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THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD. OREGON, THURSDAY. AUGUST 22, 1907
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Talks on Corporations
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poration by fine, for Instance, will
acquit the Individual members of
that corporation If we proceed
against them criminally because of
those very things which the corpora
tion which they direct and control
lias done. In a recent case against
the Licorice Trust we Indicted and
tried the two corporations and their
respective presidents. The contracts
and other transactions establishing
the guilt of the corporations weie
made through, and so far as they
were In writing were signed by, the
two presidents. Yet the jury con
victed the two corporations and ac
quitted the two men. Both verdicts
could not possibly have been cor
rect; but apparently the average
juryman wishes to see trusts broken
up, and Is quite ready to fine the
corporation itself; but is ery re
luctant to find the facts 'proven be
yond a reasonable doubt' when It
comes to sending to jail a reputable
member of the business community
for doing what the business com
munity has unhappily grown to rec
ognize as well-nigh normal in busi
ness. Moreover, under the neces
sary technicalities of criminal pro
ceedings, often the only man who can
be reached criminally will be some
subordinate who is not the real
guilty party at all.
"Many men of large wealth have
been guilty of conduct which from
the moral standpoint is criminal,
and their misdeeds are to a peculiar
degree reprehensible, because those
committing them have no excuse of
want, of poverty, of weakness and
Ignorance to offer as partial atone
ment. When In addition to moral
responsibility these men have a legal
responsibility which can be proved
so as to Impress a judge and jury,
then the Department will strain
every nerve to reach them criminally.
"Where this Is impossible, then it will
take whatever action will be most
effective under the actual conditions,
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"In the last six years we
have shown that there is no in- 4
dividual and no corporation so
powerful that he or it stands
above the possibility of pun-
ishment under the law. Our
aim Is to try to do something
effective.
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"Having this in view, the Depart
ment of Justice has recently taken
steps to see If it is not possible, In
certain contingencies and for certain
purposes, to put the trusts that are
guilty of wrongdoing in the-hands of
receivers. The purpose of the ad
ministration Is to stamp out the eui;
that we shall seek to find the most
effective device for this purpose; and
that wo shall then use It, whether the
device can bo found In existing law
or must be supplied by legislation.
Moreover, when we thus take action
against the wealth which works in
iquity, we are acting in the interest
of every man of property who acts
decently and fairly by his fellows;
ana we aVe strengthening the hands
of thoso who propose fearlessly o
defend" property against all unjust
attacks.
"I very earnestly hope that the
locisiiiHnn which deals with the reg
ulation of corporations engagea
of the ultra course on either side.
Those professed friends of liberty
who champion license are the worst
foes of liberty and tend by the re
action their violence causes to throw
the Government hnck Into the hands
of the men who champion corruption
and tyranny in the name of order.
So it is with this movement for se
curing justice toward all men, and
equality of opportunity so far as It
can be secured by governmental ac
tion. The rich man who with hard
arrogance declines to consider the
rights and the needs of those who
are less well off, and the poor man
who excites or indulges in envy and
hatred of those who are better off,
are alike nlicn to the spirit of our
national life. Each of them should
learn to appreciate the baseness and
degradation of his point of view, as
evil in the one case as in the other.
There exists no more sordid and un
lovely type of social development
than a plutocracy, for there Is a pe
culiar unwholesomeness in a social
and governmental Ideal where wealth
by and of itself is held up as the
greatest good. The materialism of
such a view, whether It finds its ex
pression in the life of a man who
accumulates a vast fortune in ways
that are repugnant to every instinct
of generosity and of fair dealing, or
whether it finds its expression in the
vapidly useless and self-indulgent
life of the Inheritor of that fortune,
is contemptible In the eyes of all
men capable of a thrill of lofty feel
ing. Where the power of the law
can be wisely Used to prevent or to
minimize the acquisition or business
employment of such wealth and to
make it pay by income or inheritance
tax its proper share of the burden of
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government, I would Invoke that
power without a moment's hesita
tion. "But while wo can accomplish
something by legislation, legislation
can never be more than a part, and
often no moro than a small part, In
the general scheme of moral prog
ress; and crude or vindictive legisla
tion may at any time bring such
progress to a halt. Certain social
istic leaders propose to lcdistrlbutc
the world's goods by refusing to
thrift and energy and industry their
proper superiority over folly and
Idleness and sullen envy. Such legis
lation would meiely, In the woids of
the president of Columbia University,
'wreck the world's efficiency for the
purpose, of redistributing the world's
discontent.'
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"Wo should all of us work
heart and soul for the real and
permanent betterment which $
will lift our democratic civlli-
t zation to a higher level of
safety and usefulness. Such
$ betterment can come only by
the slow, steady growth of the
j spirit which meets a generous,
but not a sentimental, justice
4 to each man on his meilts as a
man, and which recognizes the
fact that the highest and deep-
est happiness for the indlvid-
ual lies not in selfishness but
In service."
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Half Hour Schedule
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Private Lun;llrij;R.
Faro: One way, 15c.; rouod trip, Joe.
J. A. O'KKLIiY, Proprietor.
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Interstate business will also ddwK
1ib rlirli.K and interests of tlreSwSS
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worKers cmpioyeu uj t-iiusu uui illa
tions. Action was taken by the Con
gress last year limiting the numb en
of hours that railway employee's
should be employed. The law is a
good one; but if in practice it proves
necessary to strengthen It, it must bo
strengthened. Wo have now secured
a national employers' liability law;
hut ultimately a more far-i caching
and thorough-going law must bo
passed. It is monstrous that a man
or woman who is crippled in an in
dustry, even as the lesult of taking
what are the necessary risks of the
occupation, should bo required to
bear the whole burden of tho loss
That bin den should be distributed
and not placed solely upon tho weak
est Individual, tho one least able to
carry It. lly making the employer
liable tho loss will ultimately bo dis
tributed among all the beneficiaries
ol tho business.
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4. "I also hope that there will 4-4-
bo legislation Increasing the 4
4. power of the National Govern- 4
mont to deal with ceitaln mat- 4
4 tors concerning tho health of
our poeplo everywhere; tho 4
4 Federal authorities, for in- 4
4 stanco, should join with all tho
4. state authorities in warring 4
4. against tho dreadful scourge of
4 tuberculosis.
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"Your own state government, hero
In Massachusetts, deserves high
praise for the action it has taken in
.1 these public health matters during
1 the last few years; and in this, as in
N some other matters, I hopo to see tho
National Government stand abreast
of tho foremost state governments.
"I have spoken of but one or two
laws which, In my judgment, It Is
wivtanhin in onnnt as nart of the Ken-
oral schemo for making tho Inter
ference of tho National Government
more offectlvo In securing justice
and fair dealing as between man and
man hero in tho United States. Let
mo add, however, that while- it is
necessary to have legislation when
conditions nrlso whore wo can only
cope with evils through tho joint ac
tion of all of us, yet that wo can
never afford to forget that In tho last
analysis tho all-Important factor for
each of us must bo his own Indi
vidual character. It Is a necessary
.1.1.,,, (n Imvn r-nnil laws, uood instl-
tutlons; but tho most necessary W
,,11 tiiiiiirs Is to have a high quality
of individual citizenship. This does
not mean that wo can afford to neg
lect legislation. It will bo highly
disastrous If wo permit ourselves to
ho misled by tho pleas of thoso who
see in an unrestricted Indlvldulism
tho nll-sufllclont panacea for social
ovlls; but It will bo ovon moro dis
astrous to adopt tho opposlto pan
acea of any socialistic system which
would destroy all individualism,
which would root out tho fiber of our
whole cltlzonshlp. In any great
movement, such a8 that in which wo
are engaged, nothing is moro neces-
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