The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-12-02
PRESIDENT ROOsEVELT'S MESSAGE.

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S MESSAGE.
From beginning pessis note can be detected in
the message President Roosevelt Congress
forceful and vire of
whole nation, but neither his
scanning of the future anything
or onr Gus import The document is instinct with f with that
abounding and heahu vitality that takes
issues and conditions and discovers in them naugh
mueh to inspire The keynote is sounded ours
not the creed of the weang gospel
hope and of triumphant
With president turns to consideration of
rnonentous questions
hured and waverng his grasp
scious and
profound thought After showing the marvellous prosperity
ea expansion with which the nation has been blessed points
that while conditions growth good
they have also favored somewhat the growth of what is evil
that this evil should be attempting
task only
tca by separating good by
holding firmly to the former while endeavong rid of the
Nothing good regulating supervising
trusts can be attained until fully
ed to attack the corporations away any
There hostility the determination
be conducted subeve the public good The line drawn
against misconduct against wealth the aim supervise
and control the action of wealth only prevent from doing ILL., To
the honest corporation publicity should
no overtenderness in sparing those that dishonest
President Roosevelt truey important subject
than that OF regulating business in which the
gzed can be considered by The afford
take supine attitude system govern
ment helpless the of conditions gappl
with them and whatever evil they have brought with them
He declares emphacay regulate
unqualified grant, without any
other limitation than that prescribed the
satisfied this has been exhausted by legislation
the statute books 1t is clear therefore that evils
mercia freedom and operating upon
within the reguave power congress-
reasonable law will be and congress
sonal authority for the suppression of such evils.
The president convinced that
tons which cripple competition fraudulent
alton and other abuses in organization
be power congress regulate
with foreign nations and the several through reguat
nsrumentay and those engaged This subject the president
earnestly recommends to the consideration Of with view
to the of law reasonable in its provisions
its operations which be finally adudcated
that raise doubt the necessity of constitutional
Should impossible accomplish the desired and
the constitution beyond all question
power sought.
President Roosevelt strongly opposed the proposition
duce the tariff OF reaching the evils for which
responsible and he points
TONS of those that should certainly within any proper
scheme for regulation would be slightest degree
by change in the tariff that change
the general prosperity OF the Past experience
ated that great prosperity has always
tariff and that the country under u
short intervals Furthermore, if the tariff whole work
well and business has prospered and properng
declared be better endure
inequalities in schedules upset by too quick
and too radical changes.
After expressing the wish that the treated solely
from the standpoint OF business needs the president
that business interests will best be of principle
regarding the protective tariff there combined that will
permit from time to time the reappaon principle
10 the shifting national needs Care however
cation of system the threat Of which, say nothing