Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-12-06
Nuggets From Roosevelt's
Message.


pockets or wife beating.
IL ever anarchy is triumphant, its.
triumph will last for but one red.
moment to be succeeded for ages by
gloomy night of despotism.
Anarchy is q crime against the whole,
humansrace; and all mankind should,
band against the anarchist.
II anarchists should become q SER.
ious menace to its (this country's) in:
situations, they would not merely be
stamped out, but would involve in
their own ruin every active or passive
sympathizer with their doctrines.
PROSPERITY.
Prosperity can never be created BY
law alone, although it is leasy enough
to destroy it by mischievous laws.
Fundamentally the welfare Of each
citizen. and therefore the welfare Of
the aggregate of citizens which makes.
the nation, must rest upon individual
thrift and energy, resolution and in
telligence.
America has only just begun to as
sumo that commanding position In the
international business world which we
believe will more and more be hers.
1t is of the utmost Importance that:
this position be not jeopardized.
THE TRUST.
To strike with ignorant violence at
the interests of one set Of men almost
inevitably endangers the interests OF
all.
There are real and grave evils, n of
the chief being overcapitalization, be-.
cause of its many baneful conse-.
quences; and a resolute and practical
effort must be made to correct these
evils.
Great corporations exist only be-
cause they are created and safeguard
ed by our institutions; and it is there
fore our right and our dutyto see that
they workin harmony with these in
stitutions..
The first essential in determining
how to deal with the great industrial
combinations is knowledge. of the
facts-publicity. Publicity is the only
sure remedy which we can now in
woke.
In the interests Of the whole people,
the nation should, without interfering
with the power Of the states in the
matter itself, also power Of
supervision and regulation over all
corporations doing an interstate BUSH
ness.
II, however, the judgment Of the
congress is that it lacks the constitu-
tional power to pass such an act loom
trolling corporations1, then a constitu-
tional amendment should be submit
ted to confer the power. ><
AMERICAN LABOR.
American wage workers work with
their heads as we'll as their handsa
This is the great secret of our success
in competition with the labor of foreign
countries. n
Very great good has been and will be
accomplished by associations or unions
Of wage workers, when managed with
f%orethought and when they combine
insistence upon their own rights with
law-abiding respect for the rights Of
others.
The rule of brotherhood remains as
the indispensable perquisite to success
in the kind of national life for which
we strive.
TARIFF AND, RECIPROCITY.
Nothing could be more unwise thar
to disturb the business interests Of thu
country by any general tariff chang
at this time.
1t is not only possible, but eminentl.
desirable, to combine with the stabilit.
of u economic system a supplement
tary system of reciprocal benefit ant
obligation with other nations.
@ IGeClpIOClbS A1uSO O0 tAhdtSO o. CA'
handmaiden of protection.
The we'll being of the wage worke
is a prime consideration of our eatir'
policy Of economic legislation.
TRANSPORTATION PROBLEMS.
We should not longer submit to con
ditions under which only q trifinl
portion OF great commerce is Cal
ried in our own ships.
1t 1.-THE building of an isthmian canal
is emphatically a work which it Is fo
the interest of the entire country I
begin and complete as loon as possibl,
The railway is a public servant. It
rates should be just to and open to q
Shippers alike.
IRRIGATION.
The western half Of the Unite,
States would sustain a population