The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-26
Ae Regards State Control as
Impracticable.
70 BOSTON BUSINESS MEN
he President Thinks the Problem Can
Only Be Solved by Patient and ln>
telIigent Experimenting He
Recognizes the Seriousness
of the Situation and the
Changed Conditions
tpr Associated Press.)

fBy Associated Press.)
BOSTON MASS, August 25.-The weeks
work for President Roosevelt in his trip
1bro,.-h New England began IN earnest
This afternoon when he departed from
the summer home OF the junior Senator
from Massachusetts, Henry CABOT Lodge.
st Nahant amid the enthusiasm OF the
greatest number of people he has faced
since the Pittsburg visit of July 4th, and
rode into Lynn under cavalry escort ana
smoke from a platform at the City Hail
Then he was taken to Boston by special
train. and on his arrival went to SYM
phony Hall, there addressing great
gathering of Boston business men.
His speech here was devoted almost en-
tirely to consideration of the trust
question. He said:
1T is worse than useless for any of
us to rail at regret the great growth
IN industrial civilization of the last half
century. The practical thing to do Is to
face the conditions as they are. and see
II we cannot get the best there is in
them out of them. We are not going to
get any complete or perfect solution for
all Of the evils which come to our minds.
when think of the trusts by any sin
gle action on our part. good many ac
lions in a good many different ways will
he required before we get many OF those
I y
Got to. first OF all. think clearly. We
Have got to probably experiment some
l,nat. We must. above all. show by our
actions that our interest is permanent
and not spasmodic, and we have got to
zee that all the steps are taken toward
the solution. Every one who thinks
fnows that the only way IN which any
problem of great importance was ever
successfully solved, was by consistent
and persistent effort toward a given end,
effort that did not end with any one
election or with any one year but was
continued steadily, temporarily and reso-
tutey.
NOT AGAINST PROPERTY.
ut is lii-'e difficult to set clearly be-
fore Us ali Of the evils. but / think that
those gentlemen. and especially those gen
tler1en of large means who deny that the
evils exist, are acting with great folly.
am far from being against property
when I ask that the question of trusts
be taken up. / am acting in the most
conservative sense in property's interest
When a great corporation is used for
violating antitrust law. it Is not move
against property: it is q move in favor
of property. because when YOU can make
1t evident that all men, big and small
alike have to obey the law you are put
ting the safeguard Of law around all
men. When you make it evident that no
law. you make it evident that every man
Will be protected from violation OF the
law.
81 am inclined to think that much tho
Srea;est trouble in any immediate hand
ling of the question of the trust comes
from our system OF government Let me
go back one moment. I want to guard
what am saying. I want YOU to un-
derstanG that my words are being taken
at their exact face value. Remember
am not saying that even If we had all
the power. we could completely solve the
trust question. Gentlemen. if what We
read in the papers is true, they arc
speaking Of a number of international
trusts now.
'It would be difficult for any SET of
laws. on our part. to deal completely
with a problem which becomes interna-
tional in its bearings. but a great deal
can be done in various ways now. A
great deal is being done and a great deal
more can be done. if we can see that
the power It put somewhere 10 do II
On the whole our system Of government
has worked naarvelously well. the sys-
tcm of dividing the functions Of govern
nent. of arranging scheme under which
r.aine. Louisiana, Oregon. Idaho. New
York and South Carolina can all come
YET each be allowed to work its salvation
az is desires along certain lines. But
while most believe in tixty of polic-.
do not believe that that policy should
be fosslized and if it is to be changed.
we must change our governmental mehtod
to meet it.
CONDITIONS CHANGED.
''1 believe with all my hear, in the
New England town meeting. but you can
rnt work the New England town meet
fny in Boston. You have got to try some
thing else. Now when this government
was founded there were no great indi-
riduai or corporate fortunes There was
no particular thing at that time TO both
er to whether the nation or the State
had control OF the corporations They
We're easy to control. Now however. the
exact reverse is the case. and remember
] say corporations. ] do not mean mere
tE trusts. merely combinations of corpor-
atoms. or corporations under certain pc.
euliar conditions For instance some time
aso the Attorney-G General took action
against a certain trust. There has been
tohslderable discussion as to whether
the trust aimed at would no, seek 70
get out from Under single corporation.
- want laws TO enable us TO deal with
II. No matter wha, shape Il takes
want to see the government able 10 get
al II definitely. so that the action of tho
government cannot be eyaded by any
turning. With or without Federal or
State statutes. At present we have really
no efficient control over a big corpora
ton which does business in more than
one State. Frequently the corporation has
nothing whatever 10 do With the State
In which it is incorporated except TO get