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    THE, OMAHA DAILY BEKt SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 1. IPOS.
IT
REAL ESTATE
CITY PROPERTY FOH AI.E.
(Continued.)
10 ACRES, $1,600
fBpeelal Hee. Jan. 21, 1908.)
Lies well. t' miles from P. O., south
west, K mil oft Center St. Think of buy
In 10 oc,rea at the prlre of a rood lot. Act
quickly, v, .,
Harrison & Morton,
912$flJ N. Y. Lite. Tel. Doug. S14.
113) 708 31
KOR BALE Several fine pair elk teeth,
cheap for cash. Flat 1, : Karnam Bt.
tlti) t3 2x
1 WANT an offer on the property 112 and
11M South Ust Bt.; two modern houses
and good bare: well rented. This prop,
erty la owned by an eastern party, who
must sell.
THOMAS BRENNAN,
Room 1, New Yo4 Life Bids
(U-M406
$300.00
Lot 4xl2S, fronting east on 41st, just north
of Farnam Bt.
F. V. WE AD, 1801 Farnam Bt.
(!) M66i 1
LIST your property with Chris Boyer, 121
and Cummins; Bt. 1-J47
FOR QVICK resulU In selling or renting
your property see BenJIman Real Estate
Co., 3Jw Neville Blk. Both phones.
. (1)-M17 Fi3
THE REF.D ABSTRACT CO., established.
111. Prompt service. Get our price,
17H Farnam 1 M1J
E ISA Is ESTATB TITLB TRUST QQ
CHAB. U.' WILLIAMSON. Tree. wy
(.11844
FOR BALE At a bargain, new 5-room cot
tage, nil modern except furnace; corner
1, paved street,, one block to car; easy
terms. ....
., , . P. V: 8HOLE3 CO..
. 110 Board of Trade Bids.
U9.I MS64 3
INVESTMENTS.
TOR SALE-3ood real estate mortgages,
netting--6 ,er cent and 7 per cent on
Omaha In proved real estate and Ne
braska farm lands.- N. 1 Lodge Co.,
1714 Farnam St. (19)-M868
FOR BALE A twelve apartment flat
building, located at 2!Hh avenue and
Douglas street. Good rent. In first-class
condition. A bargain. If taken t once,
a LOME LAND AND INVESTMENT CO.
5oS Bo. 18th. l?t. Omaha. Neb.
. . .(19)-in3uQ Feb. .
FOR SALE-Eight-room modern house.
with large barn, 1 Ptnrknry St. In
quire 1A IF. 'Woodland. BIB Urandels Bldg.
Tel. Douglas 3468. ..IWj-Mm
REAL ESTATE
FA HH AD KAJICH LAND FOR BALE
5 f -" Mlssenrl.
MISSOURI farms to suit any purchaser.
Call on us or write for list. Union Realty
Co., Lnlon Wo. . tJOj-MSiO F..
PRESIDENT SPURS CONGRESS
Special Menage in Which He Dis
cusses Need of Action.
rOWER OF COMMERCE COMMISSION
Thlaks It bold Be Increased fer
Ureatest flood to Country
Trace to Dlaheaestr, How
ever Powerful.
(Continued from Second Pace.)
Kekraaka.
1M ACRES of land. S miles southwest of
c ity limits, adjoining Heymnre park. ill
sell tor 1136 per acre If sold before rented.
Easy terms. Apply to E. V. Morearlty.
- 7 Paxton Blk.
C!0) M&M
- Uregoa.
A SNAP IN OBEOON TIMBER.
I will sell a two-thirds Interest In 4.W
acres of pine timber Mud for 140,000. These
lands hai 4f,one,000 feet of tine white pine
umber, well located. Land valuable after
cuttlaV timber TH1. perfect. Address W.
f.nV.tonnber "Ch,n
Misenw.
. nVEBTERN FaBM LANDS.
Ciop payment plan: two crops pays for
laod" wnlli the land Is doubling In value,
NATIONAL INVESTMENT CO..
WoM. Brandela Nuilding
" REAL ESTATE L0AN3:.
LOAiTh .on tovn"toMto WKfife
O Kcefe R. E. Co.. 1001 N. Y. La mug.
WANTED City loans and warrants. W.
Farnam Smith Co.. 1120 rrmt.
PRIVATE MONElf NO DELAY. ,
rB. UAKVIN BROS.. IM FARNAM.
privATB money to loan; no delays. J.
U. BUefwd, .fa-AT Brandelgjjd
PRIVAnS- MONEY CASH ON HAND
NO DELAY. J H. M1THEN. 1:03-8 1ST
NAT BANK PLDG. TEL. VOVOll.
LOWEST RATES Bemls, FaxtonBlock.
PfU VATK money to loan on Improved real
...... N v. Dodca II Co.. 17'4 rar-
"
nain St.
1100 to tio.ooo made promptly. V. V. Weed.
Wead Bids-., lith and Varnam.M34
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MONEY TO LOAN-Payne Investment Co.
WANTED TO BORROW
WANTED To borrow H.fOO for one year
from private party. Will pay liberal In
terest, pood security. Address A 913
jtee, J4 MS7 1
WANTEDzJOJUY.
wiNTED To buy seoond-hand furniture,
cook and heating stoves, carpets, lino
ijms office furniture, old clothes and
ihts Plauoi. feathers, bed pillows, quilts
Ind lf kinds of tools; or will buy tb.
furniture ol your house complete. The
nlihpr? W C-J the rljht man.
Tel Dou. W71. (3a) M7.4 Feb
No amount
t-v uiwri ImA aacks,
'or too gmilU Wagner. l Nll
CASH Pi ooond-hin4 eohln. "
Ct'o7 f . K. 1U Bt. TsL Bed W
W ANT to buy Stock of general merchan
due for c,.h. Must bo cheap. O. W.
Woodvrard. Bayard, l, FeD. 5x
attack has been made with most bitterness
upon the actual administration of the law,
especially through the Department of Jus
tice, but also through the Interstate Com
merce commission and the bureau of cor
porations. The extraordinary violence ot
the assaults upon our policy contained In
these speeches, editorials, articles, adver
tisements and pamphlets and the enormous
urns ot money spent In these various ways
give a fairly accurate measure of the
anger and terror which our public actions
have raused the corrupt men of vast
wealth to feel In the very marrow of their
being. The attack la sometimes made
openly against us for enforcing the law
and sometimes wit)) a certain cunning, for
not trying to enforce it In some other way
than which experience shows to be prac
tical. One of the favorite methods of the
latter class of assailant Is to attack the
administration for not procuring the im
prisonment Instead of the fine of offenders
under these anti-trust laws. . The man
making this assault is Usually either a
prominent lawyer or an editor who takes
his policy from the financiers and his
arguments from their attorneys. If the
former, he has defended and advised many
wealthy malefactors, and He knows well
that, thanks to the advice of lawyers like
himself, a certain kind of modern corpora
tion has been turned Into an admirable
instrument by which to render It well nigh
Impossible to get at. the head of the cor
poration, at the man who Is really most
guilty. When we are able to put the real
wrongdoer in prison, this is what we strive
to do; this is what we have actually done
with some very wealthy criminals, who.
moreover, represented that most baneful
of all alliances, the alliance between the
corruption of organized politics and the
corruption of high finance. This Is what
we have dime In the Qaynor and Greene
case. In the case of the misapplication of
funds In connection with certain great
banks In Chicago, In the land fraud cases,
where, as In other cases likewise, neither
the highest political position nor the posses
sion of great wealth, has availed to save
the offenders from orison. The federal
government does scourge sin; It does, bid
sinners fear; for It has put behind the
bars with Impartial severity, the powerful
financier, the powerful politician, the rich
land thief, the rich contractor -all, no
matter how high their station, against
whom criminal misdeeds can be provtd.
All their wenlth and power cannot protect
them. But it often happens that the effort
to Imprison a given defondant is certain to
be futile, while it is possible to fine him
or to fine the corporation of which he Is
head; so that, In other words, the only way
ot punishing- the wrong Is by fining the
corporation, unless we are content to pro
ceed personally against the minor agents.
The corporation lawyers to whom I refer
and thefr employers are the men mainly
responsible for this state of things, and
their responsibility is shared with all who
Ingeniously oppose the passing of lust and
effective laws, or who fail to execute them
when they have been put on the statute
books.
"Innocrst Stockholders."
."Much Is-'saiuVin these attacks upon, the
policy ot the present administration, about
the rights of 'Innocent stockholders, That
stockholder Is not Innocent who volun
tarily purchases stock In a corporation
whose methods and management he knows
to be corrupt; and stockholders are bound
to try to secure honest management, or
else are estopped from complaining about
the proceedings the government . finds
necessary in order to compel the corpora
tion to obey the' law. There has been in
the past grave wrong done innocent stock
holders by overcapitalization, stock-watsr-Ing,
stock-Jobbing, stock-manipulation.
This we have sought to prevent, first, by
exposing the thing done and punishing
the offender when any existing law had
been violated; second, by recommending
the passage of laws which 'would make
unlawful similar practices for the future,
The public men, lawyers,, and editors who
loudly proclaim their sympathy for the
'innocent stockholders' when a great law
defying corporation is punished, are the
first to protest with frantic vehemenos
against all efforts by taw to put a stop
to the practices which are the real and
ultimate sources of the damage alike to
the stockholders and the public. The
apologists of successful dishonesty always
declaim against any effort V? punish or
prevent it, on the ground that any such
effort will 'unsettle business.' It Is they
who by their acts have unsettled bust
ness; and the very men raising this cry
spend hundreds of thousands of dollars
In securing, by speech, editorial, book, or
pamphlet, the defense by misstatements ot
what they have done; and yet when public
servants correct their misstatements by
telling the truth they declaim against them
for breaking silence, lest 'values be de
predated.' They have hurt honest busi
ness men. honest workingmen, honest
farmers; and now they clamor against
the truth being told.
"The keynote of all these attacks upon
the effort to secure honesty in business
WANTED A nloe. clean stook of h ard
ware. to invoice from 3.0u0 to ttooo, will
pav spot cash for
Bee. '
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Address Y :H.
(351-M741 14x
"WANTEDTO RENT
VOirNO ' man desires room In private
7 WANTED-SITUATIONS "
iiViT WOMEN furnished free of charge.
Tslephon. .DougUa 1111 (.-ad
U.l Ntl men de..re. place to work for
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EXPERT steam engineer wants position;
years WHU lwiim
K. S10 Bee.
Address
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Q. A. Llndqulst and wife to Carl A.
Renatrom. lot 17, block 2, Rose
mil
J. W. Thomas and wife to C. Georg
l arlberg. lot 8. block K. Omaha
View i....,
Nebraska Stone Co. to same, lots 14
and IB. blo k 33. Walnut Hill
James Matls to Alfred Brodegaard.
lot 10 and part lot 15, Cunningham
Brennan's addition
Dennis Cunningham and , wife to
Jamea Malta, same
Warren Swltsler and wife to John
Lynch, lot 3. block 1, Brigga Place
Hannah J. Bennett and husband to
the Hill estate, lot 1 and all lot
SO, block 18, Hanscom place
Roy A. Wilson to Robrrt Undberg.
lot 37, EJIIstone Park Place
8arah Hewitt to Lymau Wilcox, lot
S, Colfax sub .-.
Liizle Hogenkamp to Jeff Harris, riU
lots 25 and 2i, block 3. B. E. Wil
cox addition
William A. Saunders and wife to
nls Cunningham, lot 10. Cunningham
& Hennan's addition
C. Gtorge Carlbrg and wife to
Oorge Jt. Dillon, lot 4, Ckrlberg'a
replat
Adelaide M.. Rroughton and husband
to John N. Haskell, lots 1. 3, 4 and
t. block 3, and other lota. Vuuir
Place J
James Walsh to Jamea A. M Iters, lots
6 and 1, block 4, Mount Douglas ..
David A. Moore and wife to J. J. De
right, lot fi. Archer's sub-dlvislon. .
F. D. Hill and wife to Clarence B.
Tumey, lot 1, block 113, Dundee
Place
Clarence If. McElhlnny to Marv E.
McKlliinny, lot 4, House! aV l ca
bins' aub-Mvlsun
Anna B. W. Baker et al. to Gould C.
Diets, block , West Oinaha
Charles O. Bomars and wife to II. E.
Ne branch, part lots 23 and 24.
block 7. Hansi-om Place
E. F. Bralley, sheriff, to Oscar
Quick, v lots In Grsnd View
Total I
and In politics Is wall expressed In brasen
protests against any effort for the moral
MH.n I Irtn nf the business wosM. on els
the ground that It Is unnstnral, unwar
ranted, and Injurious, and that business
panic is the necessary penalty for such
effort to secure business honesty. The
morality of such a plea Is precisely as
great as if made on behalf of the men
caught In a gambling establishment when
that gambling establishment IS raided by
the police. If such words mesn anything
they mean that those whoee sentiments
they represent stand agalnat the effort to
bring about a moral regeneration of busi
ness which will prevent a repetition of th
insurance, banking, and street railroad
scandals In New York; a repetition of the
Chicago Alton deal; a repetition of the
combination between certain professional
politicians, certain professional labor lead
ers, and certain big financiers, from the
dlsgraco of which Ban Francisco has Just
been rescued; a repetition of the success
ful effort by the Standard Oil people to
crush out every competitor, to. overawe
the common carriers, and to establish a
monopoly which treats the public with a
contempt which the public deserves so long
as It permits men of such principles and
such sentiments to avow and act on them
with Impunity. The outcry agslnst stop
ping dishonest practices among wrongdoers
who happen to be wealthy Is precisely sim
ilar to the outcry raised s gainst every
effort for cleanliness and decency in city
government, because, forsooth. It will "hurt
business." The same outcry Is mads against
the Department of Justice for prose
cuting the heads of colossal corpora
tions that has been made against the men
who In San Francisco have prosecuted with
Impartial severity the wrongdoers among
business1 men, public officials, and labor
leaders alike. The principle Is the same in
the two cases, bust as the blackmailer and
bribe-giver stand on the same evil emi
nence of Infamy, so the man who makes an
enormous fortune by corrupting legislatures
and municipalities and fleecing his stock
holders and the public, stands on the same
moral level with the creature who fattens
on the blood money of the gambling house
and the saloon. Moreover, in the last analy
sis, both kinds of corruption are ar more
Intimately connected than would at first
sight appear; the wrongdoing Is at bottom
the same. Corrupt business and corrupt
politics act and react with ever Increasing
debasement, one 'on the other; the corrupt
head of a corporation and the corrupt labor
leader are both In the same degree the
enemies of honest corporations and honest
labor unions; the rebate tsker, the fran
chise trafficker, the manipulator of socup
Hies, the purveyor and protector of vice, the
blackmailing ward boss, tho ballot-bog
stuiier, me demagogue, the mob leader,
the hired bully, and msnkiller sll alike
work at the earns web of corruption, and
all alike should be abhorred by honest
men.
Honest Business Uninjured.
The 'business' which Is hurt by the
movement for honesty Is the kind of bust
nesa whk'h, in the long run, it pays the
country to have hurt. It Is the kind of
business which has tended to make the
very name ''high finance' a term of scan
dal to which all honest American men of
business should Join In putting an end
The special pleaders for business dishon
esty, In denouncing the present adminis
tration for enforcing the law against the
huge and corrupt corporations which have
defied the law, also denounce It for en
deavoring to secure sadly needed labor leg
islation, such usa far-reaching law mak
ing employers liable for Injuries to their
employes. It Is meet and fit that the
apologists for corrupt wealth should op
pose every effort to relieve weak and help
less peopjo from crushlna mlBfortur.e
brought upon them by Injury in the bus!
ness from which they gain a bare liveli
hood. Tho burden should be distributed
It Is hypocritical baseness to speak of a
girl 'who Works (n 'factory where tho
dangerous machinery- Is unprotected ns
having the 'right' freely to contract to
expose herself to dangers to life and limb,
Bhe has no alternative but to suffer want
or else to expose herseii to such dangers.
and when She loses a hand or Is otherwise
maimed or disfigured for life. It is
moral wrong that the whole burden of the
risk necessarily Incidental to the business
should be placed with crushing weight upon
er weak shoulders, and all who profit bv
ner worg escape scot-free. 'That is what
opponents of a Just employers' liability
law aavocate: and it la consistent that
tney should usually also advocate Immu
nlty for those most dangerous members of
the criminal olass the criminals of grea
weaun.
Defense for Judges.
"Our opponents have recently been bit.
terly criticising the two Judges referred to
In the accompanying communications from
the Standard Oil company and the Santa
Fe railroad for having ImDosed Iipiw
nnes on inese two corporations, and yet
inese same critics of these two Judges ex
haust themselves in denouncing the most
respectful and cautious discussion of th
official action of a Judge which results in
Immunity to wealthy and powerful wrong
doers. Most certainly it behooves us all to
treat with the utmost respect the high
ornce ol judge, and our Judges, as a whole,
are brave and upright men. Respect for
the law must go hand in hand with respect
for the Judges, and as a whole It Is true
now ag In the past that the Judges stand
In character and service above all other
men among their fellow-servants of the
public. There Is all the greater need that
the few who fall in this great office, who
fall below tills high standard of Integrity
of wisdom, of sympathetic understanding
and of courage, should have their eyes
opened to the needs of their countrymen,
A Judge who on the bench either truckles
to the mob and shrinks from sternly re
pressing violence and disorder, or bow
down before a corporation; who fails to
stand up valiantly for the rights of prop
erty on the one hand, or on the other by
misuse of the process of Injunction or by
his attitude toward all measures for the
betterment of the conditions of labor.
f 400 makes the wageworker feel with bltterneea
that the courts are hostile to him; or who
falls to realise that all public servants In
their several stations must strive to stop
the abuses of the criminal rich such a
man performs an even worse service to
3.800 the body politic than the legislator or ex
ecutive who goes wrong. The Judge who
does his full duty well stands higher and
renders a better service to the people than
servant of ttia people has a right to ex
pect to be free fron Just and honeet rrltl-
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any other public servant; he is entitled, to
greater respect, and if he Is a true servant
ot the people. If he Is upright, wise and
fearless, he will unhesitatingly disregard
even the wishes of the people if they con
flict with the eternal principles of right as
against wrong. He must serve the people,
but he must serve his own conscience first.
All honor to such a Judge, and all honor
cannot be rendered him If it Is rendered
equally to his brethren who fall Immeasur
ably below ths high Ideals for which hs
stands. Untruthful criticism is wicked at
all times, and whoever may be the object;
but It Is a peculiarly ftagrsnt Iniquity when
a Judge la the object. No man should
lightly criticise a Judge; no man should,
sven In, his own mind, condemn a Judge
unless lie Is sure of the facts. If a Judge
Is assailed for standing against popular
fofly. and above all for standing against
mob violence, all honorable men should
rally instantly to his support. Neverthe
less It he clearly tails to do his duty by
the publlq In dealing with lawbreaklng
corporations, lawbreaklng mens of wealth,
he must export to feel the weight of pub
lic opinion; and this Is but right, for ex
cept in extreme cases this is the only way
In which bs can be reached at all. No
.An Etkleal Movement.
'The opponents of the measure we cham
pion slng'o out now one and now another
measure for especial attack, and speak
as If the movement In which we are en
raged was purely economic. It has a large
economic side, but it Is fundamentally an
thleal movement. It Is not a movement
to be completed In one year, or two or
three years: It Is a movement which must
be persevered In until the spirit which lies
behind It sinks deep Into the heart and the
conscience of the whole people. It Is al
ways important to choose the right means
to achieve our purpoae, but It Is even more
Important to keep this purpose clearly be
fore us. and this purpose Is 'o secure na
tional honesty In business and In politics
We do not subscribe to the cynical belief
that dishonesty1 and unfair dealing are
essential to bualness success, and are to be
condoned when the success la modern.t?
nd applauded when, the success Is groat.
The methods by which ths Standard Oil
people and those engsged In the other
combinations of which I have spoken above
ave achieved great fortunes can only be
Justified by the advocacy of a system of
morality which would also Justify every
form of criminality on the part of a labor
union, and every form of violence, cor
ruption and fraud, from murder to bribery
and ballot box stuffing In politics. We are
rylng to secure equality of opportunity
for all; and the struggle for honesty Is the
same whether It Is msde on behalf ot one
set of men or of another. In the Interest
Of the small settlers anil-land owners, and
against the embittered opposition of
wealthy owners of huge wandering flocks
of sheep, or of corporations desiring to rob
the people of coal and timber, wo strive
to put an end to the theft of public land
In the west. When wo do this, and protest
against the action of all men, whether In
public life or In private life, who cither
take part in or refuse to try to stop such
theft, we are really enpaged In the same
policy as when we endeavor to put a stop
to rebates or to prevent the upgrowth of
uncontrolled . monqpolles. Our effort is
simply to enforce the principles f common
honesty and common sense. Jt would In'
deed be 111 for the country should there bo
any halt In our work.
"The laws must In the future bo adminis
tered as they are now being administered,
so that the Department of Justice may con
tinue to be, what It now is. In very fact
the Department of Justice, where so far
as our ability permits Justice is meted out
with an even hand to great and small, rich
and poor, wenk ' and strong. Moreover.
there should be no delay in sunplementlng
the laws on the statute books by the
enactment of further Ihglslatlon as outlined
In the message I sent to the congress on
its assembling. Under tho existing laws
much, very much, has been acutally accom
plished during the last six years, and It
has been shown by actual experience that
corporation and the richest and most
powerful manager or manipulator of that
corporation, as rigorously and fearlessly
ss against the humblest offender. Above
all, they have been enforced against th
very wrongdoers and ugents of wrongdoers
who have for so many years gone scut-freo
and flouted the laws with Impunity, against
great law-defying corporations of immense
wealth, which, until within the last half
dozen years, have treated themselves and
have expected others to treat them ns being
beyond and above all possible check from
law.
Above All, More Power.
"It is especially necessary to secure to
the representatives ot the national govern
ment full power . to .deal with the great
corporations engaged., in interstate com
merce, and above all,. -wlili the great in
terstate commence Carriers. Our people
should clearly recognize ''that whllo there
Bre dlfl'icurties InKhf course ' of conduct
to be followed fn defihg.,wrth these great
corporations, "these difficulties must be
faced, and one of three courses followed.
The first course ia, fo.. abandon all effort
to oversee and control . their actions In the
interest of the general public and to per
mit a return to the, letter lack of control
which would obtain-If they were left to
the common law. I do not for one moment
believe that our people would tolerate this
position. The extraordinary growih of
modern industrialism lias rendered the
the common law, which grew up undr
and was adapted to deal with totally dif
ferent condition?, In , many respects In
adequate to deal with the. new conditions.
These new conditions make It necessary
to shackle cunning as In the past we have
shackled force. The vast individual and
corporate fortunes, the vast combinations
of capital, which have marked .the develop
ment of our industrial system, create new
conditions, and necessitate a change from
the old altitude of the state and the nation
toward the rules regulating the acquisition
and untranimeled business use of property.
In order both that property may be ade
quately protected, and that at the sarin;
time those who hold It may bo prevented
from wrongdoing.
"The second and third courses are ti
have the regulation undertaken either by
(he nation or by the states. Of course In
any event both the national government
and the severs! state governments must
do eacli Its part, and each can do a cer
tain amount that the. other cannot d,
while the only really satisfactory results
must be obtained by. the representatives
of the national and' state governments
working heartily together within their
respective spheres. But In my Judgment
thoroughgoing and satisfactory control can
In the end only be obtained by the action
of the national government, for almost all
the corporations of enormous wealth that
Is, the' corporations which It la especially
desirable to control are engaged in inter
state commerce, and derive their power and
their Importance not from that portion of
their business which Is intrastate, but from
ths Interstate business. It la not easy
always to decide Just where the line of
demarcation between the two kinds of
business falls. This line must ultimately
be drawn by tlit; federal courts. Much of
the effort to secure . adequate control of
the great corporations by state action, has
been wise and effective, but much of it
has been neither: for when' the effort is
made to accomplish by the uotlon of tlu
state what can only be accomplished by
the action of the nation, the result can
only be disappointment, and In the end
the law Will probably be deelar.Hl uncon
stitutional. Sj likewise In the national
arena, we who belluve in the mcusurea
herein advocated are hampered and iot
aided by the extremists who advocate
action so violent that It would either be
useless or else would cause more mischief
than It would remedy.
Authority Already Eiiat.
"In u recent letter from a learned Judge
ot the supreme court of one of tho Gulf
states, the writer speaks as follows;
In all matters pertaining to Interstate
cuiumerct me autnorlty of trie national
government already exists and does nut
nave to be acquired, and the exercise of
this existing authority can he in nu senbu
a usurpation ut, or Infringement upon, the
rights of the slates. On the coiUmry, iiad
tl.a federal government given this question
more attention in the past and applied a
vigorous check to corporate abuses, con
ditions woulld now be belter, because the
states would have had fswer real or
imaginary grievances and have had lusa
cause not only to attempt the esverclss of
authority reserved to the national govern
ment, but to act without propor modera
tion in matters peculiarly within their own
provincn. The national .government das
bn iriulas in the past, but even at this
late day It can solv this problem, and the
sooner the national authority U) vicriUKd
AVHNG ET 1-3
ISA SAVING WORTH WHILE
Xow that Hie money scare is over people are supplying themselves with the rooUs they
intended purchasing last fall. Hut while normal conditions have returned, we must present
some extraordinarv buying inducements if we succeed in disposing of the immense FALL
STOCK left on our hands because of the general business depression of October, November
and December.
UNIFORM REDUCTIONS OF ONE-THIRD
CREDIT ARRANGEMENTS MADE TO SUIT YOUR CONVENIENCE.
"omiinatlon Ilookcos
-wm. 23. ;e 75
18 Library Cases, wero
$25. now (T 75
going at . . lU
Sanitary Btexl Couches
were $5.00, C X 75
now va j t
7 Couches, covered In
Nantucket ffll C
leather
frame, nil .-oilng
IS
10 MiiMsivr Chiffonier,
extra reduc- CO 50
nous . WsS
8 lletl lifltim Suits. $45
to Ji5, ro- IT ! "X 5Q
aucea to. . . uf
II) Klrirant llrasa Trim
mrA Iron P 75
IM'U 17 S
Massive Sofa Bed Pavenport, large, heavy
construction, Imported velour coverings;
you're saving $11.00 to $13.00 on this
article
$26;
1-foot Extension Tables
ua iv w r
Velour- Couches,
were l8, now. .
$11.
95
Range, complete with warm
ing closet, largo squure oven---guaranteed
$26 "
Massive Uockcrs, were
$6.75, now priced" at. .". .
$4.
25
DrcHsers, large mirror,,
were $13, now
70
Dressing Tables,
solid oak. cut to .
$12.
50
r !:' ta 1
111 4
$1 ILEL7
Oak or jty j3
MuhoKuny
' -'enter jrto.
Table hf V
Turnetl, I
l.aie I
Ton, .Lm
1 n r r e hot
blast heater,
will burn any
thing, full
nickeled trim
med, guaranteed.
87
Mi I.are Morris Chair,
were $15, now
$9.
75
Klegnnt Solid Vnk Sid
hoards ,
r.$12;
75
Rcducou lor
Clcaranco ,
Beautiful Iron Bsd (Ilk? HUH tra
tlon). extra heavy posts and tuh
Ing. all popular colors nf enninel,
decorated chill work, extra mcc1h1
value. 1
Double lienl
itiK IIhkc Hunt
er, r 6 t 11 r 11
'lues, full nick
eled trimmed,
lare size,
'Teather your nest'
r
isM Ml St! 75
a 1 n sri
1414-1416-1418 DOUGLAS ST
I'rlncesK Dresser,
oak, mahogany or
birdaeye maple,
large mirror;
the less apt are the states to take action
which will represent encroachment upon
the ' national domain. There Is a field of
operations for both powers, and plenty
alike tor national and state governments to
do in order to vrotect hoth the peoplo and
the public utilities. The line of demarca
tion between federal and stste authority
can ami should he speedily settled by ths'
federal' courts. The fuel lhat the nutional
government has omitted to exercise the au
thority conferred upon. It 'by the Interstate
commerce clause nf the constitution has
made the states restive under what they
deem corporate abuses, and in some cases
has prohuhly stimulated them to go too
tiir- in the attempt to correct fheso abuses,
with the result thst all measures which
thev passed, good or had, have been held
up hy the federal courts. The necessary
equitable and uniform regulation cannot ho
obtained nv me separate aciion 01 uie
states, but only by the affirmative action
of the national government.
"This Is an appeal by a high state Judge,
iilarmeil, as good citizens should be
alarmed, by conflicts over the matter rtf
Jurisdiction, and by the radical action ad
vocated by honest people smarting from
a sense of Injury received from corpora
tions; which Injury the federal courts for
bid the states to try to remedy, whllo the
federal government nevertheless refrains
from Itself taking adequate measures to
provide a remedy. It cannot too strongly
be Insisted that the defenders and apolog
ists of the great corporations, Who have
sought In the past and still scek to pre
vent adequuto action by the federal gov
ernment to control these great corporations
arc. not only proving false to the people.
hut are laying up a day of wrath for tl
great corporations themselves. The nation
will not tolerate an utter lack of control
over very wealthy men of enormous powi-i
In the Industrial, and therefore in the social, 1
lives of all our people, some of whom have
shown themselves cynloally and brutally
indifferent to the interests of the people;
and If congress does not act, with good
tempered and sensible but resolute thor
oughness, In cutting out the evils and in
providing an effective supervision, the re
sult Is certain to be action on the part of
the separate states, sometimes wise, some
times ill-judged and extreme, sometimes
Just and damaging to the railroads or other
corporations, more often Ineffective from
every standpoint, because , the . fedorsl
courts declare it unconstitutional.
The Klnanelal Flarry.
"We have Just passed through two months
ef acute financial stress. At any such
time It is a snd fact that entirely Innocent
people suffer from no fault of their own,
and everyone must feel the keenest sym
pathy for the largo body of honest busi
ness men, of honest Investors, of honest
wageworkers, who suffer because Involved
In a crash for which they are In no way
resisinslble. At such a time there is a
natural tendency on tho part of many
men to feel gloomy and frightened at the
outlook; but there Is 110 justification for
this feeling. Them is no nation so abso
lutely sure of ultimate success as ours.'
Of, course; we shall succeed. Ours Is a
nation of masterful energy, wilfc a contL-.
nont for lis. domain, nnd tt feels within Us
veins the .thrill which comes to thoso who
know that' they possess tho future. We
are not cast down by the fear of failure.
V are upheld by. the confident hope of
ultimate trtu'mph. The wrongs that etlst
are to be corrected, But they in 110 way
Justify doubt as to the final outcome,
douht as to the great material prosperity
of the future, or of the lofty spiritual life
which Is to be built upon that prosperity
as a foundation. No misdeeds done In the
present must be permitted to shroud from
our eyes the glorious future of the nution,
but because of this very fact It behooves
us never to swerve from our resolute pur
pose to cut out wrongdoing and uphold
what is right. 1
'I do not for a moment believe that the
actions of this administration have brought
on business distress; so far as tills is due
to local and not world-wide causes, and to
tho actions of any) particular individuals,
It Is due to the speculative folly nnd fla
grant dishonesty of a few men of great 1
wealth, who seek to shield themselves from
tho effects of their own wrongdoing by
ascribing Its results to the actions of those
who have sought to put a stop to the
wrongdoing. Hut If It wero true, that to
ut out rottenness from the body politic
t meant a momentary chock to pn unhealthy
seeming prosperity 1 should not for one
moment hesitate to put the knife to tho
corruption. On behalf of all our people,
on buhaif no less of the honest nutn of
means than of the honest man who earns
each day's livelihood by that day's sweat
of Ills brow, it is necessary to insist upon
honesty In business and politics alike, In all
walks of life. In big things and In little
things; upon Just and far dealing as be
tween man and man. Those who demand
this are striving for the right In the spirit
of Abraham Lincoln when he said:
Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray,
that this mighty scourge may speedily pass
uwsy. Yet, if tlod wills that it continue
until all the wealth Tilled by the bonds
men's two hundred and fifty years of un
requited toll shall bo sunk, und until every
drop of blood drawn with the lash shall
be paid hy another drawn with the sword,
ns was said three thousand years ago, so
still it must be said: "The Judgments of
the Iird are true and righteous alto
gether." With malice toward enne, with charltv
for all, with firmnisn in the right, as Ood
gives us to see tho right, let us strive on
to finish the work we are in.
"In the -work wo of this generation are
$30 Suits to order for
Saturday. FiebrV 1st.
-1 his is tho last chance
you will have to get a
$30.00 Suit for $13.00
$;.no Suit to-order for 817.50
$:n.OO Suit to order for g2o!oO
37.no Mult to order for 22.50
SjUO.OO Suit to order for SUsioO
$l.OU Suit to order for 82750
lji30.0O Suit to order for J53o!oO
I 'or feet - tit and good work
ma nsliip guaranteed.
This iH the MacL'arthy-Wil-non
way of Ucaxing up the
slock, 0 keeping their tailors
busy. and. best u all,, of mak
ing luiiidredH of new custo
mers. We guarantee satlsfao
tlon or your- money . back.
Once our customer, we'll
please you so ,well you'll al
ways be brtr.'ensthmwr.'e.'- '
Oon't ml as thla opportunity
to get acquainted with us
and the extraordinary vulues
we offer.
Remember Saturday, Feb. 1st,
ia the last day, of the $15 Sale.
MacCAR.TKY. WILSON
TAILORING CO.
3fA-XS Go. 16th St.
Near southwest cor. 16th und Farnam
In, there Is, thanks he to'the Almighty, no
danger of blnodahttl nnd ti6 use for the
sword; but there Is grave need of those
stem qualities shown alijie by tho men of
the north und tln men of the south In the
dark days when ach valiantly battled for
the light us It was given each to see tha
light. Their spirit should be our spirit, as
we , strive to bring nearer the day when
greed and trickery and cunning shall b
tran pled under foet by there who fight for
the righteousness that exalt, th a nation,"
liangerona Nuraery
In the abdominal region is prevented hy
the uxe of Dr. King's New Life l'ills, th
painless purifiers. y,c. Sold by Heat on
Drug Co.
$.10 suits to order. $15 Saturday.. Iist
chance. Mart'arlhy.Wiltton, 304 8. ltiih Bt.
! Pt'B.HiBf'Ji'IT't'1'f tr on. ,n . ssm. .r. -n uis
1
HEN thq snow tho beautiful snow covers
the ground it also covers all the coal that is
not roofed! It is worth money to you to buy
our dry, clean screened coal that is perfectly pro
tected by our snow and water tight roofs.
Our forty big teams and forty yell-o wagons are ready to deliver an immense' number
of orders quickly We bought a horse recently weighing 1910 pounds not because we
needed a horse, but because we are always ready to buy extra large and extra good horses
to make the delivery of coal easier. Good horses interest and attract good drivers. Good
drivers please our patrons. Pleased patrons come again. This is the way we make our
business grow. '
citerVnaee; Per Toll, $9.00
Ozark Grate,
Suits many people better than Pennsylvania Anthracite
SunderBand
Our Twenty-Fifty Year
Telephones i
Bsll,- Dong,
a&a.
Ia. A 1S51,
1608 HARNEY ST.
Morta Yard 1
84th and
Bel Hit,
Booth Yard 1
aoth and
llckorr.
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