Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-04-27
Ccrporation Wroras.

false leaders. and have not chung 10
false gods.
Corporation Wrongs.
We all remember the cutlery against
vested interests of the capitalists.
There have been great wrongs done
hy' many cOrpOratiunS-Some OF their
franchises have been oniaiacd by cor
ruptiun and theft ana great injuries
have often been donG 10 the rights of
the people: and so, when we found
times ilard and things going wrong,
we have vented or anger upon cor
porGtous AID upoi the capitalists who
contracted them. In many cases we
allowed ourselves to become angry
with a class or With certain individ-
tails and expended our strength on
oar temper, rather than uron a study
81 the cure Of tho conditions about
which we complained: and in many
instances we punished corpnra tons
for The wrongs Of their predecessors
in ownership, much rs sins OF parents
arc visited upon their children.
Dcmagogucs, knowing the public
mood. appealed TO prejudice and ig-
no.ance In discussing public matters
and made issues ike currency. anti
trust laws and the railroads political
footballs, just rs IL the question Of
whether morcy could he saved by
Joining together companies and pro-
vi,:in. for ccG;l1Ey in purchases and
sales was political. OF course It was
81 matter Of economies (Which is the
science of comncrrc). Such matters
cal, for . conference between repre-
scn;ativrs Of farmers, laborers. sci
nntific students of world conditions.
end manufacturers and purchasers Of
goods, to consider and determine how
Goods can be produced with fair
wage 10 the employee. a fair profit to
tho employer and the maximum bcne-
fit to the public.
Future Problems.
In Europe they have taken these
ou"sticas up in this careful way and
The result has been OF great benefit.
Now, and in the future, America will
have 10 deal with countries that are
short of resources through the exhaus-
ion OF Way ard lave. Of necessity, TO
30, t;orn 10 ro"k-Eoftom. The thrifty,
yic,.i..Dnt, Industrious European is
api 10 no i good merchant, and ne are
2o;;. 10 have a hard time competing
,:ith Elm Gar commerce and for world
nnsffion, so we n!uSt consider all of
our problems more carefully than ever
before ana cast aside those men who
atfcrnrt 20 lead Us away from
thoughtful, dispa ssonate view of great
questions.
Graf; and neglect in local commGni-
ties o: political duties by the average
citizen arc responsible for the misgov-
eminent that breeds diSrcspect, where
NO should have pride because Of the
efficiency OF our people. The first con-
Germ of the citizen in every community
must he to see that 1t is governed in
a way that Will assure the approval
Of clean thinking mon and women.
The mechanics governing a city re-
nuire the same kind of clear thought
and careful work rs that given to
shop work o. farm Planning, and every
good American must feel-that at this
time there is nothing more worth
while
ii We do these things well, we will
not have 70 Worry about the foreign
born loving hlnc:'icn. because living
conditions here will he so excellent
that they simply caa,at help it. espe,
cially when they are given not alone
good government anal healthy condi-
lions surrounding home and work
shop, but also edtl"aiioh, opportunity
and charter Of liberties which will
mean happiness 10 them. if we per
form our duties as citizens.