoke with far more feeling
than he put into his Detroit and Water
loo speeches. but along the same lines.
He said he had received Iany criticisms
on the point but as yet he had failed to
J. Bryan and other publicists to cite a
single case of combination in restraint
of trade which ought to be condemned
and which would not be condemned un-
der the Supreme Courts Interpretation OF
the antitrust law in the Standard Oil
and the tobacco trust cases.
What distinguishes this country from
any other one said the President. rs
the Supreme Court that We have in
WASHINGTON that oft has stood between
us and errors that might have been COM
mitted that would have been greatly in
furious to this country; and to turn upon
that court and to question its motives
and to attack ii seems to M to lay the
ak at the root of the tree OF our civil
iZation.''
Two Great Decisions.
MIR. Taft referred To the Supreme
Courts disposal of Il e STANDARD oil anu
the tobacco cases as Two great decis-
ions.
.'They were two II the greatest trusts
that existed he said. and in the work
ing out OF the decree the court had 10
make a remedy. The Standard oil Com
pany presented all the phases of illegali'v
and criminality necessary TO establish a
monopoly at a time when they dld NOT
feel tie necessity for concesling their
methods or their motives. The tobacco
trust represented an orga niZation made
in anticipation of the operation OF tho
law helped out by the advice OF cunning
lawyers in order TO avoid ts operation on
But against them both the decree Of the
Supreme Court has been pronounced.
Made Ill By Remedy.
Mr. Taft said it was unfortunate that
the country had got into a condition
that required a remedy like this. n
remedy of any evil. he added, was
bound to produce for a time not bust
ness disaster, but a difficult situation
that might make business slow. But.
after the solution had been worked
out. he saw no reason why the country
should not go on to greater and great
err prosperity
ITO one in my place" said the Presi-
dent. there is no discretion with ref
erence to the trial of cases brought to
the attention of the executive vio-
lations Of the law. The prosecutions
must go on. Ii is not for the executive
to say he can withhold criminal prose-
cutions, or any kind of prosecutions.
just to help business. Business must
reform itself. and these executive duties
must be performed under the oath of
office that / took and under the oath
that those under me took
May Reach Solution.
But when that part OF the business
community that thought that the anti
trust statute did not mean anything un-
derstands that ii is to be enforced. then
we may reach a solution that will en-
ab,e the business community 10 settle
down on a proper and legitimate basis.
I hope the time is near at hand when
we must get together for prosperity. We
must eliminate, so far as we can. this de-
sire to attack wealth earned by thrift
and gathered by foresight. attention and
Industry because that is to set up feel
ing that bodies no good for the result.
Il believe we are going on to a greater
future II we had allowed these combi-
nations to go on and develop the only
remedy would have been to change by
force the power thus concentrated In the
hands of q few individuals to the state