Show says publicity is aid ing to beep down corruption new york july 27 cardinal james gibbons who is spending the summer at southampton long island gave an interview yesterday on the subject of corruption in business and public life which he declares must be cured by publicity through the press corporation corruption Is a foxed evil that we must reckon with just as long as tho present condition of society exists in this country saya the cardinal whenever there is an amalgamation of great capital or a large collection of men interested in one mon ey making concern there is sure to be corruption it is not a now story it Is a story as old as the worlds history the only reason that it comes so much to the fore at present is that the methods of its detection are dally greying stronger corruption has always existed and I 1 am much afraid will exist as long as human nature yields to the attributes that lead to temptation the bright is that the degradation is made known corruption cannot exist nowadays without being discovered after a while the greater the evil tho greater the possibility of remedy and the possibility of rm edy has now become such an assured fact that it counterbalances almost the evil which the present condition of money madness creates the boar the dread of exposure lg the counterbalancing counter balancing element and that fear that dread that horror of a name ones respected dragged down is due to the efforts of the metropolitan ro press it may not bo good ethical but it is certainly very good common sense and a very good moral element that the fear of the dread of exposure in the public press keeps many a man striking close to the path of rectitude who otherwise would stray off into the byways of personal graft there Is nothing the cardinal continued which a man prizes more than his reputation and the only way to effectually upset a mans deputa alon Is to expose him in the public press the power of the press Is in calculable sometimes it happens that the defect is shown in an exaggerated form but as a rule the public exposures of public men are public benefactions bene factions the shattering of idols popular idols basof lats become a thing of almost dally occurrence it Is a sad thing to contemplate but it Is an inevitable condition the great troublemaker trouble maker to this country Is money americans are not misers thank god otherwise we would be in a most deplorable condition when great fortunes are made thay are almost as rapidly expended and the constant circulation of money the keeping going of these large tor tunes is one of the hopeful signs of the in the united states it is not the love of money it Is the money itself that is the root of all OTIL the fact of possessing money and having the opportunity to spend it brings alth it untold inclination toward vice and immoral and unlawful extravagance |