New-York tribune., 1902-09-07
fsed the great business and

po-ations and supervised the great business and
Industrial crganzati tions. -.
essential features in the ways OF commerce IRON ON
days when tire PhdeniCian EeHeys plnuGheo tie
waters OF the Mediterranean,
For four thousand five thousand years; pti-
maps longer. me great civilized nations dating ing
back into The iTnrlemHriaI past when Babylon and
NlRereh STOOD in Mesa P"ttIna Tnen TnsoeS S-if To
Memphis we're mighty IN the valley ot 'tlS 60.
from that time through the Supren1ac 81 Ire
and of Rome. through the upbuildirg Of lhS GTIts
Lhe cities of the Rhine and the NetntrIall,9i7 ,a
great expansion OF EuTopean civilization Wcn ] 6a
c. ma on down to the time when this country be-
came a NATION the means Of commercial Int
remained substantially unchansed Ia R"S ~,
means, therefore, limited narrowly what oouo uIS ~
done by anE corporation the grow. ma 5,,Tr.
our own lifetime as nation-a lifetime trivial IN
forv@fhera came a revolution in the means Of m
tercsurse which made change in comm --i re TisI
development. greater than al the changes ol '''7
4 grHateT change in IN Intercourse of manki2d
ras taken place than in all the precious i, 7g
during which has lived. Ths clisnSc N h.
trial conditions has been literally im'1ea'1T.
mental changes through regulation ,i'n s,-l5 of
Sucia changes not provided for and S9U!n QUO! o
prophecy by the ruen who founded the TePt'',irf-
In shose days each State could tshS ~ l''''~'
And all II had to Do was 10 try 10 eacou'a hftt,
n"nninaIlv the creatures Of one state usually do
business in other states. and III a NtTN l@ "a IN.
subject of corporations has brought about the 5acs
that the corporation Is made in state oGt doI
has proved utterly impossible 10 get .nHi mh @
states have n nased iap sboT corporations which
II they had not been ineffective. would have toIaE
hfi pithn teir rS lmEt2 other Ter tts a2e @ F
avs that theT IS no efectiTe ej,ert IN lnf have
TEN Of divided control-where the nation has some
thing 10 say but is little difficult to knoW eA- &
actly how much aud where the different states
have each something to say. but vhere there IS 70
supreme power that can speak WITH , - CO..
ia, of course mere trusnl tc say thaI tleIG Is
creature Of the State Where the corporation Is
small there is very little need ~ exercising nlch
of the present day certainly, should be under gov
ernment supervision and regulation.
PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMFH l.
The first effort tc make IS 70 give some ooqZ ne
power 10 exercise that supervision, that fegustion
We have already laws on the statute looks. IhoSe
lsTs viii be enforced ana !;e pens elIIoLC'. 80
all the power Of the national governments. an"
9ey sI i9e wdhegt 70 sf 6 10 t M words
AZ their exact value. I thnk--I cannot say am
thai Congress has ~ passed laws with given p'r
pose in view and when that law has been iudlclals
not achieved-but 7 think that by egisia ton. az
9n9 n9pP R0@eT q nos n ne sre cay l can an he
terred- But gentlemen. firmly beliere that n
constitutional amendment 70 the national govern
ment exercise III fun supervision and regulation
of those great enterprises.
That is not a new doctrine for me. That Is The
doctrine that ! advocated on the stump t"e EsAiS
Some of my ultra conservative friends have pro
feese6 be greatly shocked my advocating gov
HTuncntal control OF corporations | would explain
10 those gentlemen for ail that thCy when
ever they think that advocate on the stump any
thing i try put into effect after election
POWER FOR THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
Now the point is made that working along these
lines will take time SO il will Let hack 20
nv Illustration of the Mississippi River 1t took
some tine 10 build the laveeS, but built them
And If have the proper intelligence the proper
resolution and the proper self-restraint. we can
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indicated, The first thing is give the national
government the power. What power l. given I can
YOU will be used in spirit Tree DOS
sible from rancor. but with the flraest detcrmina
law. What We heed first is Power. Having gotten
the power gentlemen. remember that the work
wont be ended 1t will be only fairly begun
And let again and again and again that
you will not get the millennium The millennium
s. some wa : of yet But you viii be in position
make long strides in the direction OF securing q
honest management of those corporations, both as
regards the general public and regards their
relationships among themselves When YOU have
power should most earnestly advocate that II
e used with the greatest wisdom and selrestraint
The first thing would bt to find out The facts For
that purpose ] absolutely clear that we need
ruhlicit-- not d favor from one corporation
q OF right The mere fact Of the
Inhlicity itself VIII tend stop or the evils
and 1t viii show that some Of the alleged evils are
imaeinaTy- And finally in making evident the
rnainnr faulfs those that are NOT ina cfnary and
cured by the light of day Itself II will sivA
intelligent proposition "a the methods 10
take in getting 81 them. fApDlaGse1
At the conclusion Of the speech the party Has
driven through the principal streets of the city.
The decora tions were Of elaborate order All
along the route great crowds cheernd the Presi-
dent in The southern portion the Baltimore and
Iinued.