The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-15

Augusta Chronicle.
 That was a notable address deliver l ed by. Governor!eiect Joseph M. Brown
 before an. Augusta audience at the
 Grand opera House Friday night. IL
 ss Ms 'ss ss ter r sSs fass ,sss s the qovernor-eleet's first public ex- pression. since the recent campaign.
 on those vital issues. taxation and the corporations generaily.
 note to his address; 1t Is characterized
 ssS:s srs:s sRT Gr 1'tes and a which has been felt ever since his election. There are many passages of
 bear repeating; but we will content ourselves with but 6 few.
 h discussing the question of taxa
 ful capacity Tor going to the very cor.
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 nssS had ever assa ssn s ssSs. 1sasr gsse c aa
 quaint ht himself with them. For in .sors ns ,sss s i,ss ,s. as ,.asPsss sPS, SIS. of v.:eh ls.1la.sis were owned by natural persons and sls7.4ss.ss4 by total amount was owned by citizens
 In their capacity as 9atural persons
 sa.eiv sna M pss sseis sy ser. porations. Therefore as men and wo. men hy consent and action of law. form
 themselves into corporations. that they
 suits which. singiy, they are too weak to secure. we are brought face to face
 with the feet that 1t Is the natural
 Ss Tno stsr ds o s rs sRsa we are faced by this declaration in the hill of rights In our State constitn- tioh--.Protection of persons and prop
 ment. and shall Dc impartial and con-
 From this. .Mr. Brown went on to
 are almost sas 0 of food products, and of other articles necessary for their household economy: therefore dependent upon the farmers shop-keepsr and other salesmen for their clcthtng.. their coal. their furni- ture. etc. and probably ct least 75
 houses they live in. He thea showed that. In 1905. the total number of ofYi- cers, clerks and wage-earners employ
 ss ass,ta ndustrs sats ,ss ries and wages {tables and ID. s22.- 7f2. value of products s11a.s75,E72. DAsGu On tuo IHuANpic OI oHAy LVuE people to . family. he declared that 264308 of our people are dependent
 upon the wages paid by the owners of the industrial corporations in Georgia for their means of Livelihood
 These, in addition to the s3, leo peo. pie represented by the families of stockholdera, make q grand total of 357.40S people dependent, wholly or in part for their income in 1905 upon tho industrial corporations of Georgia. In round figures. he estimates that there are 100000 people in Georgia depend. ant upon the prosperity of corporations who must pay the farmers for food, the store keepers for clothing, etc.
 With these pertinent facts and fig. ures before us it is easy to understand
 what happened to the State as whole. to farmers and merchants. and iaborers
 and clerks alike, pwhen we started in, two or three years ago. to embarrass and hamper and tear down those great
 industrial institutions which were fur.
 nishing employment to thousands and
 trade for thousands more.
 Governor-eleet Brown undertook,
 also to show to the people of Georgia
 that they are, in reality, far more interested in building up the railroads POf this State to the highest degree of efficiency and service than they are in
 some imaginary benefit te accrue from