Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1902-12-03
Presidents AESSA|1E.

we Wtfii continue In q period az an.
handed prosperity. This prosperity "a
not tbs creature ~ law, but undoubtedly
~ laws under which We wcrk have hess
taasralnsatal is creating the conditions
wfsich made u possible. and ug unwlse log
t.ia.lnt Ii wouii be easy enough Is destroy
n There will undoubtedly be periods Of
depression. The wave villa reccde. but the
,sse wili advance. This nation Is seated
"a a continent ffankad 10 two great
nasans 1t IN composed Of men the de-
,res,dansa at pioneers or. tn a SENSE. pio-
nrxra themsctveS--of men wsnnowcd out
from among tsss nations Of the cid world
ey the energy. boidncss and love OF sd-
xenture found Ia their own eager haarta
saoh a nation so placed will surely wrast
success from fortune
As a people we have played a large part
IN the world. and we are bent upon max
Ing our future even larger than the past
In particular the svents Of tns hast four
81 for wcai eur place must be great among
shs nations. We may either fals greatly
OF suoSscd greatly. sai ws eaaHot avoid
allure or great success must come kSen
n We would We cannot play ANAL part
II ne ssoaid ny, an .nas would fo.iow
,snobly and shamsfnitys
Es.t eur people. tsss aen. IL the men OF
tie civil war. the sons % The men whe
ssa iron ia their blood rejoice In tna
j,,rVsosst and face the future high OF heart
80 ssasiUte of Ntil ours Is not tho
~,,.,a u the weAkllig and the coward
.r,rhart end.avor. We do not shrink
ss.ss, the struggle before va There are
sasnv problems for US 10 face al the out
- n ths twentieth c~rtgrS-~ grave prob
80 ahgoad and still graser at homs~out
- krow that Nc can solve them. and
ssgv~ them well. provided cnty that We
bgsng 20 the s9ssuon we a.z, ~, , e. 49,
No Ia ths days Of Washington founded
thia government and in the days % LAM
M ee,tntry has ever occupied a higher
plane 81 material weii betuE thNn ours ~
me present BosweuI THIS we'll being ~
due 70 no ss.dsisn o. easss wv, nv
couugry fer over a century, 70 cur laws.
GAR sustained and continuous policies
81 our citizenship. Great fortunes have
been won by those who have taken tne
lead In ghss pasnonenai Industrial gsvel-
opfnoaf. and moss of these fortunes have
tssn won rot by dainF evil. but a. an Va
esasag 90 action waien has benefited ths
community az wnoss SsssF eStSrs e e9s
fsaed amtcnx ussr peopta Great fortunes
have been accumulated. and yet IN the
a., shea compared 10 the wealth 81 tire
rgNonts as whole. The plain ireopse are
Better on than they have ever been be.
srn uracsieaijy usntnal henaiit socsstica.-
especially helpful 10 men OF moderate
rscmns-rsrfssent aceufnalatinas o. capt
tai which are among tan largest IN Tbs
r9eutfy There are mare dahealss la ths
savings banks fHaFs owners 81 fAftns.
mere wel pata wegswssssgFs ~ ~ tais $500, s@.S
OF course when the conditions hAvs ia
Vegrd the &raNth o. ~ much thst was
good they have also fsvuTed somewhat
the srowts OF what wae evil II 4 emil
arutEy necessary that VIE should cn5esvor
10 cut out thls evil. bat Let ~ sssp due
oar gsxe upon tte iFRser evil forget tbs
greater good tbs evils sFo F14s. ara
come q thsE are igraaelnx' ny they ass
bat ct prosperity, 9f the pFagfsss % Guar
xfgnuifc Industrial dwVesGpfaGnt. TESS TT
d3afFssi dsyss6pFasat must rot - checked.
bit side ~ sids With II should ~ s.lsh
he evils We should fsil in our eaty u
we dsd nas Try tn remedy the evils, but w
shall succeed autY II sss pForegJ patient.
H. with practical common sense a. well
A. resolution. ssi,arat iss ne s299 ,. tTosa
waise cndsavoFiug 70 get rtd % the latter.
In Enp message 20 t2a present coh6FNaa
at It's fras session J discussed a, isuEth
tho question % the regulation % THOSE
big corpora giora commonly Doing an iU'
teratats business. often NiiE aGass ieHs.en'
Uy 10 monopoly. wtseh ara p0faEAttf
known as trusts The experience q iha
past year has emphasized ~ az 0finien.
ne aeslgahlitsy az the Htesis I thea pro,
posed fundasasFtai requisite ~ social
eEtsessncy ID 8 hlEh standard % iadsy4sA@&i
energy Nua excciisacs, bat ,hss = IN No
wtse Inconsistent With power 80 act ~
combinations for aims waicn e1auoi 40
well 10 achieved b. the Individual acttFzE
alene. A fundamental base ~ civilization
. the Anviolzbility % property bot thts =
to n0@iza Inconsistent with tbs rsEpk e4
society TO regulate the eHercss@ OF t4N
artificial powers which it confsrs upon ne
aSnsra Of property under tbs name ef G. r
pogasc franchises In such @ay As 80
prevent the tgiause Of these powers Cor,
poratfuna. ard especially c0ruasFsat AonH ~
corporations Kho1Id 10 managed onesT
pabl.c regulation Experience aAE sA0ftn
snAi under our sSsseisi 81 goVerhfns ~ / .
necessary supervision cannot be obtain q
BY stats action IL must therefore 20
achieved by national action Our ANA IL
not 10 do a WAs with corporations On tis~
eantFary. thess big aggreg1tonS are an
iNesisnhte development u modern ins'Ss'
ty.Ailssn. and fhe effort t0 destroy tn n
would be futile unless accomplished 10
ways that wcuiS work the stnoat mis-
chssf 70 The sntiFe body pautie we g.
do nothing OF seld W tae Nay OF fe6ulat-
Ing and rWps rvisiag these corporation -
until We fix si1aFiy Is 9zF minds tnat " :
are nos Alta Sius ths corporations e1t
eiadssverins 70 do away Win any eva y, IN
them Ns are not sasgile % them
are merely determined that thsy snail D.
10 Eaaaled as 10 s1ieerss the puellt' GVo1
We dF@M tar Tine against sniHc0nduet, Rot
against wealth. The capitaitst who. @isiiv
or N conJanetion with his fellows. PSF
fnrras some great Industrial foat % whleh
10 wins money Is westdoer. act wroaS
dc~r. provided galy he works ~ propef
aud irgltiFrasA hnea We wtAh 20 f1Vos
stIcn mar when he does sell We wish
10 supervise and control has actions only
to prevent him from doing Ill Publicity
can DO no harm to the hon~at corpora iop
and we need not be oVeFtendcF ABOUT
spartng the dishonest corporation,
la cNrhlng and regulating ths cofnoifiii'
tinuH OF capital which are ~ may become
Injurious 20 the public se must - care
fui not To stop the gYesat enterprises which
duction. not 10 abandon this place which
our country has won IN the leadership ~
the international Industrial world. not 70
strike down wealth wtth the result %
closing factories ard mines, OF turning
the ~sgewerker Idle IN the streets ana
leaving the farmer without market W
what he grows fnsist~nce upon the IN
possfbie mesps DELAY ~ achieving tns pcs
sible exactly as on the other hanh. ths
stubborn defense alike % what II good
and what Is bad in the existing system
the rcs0luts effort 10 otatfNet any At
t~runf at hnfsxrrnent hefrsys blindness 10