The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-06

| shoFtiy lay hetCre you IN special mes
sage the full report Of the investigation
Of the bureau Of labor into the Colorado
mining strike. as this is a strike in which
certain very evil forces. which are more
or less at work everywhere under the
conditions Of modern industrialism. be-
came startlingly prominent
Corporations.
When we come TO deal with great cor
porations the need for the government 70
act directly IS FAR greater than IN the
case OF labor. because great corporations
can become such only by engaging in in
terstate commerce. and interstate com
merce IS peculiarly the field Of the gen
efal government. Il is an absurdity 10 ex-
peet TO eliminate the abuses IN great cor
pOratiOns by state action 1t Is difficult TO
be patient with an argument that such
mattefs should be left 10 the states. be-
cause more than one state pursues the
policy of creating on easy terms corpora
tions which are never operated ithin
that state az ALL but IN other states
whose laws they ignore. The national
government alone can deal adequately
with these great corporations. TO try TO
deal with them in an Incorporate de-
structive. or demagogc spirit would. IN
All probability. mean that nothing what
ever would be accomplished. and. with
absolute certainty. that II anything were
& ANNNNiIlArNfl II WNAiu ne OF a E1LllAh4
nattre. The American people need 10
continue TO show the very qualities that
they have shown-that Is. moderation.
good sense. the earnest desire 10 avoid
doing any damage. and yet the quiet de-
termination 20 proceed. step by step.
without halt and without hurry. IN eun-
mating or az least In minimizing what
ever of mischief or OF evil there Is TO in
terstafe commerce In the conduct Of
-.
no spirit Of hostility TO wealth. either in
diyidual or corporate. They are not
against the rich man any more than
against the POOR man, On the contrary.
they are friendly alike toward rich man
and toward poor man. provided only that
each acts in a spirit of justice and de-
cency toward his fellows. Great corpora
tions are necessary. and only men Of
great and singular mental power can
manage such corporations successfully.
and such man must have great rewards.
But these corporations should be man
aged with due regard 10 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 70 supplement
them
The bureau of corporations has made
careful preliminary investigation Of many
important corporations II viii make a
special report on the beef industry.
Bureau OF Corporations
The policy OK the bureau is to accom-
plish the purposes Of lts creation by CO.
operation not antagonism; by making
constructive legislation, not destructive
prosecntion. the Immediate object o. It's
inquiries. by conservative investigation
of law and fact and by refusal 70 issue
incomplete and hence necessarily inaecu-
I IA 20 fararf4 ftDIfa.f hnlnr fhffa fra
of open inquiry into. and not attack up
on. business the bureau has been able TO
gain not only the confidence. but better
stlil the cooperation Of men engaged IN
legitimate business.
The bureau offers 70 the Congress the
means OF getting az the cost Of procuc-
ton ot our various great staples Of com
merce.
Rebates.
q Above all else we must strive 10 keen
the highways OF commerce open to an
on equal terms; and 10 do this IL is nec-
essary 20 put q complete stop to all re-
hates. Whether the shipper or the rail-
road IS 70 blame makes no difference the
rebate must be stopped. the abuses Of
the private car and private terminal
track and side-tracl systems must bc
stopped. ard the legislation Of the Fifty
eighth Congress which declares Il TO be
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offer. grant give. solicit. accept. or re-
ceivc any rebate. concession. or Giscrim-
in1ti0n In respect OF the transportation OF
any property ln interstate or foreign
commerce whereby such property shah
/ by any device whatever be transported
at n less rate than that named IN the
tariffs published by the carrier must be
enforced. while am of the opinion that
/ az present Il would be undesirable. II ID
we're not impTacticahle. finally to ciothe
The Interstate Commerce Commission
with general authority 10 nx railroad
rates. I do not believe that. as q fair se-
curity 70 shippers. the Commission should
be vested with the power. where a given
/ rate has been challenged and after full
hearing found 10 be unreasonable to de-
eide subject to judicial review what
shall be a reasonable rate 10 take its
[ place. the ruling Of the commission to
take effect Immediately. and to obtain
unless and until IL Is reversed by the
court OK review. In my Judgment the
most important legislative act now med
I ed as regards the regulation OF corpora
tious Is this act 20 confer on the Inter-
| state Commerce Commission the power
70 revise rates and regulations. the re-
rsed rate 10 al once 20 into effect and
70 stay IN effect unless and until the
court Of review reyeTses It.
Much space is here devoted to a
consideration of the problem Of the
proper housing Of the poor in our
great cities. and the importance OF a
proper solution Of the question shown.
On this subject the message says:
There should be severe child labor and
factory inspection laws. Il Is very desir-
able that married women should not ork
( in factories The prime duty Of the man
I Is 10 work. to be the breadwlnner; the
! prime duty Of the woman is 10 be the
I mother the housewife. All questions OF
tariff and finance sink into utter insig-
nihcance when compared with the tre-
mendous the vital Importance OF trying
to shape conditions so that these two
duties OF the man and OF the woman can
| bo fulfilled under reasonably favorable
| circumstances. II a race does not have
plenty Of children. or II the children do
not grow up or II when they grow up
they are unhealthy In body and stunted
or vicious III mind. then that race is de-
cadent and no heaplng up OF wealth. no
aplendor OF momentary material prosper
ity. can avail in any degree as Offsets.
Agriculture.
The Department Of Agriculture has
I grown into an educational institution
with faculty OF two thousand special
lists making research Into all the sciences
OF production. The Congress appsopria-
ates. directly and indirectly, six millions
/ Of dollars annually 10 carry on this work