Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1902-09-12
CONTROL OF TRUSTS
ROOSEVELT ON THE SITUATION

Destroy Them az It Would Be to
Dam the Mlsslssippl-Newc onsti.
tutionaI Amendment May Be Neces.
sary for Their Control.
Wheeling. w. Va. Sept. 7.-President
Roosevelt and party arrived over tho
Baltimore & Ohio at $50 yesterday
morning from Washington. He was
greeted by vast crowd Mt the depot
and smiled his appreciation, despite
his badly discolored face. His right
check was rather badly swollen and
confused. and his left eye showed
signs Of discoAoration.
The entire party entered vehicles
and were driven TO the Mcclure house.
headed by a military band. The Pres
tdent addressed an enormous crowd
from the balcony OF the hotel. lie
spoke long beyond his scheduled time
which necessitatcd the curtailment OF
the regular program. The President
said In part:
in every governmental process the
aim that people capable OF self.gov-
eminent should stendfastly keep in
mind Is to proceed by evolution rather
than by revolution.
mo one can dam the Mississippi. II
the nation started to dam II Its time
would be wasted. II would not hurt
the mississippi: II would only damage
the population along the banks. You
cannot dam the current; but you can
build ievecs and keep the current
within bounds and shape Its direction.
Now, l think that Is exactly what we
can do with the great corporations,
known ms trusts. We cannot dam
them. We cannot reverse the Industrial
tendencies OF the age. II you succeed
IN doing IL. then the cities like Wheel
Ing Will have To 20 out OF business.
remember that. You cannot put
stop to or reverse the Industrial ten
denotes OF the age.
You can control and regulate them
80 that they viii do no harm. Another
thing. you do NOT build these icvccs
In day or u month. The man who
tells you that lie has n patent device
FOR which. In sixty days. lie would
solve the whole questions Of foods
along the great rivers would he n wise
man. but he would be- n perfect mir
ncic OF wisdom compared to the man
who tells you that by another patent
remedy Il. can bring III. millennium In
our Industrial and social affairs.
We can do something. I believe We
tHH uu " Ebpi NsHts uNt our uCCuih'
piI.hinE what I expect 10 see accom-
piishcd il conditioned upon our setting
To work Ia n spirit ns far removed AZ
possible from hys,-rin. 4 spirit OF
sobcr. s,eadfns,. kindly II wan, To EN-.
phnsisr the wor,i kindly. determine.
ton not to submit To wrunE ourselves
and not To wruns oih-r-. No, 10 IN.
t-rfcrc with the great business d-y-l'
opmcnt OF the country. hut nj I'll. same
time 80 to shape our legislation aud
administration ns to regulate. u We
cannot remedy. the vicious features
connected with that Industrial i-rcl.
opmrnt.
"Sow. ! hav. said That ,ii-Er can
be no patent remedy offered. There
Ia not any one ihins which can 10
done to- remedy NIL the existing evils.
There mr. good many things which.
u We do sli-In. will. I believe. make
very aprr-ciabl- brIi-rtn-nt Of our
existing condition.
New. the big corporations. nj.
though noHninniiy tile creatures OF one
state. usually Il. business in other
states. and ia a large numbrr Of eases
the wis.r variety Of state laws on the
subject OF corporations has brought
about the fact that the corporation IL
made in one state. hut does almost all
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