The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1913-07-10
REVELATION SHOCKS THE MA.
TON INTO SoBRiErY.

Under the above heading the Phila
delphia Ledger prints an able editoria
upon subject at this time a very liv
one. 1t Is worth the careful reading 0
every good and thinking American cit
iaen II follows:
For a decade this has been gov
eminent of Investigations. Every ses
sion or Congress has been character
lied by the virulent attacks on estab
isshed Industries Of one kind and an
other Obscure representatives have
thrust themselves into notoriety BY de.
nlanding inquiries, in which the,
themselves have appeared as the CHIEF
inquisitors, hiding their ignorance
often under smattering of facts pre-
scented to them. Whence did their In,
formation come and what popular
ciamor was It which demanded that
industrial giants be pilloried before
the nation, held up to infamy, their
constructive achievements translated
into criminality and their motives con-
strued into indisions and tratoroup
undermining of the republic?
Who was this Stanley who pre-
ssnted resolution for the inyestiga-
ton of the United tSates Steel Cor
poration at the beginning of a national
campaign? pawn whose acquaint-
anee with the situation was limited to
the perusal Of a draft Of the instru-
ment placed In his hands! The mani
KIN of one David Lamar, the wolf"
confessed debaucher Of regulations by
representations that threatened the
good names of scores Of honored man.
scurvy. contemplate wretch, who In
the secrecy Of telephone booths sough.
to deliver for price to decent men.
body and soul. not only the nations
representatives. but the very govern
ment itself.
Who was 1t that inspired poisonous
attacks on President Taft when the
railroad amendments
were before congress to discredit him
with the electorate? This caitiff La
mar. for that is the name under which
ne masquerades. Who was II that
congress into an investiga- |
Ion Of the so-called money trust"
md brought before the committee. In
he hour of his physical weakness. the
greatest of American financiers. to his
urther enfeeblement and perhaps 10
lis death? This same Lamar.
The romance Of mighty people
Using after exploration In the full
ess OF their wrath to exact vengeance
revealed as the miserable effort of
rapacious schemer to line his
tealthy pocket with the value that
ould be hammered from American II
scurities. There was no love for the II
roletariat In this mans heart. but he ]
'hipped into frenzy the sincere crib
mes of the people" to rake the fires |
II him.
What a revelation this is OF the
st few years! From what one of 6
e investigations has anything good
'me comparable to the pernicious
forts? A mountebank pulling the .
rings and the business men OF ma Il
IN dancing Investors timorous. II
pital secretive. the railroads i'm :,
r'led through inability to borrow. ;,
ID suspicion and distrust every y
'ere, want Of confidence--these are CT
e things that have followed the cam
igns of Lamar and others Of his al
pc. How great would the disaster m
We been had II not been for the won In
rful, almost miraculous, natural op- b,
nism and strength Of the country. hs
we know now that much Of this tn
ogressive' legislation was merely SUI
stock brokers campaign; we know tn
W that much OF 1t was blackmail. Sc
} know that the wolves were out mi
feast on the Union Pacific, that a In
lue OF desperate men with itching ne
ms were endeavoring to capitalize 20
doubt which muck raking maya sh
es had spread throughout the
lntry. We know now that some Of re;
sincere reformers were merely the ac
ocent vehicles OF bear gamblers. ira
know that II Lamar offered con- tlrs
So to Morgan Mr.. Morgan was not me
dv to buy. We know that however an,
big business was to further its sta
~ Of governmental policy. II would sps
z nothing to do with the debauch- rer
Of men in the manner Lamar sug- me
ted, We know that the harpies sen
q on the tanks 81 business with THU
persistency OF gadhies, boasting ven
n ability to corrupt. Can 1t be Of
,dered at II business men came to me,
bt the sincerity Of all reformers. VIII
70 wonder 4 they could escape ocr,