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

roads which, also, are you
pounded rccklcssly 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 duh and be-
set with uncertainty.
And WOW, see investments depressed
TO levels. that sadden holders and
brighten off potential investors.
Capital Is you. | have said. DO
YOU doubt IL? Very we'll let's see.
recently gathered returns from
over 500 railroad and industrial cor
porations, with combined capital OF
more than $4,000, 100000, showing
they had 100000 stockholders. to
say nothing of hondholders. Taking
the sos, 000, 100000 stocks and bonds
of corporations paying the corpora
ton tax. an estimate OF from 1000
600 to & nO0O. 900 holders of securities
Of American enterprises Is fully JUS
titled.
Perhaps YOU are not in that list
How about savings banks, then?
There are 1900 600 savings bank
-nepositors in the United States--one
Tor every family
And Their deposits total $10O0O0O,-
zoo.
Affects Insurance.
Unless railroads and other concerns
are allowed to maintain their solven-
cy. unless the country can carry on
Business on reasonably protitaole
brJfs. your savings bank Will not be
ablA To pay you the interest you are
now allowed.
Or are you insured
life policies in force reach the gil
gantic figure of 10000, 600
equal to $3.50 for every man. woman
and child in the country. The total
number Of policies is over S2,0O0,O0O.
Unless the nation is SO governed
that something approaching stability
ard soivency Is possible, every holder
and Beneficiary OF an Insurance policy
Nill suffer.
The country's total bank deposits
of Sf7.a0O. oo0,0B are also dependent
upon wfse orderly government.
Il So, too are all workers every one
OF MS, in fact.
Labor interests and capital are In
.dissolublc Hurt capital and YOU
hurt labor
Foresees Chaos in Bills.
Having thus shown that CAPITAL
means YOU and me, II is now htting
TO ask. Is the Government doing us
best to prosper. or are some of its
proposals and prosecutions injuIihg
Us by' depiving us of fair oppottu-
nity to enjoy steady employment; OF
fair opportunity To earn interest on
our investments and our savings bAnN
deposits; a fair opportunity TO come
out well IN oor insurance commit
poents.. and a fair opportunity if we
arc in business TO forge ahead to-
ward larger accomplishments
hesitate for not one moment to
declare. without fear OF contradic-
ton. that some of Washiugton's leg
islative proposals II enacted into law
as submitted by the politicians,
would have precipitatcd chaos imam
cial. industrial. labor and social.
The FIVE brothers anti bills were
impossible-un thinlable The stock
exchange measure also was ca'culat-
ed TO graVely upset things.
...,. President Acts.
As Cor the Interstate Commerce
Commissioners. their conception OF
their duties latetrly has been pin
headed. blind and disastrous Had
they .beeu. Aglmated being Rcpuhli-
can nominees by desire TO wreck
the Democratic administration they
could not have followed a more et-
fective course.