The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-12-08


harmful nature. The American people
need to continue to show the very quail
tiles that they have shown-that is.
moderation, good sens>, 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 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 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 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
| Yet we must never forget the deter
mining factor in every kind Of work.
or head Or hand, must be the mans
own good sense, courage, and kindli-
ness. More important than any legis-
latlon is the gradual growth of feel
Ing of responsibility and forbearance
among capitalists and wage-workers
alike; feeling of respect on the part
OF each man for the rights of others:
a feeling of broad community Of in
terest, not merely of capitalists among
themselves, and Of wage workers alike:
feeling of respect on the part OF
each man for the rights OF Others: a
feeling 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 ac-
ccmplish the purposes of it's creation
Dy cooperation, not antagonism; by
making constructive legislation, not de-
structlve 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.
| operation OF men engaged in legitimate
| business.
| The Bureau offers to the Congress
the means of getting at the cost of pro-
IductiOn 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
public the results of these investiga-
tons affords, under the law a means
Tor the protection of private rights.
The Congress will have all facts ex-
cept such as would give to another cor
poration information which would in
Jure the legitimate business of a COM
petitor and destroy the incentive for
Individual superiority and thrift
The Bureau has also made exhaus-
tive examinations into the legal con-
dition under which corporate business
is carried on in the various States;
into all judicial decisions on the sub
ject; and into the various systems of
corporate taxation in use. call special
attention to the report of the chief of
TIE Bureau; and l earnestly ask that
Congress carefully consider the report
and recommendations OF the Commits
sloner on this subject.
AGRICULTURE.
The Department of Agriculture has
| grown into an educational institution
with 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
o fthe sea lately come under our 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
of grains, fruits, grasses. vegetables,
trees, and shrubs, suitable to various
localities in our country; and marked
| benefit to our producers has resulted
The activities of our age in lines Of
research have reached the filters of the
soil and inspired them with ambition
to know more Of the principles that
govern the forces of nature with which
they have to deal. Nearly half Of the
people Of this country devote their en-
ergies to growing things from the SOIL
Until recent date little has been done
/ to prepare these millions for their life
work In most lines Of human activity
college-tr men are the leaders.
The farmer had no opportunity for
special training until the Congress
made provision for it forty years ago.
During these years progress has been
made and teachers have been prepared
Over five thousand students are in at
| tendance at our State agricultural col
lcges. The Federal Government expends
ten millions of dollars annually toward
| this education and for research in
WaShinpton and in The several States