The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-12-08

sire TO avoid doing any damage. and .
yet the quiet determination 10 proceed. /!
step by step. without halt and without 4
hurry, in eliminating Or at least in min
im!Zing 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 man On /
the contrary, they are friendly alike to- /
ward rich man and toward poor man,
provided only that each acts In spirit /
OF justice and decency toward his fel-
iows. 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 "a a whole Where this can be
done under the present laws it must
! bc done. Where these laws come short
others should lie enacted 10 supplement
them.
Yet we must never forget the deter
mining factor in every kind of work,
O.! head or hand, must be the mans
own good sense, courage. and kindli-
ness. More important than any legls-
ldtiOn is the gradual growth OF a feel
| ing Of responsibility and fOrbearance
/ among capitalists and wage workers
! alike; feeling OF respect on the part
cl each man for the rights OF others:
| feeling Of broad community OF in
| te"cst, not merely of capitalists among
| themselves. and Of wage-workers alike;
b feeling OF respect on the part Of
each man for the rights of others; a
| iecling Of broad community Of interest,
not merely of capitalists among them
! selves, and Of wage-Workers among
themselves, but of capitalists and
Wage-Workers in their relations to each
ether, and of both in their relations to
their fellows who with them make up
the body polite. There are many cap
tains of industry, many labor leaders,
who realize this.
BUREAU OF CORPORATIONS.
The policy OF the Bureau is to &C
cCmplish the purposes of its creation
by cooperation, not antagonism; by
making constructive legislation, net de-
structivc prosecution, the immediate
object OF it's inquiries; by conservative
investigation of law and fact, and by
refusal to issue incomplete and hence
necessarily inaccurate reports. It's
policy being thus one of open inquiry
INTO and not attack upon, business, the
bureau has been able to gain not only
the confidence, but, better still, the CO.
0reratiOn of men engaged in legitimate
business.
The Bureau offers to the Congress
the means of getting at the cost of pro-
duction OF our various great staples OF
commerce.
! Of necessity the careful investiga-
ton Of special corporations will afford
the Commissioner knowledge of certain
business facts, the publication of which
might be an improper infringement OF
| private rights. The method OF making
l,ublic the results of these investlga-
tons affords, under the law, a means
: for the protection of private rights
: The Congress will have all facts eX-
cept such as would give to another cor
roration information which would in
: jure the legitimate business OF com
petitor and destroy the incentive fol
S individual superiority and thrift.
= The Bureau has also made exhaus
1 tive examinations into the legal con
djtion under which corporate busines:
4 ie carried on in the various States
: into all judicial decisions on the sub
lect; and into the various systems o
corporate taxation in use. call specla
r attention to the report of the chief o
TIE Bureau: and | earnestly ask tina
: Congress carefully consider the rcpor
G and recommendations of the COmmis
;, siOner on this subject.
a AGRICULTURE.
: The Department OF Agriculture ha
It Grown into an educational institution
y with a Faculty Of two thousand special
/ lists making research into all the scien
y ces Of production. The Congress appro
II nriates, directly and indirectly, 81
e millions of dollars annually to carry o
l. this work: 1t reaches every State an
IS Territory in the Union and the island
a 0 fthe sea lately come under our fiat
II Cooperation is had with the State e.
J. ,eriment stations, and with many othe
institutions and individuals. The worl
is carefully searched for new varietie
1t of grains, fruits, grasses, vegetable
D. trees, and shrubs, suitable to variot
IL localities in our country; and marke
,f benefit to our producers has resulted.
s. The activities of our age in lines
E. research have reached the tillers Of tt
J. soil and inspired them with ambitiC
to 10 know more of the principles tn;
il they have to deal. Nearly half Of Il
* Geople of this country devote their e.
Of ergies to growing things from the sol
t Until recent date little has been dol
be 10 prepare these millions for their Ii
n work. In most lines of human actlyi
or college-trained men are the leaoe1
or The farmer had no opportunity 4
of sDecial training until the Consre
en- made provision for it forty years ag
to During these years progress has be'
MS made and teachers have been prepare
e. Over five thousand students are III
as tendance at our State agricultural &C
to Icses. The Federal Government eXpen
nd len millions of dollars annually iowa
Or this education and for research
In WASHINGTON and in the several Stat
on and Territories. The Department OF A
of rjculture has given facilities for DOS
ON graduate work to FIVE hundred YOU
men during the last seven years, pI
raring them for advanced lines OF wo
AT il. the Department and in the Sta
Il institutions.
an PENSIONS.
,r- The veterans of the Civil War ha
n claim upon the nation such as
nd other body of our citizens posse
he The Pension Bureau has never in
is history been managed in a more s
he isfactory manner than is now I
ite case.
it'll JAMESTOWN TRi-CENTENNlAl
ers In 1907 there will be held at Han
,se ion Roads the tricentennial celeb
icy ton of the settlement at JamestoV
ms Virginia. with which the history