The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-13
Secretary Redield
Pleads for "Readjust-
ment Of Ideals"
BRANDEIS TALKS
OF TRUST BILLS
Measures Now Being Considered
by House and Senate Commit
tees Represent Groundwork,
Which Is to Be Perfected
After Hearing From Rep
resentatives of Industry.
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Washington, February ia read
justment OF ideals" giving workingmen
shorter hours and recognizing labor
unions. was demanded OF business men
by Secretary of Commerce Redfield at
the annual banquet of the Chamber of
Commerce OF the United States to-
night.
Some business men," said the secre-
tary, do not seem to realize that while
they have been progressing during the
last ten years that the laboring man
the owner OF business TO send his
representative to treat with his en-
ployes. and then refuse to meet their
representative when they go to see
him?
1T is necessary that we have read
justment of ideals. We must give the
worklngman at least the same consid :
Grafton that we have given To our ma
chimes. The so-called owners of in
dustrial companies are not the owners
in fact. Their interest is joint with the
workingman and the general public.
And they must learn this fact.
The hours OF labor must be short
ened SO that the employees life will not
simply be one of work and sleep. Busi- :
ness men must learn that the general
public revolts at this conception OF in
dustry."
Want Advice or business Men.
Business was advised to be free with
Its suggestions during the shaping
of the trust legislation program by
Louis u. Brandeis. of Boston. in a
speech to-day, closing n session given
over by the annual convention OF the
Chamber of Commerce OF the United
States to discussion of pending bills af-
fecting the business world. Mr.. Bran
dcis told the delegates that the meas
ures now being considered by House
md Senate committees represented
only the groundwork of the admins
tration program. and that In the work
Of perfecting them along lines suggest
ed by President Wilson, aid from the
outside would be welcomed.
These bills that have been intro
duced are not administration bills" he
said. They are the bills of those
members who introduced them. i find
much in them that would like amend :
ed or corrected. and 1 have found the
greatest desire among their authors to
get suggestions from you business men
that will aid them in carrying out the
Presidents program"
object of the President.
Free and unrestricted competition
was not the Presidents object. Mr..
Brandeis declared, but rather regulat- :
ed competition. Absolute divorce of
transportation from Industry. he con-
tinued. was essential to any legisla- :
tive action that would set business
free. Every great monopoly has been
built up on privilege and preference
and discrimination In Its favor by
transportation companies. it is believ-
ed. and while great strides have been
made toward curbing this. the small
manufacturer still was at q disadvan-
taEe because the bulk of the bust
ness done by his great competitors car
ried with it railway preferences.
In closing. Mr. BrRndeis pleaded for
industrial democracy. Business would
and could be put. he believed. upon the
ing professions.
Henry Il. Towne. former president
Of the Merchants Association of New
York City, told the convention that he
aaw In the proposed interstate trade
commission Il body of men fitted to
cope with business problems. and &c
adJudge business disputes in the light
of greater personal knowledge than
any court of law could bring to bear
At Annual Hnnauct.
Tonight the delegates attended the
annual banquet of the chamber, Secre-
tary Redfeld, CT the Department OF
Commerce. and d. Karl Rathgen, OF
X
" the evening. pr. Rathgen told OF
Germnny's struggles with trade com
binations, and paid high tribute to
American business ideals.
Secretary Redheld discussed the
various activities OF his department.
In the reorganized Bureau of Domestic
and Foreign Commerce, he said IN
adequate, though small, force now was
i'll the foreign field obtaining informa
Of yif
ance to the extension OF American com
merce.
| Discovery of an immense supply ot
edible scallops along the Atlantic
from Point Montauk to the Virginia
capes. was announced by Secretary
Redfield.
He stated that the Bureau of Fish.
cries had come upon the apparently
| ineShaustible field during its investi.
cations along other lines. He declares
that the supply would reduce tie cost
OF living through the East to an ap.
preciable extent, because the source OF
this greatly desirable food Is now
| far larger than has been nerctofor,
| available"
Alaskan Railway.
Discussing tho Alaskan government,
railway. Secretary Redheld declared
that 1T would never reach the point
| OF real success until the coasta ot
Alaska had been charted. Much dan.
ger now existed to ships. he declared
me lighthouse tenders. he added, whc
are now stationed along the Alaska,
coast are not equipped with wireless
| The secretary prophesied that tn.
| new census of manufacturers, which
was now under way, would prove o
| great benefit I'm learning what busines.
men really need. lie asserted that tn,
business men should cooperate witt