New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-03
ON TRUSTS AND ARMY.
PRESIDENT SETS HIS VIEWS
FORTH CLEARLY.
HIS WORDS RECEIVED WITH GREAT EN-
Observation-Disclosures IN NEW
ENGLAND CITIES
iBT TELEGRAPH Ic THE TRIBUHE-i


he reiterated in stronger language the views |
he expressed at Boston and Providence concern |
ng the trusts He made his views perfectly
plain, so that every who reads or reaIu
mis- speech may have a correct idea of his atu-
tude toward trusts In his annual message 10
Congress he will undoubtedly insert a condensa-
ton of his views, expressed to-day. There
is ample authority for this assertion.
From $50 o'clock this morning until nearly >
o'clock this evening the President was travelling
in Massachusetts,. He made four long speeches
and several brief pnes, reviewing the doctrines
he has formerly preached. The people OF New
England have received him cordially and en-
Enthusiastically His views have been applauded,
and II is not too much to say that the war vet
Grams of this section OF The country are now
unanimously for Roosevelt
SPEECH ON THE TRUST QUESTION
Leaving East Mortified at $50 o'clock this
morning, the President went first TO Miller's
Falls and then to Athol. where he remained
fifteen minutes and made brief address, De
parting while the band played My Country. 'Tis
Of Thee" the President started for Fftchhurg
The citizens Of the town escorted him to a stand
erected in one of the main streets, where he
delivered the speech Of the day on trusts AS
he stood in mis- carriage bowling to the cheering
crowd. he was shoWered with flowers About
the trusts he had this to say:
If some of those who have seen cause Tor VOL
der what / have said this fan on the subleCt
of the great corporations, which are peculiarly.
although with technical inaccuracy. known as
trusts, would take the trouble 10 read my mes
sages when | was Governor, what said on the
stump TWO years ago and what 1 put into my
first message TO Congress- L think Ihey Wouiu
have been less astonished- 1 said nothing on the
stump that L did think l could make good,
and / shall not hesitate now TO take the position
which 1 then advocated l am even more anX-
ious that you who hear what l say should think
Of il than that you should applaud il
n
accuracy what ought TO be meant when we
speak Of a trust: but if by trust We mean merely
a big corporal ZION, then L ask you to ponder the
utter folly OF the who either in q spirit or
rancor or in 2 spirit Of folly says. Destroy the
trusts" without giving you an idea Of what he
means really TO Go. l will go with him, if he
says destroy the evils in the trusts gladly zap
plause); l viii Try find out that evil; will
seek TO apply remedies which l have already
outlined in other speeches. but Il his policy from
whatever motive. whether hatred, fear, panic or
lust sheer ignorance. is 10 destroy the trusts IN
way that viii destroy all our prosperity
Those men who advocate wild and foolish rem
edies which would be worse than the disease are
doing al in their power to perpetuate the evils
against which they nominaily war because II
are brought face 70 face with the NAKED
issue Of either keeping or totally destroying d
prosperity in which the majority share. but IN
which some share improperly, why, as sensible
men We must decide that II is great deal bet
ter that some people should prosper too much
than that one should prosper enough The !
man who advocates destroying the trusts by |
measures which would paralyze the industries
Of the country is at best Quack. and al worst |
az enemy TO the republic
Referring to the conditions which existed in |
1898, the President said:
There was no trouble bout anybody making |
too much money then. The trusts were down, /
but the trouble that were all of US |
down Nothing but harm to the whole body |
polite core from ignorant agitation, car |
RED partially against real evils, partially !
against imaginary evils, but in q spirit which |
real and infinitely greater Those men, if they I
should succeed. could do nothing TO bring about !
We are concerned If they should destroy Ger
tain Of the evils the cost of Overthrowing !
the wellbeing Of the entire country It would /
mean merely that there would come a reaction /
In which they and their remedies would be nope
lessly discredited.
Now Il does not do anybody any good. and |
II viii do most Of US a great deal OF harm, 10 !
take steps which viii check any proper growth |
IN q corporation. We wish not TO penalize, but (
TO reward q great captain Of industry the !
man banded together in a corporation who have |
the business forethoueft and energy necessary |
TO build UP great industrial enterprise. Keep |
.-oo1Ie-+ v-orl, fo- The whole cor,nrrv and Won |
want above all things. when striving to get |
plan which viii prevent wrongdoing by a cor !
poration which desires to do wrong, not at the |
same time 10 have q scheme which will inter !
fere with a corporation doing well If that cor |
poration is handling itself honestly and square |
"
Now what am saying ought TO he treated as |
simple. elementary truths. The only reason |
It is necessary to say them at all IS that ap-
parently some people forget thenl pelitNe
something be done by national legislation
When I state that. ask you TO note my words
say believe 1t Is not IN my power 10 SaS
know. When talk TO you of my own executive
duties 7 tell you definitely what viii ana !
what will not he done. When I speak OF the |
actions OF any one else I only say that l /
believe sorne- hing more can be done by national
LEGISLATION. believe II viii be done. think We /
can get laws which VIII Tneasurahly Increase
the power Of the federal government over cor
,ora +jons Int gentlemen I believe firmly that |
in the end there will have to he an amendrnent
10 the constitution Of the nation comforting ad-
ditional mower upon the federal government iT 10
deal with oo~DoTations- To get that VIII De d
matter Of diT7cultv and matter Of time. !
/ want YOU to think Of what have SAID be
oaree # represents all Of the sincerity and ear
-7as+recs that I have and 7 say 70 you here from
This Ma form nothing that have not already |
stated and nothing that would mt say at
private table with any Of the biggest corpora
ton managers of the land
DEFENCE OF THE SOLDIERS
The President arrived at Springfield at 4;40
o'clock this afternoon, the train being forty
minutes late. About $1,000 people filed the
streets 70 see him. cheering enthusiastically.
r,arrsapes took the party to a stand erected in
the nublic square near the City Hall Pre-
,.;o,,s,v the party rode through the armory
Grounds Field guns doomed salute. At the
sneakers stand. which handsomely deco
rated Representative Gillett met the President.
His sneecb on the conduct of the army in the
Philippines was follows:
NJ ,favor and YOU my fellow-Americans: I
hank YOU from my heart for your greetlnS' ana
l-,,ovy Won will not grudge my saying that OF
n chose y,resent | feel peculiarly pleased TO
meet here my comrades, the men OF your Massa-
,I,nea+1s regiment behind and beside whom l
served at Santiago tApplause1 Lad , anu
,roTr brorhers sons, kindred, nelghborS me
men who served in the Philippines IN the UNI
rorro IF the American army have been again
,-,I v,aip oh q