Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-12-04
ROOSEVELT TO CONGRESS
His Annual Communication Upon Questions
of Importance 20 the Nation.
VIEWS ON THE TRUSTS AND TARIFF
lowering OF Import Duties Would Not Remedy the
Evils of Monopoly Believes in a Tariff Com
mission-Much That Is Good in Labor
Unions and corporations-Many
Needs of the Nation.

TO the Senate and House Of Represents
lives. We Etil continue ir period OF
NJ, Nv y, hs , pfossiiy NV y
the laws under which We work have been
instrumental IN creating thu conditions
which mace u possible, and by u1Slst leg
HlAlon II would be easy enough 10 destroy
= There VII uneogbiealy 3e periods of
depression. The wave will recece, but the
lce vii advauce. This nation Is seated on
2 continent fanked by tive great oceans.
II ia composed OF men the descendants OF
pioneerts or In sense, pioneers them
selves; OF men wlnnowed out from among
the nations OF the ole world by the energy.
their own eager hearts Such nation, 80
tune.
A. people We have played q large part
IN the world, and we ars bent upon making
our future even larger than the past In
particular, the events OF jhe last four years
have definitely decided that for woe or
for veal, our place must be great among
the nations We may either fan greatly
OF succeed greatly; but We cannct avoid
the enceavor from which either great fall
ufe or great success must come Even II
We would, We cannot play a small part
II We should t-y. all that would follow
would Be thar We should pay & large part
sgnobly anG shamefully-
Causes of Property.
No country has ever occupied a higher
plane OF material well-heing than ours
at the present moment This well-Deing
Is due 70 no sudden or accidental causes
but 10 the play Of she economic forces
in this country for over centugy; to
our laws, cur sustained and continuous
policies; above all, 10 the high in6ivid-
ual average OF our citizenship. Great
fortunes have been won by those who
have taken the lead in this phenomenal
Industrial development. and most Of these
fortunes have bean won not by doing
evil, but as an Incident 70 action which
has benefited the community as a whole.
Never before has material weIl-being
been so widely d!ffuseo among our peo-
pie. Great fortunes have been accum-
ulated. and vet IN the aggregate these
fortunes are small indeed when COM
pared 10 the wealth o. the people as a
whole The plain people are better on
than they have ever been before. The
Ideally mutual benefit socletles-sspecisl-
ly helpful to men OF moderate means
represent accumulatious Of capital which
are among the largest In this country.
There are more deposits tn the savings
banks more owners Of farms. more we'll
paid wage workers In this country now
than ever before IN our history. OF course,
when the conditions have favored the
have also favored somewhat the growth
Of what was evil II Is eminently neces-
sary that we should endeavor to cut out
this evil. but let us keen a due sense Of
proportion; let US not in fixing our gaze
upon the lesser evil forget the greater
good, The evils are real and some OF
thtm hrc mtuhGlnEt ult thfF are the
outErowth. not Of misery or decRdsnce,
but of proEperitv-of the progress Of our
gigantic Industrial development This
Industrial development must not be
checked. but side hy side with II should
60 such progressive regulation a. VIII
diminish fhe evils We should fail in
cur duty N We dd not try 70 remedy the
evils, but we shall succeed only II we
proceed patiently. with practical common
senas as well aa resolution, separating
the good from the bad and holding on 20
the former while endcavoring to get rid
OF the latter