The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-11-18

IDENTIFY 81 everyone else and scratch
irg a meager living from the soil by
means OF a stick and q span 81 oxen.
Then after tracing cooperation ia
this crude state. he showed the evo
luton OF industry down through the
individual form OF business organi-
zation. then into the partnership and
eventually IN the form % the corpo-
highest form OF cooperation. Mr..
kahlert presented some Interesting
data compiled by himself and Mr..
Berg showing the importance of the
corporation In this country today.
that there are 270.000 corporations
In this country today, that they pro-
aud hire three-fourths of the wage
earners engaged in manufacture in
this country today and that the cor
porations own three-fourths of the
wealth OF the country And this.
MIR. Kahlert pointed out. was aside
from agriculture. the very base OF
our industrial prosperity
Then in order to show whatI
&C onomic functions certain industries
OF the country were fulfilling. Mr..
Kahlert pointed out the economic
significance Of certain specific cor
rcrations. Mr.. Kahlert did this ia
order to show what can BE accom-
plshed by cooperation, pointing out
taat our great corporations today
ere the mediums By which great
~ nbers o. people large invest rs
ad mall have co usgatcd -7gg,hor
% patdna their Hsnsy tosathcr 80
eoadaet our great iadustr ASH
exam Acs OF suca corp rati0n 3ir.
kahlest showed the operations OF
tke Haryersfar Corporation Pc rail-
* as. tao telephone industry The
sieel industry ard tie meat pack
or. These are industries. Mr. Kahl--
ert pointed out, that We're carrying
on their business in wholesome
and efficient manner and desired
nothing in their industrial activity
as cooperation on the part of the
public.
In speaking of the railroad indus
tsy, Mr. Kahlert traced its growth
from the stage coach service down
to the present time when the rail
roads of the country were giving
livelihood and caring for the well
fare of some sixty-one million peo-
pie in this country today. Then in
fulfilling its important position, Mr..
Kahlert presented very interest.
iEg comparison between this coun-
tfy and Europe where the railroads
were not operated by corporations.
He showed how the corporation as a
railroad in this country cost the
United States 100000 per mile and
moved one million tons Of freight
per mile per annum. Great Gritain
had to pay $275, 600 per mile and
its railroads only move 100000 tons
o. freight per mile per annum. After
giving the figures for other countries
Mir. Kahlert concluded, that our rail
roads cost one third as much as
Europe's, move from two to three
times as much freight and paid from
two 10 five times the wages that
were being paid in Europe.
And speaking of the telephone In
dustry Mr.. Kahlert showed the
growth in this country during the
past twenty-five years how through
the ability of forty thousand people
working together had taken the tele-
Phone from crude invention and
developed it until now there were
nine million telephones in this
country today. Here an interesting
comparison was made to Europe
again and the superiority of our tele-
phone industry over that of Europe
was again demonstrated. Interest
irg motion pictures pertaining u
this industry We're again shown and
the rapidity Of 4 telephone eonnec- I
ton being made over 5lo9 miles
from New York to San Francisco
was clearly and effectively brought