The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-05
PRESIDENTS 5 MESSAGE.
To the Senate ana House of Representa-

To the Senate and House Of Representa-
tives:
/ We still continue in a period OF un-
! bounded prosperity. This prosperity is
! not the rcature OF law. but undoubtedly
! the laws under which we work have been
I instrumental in creating the conditions
/ which made it possible. and by unWise leg
| islatiop II would be easy enough la destroy
! II. There viii undoubtedly be periods OF
/ depression. The wave viii reccde but the
| tide will advance This nation is seated
! on continent fanked by two great
/ oceans. Ii is composed of men the de-
| scenuants of pioneers or. in a sense. po-
neers thcmscives-uf men winnuNed out
|. from among the nations of The old world
by the enorgy, bOdEess and love of adj
venture found in their own eager hearts.
Such a nation SO placed will surely wrest
success from fortune.
AS people we have played a large part
In the world, and We are bent upon maxi
Ing our future even larger than the past.
In particular the events of inc last four
years nave uehnltely Ueciucd tuat iur Voc
or Ior veal our place must be BtCdl among
I the nations. " 4 may either Ian greatly
or succeed greatly, but we cannot avoid
the cnutaNor from which oitner gree
failure or great success mCst come. Even
II We would We cannot pity "a small p,..
III We should try, au that would fuhow
would be that We should pay large PARK
iguubiy ANA snamCiuuy.
But our people, the sons OF the men OF
the civil war the sons of the men VINO
had iron IN their blood rejoice IN the
present and face the future hgh OF heart
3 and rosolute OF Will. ours is not the
creed of the weakng and the coward,
ours is the gospel OF hope and oi tr-
! umphant cndcaVor. We 90 not saFluk
/ from the struggle before us. There are
I many problems for us to face at the out
/ set of the twentieth century grave prop
| lens abroad and still graNer at nome-put
| we know that we can solve them ana
IL. 4 l.I
! bring to the solution the qualities OF mead
| and heart which were shown by the men
/ who in the days of Washington founded
! this government and IN the days OF LIN
| coin preserved it.
! NO country has ever occupied higher
/ plane of material well being than ours at
! the present moment This well being IS
/ due to no sudden or accidental causes, but
| to the play OF the economic forces in this
| country for over a century; to our laws
| our sustained and continuous policies;
| above all, to the high individual average
/ of our citizenship Great fortunes have
! been won by those who have taken the
| lead in this phenomenal industrial deVel-
| opment, and most of these fortunes nave
! been won not by doing evil but as an in
| cident TO action which has benefited the
community as a whole. Never before has
material well being been SO widely diff
| fused among our people. Great fortunes
have been accumulated, and yet IN the
| aggregate these fortunes are small in
| deed when compared to the wealth of the
| people as a whole. The plain people are
better or than they nave ever oeen nS
lol g ~. ~ ilSul ,, a',,c -, ~, -, ,i',i,
especially helpful TO men of moderate
means-represent acCumulations of capl-
tai which are among the largest in this
country. There are more deposits in the
savings banks. more owners of farms
more well paid wagcworkors in this coun-
try now than ever before III our history
OF course when the conditions have IA
Noreu ihe grown ol 50 lluOh 'llnt H, Mns
Sood uey HdNc alSu ldNoinnu n I9'i,e - ~ VIZ VIZ
tiIS FlOM,I - oa " " ~ 10 ""9 @ h,,la o,1or,,nr
~ ~ an tLis SS,.H NM LOT nc teen n due
& 80 wv ~ UH, nr,ortinr. W ns not IN dxiu-
1 o,,r ro1e runnn mo lesser evil forget ma
! rrcafer good The evils are real and
| some of them are mCuacing hut they are
the outgrowth not of misery or decadence.
but of prosperity. of the progress OF our
/ gigantic industrial deNelopMehi ms NJ
dustrlal dgNelopmeHi mus i,ul py py Cl,1ChVIi,
but SIDE oy slue WIN !. sn"ut" ,.iI ,inish SIh
t,ii, IS W., ssbS',Id faiI in our dutv If
o v,ie Sid not try fo rSnejv me evils hui we
sbaii succeed only If W. proceed patient-
IL with practical common sense as well
/ as resolution, separating the good from
the bad and holding on TO the former
while endeavoring TO get RID OF the latter.
In my message 10 the present congress
at its first session discussed at length
the question o0the regulation OIL thos'
big corporations commonly dolHs an IN
terstate business often with some lehuen-
cy TO monopoly, which are populary
known as trusts. The experience OF the
past year has emphasized, IN my OPINION
the deslrablity OF the steps / theh pro,
posed fundamental requisite OF socai
efficiency is high standard oil lndlNldual
energy and excellence nut thls Is IN no
wise inconsistent win power 10 dcl ~
combination Tor AIMS Whlch cannot 50
well be acmeved py the lhulNiuuai actns
alone. lundamehtll pase ol ClNlllDal'oh
is the involablllty OF property; put lilis rs
In noWlse inconsistent win lhe rlsn' sf ,t.a oa
society to regulate the exercise Oh we
artlileEl powers WIllch II tplS S clS uio 20 , eme
owners OF properly uhuer Lhe Hallu Vi 20. =,
Porate lrahCniseS III SUI SUI " w. 49, "S -
prevent 'ie ilSuae VI uitNSs pV"ei1 w, 20
Pora anu ,,.,goS mar
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~ Iiu"s e ,,,,,n,,,ont tb.
~ ei'it e'isr,' ,'i.i.,,, a' a,,,ot ~ ohtaircd
hvoess"iS sunc, ,,,,,,, tbcrorore ha
~ ~ i,,'1 -, ,,,tio,,at a"tion our aim ia
@ - ~ ~ ~ i,,' i, .ntio,,s ~ ~,
ho' 10 uO !" WaH N''ii w WI p, 20 - ,
contrary. tnese ulG Hs6I ISsH'l9ls a. a"
inevitable development OF modern lnuus-
triaism, and the effort 10 destroy them
would be futile unless accomplished IN
ways that would work the utmost Amis-
chief to the entire body polite can
do nothing of rood in the way of Hat
irg and eunpr,.isiu, these corpo ions
,,,stu NO. o., .I,,ariy l., o,r minds h we
uii'i' ~ t,t,.i' 10 ~ ar,,ar,tioK but
ar "o' 60 us -t,, -, n,,U a.,
ehueaNoIlhS 10 u" WY w" ~ w W. -.
them We are hot hostle 20 tleil w
are merely determined that they shalI pe
so handled as TO subserNe the puhllc sooi.
We draw the line against misconduct, not
against wealth The capitalist who. alone
or In continuation with his fellows per-
for,,s. snrIe great Industrial feat bv which
ia wins nancy Is a welldoer. not a wrong
L.. ~ "',S l,3I, li'Jlie III 10 ,,nri1s in nronar
""'' PioNlue" .l'' - -, e,i.,,r
ana iesllfhatS illVs We VIZ" ~ ~ intJs ,
sucn man wheh ne aogs Mer ,,o,,s "lSn "r,i
fg HHHF now "a