The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1904-12-08

shortly lay before YOU in a special mes.
sage the full report Of the investigation
Of the bureau of labor into the Colorado
mining strike, as, this is strike in which
certain very evil forces, which are more
or less al work everywhere under the
conditions Of modern industriallsm, be-
came starllingly prominent,
Corporations.
When We come to deal with great cor
porations the need for the government to
act directly is far greater than In the
case Of labor because great corporations
can become such only by engaging In in
ters,ate commerce, and interstate COM
merce is peculiarly the field of the gen.
eral government. II is an absurdlty to ex-
pect to eliminate the abuses in great cor
p0rations by state action. 1t Is difficult to
be patient with all argument that such
matters should be left to the states, be-
cause more than one state pursues the
policy of creating on easy terms corpora.
tlons which are never operated within
that state at 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-
structve, or demagogic spirit would in
all probability, mean that nothing what.
ever would be accomplished, and, with
absolute certainty, that If anything were
accomplished it would be of harmful
nature, The American people need to
continue TO show the very qualities that
they have shown--that is, moderation,
good sense, the earnest desire to avoid
doing any DANA Q. and yet the quiet de-
termination to proceed, step by step,
without halt and without hurry, in elm
mating or at least in minimizing what
ever Of mischief or of evil there is to in
terstale commerce in the conduct Of
great corporations, They are acting in
no spirit of hostility to wealth, either in
dividual 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 spirit of justice and de-
ccncy toward his fellows. Great corpora
tons 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 to the interest Of
the public AS a whole. Where this can
be done under the present laws 1t must
be- done. Where these laws come short
others should be enacted to supplement
them.
The bureau of corporations has made
careful preliminary investigation of many
important corporations. 1t will make a
special report on the beef industry.
Bureau Of Corporations.
The policy Of the bureau Is to accom-
plisl the purposes of lis creation by CO.
operation. not antagonism; by making
constructive legislation, not destructive
prosecution. the immediate object Of its
inquiries; by conservative investigation
Of law and fact. and by refusal to Issue
incomplete and hence necessarily inacru-
rate reports. It's policy being thus one
Of open inquiry into, and not attack up
on, business, the bureau has been able to
snin not only the confidence but, better
still. the cooperation Of men engaged in
legitimate business,
Tho bureau offers to the Congress the
means Of getting at the cost of produc-
tion of our various great staples Of COM
merce
Rebates
Ahoyc all else we must strive IN keen
,hr highways Of commerce onen IN al
on coual tcrms. and ia do This n 10 nec.
cssarv 10 rut n comnletc ston IN all va
h,tcs Whether the sbinner or tbo vail.
road is IN blame makes No difference. the
rebate must he stonned the ahusos n,
Tho nrivato car and nrivate torm,ro,
trac,, and side track systems muet he
s,orncd and the leris,ation of the F,ty.
eighib conprcss which doc,,res n IN ho
unlawfu, ror anv ncrson or cornorotion IN
osfer grant pive solicit occent mr. ro-
ccive anv rebate concession or discrir, :
inotion in resnect NJ tho transnorto t;on n,
onv nroncrtv in intnrst,te or foreign
ommercc vborohv sucb nronnr+v eboI,
nv anv devicc whatever he transnortad
nt loco roto than that named IN tho
tor;ers nublisbed Inv tho carrier nust ho
enforced While am Of the opjnion that
at present it would be undesirable, If it
were not unavoidable finally to clothe
,ns imss,s.a , ,, uv,,l,e',e a. eo'iln,sslol
rates ! do not believe that. as a fair c se.
curity to shippers, the Commission SHOULD
be vested with the power, where a giver
rate has been challenged and after full
hearing found to be unreasonable, to de-
eide, subject to judicial review, what
shall be a reasonable rate to take it,
place; the ruling of the commission IL
take effect Immediately, and to obtair
unless and until it Is reversed by the
court Of review. In my judgment the
most important legislative act now need
ed as regards the regulation Of corpora
lions is this act to confer on the Inter
state Commerce Commission the powel
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