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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. 11 IIL.J 1 [ Huge Monopolies Crush Organiz ers and Crumble From Own Weight, Declares Forbes. By B. C. FORBES. Do we really need to become very excited over the growth of American combinations? Is it, after all, neces sary to pass laws restricting their size? * * • Recent events suggests that nature and natural laws tend to govern 2this problem better than man-made laws. Is not growth carried to ex cess apt to lead to disintegration? Does not abnormal centralization bring decentralization? * • • There is a limit to what one man • can do. If he be brainy he may be . able to direct intelligently the labor 1 &f a thousand men. If he be a genius he may efficiently organize and su pervise the work of a hundred thou sand men. But breathes there a hu man being who can effectively in- apire and control the energies of half a million of his fellows? • • • Charles A. Mellen sought to carry centralization to excess. And do you not see that the first task of the New Haven directors is to bring about decentralization? No individual could hope to preside successfully over a huge railroad system, an intricate and extended trolley system and a large steamship system. Mellen aim ed at doing all that. The new scheme is to split up the organization into several parts and place a practical, trained man at the head of each. * * * The greatest industrial combina tion in the world is the United States Steel Corporation. The ablest brains in the country joined to build it up. At first responsibility was divided, but gradually one man has assumed control, Elbert H. Gary. An argu ment for centralization? I rather think not, for the strain has been so f/i great that Judge Gary has aged twen- ' * ty years in the last five. * * • Andrew Carnegie regards him as one of the greatest geniuses ever born. But even Gary cannot long continue to direct the labors of 200,000 men, notwithstanding that decentralization has been carried far in the way of . placing each plant on its own feet and running it as a separate unit. • * • I was shocked to note the change in the Judge last time I saw hm.. His physique and his spirit have both un dergone a terrible ordeal. I question whether any man will be found able to fill his shoes. The tremendous size of the corporation has not made it more profitable than small, well-man aged steel companies. Some of its competitors, less unwieldly, are do ing better. w * • Let us turn to the railroad world. The greatest railroad system ever de vised is the Pennsylvania. Cast your mind back over the roll of its presi dents and you will realize that the office has kilied them. One by one they have gone under. The human frame and the human mind could not bear up against the super-human task, despite the fact that no more perfect transportation machine was ever evolved. • • • Harrlman centralized to excess- do you remember how he declared to official investigators that he would buy up every railroad in the country if the Government would let him? Well, the load crushed him into a premature grave and his successors are turning to decentralization as the only way out. No man has been dis covered big enough to fill the Harri- man mantle, to use his own phrase. * * • James J. Hill may be quoted as an exception to the rule here enunciated. Yet he has not run riot in arrogating power to himself. His chief task was upbuilding the Great Northern. The Northern Pacific, the Burlington and Marshal White To Be Retained as Deputy MACON, July 31.—George F. White, present United States Mar shal, will be retained as chief deputy by -Joseph S. Davis, of Albany, the newly appointed marshal, who takes the oath of office Thursday before Judge Speer at the latter’s summer home at Mount Airy. Ga. Mr. White was a deputy twelve years, and for the same period he has been marshal. He was a delegate to the last Republican convention. Mrs, Oelrichs Seen in Semi-Swallow-Tail NEWPORT, July 31.—The latset morning costume from Paris was worn at the Casino by Mrs*. Charles De Loosey oelrichs. It was a split panel skirt costume, split well up the back. The jacket was in semi-swallow tall effect, with the back trimmed with thick French blue silk, with a paro- sol to match. A mushroom-like hat was trimmed with a small white feather and white cord. Plump and Dimpled Babies All Wrong BOSTON, July 31.—"I want to tell the mothers of those babies that have been exhibited in the baby contest that every one of t*hem is a little obese wretch,” sai<J Dr. Charles E. Page, No. 120 Tremont street, to-day. “Every farmer knows better than to fatten his animals so,” he con tinued. “A fat body moans a fat heart, a fat liver and fat kidneys, and these heavy babies are already victims of fatty degeneration.” Arrested in Pulpit For Deserting Wife DAYTON. OHIO, July 31.—With a Bible In his hands and in the act of delivering the Invocation at the eve ning service in a local church. Rev. Virgil B Slater, of Youngstown, was arrested to-day by detectives on the charge of non-support of his wife and two children. Rev. Mr. Slater has been sought for several months by the Youngstown authorities. He came here about a year ago. Jail for Life Faces Victim of Alimony MACON, July 31.—J. C. Brooks, a Central of Georgia Railroad conduc tor, expects to spend the remainder of his life in jail, owing to his inabil ity to give the $750 alimony bond re quired of him by the Superior Court. When Brooks failed to make his ali mony payments promptly, he was sent to jail for contempt of court. W T hen that sentence expired, he was assessed a bond. Beyig unable to give that, he must stay in jail. He states he and his relatives have ex hausted every effort to procure a bondsman. Brooks having previously announced a determination to leave the jurisdic tion of the court if he ever got out of jail, even the professional bonds men are afraid to take a chance on him. He is ordered to pay Mrs. Brooks $40 a month for life. % COLUMBUS NEEDS THE MONEY COLUMBUS.—City taxes for 1913 will be due August 1, and as the city finances are low, City Treasurer Mat thews has called on the taxpayers to be prompt. other enterprises have been more or less side lines, tlae active management of which he placed in other and able hands. • * * Colossal machines constructed by supermen cannot be held together aft er their builders pass away, for su perman cannot transmit their genius to t'.eir heirs or successors. Wnen a Napoleon or a Cromwell goes, the power they centralized is decentral ized. • * • Our captains of finance and in dustry to-day are not less ambitious than those who have gone before, but the very ablest of them are coming to realize that human nature has its limitations, that the mind and the body can stand only a limited amount of pressure, and that the penalty must be paid for every excess. • * * Then, too—this statement will be challenged by those not familiar with part of their glamor. Power is a the facts—swollen fortunes are losing magnet as strong as of yore. But it has been learned that power can come only through care/ul recogni tion of the public’s rights and de sires, and that to ride roughshod over the people’s will is to court disaster. Selfish centralization of excessive power is frowned upon, and the lead ers of to-day know it. They are, therefore, less given to attempting autocratic designs. They see that safety and lasting success lie in mod eration, not in excesses. THE PLAY THIS WEEK The Forsyth. The Forsyth bill this week has cre ated a great deal of comment. Each of the acts receives the desired indorse ment in the shape of applause, and the attendance has been large enough to in dicate that there is a genuine interest. Next week’s bill will be featured by the Eight Berlin Madcaps, eight very pretty misses, who have been identified all season with Eddie Foy’s “Over the River’’ Company. Annie Kent, the little jester, one of the cleverest entertainers in vaudeville, and Van Hooven, the dippy mad magician, and other high- class acts. Grand Pictures. , The excellent Alaska-Siberla pictures at the Grand continue to be a delightful entertainment for hundreds of people who assemble at the Grand matinee and night daily to witness these unusual life pictures of scenes in the Arctic region. Next week the management will in troduce a new policy in presenting two performances each afternoon, commenc ing at 2:30, and two complete perform ances each night, commencing at 8:30. For the first part of the week the sen sational film “Zigomar'' will be offered hi connection with high-class first-run pictures, and for the last half of the week “Balaoo,” the demon baboon, will be the feature, together with first-run pictures. Ten cents will be the admis sion at any time to any part of the house. Bijou Show Pleases. “The Girl from Dublin,’’ with its laughable comedy, pretty musical num bers, clever vaudeville acts and bril liant costumes, is pleasing Bijou au diences and attracting Immense crowds to the Bijou Theater this week. The company is a large one, headed by clev er principals, including Miss Nina Straw, W. J. McCaffery and Charles Brownie, and a chorus that is exceed ingly well drilled and strong of voice. GETS $500 DAMAGES. FORSYTH.—Because he was not allowed a sufficient time to allgnt from a train at Pope’s Ferry, W. H. Evans, of Monroe county, recovered 5500 from the Southern railway in the City Court of Forsyth. TO START ASBESTOS PLANT. GAINESVILLE.—An asbestos manu facturing plant is to be established here by a Chicago concern, which will also make this a distributing point for a pat ent roofing. Operations begins at once. BALTIMORE, MD. $20.85 Round Trip $20.85 Tickets on sale August 1, 2 and 3. Return limit Au gust 15. Through electric lighted steel sleeping cars Dining cars on most con venient schedules. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. LOSES SUIT FOR HORSE. FORSYTH.—R. B. Giles lost his suit in the city court against the Mayor and Aldermen of Forsyth. He sought $200 for the death of a horse fatally injured by a road machine. Weak, Nervous and Diseased Men Permanently Cured DR. J. D. HUGHES is an experienced spe cialist. Dr. Hughes successfully treats and permanently cures Premature Weakness, Blood Poison, Kidney, Bladder, Pros tatic and Contracted Diseases and all Chronic and Private Diseases cured In a few days, Varicocele. Hydrocele, Stricture, Piles and Fistula. I am against high and extortionate fees charged by some physicians and spe cialists. You will find my charges very reasonable and no more than you are able to pay for skillful treatment. Consult me in person or by letter and learn the truth about your condition, and perhaps save much time, suffer ing and expense. I am a regular graduate and licensed, long estab lished, and reliable. For 30 days my fee will be Just one- half what other specialists charge, or Weekly or Monthly Payments Ac cepted. FOR BLOOD POISON I use the marvelous GERMAN REMEDY, “606 or “914,’• and such improved remedies used for the cure of this disease. No detention from work. For Weak Men, Lymph Compound, combined with my direct treatment, restoring the vital forces to the fullest degree. In Chronic Diseases my patients are cured in less time, quickly, and I use the latest improved methods. Consul tation and advice Free. Call or write DR. J. D. HUGHES, Opposite Third Nat’l Bank, 161/2 N. Broad St., Atlanta, Ga. Hours: 9 a. m. to 7 p. m.; Sundays, 9 to 1. SUPPOSE yon were offered a splendid position in a distant city? It takes money to get there. Suppose an opportunity for a small investment car rying a good position with it were offered you right here at home? Could you take advantage of it? Money enables you to grasp opportunities the moneyless can never attain. Begin saving your opportunities this very day. We welcome the $1.00 accounts and pay 4 per cent in terest on your money. We have been designated United States depository for Postal Savings funds. Open Saturday afternoons 4 to 6. Georgia Savings Bank and Trust Co. Atlanta’s Oldest Savings Bank. Grant Bldg. The Real West is Really Just Around the Corner Now TI7HY, the trip only means one night on the * * train, and the cost of a month in these beau tiful, body-building, memory - painting, healthy, glorious scenes is less than that or a vacation in the average suburb. Make this yxmr Colorado summer. Take a genuine rest and take the whole family with you. Rock Island Lines through sleeping car to Colorado offers the best service to the Rockies. Electric lighted, fan cooled sleeper through to Colorado Spring*, Denver and Pueblo, via Memphis and Kansas City. Dining car service ail the way The Colorado Flyer from St. Louis and the Rocky Mountain Limited from Chicago, one night on the road trains—offer splendid service for those desiring to go by St. Louis or Chicago. If you can afford to go anywhere,you can afford a Colorado vacation Board and room $7 per week up. Hundreds of good hotels and bonding haute, oflsr good bowd for as low as $7 per week, and rooms at f3 per week. Low Fares Daily, June I to September 30 Write or call for handsome Colorado hook) and let this office help you plan your trip. H. H. HUNT, District Passenger Agent lft North Pryor Street, Atlanta, Ga. Telephone, Main 6ft 1 —Exclusive Representatives AttcthllTy System Fifth Avenue Clothes— CLOUD-STANFORD’S SEMI-ANNUAL CLEARANCE OF MEN’S HIGH-GRADE CLOTHING, HATS AND FURNISHINGS BEGINS AUG. 1st The price reductions made during our twice-yearly sales are, for the most part, so very much lower than are usually quoted elsewhere for similar grades that the comparative saving one realizes here is very material. One should keep in mind, too, that the quality of our wearables —and the styles- are far removed from the commonplace, and even at sale time with its attending rush the most minute details of fitting and fashioning are not overlooked. NOTE AND COMPARE THE FOLLOWING PRICE SCHEDULE: CHOICE OF ANY SUIT IN THE HOUSE $20 There are no restrictions (except Full Dress Suits). You are offered unlimited choice, regardless of color or former price. CHOICE OF ANY SHIRT EXC and sVlk negl?gees RTS $1.25 This comprises everything in starched cuff and French fold cuff negligees and pleated shirts, both white and fancy, except as noted above. STRAW HATS $ 3.00 Grade $185 3.50 Grade 2.15 4.00 Grade 2.65 5.00 Grade 3.25 6.00 Grade 4.00 7.50 Grade 6.00 10.00 Grade 6.00 NECKWEAR $. 50 Grade $ .30 1.00 Grade 60 1.50 and 2.00 Grade 90 2.50 to $3.50 Grade 1.20 HOSIERY “Onyx” make only. $ .25 Grade $ .20 .50 Grade 30 1.00 Grade 60 1.50 Grade 90 2.00 Grade., .. 1-20 2.50 Grade 1-50 TROUSERS Flannel and serge trousers in white and numerous neat stripe effects. $5.00 and $5.50 Grade $3.75 6.00 and $6.50 Grade 4.50 7.00 and $7.50 Grade.. 5.00 8.50 Grade.. 6.50 SILK SHIRTS The most beautiful collection of real ly high grade silk Shirts you have ever seen at reduced prices. Sizes 14 to 17%. $ 3.50Grade.. $2.50 5.00 Grade 3.65 7.50 Grade.. .. „„„ 5.35 10.00 Grade.. 6.85 UNDERWEAR Two-Piece and Union Suits. $ .50 Grade .. ,y $ .40 .75 Grade . 60 1.00 Grade 75 1.50 Grade 1.15 2.00 Grade 1.40 2.50 Grade 2.25 3.00 Grade 2.65 3.50 Grade 2.75 4.00 Grade 3.00 PAJAMAS Sizes to Fit Everyone. $1.50 Grade $1.00 2.00 Grade 1.25 2.50 Grade 1.50 3.00 Grade 2.00 3.50 Grade 2.25 4.00 Grade 2.75 5.00 Grade 3.25 BATH ROBES These prices include Lounging Robes also. $ 5.00 Grade $ 3.50 6.00 Grade 4.25 7.50 Grade 5.50 10.00 Grade 7.50 12.50 Grade 9.00 13.50 Grade 10.00 15.00 Grade 11.50 MISCELLANEOUS Many articles both in staple and nov elty goods too numerous to quote here have special price reductions for quick action. C1 o u d-S t a n f o r d Co. The Shop of Quality—61 Peachtree St. I *