Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-09-04
ITINERARY OF PRESIDENTS
SOUTHERN TRIP IS TO IN
: CLUDE CHATTANOOGA, KNOX
VILE AND ASHEVILLE.
IN SOUTH
FOR RoosEVELT'S TRIP

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FTTCHBURG. Mass. Sept 2.-The first
IMPORTANT stop OF President Roosevelt az
Ter he had resumed his travels through
Massachusetts, yesterday was at this city.
where he found the people keeping a gem
eral holiday. A stop Of an hour was made
and the president delivered an address
thousands OF people being assembled 10
hear. The first speech OF the day was AT
nTiller's Falls. where q crowd gathered
The president expressed pleasure at
meeting there members OF the Second
Massachusetts, regiment, which had served
with him IN Cuba At AthOl and Gardiner
stops also were made. At the latter
place ten thousand persons greeted him.
Harvard flags were in evidence and as the
pres dent assembled the platform num-
Der OF college boys gave the college cheer.
At all OF the places where stops were
made the president spoke upon the neces-
sity FOR good citizenship in order 10 be
succe ssful in life
PR sident Roosevelt in his address at
Fitchourg devoted himself almost eX-
cIusfyely TO trusts. which he intended as
an a. sver 20 his critics He said IN part;
ssff some OF those who have seen cause
for wonder in what / have said this fan
on The subject Of great corporations
which are popularity, although with tech
nlcaI inaccuracy. known as trusts. would
take the trouble 10 read my messages
when I was governor. what said on the
stump two years ago and what put into
ny ar5t message TO congress think they
would have been less astonished- said
nothing on the stump that did not think
i coui.l make good and a shall not hesi-
tate now 10 take the position which then
advocated am even more anxious that
you vino hear what I say should think Of
Il than that you should applaud It.
I'm not going 20 try to define with
technical accuracy what ought TO be
meant when we speak OF a trust. But II
b. trusts we mean merely big corpora
tiCa them I ask you 10 ponder the utter
folly OF the man who uJters in the spirit
OF ran. or in the spirit Of folly: Destroy
the trusts without giving you an idea
OF what he means really 70 do"
II VII 90 with him If he says destroy
the evil in the trusts. gladly (Applause).
I win ny 10 find out that evil. viii be
ready % apply remedies which have al
ready outlined in other speeches But II
his Policy. from whatever motive,
whether hatred. fear, panic or just sheer
iguo-Srce. Is 20 destroy the trusts in
way that viii destroy all our prosperity
Nc
.--ho-e men who advocate wild and fool
ish -e-r edies. which would be worse than
the ifr-ase. are doing all in their power
u rcrr- tuate the evils against which they
nur1fnl -iy war. because IL we are brought
fece O. face with the naked issue OF
either keeping or totally destroying
prusres stv in which the majority share.
tut Il which some share improperly. we
must decide that II Is a great deal better
that sorle people should prosper too much
than that no one should prosper enough"
The p an who advocates destroying the
trusts - measures which would paraylze
the tndU stTies OF the country Is at best
cueck nd al worst an enemy 20 the re-
prAlic. Referring TO the conditions which
existed in 1855 the president said:
There was no trouble about anybody
making too much money then. The trusts
we're down. but the trouble was that We
were all OF US down Nothing but harm
10 the whole body polite can come from
ignorant agitation. carried on partially
against imaginary evils. but In a spirit
which would substitute for the real evils
Just as real and infinitely greater. These
men n the yshould succeed could do moth
tng 20 bring about a solution OF the great
problems with which we are concerned.
II they should destroy certain Of the evils
al the cost OF overthrowing the we'll
being o. the entire country. Il would mean
hat there would be a reaction in which
tEey ard their remedies would be hopeless
" discredited-
Vow 4 does not do anybody any good
and % win do most OF us a great deal OF
harm 20 take steps which VIII check any
pru-er E-owth Of a corporation. We wish
nat 10 Venalize but 20 reward a great
CAPTAIN q Industry or the men banded to-
Eether IT, a corpora lion who have the bus
fness forrthought and energy necessary 70
rulid ND a great industrial enterprise.
Keep that in mind A big corporation may
be doing excellent work for the whole
country and you want. above all things.
when striving 20 get a plan which will
prevent wrong doing by a corporation
which desires 20 do wrong. not at the
same time TO have a scheme which viii in
terfere with a corporation doing well II
that corporation IS handling itself honest
y and squarely.
Now. what I am saying ought to be
only reason IL is necessary TO say them al
ell Is that apparently some people forget
them ] believe something can be done
! by national legislation. " hen I state that
ask you TO note my words. / say: I be-
lieve-' II IS not In my power to say I know.
When ] talk 10 you / speak Of the legfs-
lative duty and what will be done. When
speak q actions OF any one else. / can
say that believe something more can be
done by national legislation. / believe IT,
think We can get laws which will meas
Urgabiy increase the power OF the gener-
al government over corporations: but gen
tlesncn. J believe firmly that I'm the end
there win be an amendment to the legisIa-
ton OF the nation comforting additional
power upon federal government 20 deal
vica COR orations. To get that will be a
matter Of difficulty and a matter OF time.
Il want you 10 think Of what ! have
said. ! say this from this platform. moth
ing have not already stated and nothing
that ] would not say at a private table
vita any Of the biggest corporation man
.rs OF tha Land"