The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-12-08

7 dTIpS OF SUCH OOIUSF HlOTHIICy IIdC IHEy
regard the public servant who prose
cutes them when they violate the law,
or who seeks to make them bear their
proper share of the public burdens. as
being even more Objectionable than
the violent agitator who hounds on
the mob to plumber the rich. There is
nothing to choose between such. a re-
dictionary and such an agitatOr; funda-
mentally they are alike in their selfish
disregard of the rights of others: and
it is natural that they should join in
the aim is fearlessly to do exact and
even justice to all
Railroad Employees Hours.
He asks for the passing Of the bill lin
iting the number of hours Of
employment of railroad employees. and
classes the measure as a very moderate
one. He says the aim of all should be
to steadily reduce the number of hours
of labor, with as a goal the general IN
PRODUCTION of an eiGht-hour day, but in
conditions are so different from what
they are here hat the introduction of an
eight-hour day on the canal would be
absurd, and continues. "just about as abb
surd as it is. so far as the isthmus is
concerned, where white labor cannot be
employed. to bother as to whether the
work is done by alien black men or alien
yellow men,"
He urges the enactment OF a drastic
child labor law for the District of Co.
lumbia and the territories, and a federal
investigation of the subject of child and
female labor throughout the country.
He reviews the work OF the commission
appointed to investigate labor conditions
in the coal fields of Pennsylvania in 1902,
and refers to the wish of the commission
that the state and federal governments
should provide the machinery for what
ton of controversies between employers
and employees when they arise"
Control Of Corporations.
a. g H.
is devoted to the subject of federal con-
troll of corporations in what he refers to
the passage at the last session OF the
rate, meat inspection and food laws. and
says that all of these lave already justi-
fed their enactment, but recommends
the amendment of the meat inspection
law so as to put dates on the labels OF
meat products. and also to place the
cost of inspection on the packers rather
than on the government. Continuing on
this subject of the control OF corporations
by the federal government he says:
1T cannot too often be repeated that eX-
p%erience has conclusively shown the i'm
possibility of securing by the actions OF
nearly half a hundred different state
legislatures anything but ineffective
chaos in the way of dealing with the
great corporations which do not operate
exclusively within the limits of any one
state. In some method. whether by a
national license law or in other fashion,
we must exercise, and that at an, early
date. a far moro complete control than
at present over these great corpora
tions-a control that will among other
things prevent the evils of excessive
the disclosures by each big corporation
of it's stockholders and of its properties
and business, whether owned directly or
thru subsidiary or affiliated corporations.
This will tend to put a stop to the secur-
ing of inordinate profits by. favored
individuals at the expense whether of
the general public the ss9Skn ebn1ld Se
not so much to prevent consolidation as
such. but so to supervise and control 1T
the people. The reactionary or uitracon:
sentative apologists for the misuse of
wealth assail the effort to secure such
matter Of fact it is these reactionaries
and ultraconservatives who are them
selves most potent in increasing socialls.
tic feeling: One of the most efficient
a dangerous agitation. which Is ~ per
cent. wrong. is to remedy the 20 per cent;
Of evil as to which the agitation is well
founded. The best way to avert the very
undesirable move for the governmental
ownership of railways is to secure by
the government on behalf OF the people
regulation of the great interstate com
mon carriers as will do away with the
evils which give rise to the agitation
to the dangerous and wicked agitation
against the men of wealth as such Is TO
secure by proper legislation and execu-
dCtlOIl IilO " NO @
abuses which actually do obtain In con-
nection with the business use OF wealth
under our present system-or rather no
system-of failure to exercise any ade-
ouate control at all. Some persons speak
as If the exercise OF such governmental
control would do away with the freedom
of individual initiative and dwarf indI,
vidual effort. This is not q fact. II
would be a veritable calamity to fall to
put a premium upon Individual lnltlatlVe,
Individual capacity and effort; upon the
100000 nIa vaNfor nn6 f0raCiOht which
it is so important to encourage. In the
But as a matter of fact the
deadening and degrading effect Of pure
form communism. and the destruction of
individual character which they would
bring about, are IN part n aeaieTed by yyb tne
results in a single individual or corpor-
alton rising at the expense OF all others
until his or its rise effectually checks all
and reduces former COMPETE
tors to a position of utter inferiority and
Sub~ordination.
Inheritance and Income Tax.
1t was expected that the president
refer in some way to his belief
In the necessity for the curbing of enor-
nous fortunes, and he has done SO by
recommending legislation TOR ooth IN
lieves the government should impose a
graduated inheritance tax, and, If posi-
BILE, a graduated income tax. He says:
II am well aware that such a subject
as this needs long and careful study in
order that the people may become famil-
lar with what is proposed to be done,
may clearly see the necessity OF proceed
ing with wisdom and selfNrestraint, n
may make UP their minds just how far
are willing to go in the matter;
only traine legislators can work
out the project in necessary detail. But
I feel that in the near future our nation-
al legislators should enact a law provid-
ing for a graduated inheritance tax. by
which a steadily increasing rate OF duty
should be put Upon all moneys or other
.valuables coming by gift, bequest, or
devise to any Individual or corporation.
1t may be well to make the tax heavy
i'm proportion as the individual benefted
Is remote of kin. In any event, In my
the pro rata OF the tax should
increase very heavily with the increase
Of the amount left to any one Individual
after a certain point has been reached.
is most desirable to encourage thrift
and ambition, n a potent source or
thrift and ambition is the desire on the
part of the breadwinner to leave his chill
iren we'll off. This object can be attained
by making the tax very small on moder-
ate amounts of property left; because
the prime object should be to put q con-
stantly increasing burden on the inner
lance of those swollen fortunes which
e is certainly of no benefit to this
try to perpetuate.
There can be no question of the eth
propriety of the government thus de-