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"OTEER SIDE" OF CORFORATIONS
Hon. J W. Gleed Lectures Before the Historical Seminary.
Hon J. W. Gleed of Topeka, addressed the Economic Seminary Tuesday afternoon on "The Other Side of Corporations." His address was lively and interesting throughout, and was heard by an appreciative audience. It follows in substance:
It is not necessary to travel to foreign countries to hear corporations denounced. Many newspapers and politicians devote themselves almost exclusively to this practice. Corporations are called barrens, and their manipulators, fixers. A corporation has been defined as an artificial being opposed to the welfare of the people—a definition calculated to strike terror to the hearts of the bravest. They are called factitious, soulless, immortal, intangible. They are not soulless, not preurnatural, but entirely human. Men are not debodied or desuled by being associated with a corporation. Society felt the need of corporations; they were thought to be minutes of progress, and thus came into being.
The difference between a corporation and a partnership is that one is excluded from probate interference. Limiting of liability cannot be considered unwise. One man is not able to do a great deal, but the ability and responsibility of a hundred or more men associated as one is very great. This is what society needs. Those who do not complain against corporations are their creditors because they know they are secure. Corporations know that a broken promise is a loss to themselves and the public. They fear public sentiment. Owing to the size and necessary openness of their business they cannot conceal misdealings. They are required to make frequent reports and undergo examinations by government officials. A man is not apt to deceive, when working with an association of men, as he would be when working for himself.
The death of the head of some private concern often necessitates an entire change. The death of a partner in a corporation merely means that his share will descend to some other person, the change not in the least affecting the remainder of the associated man.
The cry about the immortality of corporations is mere delusion. There have been 20,000 of them formed in Kansas since it became a state, and there are not a thousand in existence at present.
Two men as partners do not yield anything to public or state, while two men united in a corporation must yield much. A partnership may do anything that the law does not prohibit. A corporation may do only what the law provides. A partnership may buy and sell as much as it wishes, and change the line of its business. A corporation cannot. It is not given powers without limitations or restrictions. By incorporating themselves, men submit to numerous restrictions which they would otherwise not have to endure.
The idea of giving land to railroads was decreed because the people claimed it deprived them of their birthright. The Santa Fe railroad rendered value to Kansas land. The people now have the land
The state has granted the right of eminent domain to some corporations. The courts did this as a sort of reward for the restrictions which they had placed. It was not done at the request of the corporations, but at the express wish of the people. The right of eminent domain gave nothing to the corporation nor took anything from the people.
Watkins National Bank.
Capital $150,000 Surplus. $17,500.
J. B. WATKINS, PAUL R. BROOKS,
President, Cashier,
C. A. HILL, W. HAZEN,
Vice President, Ab*s Cashier.
DIRECTORS.
B. J.WATKINS, C.A. HILL, A. HERNING
W. E. HAZEN, G. GUMMEES, B. GROBKS
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The difference between corporations and trusts lies in the size of their business. They are fundamentally the same. A hand laborer uses tools; single capitalists employ a number of trainmen, each one of whom has his line of work. A corporation does the same, but on a larger scale. Trusts are merely associations of corporations.
The world demands articles cheap A large amount of capital can buy things cheaper and thus satisfy the demands of the people.
A corporation cannot be formed of people who have not confidence and skill.
The last fifty years have been most fruitful. Cooperation has made nature yield to the desires of men.
As an example of the formation of a corporation—Suppose that there were 100 men in a town who had $1,000 each that they would like to lend, but could not find perfectly secure borrowers. If they lost on the loan, they would lose all. Now suppose all these men united their money and formed a bank, by the law of average, on all their loans they would be comparatively secure, and each loss would be shared by all.
It is not the corporations that are hatred. but wealth. Some people think that corporations are capitalists cooperating to prevent competition.
Forty years ago, transportation between St. Louis and Denver was done exclusively by oxen. Then came corporations, which overwreth all competition at first. Then came another and another railroad, each one cutting prices, until there is as much competition as there was formerly between the freightmen. In the improvement in cotton manufacture one traces a like competition, with the result that higher wages are paid, more workmen employed and the product cheaper. In all good there must be some evil, as the case with the Standard Oil company, which on account of its enormous scope is able to destroy all competition. But in this case the product has declined 75 per cent in price in the last thirty years. In the same way we see the reduction of telegraph toll, etc. In conclusion Mr. Gleed said that, a corporation, which would successfully reclaim by some irrigation process the arid lands of Kansas could only be considered a benefactor of the state.
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No wonder so jolly is he.
He bought all his wood,
And feed all he could,
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47 is the Phone, he calls when alone,
And gleefully orders the THREE.
8oo Vermont street.
Speed work in shorthand, beginning work in shorthand, bookkeeping, penmanship, etc., at the business college, day or evening sessions. Improve your odd moments by learning something about accounts and business. Information cheerfully given at the office in the National bank building.
Perfumes from California, the land of flowers. With the purchase of each ounce of perfumery we give a beautiful art study. The California perfumes are unsurpassed for quality and delicacy.
Students as well as others wanting coal, will find A.J. Griffin's the most convenient and best place to trade. His prices are the lowest, coal the best, and delivery is prompt and satisfactory.
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Miss Flipp will start another term in dancing Saturday, evening, January 29th, at Frazer hall. Special rates to those who have taken the lessons of the preceding term.
School supplies at Mrs. Prentiss' Home store.
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MEAT MARKET.
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS
And Subscribers for the Weekly.
On taking charge of the WEEKLY, the new management finds that the paper being regularly sent to many people whose subscriptions have expired. We desire to call especial attention to the fact that subscriptions, as well as share of stock, are payable in advance. We do not doubt but that every Kansas University student and ex-student is loyal enough to his Alma Mater and to the WEEKLY to pay up his subscription when his attention is called to the fact that it has expired. Believing that the WEEKLY's subscribers will do this we shall next week mark the papers directed to those persons whose subscriptions have expired, in such a way that their attention will be called to the fact. Should anyone in Lawrence be disloyal enough to refuse or neglect to have his subscription paid in advance by the next Saturday his name will be taken from the mailing list. Should any out of the city subscribers so neglect or refuse to settle his subscription account within two weeks his name will likewise be taken from the mailing list. Subscriptions may be paid to J. O. Hall, managing editor or to Frank P. Pratt, assistant, or at the WEEKLY office. Subscribers living outside the city will please address J. O. Hall, Managing Editor, Lawrence, Kan.
TEN YEARS LATER.
Athletic goods, full line, at Smith's News Depot.
Phil Knowiton, of the Newton Kansan Talks Entertainingly of Changes
On Mount Oread.
Phil Knowlton, who was in the University just ten years ago, was on the hill Monday morning. When seen by a WEEKLY reporter, and asked to give some impressions as to the changes ten years had affected at the University, Mr. Knowlton said:
"I notice a big improvement in many things. The first thing that struck me was the improvement in the looks of the grounds. Then that pipe organ is a great thing. It completely transforms the looks of the chapel, and marks a great advance in the aesthetic life of the University.
As for changes in the student life, it seems to me that the students are more in harmony among themselves. When I was here we were continually engaged in factional fights. So much so in fact that if a man took any part in college politics he hardly had time to do the work. There seems now to be more interest in college work itself and less attention given factional broils and squabbles.
"One thing must absolutely be admitted and that is that the prejudice against the University formally existing all over the state is very nearly gone. The notion once prevalent, that this is essentially a rich man's school is being overcome. Few people advocate this idea any more and that fact is helping the school."
Mr. Knowlton is now editor and proprietor of the Newton Evening Kansan and stopped here for a few days on his way to Port Arthur.
Smith's news depot is the headquarters for athletic goods. The largest and finest stock in the city. We also have all the best makes of fountain pens. The WEEKLY and all other leading papers on sale at Smith's news stand.
K. S. U. bouquet is the most lasting and fragrant perfume on the market. For sale only at Brrber Bros' Drug store. 909 Massachusetts street.
If you are desirous of working up speed in shorthand do not fail to attend the evening class at the Business college. Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 7 to 9 p.m. Rate 50 cper week.
Miss Breck has furnished rooms for rent, singly or in suits. Conveniently arranged for a small family. 1023 New Hampshire street.
Attention of all students is called to Mrs. Prentiss' candies 1106 Massachu setts street.
Barber Bros. are exclusive agents for Rockwood's chocolate candies. The finest grade of candies on the market.
See Mrs. Prentiss at the Home store, 1105 Mass. st., for toilet soaps and perfumery.
Special low prices on suits and over coats at M. J. Skofstad's 82a Mass. street
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Success of College Men.
The position which college men occupy after the graduation, and the number of them included among those known as the successful citizens of our country, may be shown by statistics compiled after an examination of Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography, which are given below.
Not col- Per
College lege centof
men college
men men college men
Clergy. 1605 1130 .58
Soldier. 58 1700 .03
Lawyer. 841 837 .50
Statesmen 434 867 .33
Business. 177 944 .17
Navy. 15 500 .02
Physician. 437 485 .46
Author. 411 707 .87
Artist. 66 564 .10
Educator. 629 387 .61
Scientist. 323 189 .63
Journalist. 66 217 .30
Inventor. 19 147 .11
Actor. 4 103 .01
Explorer Pioneer. 9 240 .034
Philantthropist. 29 151 .16
Public Man. 145 620 .19
Total.
5279 9086
From these statistics it will be seen that of 15,085 men named, 5,279 are college men, slightly more than one third. The number of graduates of American colleges from the beginning until the present time does not exceed 200,000. Of these, 5,000 have done such work as to deserve lasting remembrance. One man, therefore, in every forty graduating from college, has been successful, while taking as a basis the enormous number of men who have lived in this country since the beginning, we derive the statement that only one in every 10,000, not college graduates, has attained a like measure of success. According to this, the proportion is in favor of the college man, 230 times.—Wisconsin Cardinal.
SNOW LITERARY.
A good audience attended the session of the Snow society Friday night.
The first number, a selection by a quartet under the leadership of C. E. Shutt, was well rendered and much appreciated. The singers were enclosed and resumed very fittingly.
Then Miss Reed, secretary of the society gave a declaration which pleased all.
13A. C. Wheeler next delivered an oration entitled "Training of the Emotions." Mr. Wheeler seems to have oratorical ability both as to delivery and as regards thought and composition. His oration was complemented by the critic.
W. M. Kyser read a paper upon "Why we should attend the Snow Literary." He developed the idea that environments have a vast influence upon one. By attending the Snow we are placing ourselves under a good influence. The associates too are such that in the future we may point to them with pride when we remember that we labored with them in the best literary society in Kansas University. Furthermore we ought to show our magnanimity by giving our presence to the society.
The debate was upon the question as to whether or not monopolies were a benefit to society as a whole. The question was argued on the affirmative by V. D. Craig and A. Rundle and on the negative by C. R. Lander and Geo. Beach. The negative won the decision of the judges.
Dr. Williston, critic of the evening was then called upon and gave his report. He referred with pride to the fact that nearly thirty years ago, along with six other young men, he founded the Webster society of the State Agricultural college. He emphasized very strongly the benefits of the work in a literary society, and attributed whatever success in public speaking he may have had, almost exclusively to the training the above mentioned organization gave him. Though at times the doctor's criticisms were plain, they were all the better for being so, and were well taken. He was given a vote of thanks by the society in appreciation of the criticisms.
The interest as to the debate in general is very active in the Snow. A large number expect to enter the preliminaries for the inter-state debates, and the prizeddebate, an exclusively Snow affair, will also give an impetus too forensic contests.
The Robinson Bust will be Dedicated February 22nd.
The commission, consisting of B. W. Woodward, Mr. Charles Chadwick and Mrs. Robinson, which was appointed by Governor Leedy to secure a bust of ex-Gov. error Robinson, met Tuesday and inspected the bust received from the sculptor, Mr. Taft, of Chisago. The bust was satisfactory in every way and will be formally installed in University hall on Washington's birthday at 10:30 in the morning. Mr. Woodward will speak for the commission, Gov. Leedy for the state, and Chancellor Snow for the University. At this occasion Kansas University's orator, P. S. Elliott, will deliver his winning oration.
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HIS FIRST LECTURE HERE.
Col. Fred Funston to Begin His Lecture
Tour at Lawrence
Col. Funston, like a true son of his alma mater, will give his initial lecture at the University.
Col. Fred Funston, late of the Cuban army, now of Iola, Kans, U. S. A., was in the city the first of the week, the guest of his old college friend, Prof. E. C. Franklin. Col. Funston, as every reader of the daily press knows, is on his way home to recuperate and recover from a severe wound. It is his intention as soon as his health will permit to take the lecture platform on the subject of Cuba. Col. Funston may be said to have seen all sides of life and to have experienced all climates. He has successfully passed through the fatal Death Valley of California, alone carried on a government exploration in northernmost Alaska, and has now finished a long term of service in the insurgent army in Cuba.
"The Masque" met Wednesday evening at the club house. After an address by Prof. Dunlap three new members were added to the list and two plays were chosen to be given sometime in the spring; "Money," and "As You Like It." were selected, the casts to be taken from the members who now number twenty-six. Miss Georgia Brown will conduct the presentation of the plays. Two committees were then appointed on finance consisting of Prof. Blackmar, Messrs, Harris and Cooper, and one on weekly programs, with Hilliard Johnson as chairman and Prof. Dunlap, Mr. Decker, Miss Dodge and Miss Gardner as the other members. The committee decided to have an "As You Like It" evening next week with Prof. Dunlap in charge Each member being prepared to enter into an informal discussion of the play.
The club have decided to improve the club house. The rooms will be papered and decorated under the direction of Miss Eva Brown.
Second Meeting of the "Masque."
The Betas enjoyed a spread last Saturday and Sunday. Late Saturday morning one of Wiedeman's wagons drove up to the chapter house on Tennessee street and unloaded a two-gallon can of ice. The driver was assured by Mrs, Street, the matron, that no ice had been ordered. The deliveryman, however, was so positive that he had come to the right place that the ice was finally left.
All that day the Betas feasted. Some carried dishes of ice to their rooms and ate and meditated in solitude; others were more sociable and took their saucers into the parlor, while the majority, it is asserted, grabbed long-handled spoons and stood guard over the can in the kitchen, at the same time zealously transferring the ice to their own stomachs. All the time the wonder grew as to who was the kind benefactor to whom they were indebted for the unexpected Saturday feast, until finally it was suggested that the ice was probably that left over from the Phi Psi party, the night before.
Betas Feast
Upon this discovery some of the boys, feeling hurt that one fraternity should so far forget the courtesy due another as to neglect to enclose its card in any gift, however acceptable, and send as it were an anonymous present, refused to eat any more. Others feared that it might be part of a jealous fraternity's plot, and searched the medical books for antedotes to every known poison. The majority, however, continued to hover with their long-handled spoons about the ice-packed bucket, unhurt by the breach of etiquet which failed to wish "many happy returns of the day" and unheeful of the suspicion that the frozen dainty was indeed composed of seductive and deadly drugs—till, in time, the can was empty.
Meanwhile the Phi Psis, at their chapter house on the hill, were wondering what had become of their ice. The Betas say the joke is on the Phi Psis, while the Phi Psis insist that the joke is on Wiedemann, so thus you have, at all odds, no joke on the Knights of the Long-Handled Spoon.
See Mesenheimer & Hoover for canned goods. Phone 190. 1019 Massachusetts street.
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