The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-07
President Passes Through West
Virginia, Ohio, kentucky
and Tennessee Making Num-
erouS Speeches.
Discusses Trust Question at
Wheeling and Says Laws
viii be Enforced-At Cha
tanaoga Today.

Lexington, KY, September 6.-President
Roosevelt and party today passed
through the states of West Virginia,
Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee. The re-
ceptions during the day in West Vir-
ginia and Ohio were enthusiastic but un-
eventful and it was nightfall when Ken
lucky was reached. All were asleep be-
fore they crossed into Tennessee. Stops
were made today at Grafton. Wheeling,
Benwood, Cambridge, GAINESVILLE New
ark. Columbus washington Court House.
Wilmington. Midland City, Cincinnati,
Lexington and Somerset.
At Wheeling the President made the
only formal speech of the day, treat
ing of the trusts and general industrial
conditions.
At Cambridge some one in the crowd
held up a large picture of Mckinley and
called attention to the anniversary of
the tragedy at Buffalo. one year ago.
This incident was looked on by all with
disfavor. At Columbus the President paid
atouching tribute to Mckinley and at all
other place during the rest of the day.
NSPSSiolAJ hb OAilNlAAldtA ciid 1tAlilA lDiit
he refusued to respond at any length
to the calls of the crowds at depots.
The special train is due in Chattanooga
at $50 tomorrow morning. slow sched-
ule has been arranged for It.
Speech at Wheeling.
Speaking of trusts during his Wheeling
speech the President said:
''rhe big corporations, although NOM
inally the creatu of one state, usua'-
ly do business in other states and in
a very large number of cases the wide
variety of state laws on the subject of
corporations has brought about the fact
that the corporation is made in one state
but does almost all its work in entirely
different states. 1t has proved utterly i'm
possible to get anything like uniform
ity of legislation among the states. Some
states have passed laws about corpora
tions which If they had not been inef-
fective, would have totally prevented
any important corporate work done
within their limits. Other states have
such tax laws that there is no effective
effort to control many of the abuses. AS
a result we have a system of dividend
control, where the nation has something
to say, but 1t is little difficult to know
exactly how much, and where the diff
ferent states have each something to
say, but where there is no supreme pow
er that can speak with authority. 1t is
of course a mere truisism to say that
every corporation, the smallest as well
as the largest is the creature of the
state. Where the corporation is small
there is very little need of exercising
much supervision over 1t. but the stu
pendous corporations Of the present day
certainly should be under governmental
supervision and regulation. (Applause)
Give Somebody Power.
"The first effort to make is to give
somebody the power to exercise that SUI
pervision; that regulation. We have al
ready laws on the statute books. Those
laws will be enforced and are being en-
forced with all the power of the national
government and. wholly without regard
to persons (applause). But the power Is
very limited. Now 1 want you to take
my words at their exact value. think
cannot say 1 am sure. because 1t has
often happened in the past that congress
has passed laws with given purpose in
view and when that law has been judi
cially interpreted it has proved that tho
purpose was not achieved-but think by
legislation additional power In the way
of regulating, at least number of these
corporations can be conferred. But, gen.
tlemen, l firmly DelleVe that IN the eno
power must be given through consti-
tutional amendment, to the national gov
ernment to exercise in full supervision
and regulation of those great enterprises
(applause) That is not new doctrine TO
me; that is the doctrine that l advocated
on the stump two years ago.
1--WE should have, under such circum-
stances, one sovereign, to which end the
big corporations should be responsible
a sovereign In whose courts the corpora
tions could be held accountable for any
failure to comply with the laws of the
legislature of that sovereign. do not
think you can accomplish that among
the forty-six sovereigns Of the states.
think that 1t will have to be through the
national government"
Atlanta Wants Roosevelt.
Atlanta, September Ga committee OF
Atlanta citizens bearing invitations from
Governor Gambler, Mayor Minis, and the
chamber of commerce will leave tomor-
row for Chattanooga, and will attempt to
induce President Roosevelt to visit At
lanta during the Southern Interstate