The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-12-09

national In its commercial scope but
Its legal status Is siill delimited al
most wholly by state statutes, dis
icrepancy that has been tho cause OF
many existing evils. The legal con-
dtions should at least be brought
into some reasonable relation to the
business facts. Corporate commerce
as carried on by those great COM
|panies whose operations substantial
|ly constitute the whole problems
before us, is national. The control
lover them, to some extent at least.
should also be national, by the gen
eral government. The power and
Jurisdiction OF the regulative uu-
thority should be commensurate
with the field OF operations OF the
Icorporations to be regulated. Cen
Itralization as a business fact has
to be determined whether legal con-
ditions shall be adjusted to the facts
which they are supposed to cover.
Industrial combination. as such.
appears to be an inevitable economic
necessity. This fact must be recog-
nized in order to treat the matter
successfully The prohibition Of
commercial power simply because it
results from combination is futile
No ha INF nj ic
existence of such power, but its mis-
use. to which attention must be di-
rected Commercial success which is
based solely upon the proper use OF
commercial power. upon the giving
of better service or lower prices
than any competitor, is success
that justifies itself, is a proper bus
mess development, and works bene-
fit to both the public and the corpor-
alton. On the other hand. success
that is based not on service to the
public, but on the destruction of
competition by unfair methods. is
4 an evil to be prevented.
1T is believed, and the belief is
: based on experience, that publicit,
is the best deterrent against such un
fair methods, and that few, II any
corporate managers have the cour
age to continue openly evil practice
= when the exact details thereof hav
been or may at any time be mad
specifically public. by name, date
amount or place.
1T Is believed that the work o
the bureau OF corporations. as car
rfed on now and in the past, constf
tutes the best means yet created fol
accomplishing this object and for
Establishing that efficient publicity
which will, of itself, most effectual-
~ end unfair competition. and it is
further believed that the extension
of its work in the form of some gen.
eral plan of federal supervision
would be the logical and proper out
come of its past experience.
IMMIGRATION FACTS
On the subject of immigration,
Secretary Straus says:
The total number of aliens ad
mitted during the year was l,2S5,
349. which exceeded that for the fis-
cal year 1906 by 1S4.614. and that
for the fiscal year 1905 by 25S.S50,
being increases OF Il and - per
cent, respectively
"Of the aliens admitted 1,100.77l
ranged ia age from IT 10 - years.
and l3N.3t4 were less than IA years
of age. leaving tG.23f who had
reached or passed the age of -. As
To- literucy. it is shown that 3t@.4oe
or go per cent ot the total number
OF aliens admitted were illterate
Concerning the financial condition
of Immigrants. NT2.3ss exhibited
less than $50 each how much more
they had ID 6. Impossible 90 state.
while loT .502 showed amounts iu
excess of Jhat sum sud the total
amount ~ moaey which ~as exhibit
cd hy arriving aliens, aud brought
into the country. sss ts5,sss. .sss.
an average of almost see pes PEI
son rhere has beea considerable
increase 10 the number of persons
re ieetea be,aus" of Insanity. ronias
laus disease aud convictions for
crime
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