Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-26
PRESIDENT ON
TRUST QUESTION
He Discusses It at Great Length
In Boston.
HAS NO PATENT CURE ALL.
n Mass OF People DO What IN Un-
wholesome, what IL Wrong, This
Republic Cannot stand.

Boston. Aug. 25.--The weeks work
for President Roosevelt on his trip
through New England began in earnest
this afternoon when he departed from
the summer home of the junior senator
Of Massachusetts,. Senator Lodge at
Nahant and amid the enthusiasm Of the
greatest number of people he has faced
since the Pittsburg visit on July 4, rode
in,o Lynn, cavalry escorted, and spoke
from platform at City hall. Then
hs was taken to Boston by special train
and on arrival went to Symphony hall,
there addressing a great gathering of
borton business men. His speech here
was devoted almost entirely to consld-
ration OF the trust question.
From the moment Of the presidents
arrival at the North Union station from
Lynn at 4:AO o'clock he was warmly APP
plauded. He was officially welcomed
by Gov. Crane and Mayor Collins. The
rarity was escorted TO carriages and,
guarded by the first battalion of cav
airy, proceeded TO the hall Here every
seat and every inch OF standing room
had bee taken. To the strains of Hal
20 the Chief. played on the great or.
gan, the president appeared upon the
stage, but the organ was soon sienced
by the spontaneous wave of greeting,
With few formal remarks, Gov. Crane
introduced the president who made &
forty minute discourse on the question
Of SURPRISING illegal combinations
Tho address follows:
SPEECH AT BOSTON.
Gov. Crane, Mayor Collins, Men and
Women OF Boston:--l am glad to have
the chance Of saying a few words 10
ylu this evening There are several
matters that ! should like to discuss
and can say In all sincerity that when
| come here TO New England, when
come TO Boston. / like to go over as
ineny subjects as possible, so that | can
set light on them. ! have great faith In
your Judgment,
Il want to take up this evening the
general question of our economic ana
social relations with special reference
10 that problem with which think our
people are greatly concerned them
selves--the problem of our complex So
cial condition as intensified by the eX-
istence of the great corporations which
we rather loosely designate as trust.
But | wish TO say one or two things as
preliminary. In the first place, | have
nor come here to say that | have dis
covered patent cure-all for the trust.
EXECUTIVE AND PEOPLE,
when peoples minds are greatly
ogitated on any subject, and especially
when they feel deeply but rather
vaguely that condition, It Is far pleas
anter In addressing them to be indffer-
ent as to what you promise, but II IS
much more pleasant afterwards. or
course the worth Of promise consists
purely IN the manner In which the per-
formance squares with II. That has
Rot two sides to It. In the first place II
man is honest he will try Just as hard
10 keep a promise made on the stunt
as II not made on the stump In the
second place, If the people keep their
heads they won't wish promises TO ne
made that are impossible OF perform
dntes. Now you see that one side OF
tho question Ia my duty, tht other side
is yours. Mankind grows but slowly,
and II goes ahead nicely mostly
through each of us trying TO do, or AT
least through each OF the majority OF
us trying 10 do, the best that Is In him.
and doing II In the most intelligent and
earnest way.
we founded our republic on the the
Dry that the average man VIII, as q
rule. do the right thing, that In the long
run the majority are going 70 decide ioI
what Is sane and wholesome. IL our IA
Tiers were mistaken in that theory, II
ever the mass of the people do what Is
unwhoesome what IS wrong, then the
Republc cannot stand, | care not how
good It's ways, | care not I'm what mar
yelous mechanism its constitution may
be- embodied. Back OF the law, back OF
the administration, back of our system
OF government, lies the average man
hood OF our people. In the long run We
are going 10 go up or down, according
as the average standard OF our citizen
shin does or does not wax In growth anc
IN grace.
Now when we come TO the question
Of good citizenship, the first requisite
IS that the man shall do every day hum
drum duties we'll A man Ia not a g00o
citizen, | do not care how lofty MS
thoughts are about citizenship In The
i abstract. II In the concrete his actions
do not bear them out, and Il does moi
Y make much difference how high his as
4 perations for mankind al large are II h.
does not behave well In his own family
q those aspirations are not going to beal
very visible fruit He has got 10 be
4 good bread-winner; he has got TO taxi
care Of his wife and children: he has 60
10 he neighbor whom his neighbor