| Show 18 NO LONGER A GAME Intelligent Conscience Necessary Neces-sary in Public Affairs TRUST EVIL ELABORATED ON Startling Declaration Uttered by President Sadlcy of Yule TJnlea Public Interest Is Created Which Will Hcgulnto Combines Ho Declares De-clares Wo Shall Have an Emperor in Washington Within Twenty JFivc Years He Talks Upon Devcl opmcnt of a Public Conscience 1 New York March 11A special tote to-te Times from Boston quotes President Presi-dent Arthur T Hadley of Ynlc university uni-versity nit saying We shall have an emperor In Washington within twos I tylive years unless we can create a I public sentiment which regardless of legislation will regulate the trusts President Hadley uttered these words at the Old South church last night tho report explains before a congregation largely made up of the richest church society In New England Ho was de livering the third In a course of Lenten Len-ten addresses by college presidents and his specific topic WOH The Development Develop-ment of a Public Conscience Jn the course of lilsuddrcsy ho said NEED OF PUBLIC CONSCIENCE how do things stand as regards tho need of a public conscience In this country today Duo American standard stand-ard of personal morality Is on the whole high us compared with other nations and other ages We have de veloped personal virtues through In dlv dual conscience very well But our actions In politics and In a social und buslnfesa sense prove our moral stand ards low In those directions desperately There Is l an appalling contrast be tween our methods of dealing with each other as Individuals and the low standard observed In dealing between different pans of the whole organiza tion of society WHAT PAST HAS SHOWN Competition used to prevent a man from practicing great extortion upon his neighbor even If he wanted to and In politics we once had ut least a rough form of relative Justice But today with our Industries organized into trusts and the Imperialist spirit developed In politics the general de velopment of the principle of trusts VIII become appalling unless we culH vale a higher standard of morality than ever before Legislation will never protect ui from the evils of trusts of deteriorated pgllticfl The essonqc of a truwt la that you must trust the head of It to exercise ex-ercise his power wisely or to abuse It according to the kind of conscience he possesses HOW TO REGITLATK TTUSTS Trusts have got to be regulated by public sentiment and that publlb son j timent Is not merely the opinion of any particular part of the whole people but isa rcadlnostf accent In behalf of the community restrictions Independent Inde-pendent of the question of whether you or I shall he personally harmed by those restrictions You say that the community will not be governed by this principle We must expect lhat the community will however for the alternative Is an emperor em-peror In Washington within twenty five years Public affairs can no longer be played ns a game but must be dl rested by an Intelligent and active public conscience Individual effort la helpless and hopeless |
