Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-12-04

washington, Dec Z.-lue pIeSl-
dents message, as follows, was read
to congress today:
pAUarH4tILl AND WORLD POWER.
10 Lne senate anu mouse OIL IepreocHta "a
II,GS:-
We SIM conuIuue III Il perIou un-
DouHueu prosperity. Inns PROSPERITY - No.
the creature UI Jaw, DuI uuuOuDteulJ Cne
laws uuuer WnIcn We WORK nave bceh M
aliumental creating the couultIonS
WnlCn nlauc 1t pUsoIDIc, ana ~ IN" Ioe
legislation IL MOu4I ne easy enough ~ ue-
stIuy 1ueIe VIII Undoubtedly ue peri
Gus OI uepressIOn. The wave 0In IeCCue,
tut me tIue VIII ADVANCE. Inns nuLIUu 10
scaLru Oh ii continent nduheu Uy Two great
oceans. Composed u mel Lnc ue-
scemtauts OIL pioneeIo, OF, III Il ocnae, plo-
ueGIs LntnaseI, ca; OL men WIuuUMeu Uut
lion u44onG enc Nations oL the Ulu "OiIu
~ tuU che ~, DOIunGoo, ana lO,C UI au-
Nvnlure Iounu Lnclr own eager ncdI 10.
ouCn Il udtIon, 81 paced, WIil surely west
success lIOm IUI tune.
people we nave playeu Il large pant
III rnc WOMB, anu we are Ucnt upon HIdh-
ing our IuLuIG Ch en- ger IMAM past.
II particular, me events oI tne last IouI
ycdrs nave uenHItely uecIueu tnat, IOr woe
" lof Veal, our pace must NC Sleat
among me nations. we may elLuCt Iah
Sleu,ly o. ouCCcGu 5fcu.ry DuL we can not
aSoIu Lnc cnueai OF from winch either 81 cat
lalluly VI Glv.tL success must come. ~, eu
WUuIu, We can nUL pIdy SLIau part.
II We SuouIu Lfy, All LnaL MOuIu LOnOW
Wouu DC LnaL we snUulu pay large part
ignoDly anu ShametulIy.
out uuI pcOpIc, me SOnS OIL the uicu OF
the Cnn Wal, soils OF men VINO
ndd mon IN Lucu DlOUu, rejoice III me pres
dnu Lace tne LuLuIe nlSn VI neIrL anu
rCoU4uLc OF wan. ours - me Creeu
MCdhlInS and me COWaru; ours me
Soopcl u nope ana OL Llluupuan. Gu
uCt, We ~ nVL onrIHk LIUlu oIIuS-
49, uNLolc 10 1hc'c dlc many pLOUlcIio
Ioi Us Lace outset
UICLn CCntuI J-S4aNG pIOUIcIuo uD4 Udu ana
s,..4 gave at l4vlnc, Dul we hnvw LnaL we
M,
Nlueu Uul9 LnaL We UrIug ~ me soIu.Iou
tle qunIl,lce q nedu anu nearL "nIcn We're
SHOWN uys me men VINO, uuyo UI
" dohiHS.oh, lounueu ms GOV tIhIHtut, anu,
- tAl uayo % 4-An~oln, pIcocINc ca IL.
40 county mas cNcl occupied uISner
piano IuulcrIal Mcn-ucluS Luan Gus
inc p CoGu1 AIOllICIL. ,,Lll-Dr4..s
uuc ~ 10 ouuucn % aCcIucnLal CIuauo, UuL
" 1nC pay OL Luc cCulIUAIIG IOIICo Al LIS
county IoI VNcI II Cuu.GIy, ~ our Idmo,
ohi SdS,dlheu ana conLlnuoua pohClco,
ABOVE al, 70 me nlSu lnul, luuui at~I..7r u
ouA rltlAvnonlp. OIeaL IOrtunGo La,c or~n
Won Ny Luoae VINO nave tahcu me lciu III
inns pncnolnenal lnuua4tlaI uc, clupllI~Lt,
anu h,vou Lnroe LUl tuuco nav been won
no, uJ ,.olnS cNI, DuL do an lucluuuL 70
acton WnlcA mas DeueuLeu Inc community
us Wnule. Never before mas ulaLcrIa4
MCIl-DcAnS UUUu MlueIA USED among
oul pcOplc. UrCaL fortunes nave Uetu aC-
cumuIdIvu, ana yet III me aggregate tneSe
fortunes are aIluI lnueGu Wucn compared
20 tnC McdILn OL LuC pCUpIC Il mnOIe.
me pam people a1c BcLIcf OH imam Lney
nave ever uCCn before. Inc Insurance CVu-
pauIca, When are pracLICaIIy mutual Uene-
1T SOclctlcS-cSpecIalIy nelpLul 10 men OF
Alouotu nlC;tno--l cpLcoenL aucunIuIaLlOua OF
capltal when are among me IafScSC ~ THIS
couhtly. IHclc alc more deposits III Lue
savings banha, more o"uers OF IarlnS, more
NcllpaIu NaSC-NOihetS Ill inns country
now tnan ever before III our HISTORY. OI
course, when the conditions nave favored
tnc grown 81 50 mucn mat was soou, .uey
natNc also IitN ulCu sOmeWnaL The grow III
OF what WAS eNll. 1t Is emlnenJly neceS-
stIy ,nat we should enueaNor 70 cut Out unls
cNL, but Iet us keep que SENSE of proper
non, lrL a, not III uNlng oul gaze upon me
-ssser eNll forget me greater gOou. Ine
evils are real and some Oh them aIc NEIL
H,,nG, uut tnuy are Lne uuISroWIn, not OF
nlse,y Vi ucctuence, out OF prosperity -ot
the progress Oh our glganCc muus,rlaI ue-
,clopmcut. lniS Industrial lHVeIUpment
must not be checked, out SIuc 10y slur WIIu
II shoulu 80 sucn Progressive regulation as
VIII diminish the cNlS. we SnouIu IN
our uut4 IL we ala not try 10 remedy the
evils, but we shall succeed only II we pro-
Ceen patiently, with practical common
SENSE as Wen as resolution, separating Lne
goou from the bau ANA holding on 70 the
Ioflier Nnllc cndeaNOrlng TO get rIu OF
The latter.
REGULATING TRUSTS.
- my n.tsa"se 70 olc prceeno consrcas
svosrun ,.lo.usscu Il, l,u.,,n
lnG qu,atlou OF tuc reputation Iuosc uIl,
IoApol,,.ono connlon9 uVIuS au .n,cIa,auu
bus4neSs, often N,tu aonr ucnucuvs 90
Iuonopo9, "nIch are populalIy h"oM aa
t-""t'. A"N NApN'-cl.~e - 80 80 Jv.'l
lis Hn'pnste'"cu - my Vp...vn, ,.,..-.t-
nnlt4 u 1nc Steps / lnCn pIVpUacu. Iuu-
uulnDut.,t Ar4uIo4,r o. ,,o>a,lt ulIe.vuus Il
.,,Su a,.,l.uH.u .uuN I,,u,I nc =, ...,, "a
CCuCuCC, out thIS - III no " tSC lI,UISIo, I IL
Mltu power 20 act III Confirmation lJ. .lllIs
MAlcl. ,tn no, 50 nCu uC u,ulCt ca JA ,uc
Alt,.t, 4uua4 uCuuS aIUnC. y IunuitlI,yntu al
pdst OF cNuI~it,lun - tAC nav Iol,Iu.Ilu4 OF
properly, ia, inns Is Iii nu M,ov Iu,vll,.oL
vht Ml,h Luz tSnt OIL sUclety 70 rvGu,au,
the cActclsc ol the "a LlnCIaI powers .nu.yD
II COMICS upon 'nr u"nv4a OF piop>rty
anuvt tuc name OF corporate iIuucuIo,.s
It Il Il - IL Z IA g
tncar pu"cto CoIpoIdtIOns, ANA copvclaIlA
roAIplhatlohN OF EolpolatIouS, SnuuIu u,
managed uuuSr puouc regulation. LApcI
Ghee naS SHOWN 'hat unuvr our system o.
goN erunenl tne necessary supervision cal
MOI DC ontalneu uy state actUu. II MUS
uuCtCIoIe aCu., "a ug u,ttIUu;tI actIuu
our ann Is not To 10 away Win corpora
TONS; on The contrary, these org aggreSa
tons are an neNllapIe development o
nOuCiu luuuSJlldllSlu, ana the euOrt TO ue
StfoI them would be futile unless accOmp
usncu III ways tnau would WORK The utmOS
mischief TO the entire BODY puuuc. W.
can 40 holhlnS OIL good III Ine way of reg
ulallS anu supervising THESE corporation
unll We IN clearly III our minds tnat w,
are not attacking uuC corporations, but en-
lnem. we are not hostile 10 them: we ar
merely determined That they shall be 5,
handled as 10 SubSerVe me public good
We draw the line against lhiscsuuIc, no
against wealth. The capitalist who alonI
OF IN conjunction WIN ms fellows. per
forms some great industrial feat by Whicl
he WINS money Is Il Welldoer. not a wrong
doer, provided only he works in proper AM
legitimate lines. We wish to favor such.
man when he does well. We wish To su
perNise and control his actions only to pre
vent nun from doing ILL., Publicity can d
no narm TO the honest corporation: and w
need not be Cvertender ABOUT Sparinp tn
dishonest corporation.
In curhing and regulating the combine
lions of capital which are or NAV bpcom
injurious to the public we must be carefU
not TO stop the great enterprises whfc
nave legitlmately reduced the cost of prC
ductloh, not to abandon the place whic
our country has won in the leadership Q
the international industrial world NOT t
strike down wealth with the result of clio,
ing factories and mines, of turning tn
Wage-Worker idle in the streets and lea,
ing the farmer without a market for wha
he grows: lnsistence upon the impossible
means delay in achieving the possible g,
actly as. on the other hand the Stuhhor
defense alike of what is good and what
bad in the existing system. the resolut
effort to ObStruCt any attempt Mt bette
men. betrays blindness to the hiStor
truth that wise evolution is the sure SAT-
guard against revolution.
No more important subject can come b.
fore the congress than this of fntersta1
business. This country can not afford
sit suplne on the plea that under our D
cullar system of government we are he'll
less IN the presence of the new condition
and unable to grapple with them or to e.
out Whatever of evil has arisen in come
ton with them. The power of the co
gress to regulate interstate commerce is {
absolute and unqualified grant. and wit
out limitations other than those prescribe
by the constitution. The congress has co
stitutional authority to make all laws ne
eSSary and proper for executing this DO
er, and | am satisfied that this power h.
not been exhausted by any legislation no
on the statute books. 1t is evident ther
FORE that evils restrictive of commerce