Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-08-01
BUSINESS IDEALS
AND A DANGER

The American people collectlvely
have as high ideals and as acute q
sense OF honor as anybody in The
World but the Individual In business
a must be confessed. has MOI heen
trained to the loftlest conception OF
his duts TO tlle conrmnhiiy TO begin
With. over IN England they have bet
ter educated men. lhey understand
The duty OF The man OF LARGE affairs
20 the community gheir ideas OF
political economy pre bottcr We
dpn1 have any raai education IN that
suffice, here. They teach a. OF course:
but how2 II Is an aensnated by bus,
mess. Il professof OF economics
seaohes ideas that conflict With the
Interests or some trust or other. that
institution does not eet any more
money from that spafce II II Is q
state university Il sets into politics
and ne IS kicked on
There are too many Americans in
business who think IL clever 10 loan
money on stoelss asse then call the
loans aud force thesetocka down. 80
they can buy tbem3e a low price.
4'hcy- 90 mn Dc s,.eis slissags in
land Tlhesboard OF governors OF the
bank or England ~ know them per-
sonally and have visited most OF them
In their homes regard their posts
as The most sacred Of trusts a friend
or mine was director 10 the London.
and Northwesiern railroad he told
me that while he held that place he
never sold o SHIRE OF the stock. and
that aa matter OF principle he
would not think or doing so.
I DO not think government owner
ship Is ever going 70 be preferable.
except rs against Mutation Ia which
two or three men win control aIl the
railroads Of course, ! think II would
be better TO have all the people than
TO have one man own them Sir
Walter Raleigh said the sea was the
worlds highway and the power that
controlled the sea would control COM
merce. and the power that controlled
eonmefce would control the wealth
OF the world. and The power fhat-eon-
lroled tho wealih Of the world would
control the world re as right He
.aid down the law thai En1land bas
sollowed. and that has made & the
rfeat controlling cover % the World
FOR that IS what u lE Do foH
Dow that Great Britian IS thc pfs
lace where You cau sell anytbi
gou want from any place on earih
sithoat being faxod on the deal9
Now. whai Raeigh said about inc
on as the worids 1lehway Is true ~
She railroad as This continents bi9h<
ways who controls the railroads con-
froIs commerce who controls con,
neree controls The wealth and Who
CONTROLS tbc wealth controls tbe
,opntry
or daneef IS ia tho fearful lne-
qualities NJ ditribntioa People Gee
that the feg have immense wealth,
whIle the many who produce 8 have
TITLE But fhc many 90 the vo'ins
nd what fhoy vote becomes the leSl
" the land Thai IS 2 Big ana ntes
aan' facf that must neyef BE- fofgot.
en
know Sc hard 70 DO things fof
The people There ore 30 mn, ~
'hem vino eill not save. who c9nrof
work unices fhey are given q fob and
set % q Thcy want to I've III eitlea
nj look so these huge apatmeni-
houses They ere not homes ihef
are moro lfte tunnels: return 90
fhe elm dweilofs civilization Yai in
my own experince have fond Low
hafd li is 10 ake people away from
the cities President a sactner
o. me chicaso Great Western Road
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