The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-01

TAAre Ii one great basic fact which
unAArlies all the questions that are
discussed on the political platform at
tkA present moment That singular
nce u that nothing II done In this
eSantry ~ It was done twenty years
$50.
We are In the presence Of a new
organization OF society. Our life has
he1ken away from tho past. The life
q AnAssica 10 not tho life that It
WAD twenty years ago: 1t Is not the
hAwu changed our economic condi-
tlonnA absolutely. from top to bottom:
Ana. with our economic society, the
Of3AnixAtion Of our life. Tho old po-
HAL formulas do not AZ the present
problems: they read now like dccu-
ments taken out OF forgotten age.
To older cries sound ~ Il they be-
loneed 70 y past a&s which men have
almost foreotAen Things which used
10 b. put. Into tho party platforms OF
tsn yeess ago would sound antiQuated
n put UNTO = platform now. We are
facing tbs necessity Of fitting a new
social organisation, ~ we did once
NJ the Old oFgnniza&1on. to the hAppi-
ne and prospsr4fy Of tho great body
oe citi1ens; for - ars conscious that
o. new ordsr Of society has not been
vonience or prosperity Of the average
man.
Tho ife o3 the nation haD grown tn
na4fAly vAx1sa n does not center now
Upon questions .oG governmental 6truc-
xsiko Or 0k the distribution OF govern
mental po~or1 n UentcTs upon Ques-
tiUns OF the very structure and opera
don Of 6oc3oty itsAlf. OF which govern
meat y only the instrument Our
Developments has run 20 fast and 10 TAR
along thu line eketched In the earlier
day OF constitutional definition. has
% crossed and tntsriaced those lines
hAs piled upon them such novel struc-
fures OF trust and combination. has
Elaborated within them 4 life 20 mani
fold, 10 full % forces which transcend
the boundaries OF the country ITSELF
ana MI the eyes OF the world. that
new nation seems to have been created
which the old formulas do not nt or
afford a vital Interpretation OF.
We have come upon q very diff
ferent age from any that preceded us.
we have come upon an age when we
do not do business in the way in which
we used to do bukir1esS--~-when we do
not carry on any Of the operations of
MANUFACTURES, sale, transportation or
Communication rs men used to carry
4hem on There In a sense I'm which
In our day the Individual has been
submerged In most parts Of our
country men work for themselves. not
sas partners In the old way In which
they used to work, but as employees
an a higher and lower graie--~of great
sc0rporasions. There WAS = time when
corporations played a very minor part
n our business afYairs, but now they
piay the chief mart, and most men are
the servants OF corporations
You know what happens when you
arN the ecrvans or 4 corporation. You
have In no instance acccss 10 the
lnaeu who arc really determining the
policy OF the corporation. III the cor.
poratiOn - doing tho things IL ought
not 70 do. you really have no voice In
ne matter ana must obey the orders.
and you havO with deep modification
q co-opesato ia tho doing OF things
w4A1ch yUu know aro against tho pub
- interssA Your inIivSduaiity l.
ovnlIowed up n saso individually and
purpose 81 great organization.
III IN true that, while most men arc
khus submerged in the corporation. a
8eyn I very few, are exalted 10 power
which u individuals they could never
have vfSlded. Through the great or
'0aafsatt6at of which. they srs the
5000. fev nre enabled 10 play part
@nHr.cedanted by anything in history
a the control 81 the business opera
1920 az the country and In the deter
WAnatiou az the happiness OF great
~nnhxS1 81 peor1A
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