The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-04-17

"he can 10 more an1 ra t~4 afford
t. sFii la the mat IF capita
than eNll tn the maH ~ ns. c4nsf4I
Int. wealthy man who -gult- beans
there IL i failure ~ fuvtfc. fs.
effort fs BrIng .em. tr34~t n.ear..+ RI,
All a.caun. for his rnfs+..31 a. $500
ae. and DID, worse. fl.tr ~. ..-1.5f. !
labor leader vha cIau9raaeFx atg5-.
t. excite 4 foul elias. feeling 81 Lee
half Of some other labor leader Who
Is implicated fn murder. to. atft-
tude is - bad as the other and IL
worse ia each cas-. tI.. 4ee43s.4 -
entitled to exaef justice. and III 4.ftH+-
ease is there need If asti.s III. 49,
which can b. construed MO -. -
preston Of sympathy for crI4a.
ii Is z prime necessity tnat If fre
present unrest Is IT, result !, I.r-
Inaaent good the emotion sian \.
translated into action. and tha: tie
action shall be marked ~ honest.
sanity II s~eIf-rcStraflf Their !.
mighty little good in 4 ra..r. Sraapt lie
reform. Tn. reform fna- ,.n.+s 4.
thar which comes tnrangb -t-.lv
~ontinuou groetl violent emotion
alism Leads 10 exhaustion.
1T is important IT, this n.af,la ~
grapple with the problems connected
with The amassina In anarnn3s f,r-
tunes. ana the use Of those fortunes.
both corporate Individual. in bust
HeSS. We should discriminate la the
@haFpeSt way between fortunes we'll
Won and fortunes ii-Naa. between
illG&e gained as an incIdent to per
forming great services ~ tile com
mummy Is 7 #noit. anti those gained
~ ttil ldsflion bF keePmg Just within
Inc UNITS ~ mere l~AW-honfStg. of
course no alAouht Of charity it, spend
ing Sdch fortunes in any way COM
p~rnSates for misconduct iii making
1hapl AC "a 14aarfl. - aYa@a.4 49,.
V~lcti"n, and Without pretending to dis
cuss the detai!s or formulate the sys-
en- ! lefl lnai We Stlall ultimately
nave 10 collSlatf the adoption OF
some Such scheme aS that OF z pro.
SfeSSlNe tax on all fortunes, beyond
a certain amount. either given in life
or devised or b~equeathed upon death
TO any Individual tax 50 framed as
to put it out of the power Of the
owner of one of these enormous for
tunes to hand on more than a Ger
tain amount TO any one individual:
lhe tax, Of course, to be imposed by
lle -(atloiol ana not me state gov
= ,"Ai'olI SHou,d, -
't alHieu h:ciS!E 9, tilt ihileill-
"non " ll"ii9iiiIS9lon 1T thtli eilllftl$
81 ttlose fortunes S""lleh beyond all
'St'l'Hs 'iii'9
Again, the National Government
must IN some form exercise super
VISION over corporations engaged IN
interstate buslness-and all large cor
ltofallonS are ngage III interstate
BUSINESS "nelIler py incense 81 o'her-
" i9ec 50 "S - pei i!il " - dtdl WIN
me eNlls OF ~-capi
/ ni9 year we dfe liidhlns :
fy5 ,!t',,,lg - ne uirtet."ll q seIlo47
p,,oh' ~ ~ Sun - -, tlleSe e'i''l9dtl l
~ "'t So
-" - 7'iI - = :, !,
a. a. " : - : - - In
uoiiIl'e an" tan5loie .t9ulta' NJ
~ diiioullt - d great utdl more III -
a. as : - tdheli q 4 llest step III the
ooioli ~ @ 'olo1 o 9"Ps''''ei
oHee alld coiitiol over corporate Wtditl
ehSd5eo III INTERSTATE cohllieice' TINS
pelllletirdS allu eoiillo, lI9t ~
uNa5 - = +" - i'i -
'o"did - men VINO idee elea'ed TIE
Nedl'1', pu' WIN the lllih puiPoSe
pom - 90 Justice 70 llefl ana . see
nat t1ley ~ thelr turn 90 justice U
'h6 pooliG 81 i"i6e-
The first requisite III the public
servants who are TO deal in this shape
with corporations, whether as legisla-
tors or as executives, is honesty.
This honesty can be no respecter OF
persons. There can be no such thing
unilateral honesty. The danger IS
really from corrupt corporations;
springs from the corfuptloh ltSeil'
NIietIel eAelclSto LOT OF against COZ
pofdtlohS.
The eighth commandment reads.
'Thou shalt not steal 1t does not
read, Thou shalt not steal from the
rich man. 1t does not read, Thou
shalt not steal from the poor man. 1t
reads simply and plainly, Thou shal
steal No good whatever Will
come from tina warped and mock
morality which d~enounces the mis-
deeds of men Of wealth and forgets
misdeeds practiced at their eX-
penSe; which bribery, but
binds itself to blackmaii: which
with rage if a corporation Sc
cures faVors by improper methods,
and merely leers with hideous mlfth
f the corporation is itself Wronged.
The only public servant who can be
honestly to protect the rights
the public against the misdeeds OF
l corporation IS n a publlc man VINO
Ill JuSt ~ SoitlS llo'eet VIC toi PVT
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