Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-22

pounded rccklessly by Wash
ington authorities at a time when
many Of them are gasping for
breath to keep them alive.
You see the steel and iron in
dustries languishing-and the
Government busy prospecting
the principal company in the
business, on whose complaint
nobody seems TO know.
Shows Statistics.
You see general trade dull and be-
set with uncertainty.
And you see investments depressed
TO levels that sadden holders and
brighten off potential investors.
Capital is you. l have said. Dc
you doubt it? Very well, let's see.
/ recently gathered returns from
over 800 railroad and industrial cor
porations, with combined capital OF
more than $4,000, 100000, showing
they had 1,S50,000 stockholders, to
say nothing OF bondholders. Taking
the s95. COOS 100000 stocks and bonds
OF corporations paying the corpora
ton tax, an estimate OF from 4,Ub0,-
600 to 10000, 600 holders OF securities
of American enterprises is fully jus
titled
Perhaps YOU are not in that list,
How about savings banks. them
There are 1900 900 savings bank
depusitors In the United States-one
for every family
And their deposits total $1,000 0O0,
600.
Affects Insurance.
Unless railroads and other concerns
are allowed to maintain their solven-
cy. unless the country can carry on
business on reasonably profitable
basis. your savings bank will not be
able to pay you the interest you are
now allowed.
or are you insured?
Life policies in force reach the gi-
eantic figure of $4,000 600, 600
equal to $3.50 for every man. woman
and child in the country. The total
number of policies is over S2,0O0,000
Unless the nation is so governed
that something approaching stability
and solvency is possible, every holder
and beneficiary Of an insurance policy
will suffer.
The country's total bank deposits
Of $l7,5O0, 900 600 are also dependent
upon wise. orderly government.
So, too. are all workers-every one
OF us, in fact,
Labor interests and capital are In
dissoluble. Hurt capital and you
hurt labor.
Foresees Chaos in Bills.
Having thus shown that capital
means you and me. il is now fitting
TO ask. Is the Government doing its
best TO prosper. or are some OF It's
proposals and prosecutions iniuring
us by depriving MS OF a fair opportu-
nifty To enjoy steady employment, of
q fair opportunity To earn interest ON
cur investments and our savings bank
deposits. q fair opportunity to come
out well in our insurance commit
mcnts. and a fair opportunity W We
are in business 90 forge ahead to-
ward larger accomplishments
I hesitate for not one moment to
declare. without fear Of coutradic-
tion. that some Of Washingtou's leg
islative proposals, If enacted into law
AS submitted BY the politicians.
would have precipitated chaos fnan-
Cisl Industrial, labor and social
The I'VE brothers anti bills were
impossible unthinkable The stock
exchange measure also was calculat-
ed 10 gravely upset things
President Acts
AS for The Interstate Commerce
Commissioners, their conception Of
their duties latetrly has been pin-
headed. blind and disastrous HAD
they been animated -heing Repuhh-
can nominees by a desire to wreck
the Democratic administration they
could not have followed more eC-
fective course.
RtCE MARkET