Eureka Reporter | 1906-12-21 | Page 4 | Habit of Extravagance

HABIT OF extravagance justice brewer lifts a warning vo ce to people of america new york we are busy denounce ing trusts but the most dangerous of them all is the trust in the future to pay debts said justice david J brewer of the supreme court of the united states sunday at a meeting of the people s forum of new ro cbelle our great expansion and rapid growth in population and resources are developing a habit of gance e have been most unwisely discounting the future we are trembling on the verge of wondrous social and pol changes those most important most profound ly involving the social business and political life of the republic do not spring from railroad rates and re bates inspection of packing houses the coal trust or the standard oil company far more profound and vital is the building up in this nation of a un hersal body of honest in tell igent patriotic la our success 1 nihls direction 1 es the prom ise and the prophecy of the future