Salt Lake Telegram | 1906-06-22 | Page 8 | Corporation Officials Need to be Honest, So Says Gen. Woodford

CC POMTiON OFFICIALS HEED TO BE HONEST, SO SAYS GEN. WOODFORD CHICAGO. June 1 2. Gen. Stewart I - Woodford, former Minister to Spain,- in . delivering the commencement commence-ment address to the graduates of Northwestern university, spoke of what he declared the great needs of the Nation education, reverence for law and observance of truth. Under the second head he- took occasion to criticise corporation officials who "behind "be-hind their artificial authority commit acts that they would not consider as individuals." He said In part: "Education must begin in the family. fam-ily. If I could find words to burn, into the consciousness of the parent, I would say, teach your children reverence rever-ence for age, observance, of truth, courage and obedience. If I could burn words into your minds, I would say, as you go into active life remember remem-ber to teach your children to reverenceage. rever-enceage. to speak, the truth, to lay the foundation of all things in their individual lives and, in the great things of the State., upon obedi;nce, reverence and truth. "The corporation has grown to be a power and it was born under the protection of the law. It holds property prop-erty because the law guards it. Its every venture is safeguarded by the sanctity of the law. An officer of a corporation who. to seek increase of fortune for larger individual, personal enjoyment, tramples on the law, w'.io uses his position and influence to evade the law, is a traitor to the dearest dear-est and best interests of the Republic"