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rhvorkcr. tlat Uv demanding what Is.
v ih-tprope ana iinpis-slble he -pjaj's into
vtoulJ inKWablv.lh tho: end tati3o a
-(v?okijft rautVa and voawi4n i rac
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storrnftiL r- A mQvemont of. v. tQia . .octna
.can u
.' sarr,aare
vhv 'PfOi'Ji to larn; Any tnavemeni
l: on- that AJasa hatred wni n
lin.es' assumes the name 6f rSa.B con.
! rdoU$nc as"! is- certain ltVnffe!y to
(fail; and if it temporarily euqeeeds, to
! . ij:l.vi-li ' nmacra .f to act nn
cloutnes&.t wlter It is merely another
qtiaI frr?. the' ifKllous vice-of felass sel-
stiniawiyiii-csjuitm noi.mn out
fciliv'.tin-'XmakpiU CTftla a moat
,hh 'T.fckVi It7 Is wiSier for all
rishnesa. Is' equally noxious whether in
an employer's association br in a Work
ilneniSin ? association. The movement
in cucstion waa .one In Whicti the ap
. pral" vaslrhad to all workinsmen to
Vfte trlwaxily,'? not-aa American cm
.zens, jbuf-aa individuals of certam
class lift iocietyl Sueh an appeal- , in
thfi first lat-e Revolts the mortrhlgh-
terfes t& Kyhotnj R is addreased. and
inthe send Slace! tends ;toy ftroasera
: vttHr gr smaftilmi among .; all otner
I classes Q?itlzens. whftm it therefore
tendTto unite against tha vep-; organ-
i'.vteattonoi:- Vhose behalf it -te rlssued.
The'tesult is therefore J?nt -tunate
-.'ttomrevery standpoint .Thl healthy
trixthJ by the way. -win be learned py.
f '"the1 elitists it they -ver succeed n
r Testabtishipg in this icouhtry an import
ant lyarty hased on auch class con-
i - .Wlfisli elass interest, r
.The Vageworkers, the worklnicmen.
' thtTaWns men tf ; the omrntry by J
the, -w'ay in which tBerrepuw
effort to ret them to cast tnelr Qtes
tn response to ' an appeal to Class
, 'tave emphasized their tound
.? ?riif Lt,- f . ' J, 'A merleanisrmv The
- rrtrhasause to feel pride-
"An h5hyStlVode of sturdy 1nf"
'encViin this imcompromisinar tnslst
Vence upon actiTi? simply as ood.clti-.
ens, las eood Americans, without re
heard to fancied--and improper class
InterestsUSuch at attitude is -an oh-
U'ject-lessoiv in good .citizenship, to the
entire; nation..;' ;- - t J .
;5 rt.,f! tva- vtrpTTi reactionaries, tne
-. --persons, vho Wind themselves to the,
- wrongs ii4w and then committed by
the courts I onflabbrfnsr' mcti.hould
also think sertous'y as to! what such
a movement as this portends. The
i judges who have 'shown themselves,
T able and IHngf effectively to , -checlc
the dishonest I activity ? of i; the . very
""fUV rttfln tnhft : works iniouity cby the
mlsmaiiagrement-of corporations, who
"' have shown themselves ttlert to do
tstice to ithe' wageworker. and sym
pathetic with the needs of Hhemass
of otif pedpie.i'so that the dtveller, in
vthe .tenement -houses, the man who
-.i nrnrfirpi a. dangerous trade,: the man
tVi.j- Hnd.s:- the -'udses 'of the stamp-
ft th? -iid lent Select. Who have been
"fearln-s in. opposing' laborfwhen it
1 h&s ?pnQ- tvrcn?, but fearless 'also in
boIUns to Strict account corporatians
that tcoVk' iniquity, ' and f ar-aKhtel
in feeing that the workihaman 'ffrt?
' his rights Vare the men' of all others
to wtiemi we; owe1 it' that th appeal
V tcr e jch violent and mistaken legis
; latlonl- has '-iif alttn r en , deaf ears, tha.
the afcitaWri for its: passage- pro-ed
t'-H' hvithut Substantial .hasls.- The
:Vbu'rt"ure -leclparded .primarily:, by -the
htcn!;:.rt -these'. - Federal 'and fixate
TijOce'Hvh' slwnv. inabUIty-)' imwu
lingnH'tS'P: :a: to 'the wronar-
lllnsZTi
' mAU-!mffHfp-:6-.wedrkersg(-ho are
iTiishinl Orj-.m: biv ithese mlru, lii-
: "tinl".rin"l rvc.ntions: I who. in other
vo. Is cn'fehx-4 by ? excessiye hours of
v v taloc4 'Jk ibat :thdr ;needs arfeuti
4 df-rKtood by. the , curtsH-these . Judges
, ; flAhk .real butvvark' of thfpurtp;
cionxS very Ticn- retrn wjh i""' "
IMlj'iii'iar condition?. ;and Inability or
nnuilllnirneis &' fftvirTefltf t men. of
dr4 fa-fl't t i uhde ts ta nd and .-a ir1 J'
I '-hfecded. iyimfedies- "or .tbe rv
1 A.'j-rons- rdueed " by the . new and
j ih!?b'v: eoatple- social and Sidustrial
j1H:l1rilifehwh4h.h'ajov.Jl .nzt in
he ;lalst-'half ; century. ..s
.-'-'i'iTbxfrapld changes in our facial, and
f jjiiaiijajrlal -lifervjhlqh. havc attnatd
I'Hbis rfrpld 'inrowth' have madf it jiec-'-Ucmityl:
:thV -.lnt'kppIyin''-.to xcoticrete
'--r'ctyss.'the U great rule of right - laid
- eov.'h 4 iih ;.;our'" Cdnstitutloa.1 f - there
s tslhoBid Jbe a full? undemanding - and
IS Ti 'appreciation ".'of the new: conditions to
-which .the rulers : are. id be? applied.
I". - TVhatlwoul'd have been an infrinse
I 1 meat nVon liberty half-a- century ago
y V tmsy "'be the rtecessary 'Bafeguard of
ii"txrty today. What wouia nave oeen
' an- in jury to . Dproperty then i may be
necessary to the enJoynient of proc
,rty now. jEvery judicial ,deeision in
"Tvp'hresj twoiterms one'an interpre
,:' tation of 4he iaw: rthe" others tht? un
- df-rstajndingj of the facte to ivhich 1t
is to he applied. "The great "mass of
our Judicial onlcers are I bellevff alive
to these chansres of conditions which
i, .0 materially.' iff ectthe ' performance
f Ztttbtift j,u"4lciat uttes." Ourijudicial
'5 ''feiej?i.J3-(aundiand -effective: at. core
j. !.-ttttdrdct '4remSh4.d i'niuslever be
irtarnna.tned, as "the- safeguard ir' those
s iprinpljLis ojf ; iier.rV and. justice - whic h
2 stand sat the 'foundation of "Am erifcan
institu't'ona;! f oT.as Burke Imely said,
, :when lirbr6r , aftd Justice are sopa-
Va. f neither 5 is safe. There are.
howevfer, some5htnembers of the Judi
i eial' b'dfly' who have .lagged 4 behind in
'? iheirv understanding.. of theipegreat
J i and vital changes in the bod politic,
v whose mnds hare never been opened
' to: UiellicW I'i 'applications of I the -bid
i t' principles rnade necessary "by ithe new.
: s eonuuions., , -Judges or this , stamp do
y lasting harm- by their ideclsioiis. be
; ' cause. ( they v, convince 'p'oo'rl men; in
9 need pf jerotecfrtm that the. eburteJof
! the land, are .profoundly .Ignorant? of
f and but of.gympathy with thejrrneeds,
r nosuie
To -soch
"thar thMtati-vWd-waiJos
Bess, and wherever necessary exercise
tne power to oetermlne-wtrethet- inra
ar not ml an equal footing.? so i that
.. me necesBiues oi ine laner i compel
c them 1 to submit to such exactions as
I.; to hours and conditions vof labor as
i , undulyj to tasc thh rtrenrth; -and only
miscmer. can result when 1 such? der
; termination Is 'TaBset on "the! ground
' that there, must be no "interference,
with 'the'lihrsty. i0 contraet" oten
: a merely academic "liberty,- he" 'ex
erclse tjf whicti is the negative of real
iiDerty,- . ;-; t
i . ' vThf re are fertain decisions $y Varl-
on- eobrts whlcCi .iiave beanexceftd-
. Jngjy, detrimental ,vv, the , rj?ht. of.
! deelalons thai decide that ' mn- and
womm are,; 07 the ConatlttuWn.
"guaranteed tnei? lib-j?;;-" o contract
t VI li f 1 ana proi ounuiy . mainereni o
111 v to t'anprbjosed-emedy: 'V
s H vj.men it;seetnB cruet mbckeryltohavo
ni'-iS, groW- toat;-ttri..d?sjreto preserve
H 1 tyW9W mQ rberty ila ivT -anU
I'T' i fa mil hi i - iV ' '
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New Silli and Net
VVais,s r
Ncwjediwear,
New Gloves,
. . - A ..: , . :
'to.- enter a dangerous occupation, or
to work an undesirable or t improper
number of , hours, or to work in un
healthy surroundings; -and therefore
can not reaver . damages when ihalm"
ed. In" that occupation, ,and can.
not be forbidden tp .work , what the
legislatureecides .is an, .excessive
number of hours, or to carry , oh the
work 'under conditlons which the rjeg"
Islatlirt deeldes to bje: unhealthy. The
most" dangous occupations' are often
the joorest( paid -and those "Where the
hours of ork are longest; and. tn
mahy casesV those who ' go into them
are driven 'by necessity so great that
they have practically . nor alternative
'D'ecTsIdns ' such as r, those allu ded to
above nullify -he" legislative effort ' to
prdtect the wage-owrkers who "most
need protection from those, employ-
erS who take advantage of their grind
ing -need..- They halt or -hamper the
movement tor" .securing - better and
more "equitable, conditions?. of' labor.
The tape about preserving to the ms-
envhunted beings "Who make contracts
for such service 'their "liberty" to
imake . them, is either to ; speak in'. a
spirit 01 nearness iropy or eise xo snow
an- utter lack . or knowledge of ' the
conditions of . life among the great
masses - of xur-fellow-countnTnen; a
lack whichCiinfits : a. judge to do 'good
service justj&sjt woufa .unnt any exec
utive or legislative officer . r ,. ' 1 . .
. There is also. I4 think, 'irround' for
the . belief thar substantial injustice -is
often 'suffered by employees in conse-
auence of the custom or courts issuing
temporary, injunctions without -notiee
to them, and -punishing them for .con
tempt of court in instances, where, -as
a matter of fact. vthey have, no knowl
edge " of any- proceedings. , Outside of
orcanreed labor there is a widespread
feeling- that this system .often works
ereat rn'iiJtiee . to wagworkers wnen.
their 'efforts to fetter their .working
A "te-mro-Bry inunetlon;.;proAnrd.-ex
parte "may -as n- matter , or -tractr nave
all the effect of , a permanent, injunc -
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tion In causing disaster . to the wage
workers' oide insuch a dispute. Or
ganized labor is chafing under the un
just ; restraint which . comes from re-
pated "resort ? to this , plan of: proce
dure.. Its discontent has been un
wisely expressed, and often improperly,
expressed, out there Is a sound, basis
for it, iand the orderly and ; law-abid
Ing people; of a community would.be
in a far. stronger position for uphold
ing -the courts .If the undoubtedly ex
isting a abuses v could be provided
against.';
Stich proposals as those nentioned
aboVe as 'advocated by the' extreme la
bor:leaders, contain the Aital 'error of
being class legislation of the most of
fensive -Wnd,and even- if enacted into
law I -believe that the law -woukl
rightly be held unconstitutional. More-
dverr the labor people are -themselves
now ' beginning to Invoke, the -use ' of
the- power of Injunction. During the
last .ten .years and-within.: my . own
knowledge at least -fifty inlunctiOins
have been obtained by labor unions in
New ryork city .1 alone, most of them
being -to protect -the union label (a
"property, right"), but some being ob
tained for other reasons -against em
ployers.: The power of Inunction is
a great equitable remedy, which
should on - no : :account j be .destroyed.
But safeguards . should be - erected
against Its abuse. : I believe that some
such ' provisions as those I advocated
a year ago for checking the atrusa: of
the Issuance of temporary inlunctions
should be adopted.' In substance, pro
vision should be: made that no injunc
tion dr.. tempdrary ;restraining , order
Issue otherwise than oh riotlce. except
where' Irreparable, Injury, would other
wise -result; and In such a case , a
hearing on the merits of the prder
iH59 ha 3 witMn. a sho fired ns
rlod. a.nd. If not then continued after
bearing, it should ; forthwith 1. lapse.
JerWpnvtMljd. be' tendered , "jmmep-lia41y-3ii
the chance hf '-delay mlnl-
1 nCye that the procedu should', be
srpiy. ,r-rn,n, and the lodge rep
cuircd .. minutely to state the particu-,
larsrbbth f his action and of his rea-'
wds th'erefor. ' so f that the Congress
cnnIf it deFires examine and investi
gate . h&, same, j , '
" vThe' ehtef lawmakers in our country
may be. and often are., the. Midgesbe
cnnjie- they are ' the final sat of.au
thorlty. 'Every time they interpret con
t-art. property, vested riBrhts. duo pro
wii of law. ; liberty, they necessarily
f n"t Into law parts of a ? system of
soc'rI nhllnsophyf and as such inter
.rrrtatfOTi'J) -Tn'ndametitaT, they -jrhre di
irectfn -to all law-mal-lng." The decisi
.frmi'nt the cntrrts oh economic nnd so
rlpt oxieFtfons depend tfprih'thefr economic-and
'fecial p"M!onhv:" snd fof
thS . peaeef ni trowre. of oir people
d;r?hsr the tyrcntf-th entnT "w shall
We tncH to !thce Judges whof hold tw
n 'twentieth century fconornic and sn
fifl philneph "and not to n'.lonfTont-CTowwi-Phnofophy.
which w itself
tHe predict of primitive Economic con
ditions, .pf Course b iidee'S'iews on
progressive vocl3l philosophy are 'en-tfrrly-
second 1n Jmportance to his po
wewpfon'o'f a nUh end . Pne fharaeter:
which means' the possesion of 'Such
elernentftry virtties as Tiohesty, coiit
aee.snd vfelrmlndednefs. ..The 1udg6
yvhn hi" ejection "to pandering H6
demagoeic sentiments or class hatreds
and .prejudices, hnd the , JuilP ' who
owes .either his "election! or' his ap
pointment to .the money or. the favor
of . exeat , corporntion, . arenlfke nn
.worthy to sit-on tb bench: are . alike,
traitors to the people: 'and no profundity-of
legal . learning, or correct
ness of: abstract conviction on flues
tions . of -public policy, can .serve as an
off aft. to snohshortdemIngs. IJut It is
also true that fudges, like executives
and legislators, should hold sonnd
views on the questions of public policy
which are of vital interest to tha peo
ple. , . '.,- : . :, , -; 1 ,
The -legislators and executives
and chosen to- represent the people
in enacting, and -administering' the
laws, i ' - The judges -are not - chosen
to represent the : people In this -sense.
Their fsim;tio is to interpret the laws..
The legislators are responsible -for the
laws; the Judges for the spirit In which
they interpret and -enforce the laws.
We stand aloof; from the reckless agi
tators who would make the : Judges
mere pliant tools of popular pre1udice
and .pajwion.: nd we, stand aloof from
those; dually unvyieo; partisans of re
action and privilege, kF.hp- deny! the
proppsition that, . inasmuch .as fudges
are chosen -to- serve .the interests - Qf
the:;hole people, .they should strlVe to
fl nd pat whajtfthose .'interests are and,
so far as . they .,'consciei";lousl-. can,
Should striyei -to" give effect to popular
eoavlcttonrf wh.en deliberately and- duly
expressed ;,y $)ie - lawmaking.'? , body.
The .jpo tarts ;are" to;,Jet hl.ghlycomiariftnd
edTv)r,'jStavnchly upheld , i .whejn they
setiitedr; facesral-MV wrongdoing r
tyrannyv.hy-ar. majority j b(ut they are
.to' Jh W.Hmed!. ttyhen, they. fail,tjo r?jpog
n l zftu PfJf r : a gpyenmop O J k e ou rs . th e
deJJhra-figment.bf the majority as
to a matter of legitimate pbiicyfwhfn
lyfJiPiftf H 4 -, Ihe. legislature.
Such aJwf.ully expressed . and deliber
atet .1.idgment should he : given effect
by the court save in the extreme and
exceptfonal peases -'where' N" there' has
been , a "clear 'violation 'of i a constltn
toniil . ' provision, t, Anything ; ; like'
frivolity p'r I "Want onnewi in", uosettlng
seht clearly a ten governmental ac
tion Is. a. grave offense against 'the tte
tltf '.4''T'o ?ret- tfii,iir tvnv.
to nrptecj- minorities from 'oppression,
to n ?l W fv . -pn a ct r omm I f ted .In a ana sm
pf pOTi't' ,f nry, is o render, it servlee1
to. The.PepiiMif!. .TRnV 'for the eotirts
t o . arroote ', tA themelves functions
."Wh Jffho Prpnerly., Kel on, ,t ft 'thV , lectel -
five boi 1b all wrong, and in tlrel
end worka - -mischief. Thfe people
should, not bo permitted to pardon
evil and alipahod legislation on fthe
theory that the court will set it right;
they should be ta tight that the right
way to get rid" of a. bad law Is-to have
the 1 legislature repeal it, and not to
have the courts ov 4 Ingenious hair
splitting nullify, i it. ; l A law may be
unwise ana improper, dui-u snouia
not for these reasons .be declared un
constitutional by a strained Interpre
tation, tor the result of sucn action is
to take away from the people at large
their sense' of responsibility and ulti
mately 10 destroy their capacity ior
orderly self-restraint and sen-govern
ment . :t Under .such a popular gov
ernment as 'oursi'-"founded on, the
theory -that ih the long rutt' the' will
tyfttreTPi-iJlfl is 'suoienis. the ultimate
safety rot tth-j nation t canonly retm
training and guiding the people so that
what they; will shall be rignt, and not
in devising means to defeat tneir whi
iy 'the' technicalities of strained cdn
structfon - '. --' ' '- ' '': '
For many of the shortcomings of
Justice In bur country our people as a
whole are themselves, to piame, and
the, judges and- Juries mcrei- near
their share, together with the public
as a whole. it is discreditable to m
as a people that there should'be dlffl
cnltv Tn irtnv(rinir murderers: 'or In
bringing to justice menNwho, as public
serx'ants have been guilty of corrup
tlon. "or who have profited by the -cor-
rupuon ot public servants, r xne re
sult is equally unfortunate, whether
due to hairsplitting technicalities In
the Interpretation of law by judges, to
sentlfneatallty and class consciousness
on the part of Juries, or to hysteria
and sensationalism In the daily press
For. much of this failure of justice ho
responsibility whatever lies on rich
men as 'such. - We who make up the
mass- of ; the people can not shift thf
responsibility from our own shoulders.
But there Is an Important part of the
failure which has -specially to do with
inability to. hold : to proper account
men of wealth who behave badly.
The chief breakdown Is in dealing
with the new 'relations that aric-e mt
the mutualism, the interdependence of
o'ur tlmeJ ' lEvery; new social relation
begets a new type of wrongdoing of
sin, to use an old-fashioned word-
and many years always elapse before
society Is able to turn this sin Into
crime which can 'be effectively pun
ished at law. Purihg the life time of
the older men now alive the social re
iationa have changed far. more rapidly
man in the preceding two centuries.
The immense growth of corporations,
of business done by associations, and
the' extreme, strain and pressure of
modern life have produced conditions
which' render the public confused as to
who its really dangerwis foes are
and among: the ' public servants
who . have not only shared this con
fusion, but by some of their acts have.
increased it, are certain judges. Mark
ed Inefficiency has been ehofn in 'deal
ing with corporations and in re-settling
the proper attitude to be taken by
the public not - only towards corpora
tlons, but towards labor, and towards
the -social questions arising out of the
factory system, r and the , enormous
growth of our great cities. .
Th8 huge, wealth that has been ac
cumulated by a 'few individuals of
recerit 'ears In- what' has amounted
to a social and imlUstrial revolution
has been "as rfegards some of these In
dividuals made possible only by th0
improper use nf the modern corpora
tions. A certain type of modern edr-f
pora tlons, with its onicers and agents,
its many issues of securities, and its
constant consolidation with allied un
dertaklngs, finally becomes an Instru
ment so complex :as to "contain a
greater number df " elements that
under various Judical decisions, lead
themselves to fraJd and oppression
thnrt'nriV device rtltvbived-1n th.nii
man hraih Corporations ' ar neVeei
sary instrumentsl of -modern business
They 9 have been permitted"' to become
a menace largely because1 the govern 4
mental representatives jot - the people
have worked, slowly in providing for.
adequate control oyer them.
The chief offender in any given
case may be an executive, a legisla
ture, or a Judge. . Every executive
head who advises violent, instead of
gradual, action, or who advocates ill
considered ahd weeping measures
of 'reform (especially-' If rthey are1
ialned with vlndictiveness. and dls
regard for the rights of the minority)
is particularly blameworthy. The
seevral legislatures are f responsible!
for the tact that - our laws 'are often!
prepared -with slbienly haste and lack
- f consideration. Moreover, they are
mu n prepared, and sttu more fre-
iiirntly amended during passage, a
the suggt-stlon "of thai" very parties!
fraglnst whom they are r afterwards!
enforced. Our great clusters of cor
porati6ns,huge' trusts and fabulously
wealthy muItimillionalTes. employ
the very best ilawyers they can obtain
to pick flaws in these
statues after
their passage: "but they
also employ
a class of secret tiirents who seek, un
tier --the advice- of -experts, to Tender
nostne' legislation innocuous by mak
ing It unconstitutional, often thronch
the Insertion of what appear on their
jace to ne drastic and sweeping pro
visions -against the h interests of the
parties inspiring 'them;! ' while the
oemagogues, the corrupt creatures
who introduce blackmailing Bchemes
to 'strike' corporations, and all who
demand extreme..- and i undenirahlv
radical; measures, 'show -; themselves
to be tie, worst enemies j of the very
pudiic wnose loud-mouthed cham
pions they profess to' jbe. A very
oining illustration or i tne conse
quences of carelessness in the prepa
ration of a statute was the employers'
liabilltv law of 1906. In the case aris
ing under that law. four out of six
courts of first instance held It uncon
stitutional; six out of nine Justices of
me ; supreme Court held that its sub
ject-matter was within the province
or congreseional action; and four of
tne nine Justices held It valid. It was
however, adludired unconstitutional
by a bare majority of the court five
to.iour, it waS surely alvery sloven
ly piece of work to frame the lee-is,
latfon in such shape as to leave the
queanun -open at.aiL
Real damage has been done by the
maruioid and conflicting Interpreta
tions of the interstate commerce Jaw
Contrplx over the great corporations
ooing interstate business can be ef
fective only Hf.it i vested wltK full
power in an administrative depart
ment, a -branch of the Federal execu
live, vcarrying otitia Federal -law; it
can hever be effective If a divided
responsibJlitv is left in both the States
and. the Nation-;.' it can never be ef
fective If, left in the hands of the
courts; to be -decided, by lawsuits, q
. ,-The courts hold a place of peculiar
and deserved . sanctity : -Under . our
form of government Kespect for the
lav.-l se-iai 'trt.th' pmaiifen ckoi
ob,fr':jtrTstltt4rtotS; rf d--rer--et;,f07rrth'?
latjr: 4arseiyw-ctjLiiiitJone4."poi fre- ;
fpct foe the"our t.-r Itvisuxn offense'
a-alhsti the- lluUe'tb 'f ay ahythlni
w men can- weaken this respect, save
for the gravest ".reason f. and in the
most carefully gurfrded1 mahner. Our
judges should- -.be he'd I. In peculiar
honor; and the dy'ty of respectful and
truthful comment "and; ;? criticism;
which ahould.'" be ', binding when we
speak of anybody, should; he espe
cially 'binding Vhen we speak of
them. - On an average '- they stand
above' Any other Servants of 'the com.
thhulty, and the Vreatest , ludges have
readied the 'hlghlJ evel held 'toy those
few , irrea test patrlofs whom the- wh6Ie
country delights ta;ohbr. - "But , we
must fac th fact that there are
wise and -unwise 1 judges. J jus as there
m itIm. and unwise executives; ind ,
legislators, t When a rrcsldeat or a
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Persons living on the Raleigh1 or Newberh branches br the Kbrfolk and Sonthern! IUl)ay, W istn
as many points on the A. C ' cii icitve- homfe 'on the morning of the aale.'auend the sale, and re
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llAILIlOD FAKE Wllili UK
MILES EACH WAY.1 ' "'
Seajsons
why
W'aslilngton has . practically doubled .hi population since 190O
win double agaba.ln a much Bhorter period; more?, .Inlldlng lots, .fof
poses uui do necaca ana usea
particularly adapted for tlK?'pnrpbes.tv 9 lAA k i t4 A v" 'j ' "'.?' '..' ; -IT
IS POSITIVELY THE MOST PROFITABLE ST ATTRACTIVE REAL ESTATE IXVEST
MENT OPP6ltTTJNTTY' OFlpEREli m YEAK and the' old saying of "Strike while: the Iron la hot'
applies -with peculiar force to tllds offering, on THURSDAY, DECOIBER 10th, i90J3. ," .'.'
EVERY ONE I S INVITED TO CdME AND MAKE A' PROFITABLE TNT-XSTM-T, on easy terms,
and niHhe fme time' vblt the Tnotst aggressive, progressive, bastling,and faeteM'growlng -ity Ih the
State, which 'is- WASHlNGTON,,,Sf.TC;'' :-vtv-;-vv-r, : -p;?s.x ; - MH;-j;-'r,;j:v.vn.v,,.:.
WE HAVE ' ONE HUNDRED
-:-cases
nice cluster Raisins
for Santa Clans use. )r-
der now. They are the
. 'finest. -:, " :.y "Kvjf
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vjr 1.
t h 1
.i iu
Governor- behaves
improperly or on-
wisely, the . reimedy is easy,
for. :his
term Is -short;
the legislator.
the same Is truewith
although not to the
same 'degree.
for he Is one of many
who belong to
some given legislative
.body, and 1t Is (therefbre less easy td
fix his personal responsibility and
hold nim accountable therefor. - With
a judge, who. being human, is i also
likely to err. but whose tenure is for
life, there Is no similar way of hold
ing him to responsibility. Under ordi
nary conditions the only - -forms of
pressure to which he is in any way
amenable are, -public opinion, 'and the
action of his fellow judges. .It is the
last which ia most Immediately ef
f active, and to which we should look
for the reform of abuses. -Any rem
edy applied from -without Is. fraught
with risk, ilt-ls far better, from every
standpoints' that' the remedy should
come i from within. In no other: na-,
tlon in the-worid -do the courts wield
such vast and far-reaching power as
In the United States". All that'is nec
essary is' that. the courts as a-whOle
s-hould exercise this power with the
farslghted iwisdom already shown by
thos Judges who scan . the future
while they) act in the present.0 -Let
them exercise this great power: not
only honestly and bravely, but with
wise, insight Into the needs and "fixed
purposes of the people, so that, they
may do justice, and work equity, so
that they may protect all persons In
thir 'rights,., -and Vet break down the
carriers of privilege, which is 'the foe
of
risrht.
. . . j ' Forests. ' :'' 1.
If there J is any one duty whch
more than ? -another we - Owe it to
our children and our children's chil
dren to -perform at once, -it is
to save the - forests of this country,
for they constitute t the first and
most., important element in . the
conservation . of the natural re
sources of i the country. .. There are
of course j two kind of natural
resources. One is the kind which can
only be used as part of a process of ex
haustion; this is true ef mines, natural
oil j and gas wells, and the like. The
other," and of course, ultimately ' by
far the most Important; Includes the
resources irhlch can be Improved In
What to Give
Christmas
.Is easily answered, 1f !you get
? our " pricea': on . v " : : '". ; ''" J'"... ,
Morris Chairs,
Library Tables,
Booll Cases,
other pieces of
Furniture. "
Wrlto us to-day and luive.tho
" best and largest- line, of furnl
v ture in the South to select from.
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wasnington ueigms; -size or lot -r .0x150. feet, all. high; , dry-. ami
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the, process of wise use; ithe soil, the
rivers, and the forests come . under
this head. - Any really civilised -nation
will bo use all of these three "great -national
assets -that the nation will have
their benefit in the future. Just:' as
a farmer, after air his life making Ills
living from his farm; will, if h is tat
expert farmer, leave it as an asset of
Increased value Co';"hts"son, &o We
should leave ourr-hffonal idomafti' to
our children. Increased ; In ' value and,
not! 'worn out i TheVifi -ae' "small sec-,
tiorts of our own eouh try, , In the East
and In the J West, ..In the Adirondack?."
the! White Mountains, a nd. the iAppa .
hlchlans. and in the Rockv Motin tains.
-t rher'wo,aw ulreddy see; topour-
selvesi the damage in ithe y shabe " of
permanent -injury Co the sot -and' 'the
river ystems wnich comes from reck
less deforestation. . It matters vnot
whether "this 'deforestation is due to
then -actual reckless Cutting of timber,
to the; fires that Inevitably follow such
reckless1 cutting bf timber, or to reck
less ' and uncontrolled , grazing, ; espe
cially by the great migratory bands
of sheep, the unchecked Wandering of
which over the country means . de-" '
struction to forests and disaster WCne"
small "home-tnakers,; the settlers sOf
limited means " t u Jv t'' '-'' -
! Shortsighted . -persons. : or persons
bunded to - the future by- desire to
make money in eyery- way out-tit the
present,: 'sometimes :'J spealc'tas lf '-nb
great damage would'1 be done by; tMe
Teckless vdesfructloft' ofMr"." rorests.L
It is difficult to have -patience with
the arguments of - these persona.
Thanks to our own recklessness In the"
use 'of these forests, ; we' have j already
etrossed the-: verge -of a timber famine
In this country, and no measures' that
we how take curt, -at least ' f or fmany
years, 'undo the mischief thaj has -already
been done. "But we can prevent
furthef --mischief betng done;; and It
w-ould jbe In the highest degree repre--hensibte'
to let ahy , consideration ;0f
temporary ' convenience -'or- temporary
costj Interfere" with such -an actien, es
pecially fis regards the National For
ests which the nation can howj at -this
Very moment 'control, '-"'.- .-v-.'.-)''" '
AU serious students of. the question
are aware of 'the -great damage- that
I nas i Deen done in the Mediterranean
countries of -Europe, Asia, and Afri
ca by deforestation.. That similar 'dam
age has been fibne In Eastern Asia fs
less well known. A -recent investiga
tions Into conditions In ; North ' China
by Ttr. Frank N. 'Meyer; bf the Bureau
of Plant Industry of the United States
Department of Agriculture, has inci
dentally furnished in very atrlklng
fashion proof of the ruin that Comes
I from .'reckless deforestation -of : moun
tains and of the further fact that the
damage once' done'' may prove ; practl
cally irreparable. So' Important 'are
these 'conditions that I "herewith 'at
tach! as an appendix .to my. message-
veriam', pnoograpna snowing i condi
tions in China. ; They sTiow in.ylyid
fashion the appalling deolatloin tak
ing the shape of barre -n.oqntajnand
gravel and apd-covered .plains, -which
Immediately- follow and depends -upon
the, deforestation : of ve mountains.
Not many 'cehturiea,-aga,-the ?country
of northern s ,phln& was. - one- of 'the
most fertile and -beatttff-il spots '4n ihb
entire --world, -and was heavily forested.
We'knoWithih not. only4 from the-old
Chinese records,' ' but trom "thel ac
cbunts Viven from-the travelers Marco
Poloc "HeT, for instance,' mentfona -that
rn visiting the provinces .of Shlnsl tlnd
Shensi 'lie observed many plantations
ofJ mulberry tree; Now' thpre is
hardly- a Iplhgle Mulberry 'tree1 "Ihi eithifer
,6f these provinces, . and th rultura I of
the silk worm ' i haa TmoVed ;;tarthfer
SOuth,.., to. ...reKlons . df 'afinoaOher4r
.raostu'rci, "'':, 'As.; :,ah illustration ,of -vhe
complete, change, in the rivers, we. may
take Polo's statement 'that a certain
riVer;the Hun Ho, was so' large! 'and
deep that merchant ascended1 It from
the sea with heavily laden-hoats; to
day thisiver. is simply a broad aattdy
bed. with shallow tapid fcurrents-wan-derlnHlther,
and thither, across 1t,ab.
solutely iunnavigable,' But dof'-hbt
have to depend upon wrUten-records.
The dry wells, and: the V wf 1 -with
water far below the former water
mark, bear testimony to the aood dava
of the past and the eylt days of the
present. Wherever 'the native vegeta
tion has been allowed to remain, as.
for instance, here and there around
a sacred temple pr Imperial, burring
ground, there are still hug trees and;
tangled Jungle, fragments of tho glo
rious ancient forest The thlcki mat-
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; conditions Indicate -that
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V ' '-'.. v: : : .-! .. .a-i
ted ; forest growth ' formerly covered
the mountains td their -Buihraita.n All
natural factors favored this dense' for-
est growth, and as long as It was per
mitted to exist, the plains at the 'foot
pf the " mountains were - among', the
most fertile sorx the globe, and? the
whole country was a garden. ..Not
the slightest effort was made howev-'
er, to prevent" the-unchecked 'cutting
of -'the treeSj i or to secure -re-foresta-thm.
Doubtless fo'rr many: centuries. '
the tree, cutting by the" inhabitants-of I
the mountains wbrkjed but slowly" in
bringing about the; changes haHr$have ,
pbw come to pass; doubtless for gen
eratfons the i-jtitrdads. were" -scarcely
notlCefable: But there came ' a time
wTien"; thy forest - had shrunk suffi
ciently, to .rntke each , year's, cutting a ;
serious, matier, and . from that time
on 'thev destruction. ' proceeded' with
appalling rapidity; for of course each
year of destruction rendered the -forest
less able to recuperate, less able -to
resist 'next year's 'Inroad. -Mr.- Meyer
describe-8- the ceaseless progress of
the destruction even -now. jrhen there :
so little left . to destroy. . Every -morn- ;
Ing men and boj go out armed with
mattox or -axe. rBcale -the steepaet
mountain f sides, and . cftt down and
grub ont,! root and branch, the small
trees and shrubs Btlll to be found. The
big tree-4 disappeared, centuries ago.
to..that--row or.e of thesp.lg never seen
save in the neighborhood of temples,'
where they are artificially protected;
and even her It takes all the watch
and care of the tree-loving priests to
prevent'thelr destruction- Each family,
each community, where ther is ,noi
eommon car exercised in the Interest
of all of ' them -to Dwent defore'Sta-'
tlon finds Its profit In the Immediate
tfse o'f:'theTue! Which would otherwise
be used by Some other familv or some
othervtommunity; In the tbiai ab-i
sence of regulations -of the' matter ; in i'
the Interest nf the whole, people, each 1
small 'group is inevitably pushed into
a pollcy-of destruction which can not"
afford to take -thought for 1 the mor
row. This -Is 'just one fojf - those mat
ters which It Is fatal to leave to unsu
pervised individual control. The for
ests ; -can .'only "-be m protected by . t the
the State, by the nation; and the llb-
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