Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-23
FEDERAL INVASION
OF BUSINESS SCORED
IN BIRTHDAY SPEECH
Centr aIization of Government in
Capital is Attacked by Kan
sas Representative.
ITS FINGER IN EVERY PIE

Warrington Feb 23.-Centrallzation
Of government IN Washington and the
mounting taxes paid by an already bur
dsned people because Of the Govern
fneut'a invasion of private industry was
attacked ia the House yesterday by Rep
reaentative Philip T. Campbell ~ Kan
sns. chairman Of the Rules Committee.
Representative Cornpbell delivered the
Washington birthday address in the
House. but instead Of repeating tributes
to Washington ne drew contrast be
tween government in the days ~ the
first President and government today,
The growth Of bureaucratic authority
and the presence of Federal Government
payroIls of nm army" 81 10000 civilian
employees were cited by Mr.. Campbell
ns showing the trend toward centraii-
Zation.
There Is no activity-bnsinesa so
ciaI or domestic condition-that IS not
the object Of their supervision. their
sollcitude or their authority u would
bo dIfcult To euumerate all tho depart
mentR. burenua aud commissions ~ the
Government ~ washington that have
been created to exercise Bureaucratic
authority and raternal gnardanship
over tho people IN every part ~ the re-
public More than 600 900 civilian en-
ploves made up the army that oversees
aud directs the affairs ~ the people
and assumes guardingship over them.
Government agents and inspectors.
eyereietne every vartcty - authority.
are found on every Pullman ont of and
into Washington.
If a wearing dice ~ hlackicg On q
farm IN Kansas tho Government ~
Washington acts on the case II a hog
dIos of cholera in hog lof III Iowa
The Government takes charge II 2
~oavii bores through holi ~ coftor
On plantation in Texas. the Govern-
rneat at Washington is stirred - action
Nothing escapes the viglant cye ~ fhf
Federal Government ard its innumer-
8hfs functiouaries. n the price ~ Goa
f.oes III let the Government take charge
of the seller II Tho price of cattle goes
down let the Government take charge
Of tho buyer Thus the carnival o
Federal activities goes nerrliy on. Gov
ernment control is the remedy for every
III ard regulation the source or everS
good
The people pay al the expenses. Il
some Instances they pay IL through tn
government here IN the case of othe
activities they ray half through Wash
iugton ard the other half through thei
stat. goverrnents-but III the end the,
pay the expenses II this compIicate'
machinery If government that has i
agents looking over the shoulder o
every business man and directing n
affairs Of every citizen.
The use of government Is not with
out deplorable precedent The disap
pointment ard despair Of the people o
France growing out of the delay in IN
inauguration q the millennium By tn
Paris Governmeut led 10 the Frenc
Revolution
The French Government undertoo
the control and the direction Of every
thing that concerned the French peo
pie L was assumed they could q
, nothing for themselves and that n
; Government could do everything. Fal
ure and revolution followed"
Representative Campbell said that !
the United states we have already dc
parted from the government Of III
fathers into the same governmental az
tivities into tke personal affairs OF IN
people that led 10 the greatest calamli
in human hlstory.-The French Revo
!, luton"