The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1914-03-12
THE FOLLY OF FIGHTING

The President has shown to the.
country at large the folly of fighting
He has, by extending to Big Busl-
ness the hand of good fellowship
and by assuring fair treatment to
CORPORATIONS, shown not only the
wisdom of such a course but I'M
pressed upon the public in general
the fact that corporation is not
necessarily an opDressor per Sc; that
railroads and manufacturing COM
panies are doing work which no
individual could or would do and as
long as the work IS done well and
without infringing on the rights or
liberties of others the corporation
should not only be protected but en-
Couraged and aided.
He has gone farther and giEen Of
Tending corporations, those organl
cations which evade the law con-
tinually and break it occasionally,
an opportunity to peacefully memo
their ways and peaceably adjust
themselves to the law Of the coun-
try.
In all this he has shown a firm
determination to enforce the law
should vioDators of the same show
a disposition to oppose his new
freedom"
Accordingly, the rankest partlsans
have found it difficult to Crltlclse the
President, so fair has he been in his
actions ard so wise have his coun~
sells proven. In fact, we are prone
to agree with an enthusiastic con-
temporary that President Wilson IS
the greatest in the line of presidents
since Washington. The tribute
does not seem too exalted.
Certain it is that the President
should be given some degree OF
credit for his great work in efectlng
constructive legislation thus far, in
endeavoring to bring Capital and
Labor closer together for the bene-
fit of the country at large. But it is
those very newspapers, which clam
or loudest about melting labor against
capital, which are today doing their
utmost to embarass the good work
Of peace being done by great Pres''
dent. Newspapers which show
such rank partisanship as to need
iessly criticize and unjustlY attack
and purposely misrepresent mar
VINO has led the nation through one
Of the graetest industrial crises il
history are but digging pitfalls fo
the corporations which own The
bulk of their stock and control thel]
policy.
Yet partisan newspapers insist or
attacking President who ha:
should the people the way to peace
and harmony and mutual endeaVor
These newspapers, rightfuIlY .
wronefulIy considered by all thel
readers as corporation 'lewsDa
pers,' are the single dissenters from
the general policy of approval of tn
work of the President.
And what v i'll be the result?
They will drive the radical ele
ment back again to the EXTERN
course Of opposing every organiza
ton which has money or is maxim
money; to demanding Conflscatlon Q
property and cur-taiIing of legltimat
profits; to placing impossible restri
tons on the operation of deslrdbl
enterprises.
That's what bull! headed, bin
partisanshp of the press are dom
in various sections OF the Unite
States.
1t is folly to fight. The Presi1er
has shown that.
1t is equally foolish, yea, muc
more so to fight against justice, la
and order, against a wise and IA
arbiter when the only exc Sc #
such contest is personal greed.
The spectre of Socialism will a
ways hover in the vicinity where
partisan press refuses to bend
stubborn will to public opinion ar
where the work of a mediator is a
parently received with reluctant
and therefore is presumed to ha,
only a temporary effect.
1t is always folly 70 fight whe
justice can otherwise be made
prevail.