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VII" .7__ v-â€"-1â€"-., -uv-.Il .uuuaauui 13‘ . ‘ an; , How strong and how mightyâ€"who never say fail! Th?“ spirit ofangcls is acfivé, I know, . \ As high” and In her in glory they go; , Methmh hubris t‘pinigns from hea‘ven the jail 7V"""‘““"P9"¢h°¢igmdcm j raw ' who neve’é Say {zit ; Afieafl, then. kéep pus'fiin‘g, and elbow your way, Unlucding the enviouafmd as’ges‘ that__bray; A-fl‘ hLA‘--'-_ “A _: -I. PROFEBSDR STARR A8 A WAR FAN. It is deplorable that fight talk is maintained among educated and influential people. Just when many of the best Spirits that dwefl in hu~ maxi form are trying by all sorts of mama to bring about international fieace methods, mars, egaliy mfiuIential, but not equally wise, keep up But ‘even worse than that is the suggestive word to armilitant people that it could‘lick any nation in the world. It reminds us of the' boys who used to come to_ us when we were young- Itm 19nd cell ,us.that we could easily lick the bigger fellow and then go to said bigger fellow and dare him to hit us. ' Now. we do not say that Professor Starr has carried out the whole of this method of stirring up 3 fight. Professor Starr is a man of acute obâ€" aemtion and great knowledge, but for ’that very reason his‘hint ‘to the Japanese that they could beat the United Staes in war is dangerous. The question is not whether the danger is.greater to the former or the latter. The real danger is 1.. , ‘:Y";<VZV"'""", v... "Vt-‘4??? "A”?! “CCU“? the old sflfit of bombasf or 4¢h§iflqnge~the “we 'ddn’t ham to fight but, by may we do” style of talk. ' ‘ I 'L inc: ‘ ln‘ythe {go’s rosy morning, in ' manhood’s 'firm _ n e, r > ',,.,:_ ,, . R ; ' _ Lit thi; be your motto, your footsteps to guide; In storm end in suns ine. whatever assail, ‘ We'll onward and conquer and never say fail! Our flat/oak .PROFEBSQR STARR-A8 'A WAR FAN. it is deplorable that :fight talk is. maintained among“ educated and influential people. Just when many of ,the best “spirits that dwell in lhu~ manform are trying by all sorts of means; to bring about international peace methods","'gthers, _“7.1 6,4 ,. . O The tendencyjust now is to jump onto John ‘ D. Rockefeller. All the head 'of the greatfitand- lard Oil Companyhe comes in for the heaviest end of the big' stick and everybody is trying to take a whack at him. , Nor is there any need to waste sympathy or to otter condolences to the pany or the men at the head of it. They . been proven guilty of a crime against the "fists of the country. which 'were framed for the Very purpose of preventing such rich corpora- tions from securing rebates in transportation which discriminated against other merchants and enriched themselves at the expense of the public. The offense at which. they were convicted on 1,462 counts was that they had secured a rate of six cents and seven and one-half cents a hundred for the transportation‘of their goods, when the regular rates were eighteen and nineteen and one;half cents-pr two-thirds more. - -7-.-‘~__ v...- _ v "- fll’nbstaaes Vvanis'h, nll- can‘tâ€"13s quail' ' n the might of their wisdom who ncv‘ In the life’s rosy moining, in manhl We remember to have committed the follow- in. lines to Memory a number of years ago, but have not since seen them in print until recently we found them in-o-vohnue'of selections bearing the title of "Heart Throbe.”-Editor News-Letter. Keep pmhinga-‘tis wiser than fitting aside And dreaming and 5i hing and waiting the tide. In life": earnest b e they only prevail Who daily march onward and never any fail! ‘ . “I With no eye ever n, a tongue that's not dumb, And ‘a heart!!!“ never to sorrow succumb-â€" You'll battle and conquer, though thousand: as- NO TH . SHORE 513% -LETTER Volume 20 NEVER SAY FAIL. thoâ€"nevér slay fail! HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS, AUGUST And so this braggadocia policy leads us on from one extravagance to another, and every such step tending not to the settlement of any question of superior-tomes, but simply to keep alive the war spirit. Indeed, that is the whole tendency of an army and navy; 'it is the very business of the soldier. What are the uses of teat armaments , without an occasional war? ilitary and naval men can achieve dietinetion only by‘var. and every new milit’ary instrument or warshl ii: a challenge-mot to. ceâ€"but to ?T. , ‘ spare Numeral t fling-t of fit eeoldier in "Measure for Measure." “ ere's fiot {soldier of'us all that " "__ * doth relish eL- _-A:.E', , .- ..-..~.‘u uyvu u, "I: uclcflfl‘ ant. the railway company might give thq. Stand- ard Oil Company a low transportation rate and by contract obligfie men to, withhold the same rate from the man the taking of whose property by “condemnation rendered possible the con- stqmtion of the road A more abhorrent heresy couid not b: conceived. There is no more reason against public peace and against that quiet. calm. commercial and politicel amity that ought to be encouraged between nations“ ,,Y.__. Y. -v.v "an-u: luvuc. Judge Landis very clearly pointed out the grounds «port which the. law is.based which forâ€" bids such discrimination. He said “that the rail- way company'his a public functionary and is en- abled to construct and operate a railroad only by its exercise of the power of‘ eminent domain, which is a sovereign power of government. Thus. by condemnation proceedings. such a cor- poration may take real property of the individual citizen. even his homestead, against his will and protest. The theory upon which the govern- ment authorizes this to be done is that it is nec- essary for the public welfare. and nothing can possibly be more plain-than that property thus acquired must‘be used for the benefit of the ub- lic; not part of the public. but all of the pa lie. Under; the _doctrine insisted upon by the defend- -7... -- v-uuvu'ui in order that we may be credited with the own- ership of the biggest warship in the world. The spirit of rivalry touches the pride of England and that'country sets to work to build a ship which is to be 50 per cent greater than the Dread: nought. . __ â€".â€" .uuu. the petjtfdnnthvit' prays for peace.” And now comes another piece of news. The smoking debris of the war flame has been fanned by the United States Poildingttie pyeaginon'ht In A.)-- AL-‘ __‘ “.4“ GREAT wansmps A8 PEACE Aorm'ra THE STANDARD OIL FINE. ‘7: I907 for the claim of natural ri ht to private contract for the exercise by 3 hi way company of the public power with which it is endowed than there would be {or the claim 0! Iiu'tihr right to private contract with the collector of custom: or tax assessor for a secret valuation of property.” ...... , v. us» uwa The question once 'fairly put suggests a score of others. and the moral indignation which turns itan the Standard Oil Company ought to reflect back upon .the whole of that large army of graft- ers wholespee‘iaily fe‘ed upon any and ever business that comes under Judge Landis’ defin - tion of a company thnt ‘is a public functionary" with "the power of eminent domain." Like all good law, this is taking high more] ground. No true citizen has any right to quarrel with it and its value as expressing the letion of a high court of the United States ie inaleuhble. As already said, there is not the slightest ex- cuse for any words of sympathy for the eon- vieted comm . It has collected may mgme from the pea le of the United States, an 'the simple fact 0 its enormous dividends, mailed earnings, is proof cum: )1 of a long-continued course of systetpntie‘ rpgbery. ' ‘II!.I, , V -_ -J---...â€"‘pv nvuvvuy. With an original" investment of £75,000”, this colossal company Ins paid in twenty-five yarn dividends to the amount of sssrmmnnd its net earnings are declargd to be at has} 8790,- mm -kr ---_--_ v .n. u .ut vuw, 000,000, or. a gunman, of. oiwuomiw The fig: ures are sxmpx W3. , There is an ad 'Atestimonsg .-tbis gigantic monopo' A, w repoeto‘ _W o, a, m M ’ la" been submitted to President Roosevelt in .which it is shown that the claim made on behalf of the Standard Oil Company that “it has reduced the price of oil and that only such a company could have furnished oil at the prices that have prevailed" is entirely without founda‘ tiou in fact. Mr. Commissioner Smith, who is responsible for the refiort, says: “If the few and small independent. concerns that now A exist, kn.-....-.l ....A -teuu t Discrimination of “public functionaries," like‘ a railway company, is constantly sought and se- cured by thousands of people who are Tour! in de- ciaiming Against the convicted company. What are the numerous railway passes given to legis- lators and other persons of influence but so many “rebates" in their favor against the public? What are the deadheads of the electric telegraph com- panies and others, which deadheads give absoâ€" lutely nothing for the soâ€"calied favors granted them? What. deed, are even the halfâ€"fare perâ€" mits‘ of clefgymen but “rebates" against the spirit. if not the very letter. qf_the 14w? OFL‘ A‘14,.,A, L-71‘_.V_ .......... um; W" anal, harassed and restricted as they are by the ago gressive price cuttinglof the Standard, by its un- fair competitive methods, and until recently by a widespread system of railroad discrimination heavily handicapping all of its competitors, never- theless can and do sell oil profitably for lpsstthan the Standard ‘chargex‘, it inevitably follo‘wsthat had the industry followed the normal course of development and had no great combination arisen to exercise substantial control herein, prices to the consumer would have been much less than they actually are or have been.” But the moral question involved is not 10‘ be limited to the Standard Oil Company. One big sinner must not be made the scapegoat {or many If that company is guilty of’taking a rebate the railway company is particeps criminis in the same transactinn. - . ‘- ' ANOTHER ASPECT OF THE CASE. PLUNDER OF HILLIONS. Number 33