Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-09-18
4 WARNING FROM WAKEFIELD.

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on Maryland day at Jamestown Gov
/ erase Wayaeld Of that state, made a
f eeA geaming with thoughts for
those whose chief political capital
. consists Of continued assaults on the
wealth invested in corporate form.
Gov Wacfjeld's words are well wor
/ ghy OF calm consideration at time
When frenzied politicians are endea-
( yoring to still further incite popular
F sentiment against corporations in
order TO promote their own political
I advancement.
Said Governor Warfeld in part:
The great rule of success in mod
ern business economy is to do bigger
/ things tomorrow than today, and it
is a plain proposition that the South
must keep on increasing her trans
/ portation facilities if she wishes TO
continue her commercial growth and
| prosperity.
If the South is sure of herself,
and will need in the future no outside
capital-if she has resources of her
own sufficient for her future develop
! ment-then the course these people
are pursuing may prove all right,
though it seems to me that your
local capital needs exactly the same
protection that outside capital re-
quires, and that without this it will
not seek investment in the develop
ment of your matchless resources.
But if she does need outside financial
aid, then they are doing their best
to kill the goose that has been lay
ing the golden eggs.
1t happens that | belong to the po-
litical party which IS dominant
throughout the South, and that
believe firmly in it's tenents, but l
do not believe in the antagonism
which has arisen in some sections to
assail and harrass capital, and to
make harder the future of our beau
tiful South in it's efforts to realize
the destiny that belongs to its peo-
pie and its exhaustless natural
wealth.
And when l say this, l do not
wish to be understood as referring,
in any sense, to the State executive
who have fearlessly taken care that
the laws of their respective States
are obeyed.
"By all means, let us see that the
laws are enforced, and that the guilty
are punished be they rich or poor,
high or low. But let us not be I'M
mindful of the dangers that come from
mere crusades that appeal to public
clamor and take no thought of the
morrow.
I'VE have achieved a great gain in
the past several years. Even the
worst railroads and corporations have
been made to see the errors of their
ways.
Il take no stock in the idea that
great organizations of capital are
manned by bands of criminals. I
believe that with but few exceptions
their executive officers are loyal citi-
zens who are anxious to correct mis-
takes in methods and to do what is
right and obey the laws.
80 why is it not possible, now that
the reimbursement of conditions and
methods has come, to take this new
start, and to exercise proper for
giveness, and to work together for
the larger good of all the people?
That, as l conceive it, is the duty
today not only of the South, but of
the whole country. If we can get
this broader view into the minds of
our public we shall attract capital to
the South-to your State and to our
State-instead of driving it away,
and we shall keep the securities,
which have been taken upon the faith
Of the investor in the South's integri-
ty, safe and sound. 1t is matter
not only of proper patriotism, but it
means new and untold millions of
wealth and happiness to our loved
South"