Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-09-03
Answers His Critics and Defines
His Attitude.
aE ALSO DEFENDS THE ARMY
..,,.vss . constitutional Amendment
on, ,. Adopted Giving Wore Power
70 Deal with Cooperation"

dalton, Mdss, eef''
poosevelt today took notice OF his re-
49,, 10 Massachusetts by delivering at
w,ebburg another speech on the trust
question in order that he might iul,y
su.ver his critics and to more clearly
ssera his attitude ON the subject lie
w., launched into defense Of the ar
~ in the Philippines during his speech
# A. springfield. The impression had
soos forth that any views he might ex-
.yess regarding the acquisition OF ter
,I,ory by the United States would be
ooldly received, but the demons'ra-
,,ons Of approval which greeted his
, "v,sy dspelled this idea.
ns,chhurp's reception was notable
az mo siye Of the crowd and enthusi-
AZ, ,, which the people displayed. While
ssa,rg m the streets the president re-
"ad a shower Of roses. A canopy
shvnting had been erected. and from
he center was suspended huge Dell.
AS me presidents carriage passed un-
dsr Il an unseen hand Ioosened the COW
erin, Of the bell and an avalanche OF
loose roses fell over him.
There was another interesting fea-
ture. In the midst of the silence
which reIgned while the president was
o,vinr his views on the trust quetsion.
ssvIve Of PresIdente" rang out In q
sharp voice, and Cuban patriarch,
rho raye expression 10 this sentiment,
ms loudly applauded. The president
spoke mere 10 iV''o"'
SPEECH AT FITCHBURd.
.oo,,
IF some or tnose WHY inv set ,a
cause for wonder ~ VIVA. na'e su,u
this fall on the suplect vi siea, .o,pJ
ratlons, wnich are popun.s a,snoosm
with technical inaccuracy, hnVmn S
trusts, woulu take Tue "uun's w
my messages Wnen ! was soNe,n nn.
what ! said on tne s,uinp ,Mo y" 49,
ago. ana what put u,o my ns. ' o
sage TO Congress- ! tninh 'hes WHY
have been less aston'sneu' au
nothing on the STUMP tnat ! uu 10,
think could make goou nnu 1 sia.i
not hesitate now 10 TAKE ',c posl..o'
which then advocateu. ! am even
more anxious that those VINO near VIVA.
say should MINK OF IL 'hah 'ha'
you should appiauue H. 80
II am not gong 10 try 70 oenhe
with technical accuracy Wnst ousnt
to be meant when we SPEAK OF trust.
But II by trust we mean merely plg
corporation, then 4 ask you 70 ponaer
the utter. folly or the man VINO either
In a spirit OF rancor or IN spirit OF
folly says Destroy me trusts, WIN
out giving You an Idea OF what he
means really to do. VIII go with
him II he says destroy the evil IN the
trusts gladly, l VIII try 10 ma out
that evil. l VIII seek 70 apply reme-
dies which / have already outlined In
other speeches.. But II THIS pohcy from
Whatever motive, whether hatred, rear,
panic or Just sheer ignorance, Is 20 de-
Hroy the trusts In way that VIII de-
stroy all our prosperity. no.
Those men who advocate Wild and
FOOLISH remedies, which would be worse
than the diseases, are doing all In their
power TO perpetuate the evils against
which they nominally war, because II
we are brought face to face with the
naked issue OF either comprehending
or totally destroying a prosperity In
which the majority share, but In which
some share Improperly, why as sensible
tnen we must decide that IL Is a great
deal better that some people should
prosper too much than that no one
should prosper enough. So that the
man who advocates destroying the
trusts by measures that would paralyze
the industries OF the country Is at best