Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-09-08
TRUST RESTRICTION.
Keynote Of President Roosevelt's
Speech at Wheeling.
TIME is NEEDED, HE SAYS.
Evolution, Not Revelation, the Chief
Executive Suggests ms the Prop
Or PrOcess-A Demand
For Publicity.

! through the states OF West Virginia,
, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee. The
: receptions at all points were enthusi-
astlc but uneventful. Stops were made
, at Grafton, Wheeling. Benwood, Cam.
bridge, GAINESVILLE, Newark, Columbus.
wilmington. Midland City, Cincinnati.
Lexington and Chattanooga.
At Wheeling the president made q
formal speech. treating of the trusts
and general industrial conditions.
AT Cambridge some one in the crowd
held up large picture of Mckinley
ana called attention to the anniversary
or the tragedy at Buffalo one year ago
Ihis incident was looked on by all
with disfavor At Columbus the presi.
dent paid touching tribute to Nc
klnley and at all other places during
the trip, especially at Cincinnati and
Lexington. He refused to respond at
any length to the calls Of the crowds
at depots.
During the presidents speech at
wheeling he said in part:
Il am glad to have the chance of say.
Ing few words here in this great in.
dustrlal center, In one of those cities /
| wnlcn mas felt to notable degree the !
enect of the great period of prosperity |
through which we are now passing.
PROBABLY never before in our history
mas the country been more prosperous
than 1t is at this moment, and it is =
prosperity which has come alike TO the
tlllers of the soil and to those connect.
co with our great Industrial enter.
prises.
Troubles of Prosperity,
NOW, gentlemen, every period has
lts own troubles and difficulties. A pc
rlod OF adversely of course troubles us
all, but there are troubles in connection
with the period of prosperity also.
when all things flourish, it means
that there is good chance for things I
tnat we DO not like to have to flourish. {
just exactly as there is for things that 6
we DO like to have flourish
I'VE have grown to speak of certain !
corporations rather loosely as trusts. I
using the word in it's usual and COM S
mon significance of a big corporation. .
Usually doing business in several states t
Dr. at least besides the state in which If
S Incorporated q
III seems to me in dealing with this z
'roplem OF the trusts-perhaps it would t.
'e more correct to call it group of d
'roDleIns-We have to class all our fell
ow citizens
one Is composed of those men who
cruise TO ADMIT that there is any ac- "
ION necessary at all, and the other il l.
omposed of men that advocate some q
oheHectlve action, Or if effective. u
you'd be effective only by DESTROYING q
ood and bad connected with our in. u.
ustrial development. le
I'm every governmental process tha D..
I'M that people capable of self gov. vi
rnment should steadfastly keen in IL
ina Is to proceed by evolution rather cr
IAN by revolution. IN
we cannot reverse the industrial ~
of the age. If you succeed st'
uolng 1t, then the cities like Wheel
g Will have to go out of business. re-. .,
elnDer that. You cannot put q sion
or reverse the Industrial tendencies H''
the age. You can control and regu- 49,
te them so that they will do no harm pe
What Can he Done. %"
we can do something. | beljeva w.. cor
u 10 great deal. But our accom-. . ''
lshlng what l expect to see accom- 4.'-
shed is conditional upon our setting 80, 81"
work in spirit as far removed AZ ie7
ssible from hysteria, spirit of 50. 'Ns
T. steadfast, kindly q want to EN-. .''
aslze the word kindly determine. .eA
n not to submit to wrong ourselves 'u'
not to wrong others.
Not to interfere with the great husi. ~
is development of the country, but p, -
the same time to so shape our legis- th',
ION ana administration as to regu- i,,tl
IL we cannot remedy the yicious
lures connected with that Industrial
'elopment. was
me hrst thing to do in dealing with u.nn
trusts would be to. find out the e,,,,,
Us. For that purpose am absolute.
lear that we need publicity not as 4 ~,
Or from any one corporation. but os !" L"
after of right.
ne mere fact of the publicity itself y,
lell TO stop many Of the evils, and nou,
III SNOW that many of the alleged Ear,
> are imaginary. and finally i'm t,lis
ilhg evident the remaining faults l,,
70 mat are not imaginary and are ,n,,.
cure Il by the light of day itself If ,,,,,,
give Us alI intelligent proDostion ,,,,,,
the nl'ihods to take in getting at
A." ''''7 ~
of the Secret Service Ruri.d
lci@o, sept. S.-Funcral services
W lillian craig. the secret service ny
WA" was killed while acconu4,4v- va
resident Roosevelt on his tom uf '',''''
New England states. were held $50
IN the chapel of Boylston Bros '.'o"'
ftaklh@ rooms. The services "'' ~
II were conducted by the Rev
am W. Wilson of st. Marks EMS. car
church. were simple. Mrs. Craig lege
~ o'cioo i'ie ny Srlel That she was frie
lie to attend the funeral presi- 81
nooseNeit ordered large floral grave
II, and one was sent by the mem. "Bu
or the national Sprrnt car,,;o .. ,,