The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-04-17
MARSHALL HOLDS
TO POLICY AS
WEALTHY RAVE
Consult Consciences and Pay
Less Attention to Law"
He Advises
SAYS PEOPLE FAVOR
RETURN OF WEALTH
Firm in Conviction That Many
Evils Are Beyond Reach
of Statutes

WASHINGTON. April l6.-"If the
men OF power and wealth consult
their conscience In business they will
not have to worry SO much about the
law emphatically asserted Vice
President Thomas X. Marshall today
The vice-president has been deluged
with flood OF criticism from rich
men and women. following his speech
In New York last Saturday night when
he warned millionaires that II they are
not careful they will find a proposition
raised and carried that all great for.
tunes shall eschew TO the state. Mar
shall. however. stuck to his guns TO
day. and declared that the idea was
not original with him, that IL had been
endorsed by the attorneys OF the coun-
lty generally, and that some such plan
Will eventually be adopted In this
country.
When said. in New York, that
Carl Marx, and hunger and longing
for happiness were abroad In the
land" said the vice-president, Il was
expressing not alone my own opinion.
but the opinion OF others. From men
OF all classes have heard expressions
OF disgust with present economic poll.
cies.
Men are asking that the opportunity
that once existed, now monopolized,
shall be restored to them.
Men OF Judgment have expressed
to me the opinion that were vote 10
be taken on the proposition that all
estates over 100000 revert 10 the
state upon the death of the owner
the 100000 being exempted--it would
be carried. two to one.
The present tariff monopoly Is the
chief cause of our unrest and men
are asking with concern whether
there is any difference between the
manufacturer who comes to the gov
eminent to ask for help I'm his bust
ness, and the poor man who goes TO
the workhouse to get help.
The question is being pressed why
the government should be expected TO
guarantee profits to the manufacturer
when il does not guarantee the diner
ence in the cost OF food at home and
abroad TO the consumer with an extra
dollar for a rainy day There was a
time in England when children were
being born. not as British citizens. but
oo 'oSs III d uidCHlut, Tau do IL WCi''
to the mills and factories. II was
somewhat similar situation that pro-
duced Rousseau in France. and It was
Rousseau writing that brought about
the revolution.
There Is growing feeling that
many OF our great financiers are max
ing the restrictions Of the law their
| tombstone of guidance instead IF
keeping more closely TO the golden
rule. There are many evils that can.
not be reached by statute, and men
are saying-and strong men too thar
| II business men do not consult their
conscience instead OF their lawyers
when they are thinking OF driving a
weaker competitor out Of business.
the people will take the matter into
their own hands and go to extremes
to remedy the situation.
Il am an American. | would 90
down into the ditch to shake the hand
| OF the poor man, but | would also be
glad to shake the hand of the rich
man. We are all brothers. But I be-
| lieve that the men OF power should
know what the rest of the people are
saving and | repeat what has been
said TO me