The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-07

would be .accomp!lsneu,a nu WIFI uuso-
conlplished It would be ola harmful m, "a.
The American people nsed to f fSnt
GOOD GOOD sens! Sense. the earnest desire 10 avoid
doing any damage. and yet the quiet de-
Wtno st 4! snd pwiSct FIFTY hsP N fp
mating or Mt least in minimizing what
ever of mischief or. of evil there IS 10 IN.
'erx1a.e i GTerf They 'n are acting in 10
spria Of Hostility to wealth either ind.
vdual or corporate They are not , nga'inhs Is.
poor man. On the contrary. they arc
friendly alike toward, rich man and TO- e.
ward poor ,an,proyided only that eacm J.
a 'sWara ii his sf11le u great cor
are necessary. and. only men Of Erea
and singular mental po sS,,I,,t can am a s,si
mon must have great rewards. sut tn y, .
corpo ratlons should be managed With duo
as the interest Ss ea Of The ana undcr
the present laws 1t must be done: Where
these laws como short others should DO
enacted TO supplement f mem the deter
mining GI We factor asi in every Kind of work, Of
head or hand. must be the mans own I
courage and is MGn e
gradual growth Of q feeling OF res I
biity and forbearanGe among ca pit L, ,.es
and a,!ke fee an for 81 tie tic
SlRJhut of Of others; a feeling Of broad COM
munity Of Interest. not merely 81 u ea ! y.
1S511ts am nang themselves, Of
taIists and wagc-workers In their relations
TO each other and of both in their ., l reIa,
1lons , to TN tme' bod Isii poitic s
a' RE Rur .Mu offers to the Congress the
means of getting at the cost OF productlon
7 of our various great staples OF commerce !.
or necessity the cal efu lnves'.sA.'o.1 y.
! missioner knowledge of certain business
facts, the publication of which mlsht 20
an improper infringement of pr!vaa,te
rights. The method ofumaa AKIN Rn nndic NM mn
der the law, a means for the protection OF
private rights The Congress VIII nave :.
all facts except such as would give 70
another corporation information winch
would injure the legitimate business OF
q compe titor5and destroy the incentive Tor
individual superiority and thrift I. j.
The Bureau has also made exnaustive
examinations into tho legal condition I'M
der which corporate business is carried on
in the various States into all Judicial de-
cisons on the subject, and Int the various
systems of corporate taxation In USE l
call special attentionato the report OF the
chief of the Bureau and / earnestly ASK
that the Congress carefully consider the
report and recommendations of the COM
missioner on this s2eGt co vttallv affects
the great mass of the people Of the unlted
States and IS national and not LOCAL IN us
application. 1T involves multitude OF
ferent States and between American COM
tpanies and foreign governments. urge
that the Congress carefully consider
whether the power OF ne Burean o. Cor r
/, tended to cover interstate transactions IN
Insurance.
Rebates.
! Above all else. we must strive to keep
| the highways Of commerce open to all on
equal terms; and to do this it is neces-
sary to put complete stop to Al REBATES a. )
blame makes no difference; the rebate
must be stopped, the abuses OF, the private
car and private termnal-track and side
track systems must be stopped. and the
legislation Of the Ffty-eighth Congress
which declares it to be unlawful for any
person or corporation to Offer era Mt. give,
| solicit accept, or receive any rebate con.
or snn os in in
! terstate or foreign commerce whereby
such property shall by any device what
ever be transported at less rate tna 2, =
carrier must be enforced. The govern
ment must In increasing degree supervise
and regulate the workings Of the rail-
| ways engaged in interstate commerce.;
and such increased supervision Is the only
alternative to an increase OF the present
| evils on the one hand or a still more rad
| ical policy on the other. In my Judgment
| the most important legislative act. now
needed as regards the Regulation Of cor
| pora tons is this act to confer on the In
terstate Commerce Commission the power
! to revise rates and regulations, the revised
! rate to at once go into effect, and to stay
! In effect unless and until the court OF re-
| view reverses it.
Steamship companies engaged in inter-
! state commerce and protected In our
/ coastwise trade. should be held to a strict
observance of the Interstate commerce
| act.
City of Washington.
In pursuing tho set plan to make the
city Of Washington an example to other
AMERICAN municipalities several points
should be kept in mind BY the Legislators.
! in the first place. the people Of this coun-
try should clearly. understand that no
amount of industrial prosperity. and above
all no leadership In international indus
trial competition, can in any way atone
| who are usually spoken Of ms the working
classes. The farmers, tho mechanics the
skilled and unskillcd laborers, the small
shop. keepers. make up the bulk OF the
population of any country; and upon their