Show b l LET NO GUILTY MAN ESCAPE A Strong Presentation of the Case radA Against the Carnegie Steel Company It is rather a general belief in this country that If a man commits a crime ho should be punished and also that th punishment should fit the crime 01 in other words be commensurate with it Moreover we declare that some crime are much more criminal than others KE cause their consequences are more far reaching If a fellow steals a loaf of bread or a pocketbook that is one thing but if he does something which endangers endan-gers the good name or possibly the safety safe-ty I of our federal government that is avery a-very different thing and his treatment should be different Ho is worthy of nothing better than to be despised by every self respecting man in tho lam and should spend a goodly portion of his remaining days in that close seclusion seclu-sion in which ho will repent of his sin because that is the only thing which will enable him to pass his time comfortably com-fortably Now here are the huge steel works of which Mr Carnegie is at the head It has been swindling the government for months and has done it deliberately and with malice aforethought Its guilt has been established beyond a peradventure perad-venture and the subcommittee of the naval house committee has caught it as it were red handed There is no room to doubt that this company has been palming off on the naval department certain armor plates which are unfit to be used on our war vessels and getting for them the price of the very best plates that can be manufactured Mr Cleveland hesitated to believe that charge when it was first made and treated the whole matter with undue leniency of judgment Congress also hesitated hes-itated for it was positively incredible that a firm made up of reputable gentlemen gen-tlemen and doing work for a country which they have loudly protested to love md honor could by any possibility on danger that countrys welfare by the lelivery of defective plates But tho acts were so broadly patent and backed back-ed by such good authority that tho subject sub-ject had to bo investigated Listen therefore to the verdict whioh these careful experts have rendered It reads as follows The servants of the Carnegie Steel company whether with or without the knowledge of the company to increase heir gains deliberately continued for many months to commit acts whoso natural and probable consequence would be tho sacrifice of tho lives of our sea men in time of war and with them perhaps tho dearest interests of the na tionIsnt I nt that a terrible arraignment It tamps every man engaged in this infamous in-famous proceeding as a traitor He has old his country to the enemy for a few paltry dollars He has crippled our defenses de-fenses iu time of war and done what he could awl done it for hard cash to make our defeat possible in a naval con lict Ho has endangered the lives of our brave seamen aud given an enemy such an advantage over us that no one can reckon the result And where is Mr Carnegie all this while Ho has been talking eloquently bout his love for his adopted country for many years And well ho may love her for he has made millions by the opportunities which no other land on the planet could offer in equal abundance But where is ho If he is not personally personal-ly to blame if he is not in collusion with the men engaged in these cowardly coward-ly misdeeds why does he not come boldly bold-ly to the front and do what he can to remedy rascality of his subordinates here is something mysterious and suspicious sus-picious in tho fact that he keeps him Kialf well in tilt background These aro tho fact They are stern dnd they are hard Now in such mat ter there should be no mercy The men who are guilty should be found their guilt should be fastened upon them by due process of law and then they should be dealt with as every patriotic community deals with traitors Newark New-ark Evening Telegram |