The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-03-30
,~uMIN BROWN in Washington
Starr

Sea-, - be on the American tongue,
,ar Joseph j.. Davies, having been
commissioner of corporations, is now
herman Of the Federal Trade Com
mission.
~ treating the trade commission
s,ua If the senators expressed fear
,t lodging such tremendous powers
,,ar The business of the country in
amy one appointive body. Senator
cnrah of Idaho remarked that with
tb. federal reserve board, the trade !
commission and the interstate COM
,,erce commission at work., presently
lin The politics Of the nation would |
evolve about the matter of appoint
uents to these bodies.
This is a body of broad powers,
ihis new creation, the trade commits
.ion. 1t is to ordinary trade indus
,rv what the interstate commerce
commission is to the transportation
business. 1t has been called the SUI
nreme court of industrial business.
Most Of the business OF the country
i done by corporations. = Every cor
noration sells a bag Of peanuts or a
mound of butter outsid1 it's own state
j. engaging in interstate trade, and
all corporations engaging in inter-
state trade are subject to the juris-
dirtion Of the trade commission.
tttNbSS NoINh Ssan
This Young man, not yet thirty-nine
wears old, who already has bulked big
in national affairs, whose advice was
sought in framing the law which the
commission he heads is to administer,
is an interesting personality. He is
worth studying.
ANY young man who before enter
ing public life has. by his oWn efforts.
built up q law practice in a country
community of some $4,000 a year is
worthy of study, but MI. Davies, by
reason OF the prominent and intimate
part he is to play in the business OF
ihe country. is especially worthy.
See him at his desk in Washington.
a second-crop Welshman ne calls
himself, and he is in face and appear
ancr more Welsh than Lloyd George.
tie looks more like>t the picture one
sees in the London Illustrated weeklies
of British statesmen than the prod
net Of mid-western environment.
Not tall. he has an extraordinary
breadth OF shoulders and an air OF
physical and mental strength. The
face is long, the head broad n low
set, the features those of q student,
and the lines>of the mouth indicate
the public speaker. His Uoise Is per
feet. his air that of a man of absolute
se~lf-command.
The dominating feature OF the face
l. . wonderful pair of eyes, large
brown, luminous, thoughtful, almos
iny stical at times in moments O
abstraction.
Such eyes. no doubt, were possess
ed by his mother, In her time {
famous woman. She wa Rache
Paynter, whose name is revered II
Wales. Rahel Ofon, or Rachel from
Anglesea, is the bardic name con
terred on her by the order Of Druids
'he only woman ever so hOI-ored.
Back III the early los a wave of re
lSlous enthusiasm swept over Wales
The ancient kingdom was burned a
by 4 molly fire. Great revivals wer
held in each village and town an
city. Rachel Paynter, "a splendi
slip of n girl, daughter Of q barristel
whose forbears had been officers c
the crown from the time of Nlllia1
the C~onqueror, suddenly came int
prominence by reason { her extra
ordinary power in prayer She swaS
ed huge congregations by her e.t
4uepce, she brought thousands to SUI
sender to Christ.
As she grew into WolnanhOoc ST
was ordained a minister of the Wels
Congregational Church. Then can
"a call from the Welsh societies
America. and she came to this coul
Try on an evangelical mission tn;
WAS eminently successful. here,
indiana, she met Edward Davies,
son of Wales, Of yeoman stock, who
father early had migrated to tn
country. became q blacksmith, al
thence by degrees had become
large manufacturer OF agonS Tn
loved and married, this son Of q We
man and the daughter Of a coun
1amily. a match utterly impossible
The land of their birth.
Students of heredity nay find
the son a cornmingling of their qua
lies and characteristics. the myst
ISM spirituality, imagination a
mentality Of the mother and t
sound, practical, common sense a
business acumen Of the father.
n Practical Man.
But is he really a practical man
merely . dreamer?" the business n
~ the country who happen not
Know Mr.. Davies are sure to ask.
Politics., while not an exact sc1e1
~ naNxm f. -,.a lin n