The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-03
ROOSEVELT AT ST. PAUL.
Vice President Says the Nation Mus
 Control the Trusts.

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 st. Paul. Minn., Sept. 2.--vice-Presi dent Theodore Roosevelt arrived here at 7:3O a. m. today. He was met by re ecption committee from the Minnesota State Agricultural Association, whose guest he was throughout the day, the committee consisting of Governor Ven Sant. President Cooper, Vice President Chester R. Smith, and Thomas Shevlin, of the Fair Association, accompa nied their guest to Minneapolis. Leutenant- city on an inspection tour, also joined them
 They spent an hour in Minneapolis. Grounds at Hamline., The Vice Prest. dent was escorted to the grand stand from which he delivered an address to the assembled thousands. He reeslved an enthusiastic reot ption and his adfreHs was listened to with the greatest atten- ton.
 The Vics-Prcsident in be ginning nis ad dress, paid a nigh tribute to the cha acter and enei yy of hls hearers. descend W hich Lad pushed westward Into the wilderness and laid the foundations for new commonwealths The man with aX and pick and blow, who, he said, had pushed to completion the domlnion of our people over the American wilderness, had shown by their qualities of daring. cii- duranee and far-siRhtedness that they recognized In practical form the funan- mental law ot success ,n American hIe-- olute, high endcavor. Continuing, he said: Tt seems to me that the simple ucce ptanee of this fundamentGl fact of American life will holp us tO start alright in facing not few of the prob lems that confront us from without and from within.
 I've cannot possibly do our best work as a nation unless all of us know how to act in combination as well as to act each individually TOT himself. This act Ing "a combination can take many forms but of course4 it's most effective form must be when 1t comes in shape of law :: that is, of action by the community as whle through the law-making body No hard and fast rule can be iaId down as to where our legislation shall stop iE interfering between man and man, be- tween interest and interests. All thnt can be said Is that 1t is highly undesLr able. on the one hand. to weaken tndt- vidual initiative, and, on the ether hand, that in constantly increasing nulapSr of cases we shall find 1t necessary In the future to shackle cunning as in the past we have shackl d force. It is not high ly desirable, but necessary, but lherA should be legislation which shall cars- CTS. and which shall discriminate In fa- Vor of the honest and humane employer by removing the disadvantage under which he stands when compared with unscrupulous competitors who have no conscience and will do right only under fear of punishment. Nor can leslalatiou stop with what are termed labor que5 tions The vast individual ar corpora .e fortunes. the vast combinations of cap, ital, which have marked the devt lcpIncrt of our industrial system create new con ditions' and necessitate a change from the old attitude or tho State and nation toward prosperity"
 There was, he Contended. but the scani tiest Justification for most of the out cry against men of wealth, as such and 1t ought to be unnecessary, he said, to state that any appeal. which finally en- tails the DO stability of lawlessness and violence, was an attack upon the fun damental properties of American citiZen- ship. - -. ., up or down together. Yet more and more if is evident that the State, and If neces- sary the nation, has got to possess the right of supervision and control as re- gards the great corporations which are its creatures particularly as regards the great business combinations which de- rive a portion of their importance from the existence of some monopolistic tend
 AS to our relations with foreign powers, Vice Pres ident Roosevelt said that our domestic well-being. must not shrink from its part among the great nations without "Our uuty.' he said, may take many forms in the future as it has taken sible to lay down hard and fast lJlle for all classes. We must ever face the fact If our shlfun8 national needs. or the always changing opportunities that present themselves. But We may be eer- not, we cannot avoid hereafter having duties to do in the face of other nations. we can perform these duties as well or ill." .--
 all dealings with any foreign power with whom the government might come In contact un this point he added: Let us nN.a 1t evident that we intend to do tGs'@cc Then let as mako 1t equally eNid, that we will not tolerate injustice being done to us in return. Let us fur theT mako 't evident that we use no words which we are not prepared to back up with deeds. and that while our speech Is al- ways moderate, we are ready and willing to make 1t good. Such an attitude will he thc ,urrst ossible guarantee Lf tha self-gac.thring peace. the Httainment If ' hich is aIt must ever bo the Jriale ain of a 'eIt-g ,,lnilg D cyl This iH in ut- nude Vt mlst taLe hs regards the Mon-
 we do not by this doctrine intend to ssrction any solicy ot aggression by one