The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-28

ali things Into exiatei, echo moro, no
| less. Mans 30 wer is limited TO- the
transformation OF matter from foring q 81
i,oh.utility Into those of Utility. 5Wh tgeNl
he's consumes he does not destroy. pus
81 THIS TACT reautes
cohathnt fort fon l,is part t5 keep irtaGt
tho necessary surplus Of things OF utlls
Esity. The ditfererice between imam an anu
the brute lies In the po er OF tho fornner
to transform matter. He accotnp q
this by combining mind and ph y " y
implements to fnclll tato Ills operatllo9lnn.s'
When tho task can be more efIeoti'Vfely3
doiie by two ineti they combine tlieir et-
forts to accomplish N mt tual b benellt.t
when lnfHer numbers arc Y more Il eflec
Tive tlnt, the smaller, tile numbers IN the
combination aro Increased Until the the li y
oY effectiv Is reached Wlen i lIlul.
Evid,lnl1 enterprise lacks 81 tho po Wer Of
aggregation necessary to do the bu bus
hess partnership supersedes It US q more re-
directive N nuot,t. when pnrtnetship naS
srearhed sits limit, then the corporation
with stltl greater poower OF ngEregat
takes It's plnceil lien the small cor roEa.
ton proves inadequate tho larger E one
takes up the work. Each III its turL
supersedes tho less efficient In tho same M
manner tint the lrtulo superseded the
mnh with tho pack. tho $wng on the nue.
TIC tnnaliboat the wagon, the ratlroud tho
canal boat Each destroyed the opnoTlt,ul..f
unity OF tho other. Tho moro efilclcht
bases its right to live upon Its SUPERIOR
economic efficiency. It Will he observed,
aso, that each step toward greater e eng
sttvoness was marked by y larger ag re-
CATION Of capit,ll and d greater combine
$tion OF effort between men. The maj man
with the pack noe ded 4 no capital ana ~
could dress In skins. but tho man VIII in
the mule required cnpital to own the
mule md must have tho help Of the tan
ner to make leather tho harne mo i'l ker5
TO make q brldle md saddle, the blnc 'lt.
master to furnish the IRON the miners
to dig tho ore. AS labor becomes more Or,
effective tic necessity for Increased ca pi-}
B tal becomes imperative and the interde-
2pendenco II OF mon Ii becomes greater.
What wo term I'D yanced s5{Ra q ILL
cation rests upon these process 4
es Each time forward ..c step Z, !, ,oo y
far rs the superseded institution Was
concerned II crented q situation in hicll I
Il the less efficient could no longer compel o.
Should society Say to B the agent that
proves It's right to live by using It's eco 4
1,omic power to A supplant tho less EN-
Client; that 1t must be res trained ana bur-
dcned SO that the weaker force shall still
could be made under such system OF
g1lnnltcap? ShnllSw say that ten men shall
combine, but that the same net Tor ne
So ME purpose by one hundred men sllnl
be considered crime? Instead Of vast
Ing energy fighting combination. society
should welcome 8 It. There is no need for
law against It. Economic law VIII ~ reg V
late this for better than the statutes
OF even tho wscst statesmen. Here, IN
deed Is the case In which the $lcnst gov-
seriment Is the best government The cues
4 ton for tho statesman should be: what
acts ure permissible 2 Having decided
that an net Is proper, the Individual or
athc community, ought to be free to 40 -,
~ itfthought proper. Il raj rondlhg were
to- one coordination owning Fl and "a oper-
ating the entire system OF the country,
provided that the combination acquired
\ the property and operated TIN q proper
way, and gave the public more effect tive
service, In the same way there should l
be no interference VI tn n an ~ ndustrla!
corporal lion because It nlnnufa tured az az
the goods In q given line, 50 long as INC
state Of fncts was due to- Its ubilityfBto
give the finished product to the consuH
or \ al n less cost than smaller CORPORA
lions could give. 81 r. Is a al together con-
ttrary 10 economic law 10 consider the dis
placed agencies. 81 They must I'D lust II en-
selves to tn W order OF thln y!
{1nd other avenues for thei effor Isl =! y
IS related OF the council #of Q town N
China that 1t refused the gift Of q town
pump because II would dsplace the wa q.
ter currers--anS ina titution@ that had ex-
listed since the days when our pr ogeni-
tors were Wild savagcs. 5$ mbinations
and tile wrongs committed BY combina-
TONS; should not be confounded. ndi-
vIduals have "a right to exist, but they
3llavo no right to do wrong. Society So
4lccts those who 10 wrong md deals WITH
them. by mot apply the same rule TO
comblna tons ofgindivldunls? 7 he trouble
With us has been that we have had two
standards -one for the weak, Z tho other forS
the strong. II we would put q few OF our
5multi-mi!lon criminals In the ipcniten-
tiary for good, long terms, the situation
would be Immensely improved, stop
crime In high places ans cotnplnalion VII W
be thankful. y ~ AftsN41HAf
# Lynchburg, va.
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