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Editorial
July 23, 1906
The Spokane Press
Spokane, Spokane County, Washington
What is this article about?
Editorial argues that public outrage over corporate scandals in insurance, meat, and railways proves the fundamental honesty of Americans, as affirmed by Cleveland minister Dr. Carroll.
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HONEST AT HEART
The foreign world has jumped to the conclusion that all our exposures of insurance graft, meat fraud, railway rate unfairness and other irregularities on immense scale show the American people as a mass to be dishonest and ready to stoop to anything to get the almighty dollar.
Maybe a large proportion of our own people have been led to the same conclusion.
Certainly these disclosures have shown widespread dishonesty in many great and representative departments of business.
But if the American people as a mass are dishonest, why these disclosures?
If the methods that have been exposed meet with the approval of the people of the country, why the loud remonstrance and stringent legislation against them?
The light of religion has illumined the question. Dr. Carroll, a Cleveland minister, has put into two sentences a whole volume of truth.
"The recent exposes of the manner of procedure of great corporations and their managers has been one of the most hopeful signs of better times.
The deep feeling of resentment that has swept over the country when the facts became known showed that the hearts of the American people as a whole are sound and right."
The foreign world has jumped to the conclusion that all our exposures of insurance graft, meat fraud, railway rate unfairness and other irregularities on immense scale show the American people as a mass to be dishonest and ready to stoop to anything to get the almighty dollar.
Maybe a large proportion of our own people have been led to the same conclusion.
Certainly these disclosures have shown widespread dishonesty in many great and representative departments of business.
But if the American people as a mass are dishonest, why these disclosures?
If the methods that have been exposed meet with the approval of the people of the country, why the loud remonstrance and stringent legislation against them?
The light of religion has illumined the question. Dr. Carroll, a Cleveland minister, has put into two sentences a whole volume of truth.
"The recent exposes of the manner of procedure of great corporations and their managers has been one of the most hopeful signs of better times.
The deep feeling of resentment that has swept over the country when the facts became known showed that the hearts of the American people as a whole are sound and right."
What sub-type of article is it?
Moral Or Religious
Social Reform
What keywords are associated?
American Honesty
Corporate Graft
Public Resentment
Insurance Fraud
Meat Fraud
Railway Rates
Religious Insight
What entities or persons were involved?
Dr. Carroll
Great Corporations And Their Managers
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Defense Of American Honesty Amid Corporate Exposures
Stance / Tone
Optimistic And Defensive
Key Figures
Dr. Carroll
Great Corporations And Their Managers
Key Arguments
Foreign World Concludes Americans Dishonest From Exposures Of Insurance Graft, Meat Fraud, Railway Rate Unfairness
Disclosures Show Widespread Dishonesty In Business Departments
If People Dishonest, Why Disclosures And Public Remonstrance
Resentment Over Facts Shows American Hearts Sound And Right