The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-29
y An Object Lesson.

and not ono cont more for the streets
=--==--=@==--=:z. * .984s
An Object Lesson.
At North Plainficld N! j, on Christ
E,mns Eve a number or negroes gathered
on tho street corners and became more
or less riotous. The police interfered, and
the riotous negroes made q Il "a ssault upon
the police and injured ono or them, The
leaders were finally brought to terms, ar
rested ana taken to the station house.
! "A crowd Of whites followed crying lynch
| them,"s and 1t wa 8 with som difficulty3
that the prisoners were saved from mob
violence. u; ~ S5{ FL
Some time ago in discussing the negro
!. uuesti We remarked that the negro was
a nationalist that he Ind respect for tho
Federal government, but little or no re-
spect for the local government. This ar
stice attracted some attention at the
North and ono Of oul, orthern con-
temporaries said in great glee TINT Tie
Dispatch had let tho eat out Of
the bag; & TINT tho negro Of the South
had no respect for local government be-
cause local government In the South had
been unfair to him. u ~ " TX 55$$
Isl But what will this Northern conteln-
pornry say OF the affair at North: lain
field, and OF other like incidents Of fie-l
quent occurrence in tho Northern States7
1t has time and again happened hat
the negroes Of New York, Philadelphia
and other Northern communities, where.
there are considerable numbers Of them,
have resisted the police and have shown
supreme contempt for local government
The characteristic, which we have noted,
! is not at all confined to the negroes Of
the South. Soon after their emancipa-
ton they were taught to believe that they
were the wards OF the nation, and they
| have never gotten that idea out Of their
heads. They look upon the President
and Congress as their special champions,
and when the President and q majority
Of the members OF Congress chance to
be Republicans, the negroes, VIII erever
they may be- found, are M pre- sunruly and
are so much the harder to deal with BY
the local authorities, 81 S ib'g N u
Soon after Mr.. Roosevelt was electe L
The Tlmes-Dispatch directed his attcn-
/ ton to this characteristic OF the negro,
and urged him to keep 1t we'll In mind mind
in his dealings with thu. race, We woI!d
keep the reminder before him.
---.==--=-=== MA
The Government and Corpora
tons.
In yesterdays paper We mentioned that
| Commissioner Garfield's plan for Fed
| eral control OF interstate corporations
originated with a representative OF tNc
STANDARD Oil Company. We also men
toned that a prominent corporation of
i ficer In Virginia had recently expressed
tho opinion that the great corporations Of
4 the country would gladly surrender their
State charters for Federal charters Of
equal scope and privilege. Mr.. James
b. Dill corporation lawyer and expert
4 OF national reputation. has expressed the
same view. Mr.. Dill opposes the Car
4 field plan because in his opinion It does
{ not go far enough. He thinks that IT
would be mere patch work when we need
q new garment. Therefore, he makes an
appeal for Federal corporation law sim
liar TO the national banking act. and he
believes that with such law. Just as
State banks rapidly changed 10 national
banks, 20 corporations would by large
majority prefer a Federal charter. Ills
. reasons are thus stated:
!, In the first place. they would do It for
, reasons OF sflf-protcct!on, II has become
! necessary for tho sound corporations 70
$ difercn,iate thc!r position from ,li.,se
G otherwise situated. Financial interests
/, would favor corporations avaiIlng them
: selves OF a national act. Bankers would
: insist that fllancIers organize compan,e.
b under the law which would inspire tie
9 greatest public confidence in order thu.
: the public would ultimately invest.
: rcofpOrat!pns would aYatl themselves
: OF the opportunity Of becoming a United
< States corporation, because, being foreign
It TO no State, II would SECURE privilege
/ and IInnunItits Ia every Stats. II would
! grcpre uniformity ~ legislation through,
!, oul the United states, No corporation do
y ing an interstate commerce business
u could afford 70 be Without a natioug
lie charter. f,very corporation, but that nj
i. national charter shonId he cofnpelict
% rlinapl6h Tie tits national
d Mr. pill bas had rapelt experiences viii
j corporail9na hnyir. ieIped 10 orsanizi
!, 100 Of them. flo has written tsYera
q bnoks ana mpHologpfa On he subject, an
~ his views are worthy ~ confederation,
n, 'fhste q 10 doubt IL our mind TIA
a. ar OH n right ard That II p ttM finn
d. eopsgIGmaton @teit President n6o8fp.;i
q, and h!s agFet, commisslpnfs G;lrfse.G
~ have IN yIe9 4 FfdHbi cbaetmeet hi
.tqulhpg corpmaiiot,s % do an ifsteFstat
eni bna'pess wogla he hut ne first step Il
ri. NJ direction of q feferal eo;toyatb1fs tisn
.nv gle aagnnieEe n Hhles wpp.G fe5idif
- / @pBcal 10 All iafse tprD1ratloas mir I
an1 2 question II pf9fDun1 1apoftatc4, NJ.
~ points to.a ehqaEe lhat Nntiid s,apgs, I
.of q reSoutlpiL ~ ppI!d pfaetesiiy tax,