Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-07

ness, remember that. You cannot put a
offOP he 20 Sf reverse wen ca 1ne cd mqnS'r and ten St
them so that they will do no harm. ZAP
Another thing, you do not build these
leyees in a day or a month. The man who
told you he had a patent devise by
solSe the whole hole question assi ne Of T FToOds
OF the great rivers, would not be
that by another remedy he can bring the
millinium In our industrial and social af-
can do a good deal, bat our accomplishing
what 1 expect to see accomplished Is con-
dltioned upon our setting to work on a
tory. A spirit OF sober. steadfast, kindly
q want to emphasize the word kindly de-
termination not to submit - wrong our
terfere with the great / IS develop
ment Of the country, but a, e same time
ton az 20 regulate. II we cannot remedy,
the vicious features connected with that in
dustrial development.
Betterment of Conditions.
Now, the big corporations, although NOM
do business in other states, and in a very
large number Of cases the wide variety, OF
state laws on the subject of corporations
mas brought about the fact that the cor
poration Is made in one state, but does al
most all It's work in entirely different
eNaAC 4 a UIONeu uINtIlE IHlDOSSIDlG 10
get anything like uniformity of legislation
among the states. Some states have passed
Avs about corporations which II they had
being done within their limits. Other states
have such lax laws that there is no effective
effort made to control any of the abuses.
Asa result we have a system Of divided
say, but it is a little dificuit to Know
exactly how much, and where the DIFF
terent states have each something TO say.
0uf where there tE No grfnRppnn VaUrnR eh,W
can speak with authority.
Pleads for More Power.
It is a mere truism to say that every
corporation. the SMALLEST as well as thc
largest, is the creature of the state. Where
the corporation is small there is very little
need OF exercising much supervision over
IL. But the stupendous. corporations of the
present day should be under governmental
The first effort TO be made is to give some.
pody the power TO exercise that super
laws on the statute books. Those laws wiiI
bS, enforced and are being enforced with
an the owe OF the national government
ana wholly without regard to persons. Zap
But the power is very limited. Now,
value. I think, Il cannot say / am sure,
because II has often happened in the past
1nst congress S,s has passed laws with a given
been ludicially interpreted II has proved
that the purpose was not achieved, but /
sNt.. AAt0 ~ au0lllOndl DOWGI
In the way, OF regulation Of at least a
number of those great corporations can be
f fSat r. tba But; gentlemen ARMY believe
through a constitutional amendment to the
nsuonai government to exercise in full
enterprises. (Applausel That is not new
doctrine for me. That is the doctrine that
Now / have said that there can be no
sun1cient remedy offered. There Is not any
one thing which can be done to remedy ali
the eytalinR evils There are O uood ,nanv
things which, II we do them, will, believe,
make a very appreciable betterment of our
Let me go back to my illustration of the
mississippi river. II took some time to
build the levees, but We built them. And
proper resolution, and the proper self
restraint, we can work out the solution
along the lines that 1 have indicated. The
ment the power.
What power is given. 1 can assure you,
from rancOr. but with the hrmest determi.
nation to make big men and little men
alike obey the law. (Applause.)
First Need the Power.
What we need first is power. Having
s sSsS the sn Work ROw won,t E Zen snasS' Fs% %in ss
only fairly begun. And, let me say again
and again, and again, that you win not
way on yet. But you will be in a position
TO make long strides in the direction OF
econrhnB q luster ano Iairer ana more IN
teligent and more honest management OF
those corporations, both as regards the
general public and as regards their rela.
donshipa among themselves.
When you have the power / should mos
earnestly advocate hat II be used with
the greatest wisdom and self-restraint. Tn,
hrst thing would be to find out the facts
For that purpose I am absolutely cleal
that we need publicity, not as a favor from
Sish, on me eo msrs fscti % Su ,ne a. nuhIi mavee st.s 2
will tend to stop many OF the evils and 1
viii show that some of the alleged evil
And, finally. in making evident the re
naming faults. those that are not imag
mary, and are not cured by the light o
proposition as TO the methods to take Il
getting them. (Applause)
snoela nave ehaeh my OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
lions should he responsible-a sovereign Il
whose courts the corporation could be he'll
the laws OF the legislature OF that soy
eFeign.. do not think you can accom-
piish that among the forty-six sovereign
through the national government. Now,
want to draw one lesson from the e1
the audience who fought in the civil wa
You r~ecollect Il perfectly wen. whether yo
wore the blue or the gray, how people VIII
do everything quickly. YOU who wear-m
friend there-the button which shows tha
before Buii Run. when ali Inc %exceIIeI
people who were at home said IL was YOU
duty to go on at once TO Richmond; the
demanded that II be done; they wante
Il then within two weeks. Then Bull Ru
came along and the movement was N
other way, and then a lot OF the same me
who had been demanding at the tops {
their voices that you should instantly &
OF to Richmond said that the war was owe
dt was done. nothing more to be accom-
plshed. You q those like you did M
think so, the men north and south wei
on for years, and you would not haN
gotten to Richmond at all II you had II