Evening star., 1911-06-03
SAYS FIVE DOMINATE
Public Utilities Business Con-
trolled by a Few Men.
CLAIM OF IRA c. COPLEY
Addresses Bliss Electrical School
Graduates.
URGES FEDERAL REGULATION
Exercises Held in Carroll Institute
Ha1l-Prizes Awarded-Senior
Glass Banquet.
CLAIM OF IRA C. C0PLEY
URGES FEDERAL REGULATION

Representative Ira c. Copley. the presi
dent OF a gas and electric plant at
Aurora, ILL.,, in his address to the gradu-
| ating class Of Bliss Electrical School in
Carroll Institute Hall last evening, de-
clared for federal regulation of the big
corporations. He asserted that the men
who dominate the United States Steel
Corporation also control all the electric
| light undertakings In the largest cities.
and directly or indirectly, the gas plants
in most Of them.
Il can see but one solution" he said,
public regulation and control by com
petent and disinterested experts Of public
| service and interstate corporations, q
tariff commission to provide scientific
| schedules. and some similar board to
| regulate patents, copyrights and all other
special privileges; q graduated income tax
to prevent the accumulating Of neromous-
ly swollen fortunes. and a graduated in
heritance tax to prevent the transmits
sion Of tho same
Our Greatest Problem.
I'VE arc face to face with the greatest
problem Of our existence" he continued.
| I'm 1860 the question was. Shall the
Union be supremef In 1852, Shall 100000
Shall five men who dominate the United
States Steel Corporation rule the country
| by an oligarchy OF wealth, or shall the
people govern for the benefit Of all the
people, and give every man square
deal?
United States Steel Corporation also con-
troll 20 per cent Of all the railroads of
thAs country. Indirectly they control
nearly all the rest. They dominate all
through ownership Of the American Tele-
graph and Telephone Company. This
company, In turn, owns 81 per cent OF
all the Bell patents In this country. Less
than a year ago this company bought
the Western Union Telegraph Company.
These men also dominate the General
Electric Company and the Westinghouse
Electric Company"
Eighty-Tive Get Diplomas
Eighty-fve graduates received their
diplomas as an incident of elaborate ex-
ercises launching them upon their indi-
vidual careers as wage earners.
The hall was brilliantly illumined with
electric lights: flowers decorated the
stage: the colors Of the school were dis
played in lights and bunting. and an
sign bore Msrns tine Rama 81 ss
lections from the popular music OF the
day.
Vice President Nesbit, in the absence
Of Edwin La Fetra, secretary and treas
urer. presided over the exercises The
faculty occupied seats on the stage. Be
fore them, massed In square bounded
by electric lights. sat the graduating
class.
Rev. Henry W. o. Millington pronounc
ed the invocation and President Bliss
addressed the graduates.
Award Of Prizes.
Prizes were awarded as follows: John
b. Espey prize. for the most satisfactory
work In machine laboratory, Frank e.
Hamblett Of Concord. N. H.; National
Electrical Supply Company prize, for the
most satisfactory work in the testing de-
partment, Roy Whitright Of Lodi, Ohio;
v. A. w. prize. for the greatest prog
ress in mechanical drawing. Fred L.
Company prize. for the highest standing
in mechanical drawing, George w. Hal
lock Of Orient. N. Y; McGraw-Hill Book
Company prize. for the most satisfactory
examinations: Gen. George II: HaIries
Possible Economies in the Production
and Consumption Of Power" and the b.
f. S. prize, for highest standing In lee
ture reports. Henry M. Dunn OF Holden
| Vile. Okla; the B. r. s. gold medal. for
highest general average in all subjects,
George W. Hallock Of Orient. N. Y.
Class Banquet.
After the exercises a banquet was serv-
ed at Freund's. L Fred Alwardt. presi-
dent Of the class, acted as toastmaster.
Responses were as follows: "The Class of
1911" Arthur G. Fisher; ''The Faculty"
William Macdonald seiple; THE Past"
Henry M. Kluge, 1.-The Future Arthur
william Gross. The menu was arranged
with electrical terms in a play on words.
The class officers are l.. Fred AlWardt,
president: Frank Alton Roy vice preS-
dent: Lyman Baxter Goud, secretary;
Charles Fletcher Priddy, treasurer;
Fred L. Gum. auditor. The banquet
committee was composed of Arthur
George Fisher, Arthur Meth and Roy
Whitright.
The Graduating Glass.
Members Of the graduating class are
Donald T. Adair, Lakeland, Fla; l. Fred
Alwardt, Myers. N. Y; Cecil X. Apple
garth. Golden HIN. Md; Harry r. Arnold
Marine City. Mich; George c. Ayres, sa-
lem. n. j.
Robert BARLEY. Sandwich. Muss.: Ber-
tram L. Beal, Nantasket. Mass: Theo-
Bankenhorn. Jena, Germany; Alfred 8.
Brand. Culpeper Va; Andrew H. Breck-
enridge. Williamsburg. Mass: Chester L.
Bristol, Forest. Ohio: George e. Brum-
baugh. Maitland, Mo-; Francis ]. Buck
ley. Greeley. Neb.: John G. Bunting. Man.
dan, N. D.; Raymon H. Bussard, Fred
erick. Nd