The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-02-16

IN the letter quoted above. 10 the ~
iect that ! did not deem il my duty
70 interfere. that L.. 10 forbid the aC-
ton which more than anything else
IN actual fact saved the situation
The result justified my Judgment. The
panic was stopped. public confidence
IN the solvency OF the threatened in
stitution being AZ once restored.
Business was vitality helped bv Win.
| did The benefit was not only Tor
The moment II was permanent Par
I ucularly vas this the case IN the
South. 1hree or four years afterWard
visited Birmingham. Every man
met. without exception. who was com.
petent TO testify. informed me volun-
tarlly that the results OF the action
taken had been OF the utmost benefit
TO Birmingham. and therefore TO Ala
oama. the industry having prohted 10
an extraordinary degree. not ONLY
from the standpoint OF the business.
but from the standpoint OF the com
munity at large and OF the wage-work-
ers, by the change in ownership The
results OF the action | took were bone
nclai from every standpoint. and the
action itself. at the time when IL Was
taken. was vitality necessary to the
States
! a Crisis Calls for Decisive Action.
: / would have been derelict in my
. duty. l would have shown myself a
J t'Aa% NAAffN Try HANAia - = ~ AAAs o.
in that extraordinary crisis / had not
acted precisely as 1 did act. In every
such crisis the temptation 20 indeCis-
Ion, TO non-action. IS great. for ca
CuseS can always be found for non
action. and action means risk and the
certainty OF blame TO the man who
acts. But II man is worth his salt
ne VIII do his duty. he will give the
I people the benefit OF the doubt. and
act IN any way which their interests
demand and which is not afirmatively
prohibited by law, unhceding the like
{ lihood that he himself. when the crisis
Is over aud the danger passed. will
De assailed for what he has done
Every step took in this matter was
open as the day. and was known i'm
detail at the moment 20 an people.
ihe press contained iun accounts OF
me visit 10 me OF Messrs FriCk and
Gary. and heralded widely and with
acclamation the results Of that visit.
At the time IN" relief and rejoicing
over what had been done we're we'll
nigh universal. The danger was too
lmmine mt and too appalling TOR men
TO De willing To condemn those who
were successful in saving them from
H. Eut | fully understood and expect
eu that when there was no LONGER
danger, when the fear had been Tor
gotten. attack would be made upon
me: and as a matter Of fact after a
@'eA AAhl 'Ad NNfh the Attack WAS De-
gun ana has continued a. intervals
yer since: my ordinary assailant be-
ing some politician OF rather cheap
type.
II ! were on a s3il-boat. should
not ordinarily NEEDLE with any OF the
gear; but " a sudden sduall struck us
ana the main sheet TANNED. so that
the boat threatened TO capsizc.
would Uahesitating cut the main
sheet. even though I were sure that
the owner. no matter how grateful To
me a. the moment for having saved
MS lie, would a few weeks later
when he had forgotten his danger and
his fear decide TO sue me for The val
Ne or the cut rope But ! would feel
. hearty contempt for the owner who
SO acted
Meet Inspection and Pure Food.
There were many other things that
We did in connection with Corpora-
lions. one OF the most important
was N" passage - the meat inspoc-
ton lay because of scandalous
abuses shown 10 exist in the great
packing houses in Chicago and else
where. There was a curious result
Of this Law. similar to what occurred
IN connection with the law provid-
lhI lot effective railway regulation.
Inc big beef Wen bitterly opposed
the law. Just as the big railway men
opposed the Hepburn act. Yet three
or Tour years after these laws had
been put on the statute books every
honest men both in the beef bust
ness ana the railway business came
10 the conclusion that they worked
good and not harm 20 the decent
business concerns. They hurt Onlv
ihose who were uOt acting as they
should have acted The law provid-
ing Tor the inspection of packing
houses and the pure food and drug
acts Were also extremely important:
ana the way in which they were ad-
ministered was even more important
II would he hard TO overstata the
value or the service rendered i'm ali
lh"sc cases by such Cdbinent officers
as Moody and Porauarta and their
Frank Kellogg.
u would be useless 70 enumerafe
al M" suits We BROUGHT Some. OF
them ! have alreary touched upon
Others, such nS The suits against the
hartman railway corporations which
We're successful. anC which had been
rendered absolutely necessary hv
the grossly improper action of the
corporation concerned. offered no
Sp"cial points Of interest The sugar
trust proceedinEs. however. may be-
mentioned a. showing Just tho kind
OF thing that was done and the kind
oI obstacle encountered and over
con-" bon prosecutions Of this char
Hcfor
The SUGAR Trus. Frauds.
Ut was ON the advice Of INV Sarre.
tar. William Loeb. Dr.. afterward
mead OF On" New York custom house
tIai fnr action was taken wilton
started the uncovcrirc of ,br frs,,ds
uorpctr1i"d boy tire sugar trust ana
other 'DIrn1nioe in connection with
ne iWIori'ug Of sugar Loeb had
from I'm" To- time told re that no was