The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-12-08
child labor and cnili-labor legislation
in the several States.
CORPORATIONS.

ttlllQ tdUOl dld tlAtu"idUOl iCSiSibtA0H
in the several States.
CORPORATIONS.
When we come to deal with great
corporations the need for the Govern
ment to act directly is far greater than
in the case of labor, because great, cor
porations can become such only by en-
gaging in interstate commerce, and
lnterstetc commerce is peculiarly the
field of the General Government. 1t is
an absurdity to expect to eliminate the
abuses in great corporations by State
action. 1t is difficult to be patient with
an argument that such matters
should be left to- the States, because
more than one State pursues the policy
OF creating or Easy terms corporations
which are never operated within tina
State at all, but in other States whose
laws they ignore. The National Gov
eminent alone can deal adequately with
these great corporations. To try to deal
with them in an Incorporate, destruc-
tive, or demagogic spirit would, in all
probability, mean that nothing what
ever would be accomplished, and, with
absolute certainty, that If anything
we're accomplished it would be of a
harmful nature. The American people
need to continue to show the very quail
tiles that they have shown-that Is,
moderation, good SENSE, the earnest de-
sire to avoid doing any damage, and
yet the quiet determination to proceed,
step by step, without halt and without
hurry, in eliminating or at least in min~
imizing whatever of mischief or OF evil
there is to interstate commerce in the
conduct of great corporations. They
are acting in no spirit of hostility to
wealth, either individual or corporate.
They are not against the rich man any
more than against the poor On
the contrary, they are friendly alike to-
ward rich mar and toward poor man,
provided only that each acts in a spirit
OF justice and decency toward his fell
lows. Great corporations are neces-
sary, and only men of great and singu-
lar mental power can manage such
corporations successfully, and such
men must have great rewards. But
these corporations should be managed
with due regard to the interest of the
public as a whole. Where this can be
done under the present laws it must
be done. Where these laws come short
others should be enacted to supplement
them.
AGRICULTURE.
The Department of Agriculture has
grown into an educational institution
with a faculty of two thousand special
lists making research into all the scien-
ces of production. The Congress appro-
PIRATES, directly and indirectly, six
millions of dollars annually to carry on
this work. 1t reaches every State and
Territory in the Union and the islands
D fthe sea lately come under Dull flag.
Cooperation is had with the State ex-
pertinent stations, and with many. other
institutions and individuals. The world
is carefully searched for new varieties
o. grains, fruits, grasses, vegetables,
trees, and shrubs, suitable to various
localities in our country; and marked
bene6t 10 Our pIoducerS has resulted.
PENSIONS.
The veterans CT the Civil War have
a claim upon the nation such rs nS
ether body Of cur citizens POSSESS
The Pension Bureau has never in it's
history been managed in a more sat
isfactory manner than Is now the
case.
JAMESTOWN TRi-cENTENNIAL.
In 1907 there will be held at Hamp-
ton Roads the tricentennial ce1ebra-
ton of the settlement at jamestown,
Virginia, with which the history of
what has now become the United
States really begins. l commend this
to your favorable consideration. 1t is
an event of prime historic significance
in which all the people of the United
States should feel, and should show,
great and general interest.
POSTAL SERVICE.
In the Postofice Department the
service has increased in efficiency,
and conditions as to ven and eX-
penditure continue satisfactory. The
increase of revenue during the year
was $9,358, 1S1.10, or 60 per cent, the
total receipts amounting to $143,382,-
624.34. The expenditures were $751;
3~62,116.70, IN increase of about 8 per
cent over the previous year, being
thus $8,979,492.36 in xcess of the
current revenue. Included in these
expenditures was a total appropriation
Of $12,956 ,637.35 for the continuation
and extension Of the rural free-deliv-
cry service, which was an increase
of $4,902,237.35 over the amount ex-
pended for this purpose in the pre-
ceding fiscal year. Large as this ex-
penditure has been the beneicent re-
suits attained in extending the free
distribution of mails to the residents
of rural districts have justified the
wisdom of the outlay. Statistics
brought down to the LIST of October,
1904, show that on that date there
were 27,13S rural routes established,
serving approximately II, ZOO, 900 OF
people in rural districts remote from
postofices, and that there were pend
ing at that time 1859 petitions for the
establishment Of new rural routes.
PROFESSIONALLY some part of the gen.
eral increase in receipts is due to the
increased postal facilities which the
rural service has afforded. The reve-
nues have also been aided greatly by
amendments in the classification of
mail matter, and the curtailment of
abuses of the second-class mailing
privilege. The average increase in
the volume of mail matter for the
period beginning with 1902 and end
ing June, 1905 chat portion for 1905
being estimated), is 40.47 per cent.
as compared with 25.46 per cent for
the period Immediately preceding.
and 1892 for the four-year period i'm
mediately preceding that.
CURRENCY.
The attention of Congress should be
especially given to the currency ques
ton, and that the standing committees
on the matter in the two Houses
charged with the duty. AXE I'D the