Tim OMAHA DAILY KEF,: SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 1. 1008.
TELEPHONE DOUGLAS 618 REACHES ALL DEPARTMENTS
Suits and Coats
On Bale Saturday, Commencing at 9:00 A. M.
"At Prices Almost Next to Nothing.
We wish to'sav to our nianv
one of the most interesting wiles tliat hns ever heen held in
our Cloak Debarment. Not an old garment in the lot, hut
choice nnd high class merchandise to go in Saturday's great
sale at a mere fraction of their real value.
Read the following items carefully:
60 Colored Coats, some fitted I-ovely, Stylish Velvet Coats,
rovert coats, others In plain -legantly trlmmca" In the latest
brown, plain navy and plain fashionable braided effects: most
red. garments worth up to $35. of coftt8 POld at ,410 00. nd
Pattirrlwy'B Salo prlrf 7.r,0. 146.00, Haturdaya sale price t.6.
A Hirlif pnldrpd ntifl lie-lit 100 Black coat. about 7s of
n llglll COlOriU Him Ugllt them th tnOHt faahionable tlght-
woio-lif. Snite K'ltlirrlav's fitting styles, made of beautiful
WeiglH OOIIS, icUUrUd S rhlffon broadcloth, many of them
li-ilo tvripi (V) worth up to 146.00, Saturday s
saie price jfo.uu. ,.lle pr!ce ,9 35
8 Winter Stilts. 2 Velvets. 50 Loose Fitting Coats, some
.v . n a a u j a iy. made with handsome fur col-
J7. iortb Z i 00 Sat 'B. of them satin lined" and
Suits, worth pd to $35 00 Sat- Saturday's
tirdays Sale price $12.50. Sale price $9 95.
One AVhlte Evening Coat. 60 Black Coats made of fine
$.10 00. .Saturdays Sale price ,l0B0( Saturdy's Sale ' price
Three Other Evening Coats, also slightly soiled,
worth $40.00, Saturday's Sale price $10.50.
( Bee 1-31-08.
order to Instira recovery negligence In some
form on the part of the government should
he shown. Our proposition Is not to con
fer a right of action upon the government
employe, but to securo him suitable pro
vision against Injuries received In the
course of his employment. The burden of
the trade, risk should be placed upon the
government. Exactly- as tho worklngman
is entitled to Ills waftc. so ho should be
entitled to Indemnity for the Injuries sus
tained in tho natural course of his labor.
The rates of compensation and the regu
lations for Its payment should be specified
In the law, and tho machinery for de
termining the amount to be paid should
In each case bo provided In such manner
that the employe Is properly represented
without expenso to him. In o'jTier words,
the compensation should be pild automat
ically, whilp the application tf tho law in
the first Instance should be vested In the
Department of Commerce ind Labor. The
law should apply to all ',lorers. mechan
ics and other civilian endoyes of the gov
ernment of the l.'nltcd States. Including
those In tho service of the Panama Canal,
commission and of the insulur governments.
Meaning ot. Liability ,aw
"the same broaj principle whicl should
apply to tho government should ultimately
be 'mado appUablo to all private employ
ers.. Where t no 'nation has tho power It
should ens t laws to this effect. Where
thn-ahynjAaye fj,e V0W4 Vyry
should enact UQjlaivsT lt la to be observed
thai an employers' liability law does not
really mean mulcting employers In dam
ases. It "merely throws upon tho employer
the burden of accident Insurance against
Injuries which, re sure to- occur.; It re-,
quirt s; him either t bear or. to distribute
throWl Inauranca the loss whloh can
readily' 'lie -horno when distributed, but
which, If undistributed, bears with fright
ful, hardship upon the unfortunate victim
of atldeoL.. In theory, it wages, were al
ways freely and ' fairly adjusted, they
would always Include an allowance as
against the riski of Injury, Just as cer
tainly as the rate of interest for money
Include an allowance for .Insurance
against 1 he risk, of loss. In theory. If em
ploye: were, all -experienced business men.
they would employ that part of their
wages which Is received because of the
risk 'of Injury to secure accident Insurance.-
But, as a matter of fact. It Is not
practical to expect that this will be dono
See-safv! money '5 klgk!
iMow'S: -Ke time to come and buy!
Money high, and goods arc low,
."See-saw, see them go!
Boys .ercoats -
)toy' Dver. ouH. , allies IT. 60, t 60
' ana liu.no, your choice Jij QQ
. , Infants' Vests
Odd let of Infantx' Wrapper and
Protection Vests, In part wool, all
vruol-'inJ silk and wool,
valu.i IJ- 6o, choice -wl
Children 's Warm Dresses
Children'' - KlantN lettn Uresscs In
I Frefii-h and Husian styles, dark
colors, piped In red, sixes 7C
t tw ' -i yers . 1 f JC
I'ii torial Bui lew 1'ulterns,
at, Uc and
15c
SHOESFrom the Norris Stock RUBBERS
A big lot of women's 13.00 and 14.00
Slioea are out for Satur- 1 QC
day's Kelljim, at. pair I.JfJ
Mlui'i' Shoes from the Norris 1.60
and l'i.00 lines, blueks and f ft A
.tana, so at tl.Si'and J. WW
Intants Shoes, .Norris' $1 (10
und fl.o Hues,, at. pair ..
59c
ISON JHORNE CO.
1515 1317 DOUG
customers that this will he
by the great body of employes. An em
ployers' liability law makes It certain that
It will be done, in effect, by the employer,
and It will ultlnnrYcty Impose no real ad
ditional burden upon him.
"There Is a special bill to which I call your
attention. Bocretary Taft has urgently re
commended the Immediate passage of a
law providing for compensation to em
ployes of tho government Injured In the
work of the isthmian canal, and that $100,000
be appropriated for this purpose each year.
I earnestly hope this will be done; and
that a special bill be paased covering tho
case of Yardmaster Banton, who was In
jured nearly two years ago while doing
his duty. He Is now helpless to support his
wife and three little boys.
Injaaetlona in Labor Cases.
"I again call your attention to the need
of some action In connection with the
abuse of Injunctions In labor coses. As re-
) gards the rights and wrongs of labor and
capital, from blacklisting to boycotting, the
whole subject Is covered In admirable fash
Ion by the report of the Anthracite Coal
Strike commission, which report should
serve as a chart for the guidance of both
legislative and executive officers. As re
gards Injunctions, I can do little but repeat
what I have said In my last message to the
congress. Even though it were possible,
I should consider It most unwise to abolish
the use of the process of Injunction. It la
I nocessary ' In, order that. Jho. ;cq.urts may
rL'ArntJ. . i . i ' "ji 1... i i . .
iitMiiiai.i nii-ii v-vn uikuh 911a in oruor
that they, may In effective manner check
disorder and violence. Tho Judge who Uses
it cautiously, and conservatively, hut who
j when the need arises, uses It fearlessly,
! confers the greatest service upon our
i peopli
and his pre-efninent usefulness as a
public servant should be heartily recog
nized. But there Is no question in my mind
that it has sometime been used heedlessly
and unjustly, and that aome of the Injunc-
j tlons Issued Inflict grave and occasionally
Irreparable wrong upon those enjoined.
"It is all wrong to use tho Injunction
to prevent the entirely proper and legitimate
actions of labor organisations In their
struggle for Industrial betterment, or under
the guise of protecting property rights un-
warrantably to Invade the fundamental
i rights of the Individual. It Is futile to con
I cede, as we all do. the right and the necea-
I slty of organised effort on the part of wage
I earners and yet by Injunctive process to
(forbid peaceable action to accomplish . tho
'
! Furs Furs
Misses' and Children's Furs, whole
sets for the price of the muffs.
Fur Caps
Mlsnes' Fur Caps and Children's Fur
Caps, ti.tb va:ues, Satur- 4 ft
day. each lOJ
Toques Toques
Twenty-one doxen wool Toques, most
any ,1-olur and wilte, buc, 16c and
values, at 3Sc, 'ju n.
Kand 1-fC
Bearskin Bonnets
Children's Plain and Curly Bearskin
Honnels all colors and white Q
In small sixes only, each.... -'-7C
Men's first quality Rubbers, je
per pair I JC
Women s first quality Alas- Tt.
kaa, per pair I JC
Women's first quality Hub- rn.
bers. per pair i
Men's first quality Alaska,
per pair
85c
6TR1
lawful objerts for which they sre organised
and upon which their success depends. The
fact that the punishment for the violation
of an Injunction must, to make the order
ffertlve, necessarily be summary and
without the Intervention of a Jury makes
Its Issuance In doubtful cases a dangerous
practice, and In Itself furnishes a reason
why tha process should be surrounded with
safeguards to protect Individuals against be
ing enjoined from exercising their proper
rights. Reasonable notice should be given
the adverse party.
reslty tf Farmers.
"This matter Is dally becoming of graver
Importance and I can not too urgently rec
ommend that the congress give careful con
sideration to the subject. If some way of
remedying the Rbuses Is not found the feel
ing of Indignation against them among
large numbers of our citizens will tend to
grow so extreme 'as to - product a revolt
against the whole use of the process ot In
junction. The ultra-conservatlvca who ob
ject to cutting out the abuses will do well
to remember that If the popular feeling does
become strong many of those upon whom
they rely to defend them will be the first
to turn against them. Men of property can
not afford to trust to anything save the
spirit of Justlcer and. fair play; for those
very public men who. while It is to their
Interest, defend all the abuses committed
by capital and pose as the champions of
conservatism, will, the, moment they think
their Interest changes,' take the lead In
Just such a matter as this, and pander to
what they esteem popular feeling by en
deavoring, for Instance, -effectively to de
stroy the power of the courts in matters of
Injunction; and will even seek to render
nugatory the power to punish for contempt.
upon which power the Very existence of the
orderly administration of Justice depends.
"It Is my purpose as soon as may be
to submit some further recommendations In
reference to our laws regulating labor con
ditions) within the sphere of federal au
thority, v A very recent decision of the
supreme court of the United States
rendered since this message was written
In the case of Adair versus United States,
seemingly of far reaching Import and of
very serious probable consequences, ha
modified the previously entertained views
to make necessary careful consideration of
the opinions therein filed before it Is possi
ble definitely to decide In what way to
call the matter to your attention..
"Not only should there be action on cer
tain laws affecting wage, earners; there
should also be such aotlon on laws better
to securo control over the great business
concerns engaged In interstate commerce,
and especially over the great common car
riers. The Interstate Commerce commis
sion should bo empowered to pass upon
any rate or practice "on Itsown Initiative.
Moreover, It should be provided that when
ever the commission has reason to believe
that a proposed advance In a rate ought
not to be mado without investigation. It
should have authority to Issue an order pro
hibiting tho advance pending examination
by the commission.
Mr Power for Commission.
"I would not be understood as expressing
an opinion that any or even a majority of
these advances are Improper. Many of the
rates in this country have been abnormally
low. The operating expenses of our rail
roads, notably the wages paid railroad em
ployes, have greatly' Increased. These and
other causes may in any given case Justify
an advance In rates, and if so the advance
should be permitted and approved. But
there may be, and doubtless are, cases
where this is not -true; and our law should
be so fraied that the government, as the
representative of the whole people, can
protect the Individual against unlawful ex
action for the use of these public high
ways. The Interstato Commerce commis
sion should bo provided with the .means to
make a, physical valuation ! any road a
to which it deems this valuation necessary:
In some form the federal government
should exercise supervision over the finan
cial operations of our Interstate railroads.
In no other wa'y can Justice be done be
tween the private owners of those prop
erties and the public which pay their
charges. When once an Inflated capitaliza
tion has gone upon the market and has
become fixed in value. Its existence must
be recognised. As a practical matter it Is
then often absolutely necessary to take ac
count of the thousands of Innocent stock
holders who have purchased their stock In
good' faith. The usual result of such infla
tion is therefore to Impose upon the public
an unnecessary but everlasting tax, while
the Innocent purchasers of the stock are
also harmed and only a few speculators
are benefited. Such wrongs-when once
accomplished can with difficulty be un
done; but they can be prevented with
safety and with justice. When combina
tions of Interstate railways must obtain
government sanction; when it is no longer
posslble for an interstate railway to issue
stocks or bonds, save In the manner ap
proved by the federal government; when
that government makes sure that the pro
ceeds of every slock and bond Issue go
Into the Improvement of the property and
not the enrichment of some individual or
syndicate; when, whenever it becomes ma
terial for .guidance In the regulative action
of the government, the physical value of
one of these properties is determined and
made known there will be eliminated from
railroad securities that element of uncer
tainty which lends to them their specula
tive quality and which has contributed
much to the financial stress of the recent
past.
Control Over Hoad Operation.
"I think that the federal government
must also assuma a certain measure of
control over the physical Operation of rail
ways In the mvndling of Interstate traffic.
The commission now has authority to es
tablish through routes and Joint rates. In
order to make this provision effective and
In order to promote In times of necessity
the proper movement of traffic. I think It
must also have authority to determine the
conditions upon which cars shall be Inter
changed between different railways. It Is
also probable that the commission should
have authority, In particular instances, to
determine the schedule upon which perish
able commodities shall be moved.
"In this connection i desire to repeat my
recommendation that railways be permitted
to form traffic associations for the pur
pose of conferring about and agreeing upon
rates .regulations and practices affecting
interstate business In which the members
of the association are mutually Interested.
This does hot mean that they shotild be
given the right to pool their earnings cr
their traffic. The law requires that rates
shall be so adjusted as not to discriminate
between Individuals, localities ar different
species of traffic. Ordinarily, rates by all
competing lines must lx- the same. As ap
plied to practical conditions, the railway
operation of this country can not be con
ducted according to law without what Is
equivalent to conference and agreement.
The articles under which such associations
operate should be approved by the commis
sion; all their oiieratlons should be open
to public inspection; and the rates, regu
lations and practices upon which they agree
should be subject to disapproval by the
commission.
"I urge this last provision with the same
earnestness that I do the others. This
country provides Its railway raclinies by
private capital. Those facilities win not
be adequate unless the capital employed la
assured of Just treatment and an adequate
return. In fixing the charges of our rail
roads, I believe that, considering ths In
tervals of the public alone, H is better In
allow too liberal rather than too scantv
earnings, for. otherwise. ther Is grave
danger thst our railway development may
not keep pace with th"demand for trans
pnrtstlon. But the fundamental Idea that
these railways are public highways must
be recognised, and they must be open to
the whole public upon eqtisl terms and
upon reasonable terms.
Amead Sheriaaa Lai.
"In reference to tfle Sherman anti-trust
law, I repeat the recommendations made In
my message at the opening of tho present
congress, as well as in my message to
the previous congress. The attempt In this
law to provide In sweeping terms against
all combinations of whatever character. If
technically In restraint of trade as such
restraint has been defined by the courts,
must necessarily be either futile or mis
chievous, and sometimes both. The present
law makes such combinations Illegal, al
though they may bo useful to the country.
On the other hand, as to some huge com
binations wlilch are both noxious and
Illegal, even If tke action undertaken
against them unddV the law by tho gov
ernment Is successful, the result may be
to work but a minimum benefit ta tho
public. Even though the combination be
broken up and a small measure of reform
thereby produced, the real good alined at
can not be obtained, for such real good
can come only by a thorough and con
tinuing supervision over the acts of the
combination In all Its parts, so ss to pre
vent stock watering, improper forms of
competition, and. In short, wrongdoing gen
erally. The law should correct that por
tion of the Sherman act which prohibits
all combinations of the character above
described, whether, they be reasonable or
unreasonably; but this should be done only
as part of a general scheme to provide for
this effective and thoroughgoing supervis
ion by the national government of all the
operations of the bjg Interstate business
concerns. Judge Hoiwliof New York, In
his recent decision In ths Harrlman case,
states that . congress possesses the power
to limit tha Interstate operations of cor
porations not complying with federal safe
guards against the recurrence of obnoxious
practices, snd to license those which afford
the public adequate security agatnat meth
ods calculated to diminish solvency, and
therefore efficiency and economy- In Inter
state transportation.' The Judge adds that In
these matters 'the power of congress Is
ample, though as yet not fruitful in re
sults.' It is very earnestly to be desired
that either along the lines the judge Indi
cates, or In some "other way equally ef
ficacious, the congress may exercise the
power which he holds It possesses.
Doty of Man of Wealth.
"Superficially it may seem that the
laws, the passage of which 1 herein again
advocate for I have repeatedly advocated
them before are not connected. But in
reality they are connected. Each and
every one of these laws, If enacted, would
represent part of the campaign against
privilege, part of the campaign to make
the class of great property holders realise
that property has Its duties no less than
Its rights., When the courts guarantee to
the employer, as they should, the rights of
the employer, and to property the rights
of property, they should no less emphat
ically make It evident that they will exact
from property and from the employer tho
duties which should necessarily accompany
these rights; and hitherto our laws have
failed in precisely this point of enforcing
the performance of duty by the man of
property toward tha' man who works for
him, by the man of (preat wealth, especially
Ifhe uses that wealth In corporate form,
toward the Investor, the wage-worker, and
the general public, The permanent failure
of tho man of property to fulfill his ob
ligations ' would 'Ultlmat ly assure the
wresting from 'Kim' of the privileges which,
he is entitled to en'Jo'y 'only if he recognizes
the 6t)ligatiohk ;hcmpa'n'yi'hg 'them. Those
who "assume W inWfs the respohslbilltyfor
this failure 'atVihde'rVng but a poor serv
ice to the cause hich' triey believe they
champion.'' ; ' ' '-' 'u '
' "I do hot know' whether Tt Is possible,
but If possible. It Is' certainty' desirable,
that In connection1 with measures to re
strain stock watering and overcapitaliza
tion there, should be measures taken to
prevent at least the grosser forms of gam
bling In securities' and commodities, such
as making large sales of what men do not
possess and 'cornering' tho market. legiti
mate purchases of commodities and of
stocks and securities for investment have
no connection whatever with purchases of
stocks or other securities or commodities
on a margin for speculative and gambling
purposes. There is no moral difference be
tween gambling at cards or In lotteries, or
on the race track and gambling In the
stock market. One method Is just as per
nicious to the body politic as the other In
kind, and In degree the ovll worked Is far
greater. But It is a far more difficult sub
ject with which to deal. The great bulk
of the business transacted on the ex
changes Is not only legitimate, but Is
necessary to the working of our Inodern
Industrial system, and extreme care would
have to be taken not to Interfere with this
business In doing away with the 'bucket
shop' type of operation. We should study
both the successes and the failures of for
eign legislators who, notably in Germany,
have worked along this line, so as not to
do anything harmful. Moreover, there Is
a special difficulty In dealing with this
matter by the federal government In a
federal republic like ours. But If It Is pos
sible to devise a way to deal with It the
effort should be made, even if only In a
cautious and tentative way. It would seem
that the federal government could at least
act by forbidding the use of the malls,
telegraph and telephone wires for mere
gambling in stocks end futures, Just as It
does in lottery transactions.
As la standard Oil.
"I Inclose herewith a statement issued
by the chief of the Bureau of Corporations
(Appendix 1) in answer to certain state
ments (which I also inclose) made by and
on behalf of the agents of the 8tandard
Oil corporatm (Appendix 21 and a letter
of the attorney general (Appendix 3), con
taining an answer to certain statements,
also Inclosed, made by the president of the
8anta Fi Railway company (Appendix I.)
Tha Standard OH corporation and the rail
way company have both been found guilty
by the courts of criminal misconduct; both
have been sentenced to pay heavy fines,
and each has issued and published broad
cast these statements, asserting their lnno-
I'AXTKV CI.KAXKD.
A Way Soma Fsupls Have.
A doctor said:
'Before marriage my wile observed In
Hummer and country homes, coining in
touch with families of varied means, cul
ture, taste and discriminating tendencies,
that the families using Poatum seemed
to average better than those using coffee.
"When we were married, two 'ears ago
Postum was among our first order of
groceries. We also put In some coffee
and tea for guests, but after both had
stood around the pantry about a year un
touched they were thrown away and
Postum nsed only.
"I'p to the ag of 28 I had heen accus
tomed to drink coffee as a routine habit
and suffered constantly from Indigestion
and all Its relative dlaorders. Hince axing
Postum all the old complaints have com
pletely left me and I sometimes wonder
If I ever had them,"
Name given by PoMtunt Co., Battle
Creek. Mich. Read "Tha Ruad to Wrll-
j villtt," In pkfca. "There's a Reon.
Elite Stewairl &
MONDAY MORNING at 8 o'clock We will usher in the
longlookedfor bargain event'" O UR ANNUAL
CLEARING SALE,
Nearly our entire stock of merchandise will be ruthlessly sacri
ficed in order that we may make room for the stock already purchased
fer spring business. v y . ' '
There are hundreds of pieces of FURNITURE thousands of pairs
LACE CURTAINS and PORTIERES, hundreds of rolls of CARPETS and
countless RUGS, in room sizes and small sizes, that are sacrificed.
You will find on
and you can depend upon it
jf-i wrt m c-i
2s 2 JELi Hi
farJr,Jr,tf
ceice and denouncing as Improper the ac
tion of the courts and Juries In convicting
them of guilt. These statements are very
elaborate, are very lngentous and are un
truthful in Important particulars. The fol
lowing letter inclosure from Mr. Hcney
sufficiently Illustrates the methods of the
high officials of the Santa Fe and show
the utter falsity of thsir plea ot Ignorance,
the similar plea of the Standard Oil being
equally without foundation:
DEPARTMENT OF JCSTICK. OFFICE
OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY,
DISTRICT OF OREGON. PORTLAND,
Jan. Jl, 108. The President, Washington,
D. C. : Dear Mr. President I understand
that Mr: Ripley of the Atchison. Topeka
& Santa Fe Railway system has com
mented witlv some severity upon your at
titude toward tho payment of rebates by
certain transcontinental rutlroads and that
he has declared that he personally never
knew anything about any rebates being
granted by this road. 1 Inclose you
herewith copy of a letter from Edward
Chambers, general freight traffic mansger
of the Atchison. Topeka A Santa Fe Hall
way system, to Mr. O. A. Davidson, auditor
of the same company, dated February Si,
l&n.
This letter does not deal with Interstate
shipments, but the constitution of the state
of California makes the payment of rebates
by railroads a felony, and Mr, Ripley has
apparently not been above the commission
of crime to secure business. You are at
liberty to use this Inclosuro in any way
that vou think It can be of service to your
self or the pnbllc.
Sincerely yours.
FRANCIS J. HEN BY,
Letter from Oil Company.
SAN FRANCISCO, February, L'T, 1907.
Dear Sir: 1 hand you herewith a file ,of
papers covering the movement of fuel oil
shipped by the Associated Oil company
over our line from January 1, lfni, up to"
and Including November 15, 19i.
We agreed with ;tlie Associated Oil com.
pany'a negoliatlonsVtl.h ..Mr. Ripley, Mr.
Wells, and mysi'lf that In consideration
of their making us a sreclal price on oil for
company use, which la covered by a con
tract, and the further consideration that we
would take a certain quantliy, they would
In turn ship from Bakcrsfield over our line
to San Francisco Bay points a certain
minimum number of barrels of fuel oil at
rate of C5 cents per barrel 'from Bakers
field, exclusive of the switching charge.
.These statements cover the niovnment,
except, that they have Included Stockton,
Which m not correct, as it is not a bay point
and could not be reached as conveniently
by water. AVo have paid them on account
of this movement $7.2:'9, which should bo
deducted from the total or movement snown
In the attached papers.
I wts't you would arrange to make up a
stall nt, check the same, and refund to
the .-ocluted OH company down to the
basis cf 2b cents per burrel from Bakers
field, where they are the shippers, regard
less of who la consignee, us all their fuel
oil is sold delivered. The reason for making
this deal In addition to what 1 have stated
Is that the Associated OH conipuny have
their own boats and carry nil from fields
controlled by themselves along tho coast
neur Sun I.uis Obispo to San Francisco at
a much lower cost than the special rate
w-e have made them and in competition
with the I'nlon OH company and the Stand
ard Oil company It was neces-sary for Hum
to sell at the Sail Francisco Hay points
on the basis of the cost of water transpor
tation from the coast fields. They figured
they could only afford to pay us the cents
per barrel If by doing this they sojd our
company a certain amount of fuel oil, other
wise the. biisiiiHBs covered by the attached
papers would have comu In by boat from
the coast fields.
1 am writing this up completely t-o that
there may be In tho papers a hlslory of the
reasons why Wilis arrangement was made.
1 wish you would go ahead and make Hie
adjustment as soon as possible, as the
Associated Oil company is very anxious to
have the matter closed up. The arrange
ment was canceled on Nevember lfi at a
conference between Mr. RH-ley, Mr. Wells,
Mr. Porter and mysrtf. Yours truly,
EDWARD CHAMBERS.
Shipments-Associated Oil Company, Mr.
G. A. Davidson, Auditor, Dos Angeles.
) Reactionary Conspiracy.
"The attacks by these great corporations
on the administration's actions have been
given a wide circulation throughout the
country, in the newspapers and otherwise,
by those writers and kpeakers who, cjn
sclously or unconsciously, act as the rep
resentatives of predatory wealth of the
wealth accumulated on a giant scale by
all forms of iniquity, ranging from the op
pression of wageworkers to unfulr and un
wholesome methods of crushing out compe
tition, P.nd to defrauding the public by
stock Jobbing and the manipulation of
curlties. Certain wealthy men of this
stamp, whose conduct should be abhorrent
to every man of ordinarily decent con
science, and who commit the hidejus wrong
of teaching our young men that phenome
nal business success must ordinarily be
based on dishonesty, have during the last
few months mado it apparent that they
have banded together to work for a re
action. Their endeavor is to overthrow
and discredit all who honestly administer
the law. to prevent any additional legljla
tion which would check and restrain tham.
and to secure If possinle a frc-dmi frum
all restraint which will permit every un
scrupulous wrongdoer to do what he wlilie
unchecked provided he has enough money.
The only way to counteract the movement
in which these men arc engaged is to make
clear to the public Just what t ! i ave
done in the rust and Just what they are
seeking to accomplish in I lie present.
"Tho administration and those who sup
port its views are not only not engaged l i
an assault on property, but are strenuous
upholders of the rights of property. Tne
wise attitude to take is admirably stated
by Governor Fort of Nw Jersey, in his
rec( nt Inaugural address; the principles
which he upholds as regards the Blate being
of course Identical with those which should
obialn as regards the nation."
Here he'quotea Governor Fort's address.
"Cnder no circumstances would we coun
tenance attacks upon law-abiding proM-ily,
or do aught but condemn those aim hold
up rich men as being il men be. uus? u
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their riches. On the contrary, our whole
effort Is to Insist upon conduct, and
neither wealth nor property nor any other
class distinction, as being the proper
standard by which to judge the actions of
men. For tho honest man of great wealth
wa have a hearty regard, Justns we have
a hearty regard for the honest politician
and honest newspaper, but part of the
movement to uphold honesty must be u
movement to frown on dishonesty. AYe at
tack only the corrupt men of wealth, who
find In the purchased politician the most
efficient Instrument of corruption and -In
the purchased newspaper the most efficient
defender of corruption. Our main quarrel
is not with these agents and representatives
of the Interests. They derlvo their chief
power from the great sinister offenders
who stand behind them. They are but pup
pets who move As tho strings are. pullod.
It Is not the puppets, but the strong, eu tu
ning men und the mighty forces working for
evil belilnd -arid through the puppets,, with
whom' we have to deal.' AVe seek to control
law-defying wealth; in the first plawto
prevent Its doing dire evil, to the republic,
and In the next place to avoid the vin
dictive and dreadful radicalism - which. It
left uncontrolled. It Is certain In tho end
to arouse. Sweeping attacks upon all prop
erty, upoit all men of means without rc
regard to whether they do well or ill, would
sound (the deuthknell of the republic; and
such attacks become Inevitable If decent
cltisens permit those rich men whose lives
are corrupt and evil to domineer In swollen
pride, unchecked und Unhindered, over the
destinies ot this country. U'e act In no vin
dictive spirit, and we are no respecters of
persons. If a labor union docs wrong, we
oppose It as firmly as we oppose a corpor
ation whk-h does wrong; und we stand
equally stoutly for the rights of tho man
of wealth and for the rights of the wage
worker. AVe seek to protect the property
of every man who acts honestly, of every
corporation that represents wealth honestly
accumulated and .honestly used. Wo seek
to slop wrongdoing, and we desire to pun
ish the wrongdoers only so fur as Is neces
sary to achieve this end.
"There are ample muterlal rewards for
those who serve with fidelity the mammon
of unrighteousness; but they arc dearly
paid for by the people who permit their
representatives, whether In public life. In
the press, or In the colleges where their
young men are tauv'.t, to preach and to
practice that there Is ciir law for the rich
nnd another for the poor. The amount of
money the represeritnliv" of certain great
moneyed interests arc Hilling to spend can
be gauged by their recent publication
broadcast throughout the papers of this
country, from the Atlantic to the Pacific,
of huge advertisements attacking with en
venomed bitterness the administration's
policy, of warring against successful dis
honesty, and by their circulation of pamph
lets and books prepared with the same ob
ject; while they likewise push the circula
tion of the writings and speeches of men
who, whether because they are misled, or
because, seeing the light, they yet are
willing to sin against the light, serve these
their musters of great wealth to the cost
cf the plain people. The hooks and pamph
lets, the controlled newspapers, the speeches
by public or private men to which
I lefer. are usually and especially
In the Interest of the Standard Oil trust
and of certain notorious railroad combina
tions, but they also defend other Individual
and corporations of great wealth that have
been guilty of wrong doing. It Is only
without hire. From the railroad rate law
to the pure food law, every measure for
honesty in business that has been passed
during the lust six years has been opposed
by these men on Its passage and In Its
administration with every resource that
l. II lor and unscrupulous craft could sug
gest and the command of almost unlimited
money secure. But for the last year the
(Continued on Eleventh Page.)
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