Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-12-05
STRONG AND CLEAR
President RooSeVelt's Mes
sage Strikes Key Note
TRUSTS TARIFF AND LABOR.
And All Other Subjects Of Ma
tional importance.
TRUSTS TARIFF AND LABOR.
Receive Clear, Courageous and Definite
Treatment. National Control OF
Corporations Necessary.

The length OF President ROO eVelt
message is no greater than the i'm
portance Of tue topics treated de-
serves but is such as to preclude its
publication in full. The principal
points are given below.
lie begins by calling attention To
the "unuounded prosperity" THIS
prosperity is not the creature OF law,
but laws have been instrumental in
creating necessary conditions. There
will be periods Of depression but the
tide of prosperity will steadily ad-
vance.
NATIONAL PROBLEMS.
Speaking OF our foreign and domes-
tic problems the President says:
I'VE may either fail or succeed
greatly: but we cannot avoid the en-
deaYOr from which either great fail
ure or great success must come. Even
II we should, we can not play a small
part. II we should try, all that would
follow wOnld be that we should play
large part ignobly and shamefully.
But our people, the sons OF the men
OF the civil war, the sons OF the men
who had iron in their blood, rejoice ia
the present and face the future high
OF heart and resOlute az viii. Ours Is
not the creed OF the weakling and The
coward: ours is the gospel OF hope and
of trium phanU endeayOr We do not
shrink from the struggle before us
There are many problems FOR Us u
face at the outset OF the twentieth
century problems abroad and
still gTayer at home: but we know
That we can solve them and solve then
well prov ided only that We bring u
the solution the qualities of head anC
heart which were shown by the mer
who, i'm the days OF Washington
founded this government, and, ia The
Gays OF Lincoln, preserved II.
GROWTH OF EVILS.
Never before has material well-be
ing been so widely diiluSed among on
Peep e. Great fortunes have been &C
cumulated. and yet in the aggregate
these fortunes are small indeed wher
compared To the wealth OF the people
as a whole The plain people are bet
ter OIL than they have ever been be
I fore. The insurance cOmpanits, whlcl
are practically mutual benefit socie
+ ties especially helpful TO men ~ mod
crate means-repreSent accumulation
az capital which are among the largeS
m this country There are more de
pOSitS in the savings bank, more own
erS OF farms. more Well-paid wag'
workers wa this country now thar
ever before in our history
The evils are real aud some OF then
are mentcing, but they are the out
growth, not OF misery of dec idCnce
but ~ prosperity the progress o
our gigantic industrial develupmt nj
This industrial development must 10
/ be checked, but side by side with !
should 20 such progressive regulation
as will diminish the evils.
THE TRUSTS.
The President devotes considerabl
space TO the question Of the trusts
He ADVOCATES national supervisors
"A fundamental base OF civilization
is the inviOlability Of property; bu
this is i'm 20 wise Inconsistent witt
the right Of society 20 regulate the eX
erciSe OF the artificial powers which /
cOnferS upon the owners Of property
under the name OF corporate frau
chiSeS, i'm such a way as u proven
the misuse OF these powers.
"CorpOrations and especially com
bination of corporations, should b
managed under the public regulation
Experience has shown that under on
system OF government the neceSsar
supervision cannot be obtained 10y TIL
state action. IL must therefore b