| Show power of big business greater today than ever in history of the country n by DR no SCOTT beryt r NEARING MC A 0 tm of the Univ university etsity of toledo who is the big man in your city the mayor no can you name acety a city of any considerable size in which the mayor is the big man he m might ig glit be a capable general manager in one of the big industries of the city the big men in the city are the railroad men the bankers and tho the controllers of the public utilities the controllers of the great manufacturing industries and the mercantile establishments the big men in your city are the business men do not look to the mayor as to the leader business men look to him as the servant of business they do no not t look to him as the servant sen ant of the people if you look to him as the servant of the people you will be frequently and sadly mistaken the schools of the united states are not organized democracies they tire are organized plutocracies controlled by the same group that controls our industries we have not even the beginning of the machinery of damoc racy i inin i nin a 0 ns the power of business today is in more complete is more supreme than it ever has been before in the history of the american government or the american industries why because the american trusts do not want to io be regulated and since they manage the government they see to it if that they arg are not to be regulated uw ft aw c i |
