The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-12-10

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M aiiks i isslb1 ne g.
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aans fss{ ths,n asi sfs1 &
CAPITALISTS and ,,wage-wor1srs I'll ii, their
rotations to each other, and OF both In
their relations 70 their fellows who with
manx ap the o9dy petite There
peseh ppe5td Sfe o 51's one Of ass aaf
81 that system Contains = SOUND ee@m asa
sense 1t runs in part as follows: Z
aacb n rs my belief we can better serve
well h Hef1 ban the
face to : face. exchanging views, ana
reahzlng from personal contact we serve
Dutn one interest. that of our mutual
Serious misunderstanding can not
occur where personal good will exists
ana are opportunity for personal explanation
I'm my early business life I had ex-
p per lei "ser With men of affairs Of q
70 make me desire to- AVOID
myself and the interests In my charge,
should fortune ever place me in authority
a aaa,a am s elG Of measure OF con-
employees that shall hope may be war
ranted by the fairness and good fellow
5ship I intend shall >prevail in our re-
But do not feel am disposed to grant
unreasonable requests, spend the money
Of our company unnecessarily or without
value received. nor expect the days Of
mistakes are disappearing, or that cause
for complaint will not continually occur;
SIMPLY to correct such abuses as may be
~ hat e..
reasonably may be expected, constantly
striving, with varying success, for that
Improvement gwen we all desire, to convince
direction. all the time making progress
is the disposition with which have come
among you, asking your good will and
The day has gone gs when a cor
defiance, Of the public will, even though
nhc VIII be bn ,sd ma, and
I prefer to go with 1t and shape or modify
IN a measure. its opinion. rather than be
swept ss3e from m my bearingS with loss to my
violent prejudice exists towards cor
porate activity: and capital today, much
OF It founded in reason, more in appre-
the personal traits Of arbitrary. unreason-
positions Of authority: The accomplish
t. 9s :nSfsisn il mot tn
expressed letter of the law (the will OF
the people, disregard Of the rights, q
disposition ito to withhold what is due, to
result not justified, depending upon the
weakness Of the claimant and his indis-
position to become involved in litigation,
has created a sentiment harmful in the
extreme and disposition to consider any
thing fair that gives gaip to the individual
at the expense Of the company.
| III corporations are to continue to do
| the WORLDS work. thew are hest fftt al
to. these qualities In their Representatives
that have resulted in the present prejudice
background. The corporations must come
out into the open and see and be seen.
They must take the public into their
what advantage will accrue to the public
II they are given their desires; for they
are xp permitted to exist not that they may
| effectively serve those from whom they
derive their power.
Publicity, and not secrecy. will win
intent and not by their letter, otherwise
public utilities will be owned and operat-
ed by the public which created them, even
the result less satisfactory from a
financial standpoint"
The bureau of corporations has made
important corporations. It will make q
special report on the beef industry.
| Bureau Of Corpora tions.
/ The: policy\fof: the bureau is to &C.
Eeo-operations .not ]. mi ag onism: 81 5makiiiss
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ta ,ssae
fineompleteIan q hence necessarily inaccur;
Eopen inquiry into, and not attack upon,
business. the bureau has been able to
ga;;n' not only the confidence. but better
still, the cooperation of men engaged in
legitimate business.
The bureau offers to the congress the
means of getting at the cost Of production
25 tSnr various great staples of COM
OF necessity the careful investigation
of special corporation will afford the
commissioner knowledge Of certain bust
ness facts, the publication Of which might
be All improper infringement Of private
rights The method of making public the
under the law, a. means FOR the protection
Of private rights. The congress will have
all facts. except: such as would give to
another: corporation: information which
! would injure the legitimate business of "a
competitor and destroy the incentive for
individual superiority and thrift.
The bureau has also made exhaustive
under which corporate business is; carried
on in the various states; into all judicial
decisions .@on the subject; and. into the
! va u J.. GnARoIdA6 :AdAdA4H& ~
| USE. / call special attention TO the report
Of the chief OF the bureau; and l earnest
| lys ask that the congress carefully con-
slider the report and reconm lend ations OF
the commissioner on this subject.
Insurance.
The business of insurance vitality affects
the great mass of the people ofsthe United
States and is national and not local in
It's application. It. involves. a multitude
Of TRANSACTIONS among the people Of the
different states and between American
companies and foreign governments.
urge that the congress CAREFUL u consider
| whether the power Of the bureau of cor
poratiOns can not constitutionally be ex-
tended to cover interstate transactions in
| insurance.
l. Rebates.
| Above all else, we must strive to keep
the highways Of commerce open to all on
equal terms; and to do this 1t is necessary
t. put complete stop to all rebates.
Whether the shipper or the railroad is ia
blame makes no difference; the rebate
must be stopped the abuses Of the private
car and private terminal-track and side
track systems must be stopped. and the
which declares it TO- be unlawful for any
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