Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-12-09

hand must be the mans own good sense
any legislation is the gradual growth of
feeling of responsibility and forbearance
among capitalists and wageworkers alike; /
for the rights of others: a feeling Of broad
community of interest, not merely of capital |
among themselves, but of capitalists and |
wageworkers in their relations to each other, I
and Of both in their relations to their fel- |
lows, who with them make up the BODY pol |
itic. There are many captains of industry, |
many labor leaders. who realize this.
recent speech by the president OF one OF our
great railroad systems to the employees Of
that system contains sound common sense. |
1t runs in part as follows:
'It is my belief we can better serve each |
other better understand the man as well as
his business, when meeting face to face, ex-
changing views and realizing from personal
contact serve but one interest. that OF
our mutual prosperity.
..Serious misunderstanding cannot occur
where personal good will exists and opportu-
nifty for personal explanation is present
I'm my early business life had experience
with men of affairs of a character to make
me desire to avoid creating like feeling of
resentment to myself and the interests in my
charge, should fortune ever place me in au-
thority, and am solicitous of a measure of
confidence on the part of the public and our
employees that 1 shall hope may be warranted
by the fairness and good fellowship intend
shall prevail in our relationship.
But do not feel I disposed to grant
unreasonable requests. spend the money of
our company unnecessarily without value
received nor expect rne Gays Oh HASldheS df
disappearing. that cause for complaint
will not continually occur simply to correct
such abuses as may be discovered, to better
conditions fast reasonably may be ex-
pected constantly striving, with varying sue
cess, for that improvement we all desire. to
convince you there is force at work in the
right direction, all the time making progress
is the disposition with which I have come
among you. asking your good will and en-
couragement
1.-The day has gone by when a corporation
can be handled successfully in defiance OF the
public WILL even though that will be unrea-
sonable and wrong. A public may be leo.
but not driven, and prefer to go with II
and shape modify in measure its op1n-
| ion, rather than be swept from my bearings
with loss to myself and the interests In my
charge
| activity and capital today, much of 1t found
| ed in reason, more in apprehension, and a
| large measure is due to the personal traits
| of arbitrary, unreasonable, incompetent ana
| offensive men in positions of authority Inc
| accomplishment of results by ind1rect1on tne
| endeavor to thwart the intention, II not the
| expressed letter of the law (the will of the
| people), disregard of the rights of others
disposition to withhold what Is DUE TO
| force by main strength or inactivity result
| not justified, depending upon the weakness
| of the claimant and his indisposition to be-
| come involved in litigation. has created
| sentiment harmful in the extreme and DIS
position to consider anything fair that gives
| gain to the individual at the expense OF the
company.
| worlds work. they best fitted TO-
these qualities in their representatives that
have resulted in the present preJudlce
against them must be relegated to the PACK
| ground. The corporations must come out
into the open and see and be SEEN They
must take the public into their confidence
| and ask for what they want, and no more
| and be prepared to explain satisfactorily
what advantage will accrue to the pubic
If they are given their desires: for they
make money solely. but that they may ef-
fectively serve those from whom they de-
rive their power.
Publicity, and not secrecy will win here
after, and laws be construed by their intent
and not by their letter. otherwise Puphc
utilities will be owned and operated by the
public which created them. even though
the servicfe be less efficient and the result
less satisfactory from financial stand
point"
The Department of Agriculture has grown
into an education institution with a fac
ulty of 1000 specialists making research into
all the sciences of production. The Congress
| appropriates directly and indirectly, $6,Ooo,-
900 annually to carry
Agriculture. this work. II
reaches every state
and territory in the Union and the islands
: of the lately come under our flag. Co
| stations, and with many other institutions
and individuals. The world is carefully
searched for new varieties of grains. fruits
grasses, vegetables, trees and shrubs. suit
able to various localities in our country
and marked benefit to our producers has re
: suited.
The activities of our age in lines Of re
search have reached the tillers of the sol
t and inspired them with ambition to know
n more of the principles that govern the force
y of Nature with which they have to deal
. Nearly half of the people of this countr!
= devote their energies to growing things from
e the soil. Until a recent date little has beel
e done prepare these millions for their lif
r work. In most lines of human activity col
4 lege-trained the leaders. TIL
e farmer had no opportunity for special train
s ing until the Congess made provision for
d 40 years ago. During these years progres
s has been made and teachers have been pre-
: pared. Over 5000 students are in attendanc
e at our State Agricultural colleges. The Fed
S eral Government expends $1O,OOO.OOO annu
: ally toward this education and for researcl
e in Washington and in the several states an
n territories The Department of Agricultur
s has given facilities for postgraduate worl
J., to 500 young men during the last sevel
: years. preparing them for advanced line
e of work in the department and in the stat
= institutions.
: The facts concerning meteorology and it
relations to plant and animal life be
e ing systematically inquired into. Tempera
); ture and moisture controlling factors Il
i all agricultural operations. The seasons o
n the cyclones of the Caribbean Sea and thei
O paths are being forecasted with increas sin
1t accuracy The cold winds that come fror
It the north are anticipated and their time
II and intensity told to farmers. gardener
l. and fruiterers in all southern localities.
Is We sell $3.50, 900, 900 worth of animals an
= animal products to foreign countries ever
d year, in addition to supplying our own pee
If pie more cheaply and abundantly than an
other nation is able to provide for its pee
r pie Successful manufacturing depends pr
Is marily on cheap food. which accounts to
y considerable extent for growth in th
IS. direction. The Department of Agreu!tur
lg by careful inspection of meats. guards til
e. health of people and gives clean bill
n of health to deserving exports; it is prepare
III to deal promptly with imported diseases
n animals. and maintain the excellence of OF
Mt hocks and herds in this respect. Thel
i'll should be annual census of the livestoc
lis of the Nation.
We sell abroad about 5000 OOo, 900 worth .
o. | plants and their products every year Strel
ct uous efforts being made to import fro
Of foreign countries such gains as are suitab
ne to our varying localities. Seven years as
n We bought three-fourths of our rice; by hell
te ing the ricegrowers the Gulf coast to s
r. cure seeds from the Orient suited to the
he conditions, and by giving them adequa
to protection. they now supply home demar
r. and export to the islands of the Caribbes
70 Sea and to other rice growing countrie
r. Wheat and other grains have been impor
Sc ed from light-rainfall countries to our Ian
OF in the West ana southwest 1hat nave II
ch grown crops because of light precip1tatio