Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-26
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from under the law by becoming a single
corporation.
He Wants Sound Laws.

ne wants SOUND Avs.
1 ant laws to enable us to deal with
to see the government able to get at it
definitely, so that the action OF the gov
eminent cannot be, evaded by any turn
statutes. At present we really have no
efieient control over a big corporation
state. 1 do not think you can get action
by any state, or action by all the states
that will give US satisfactory control OF
powerful artificial creation, Which has no
creator to which it is responsible.
Let Congress BE the Doctor.
What 1 hope to see is power given to the
national legislature which shai make the
control real. 1t would be an excellent
thing IL we could nave all the states act
on somewhat similar lines. so that II would
be unnecessary for the national government
to act, but all of you know the states will
not act on somewhat similar lines. Moth
ing. has been done In. the direction of In
telligent dealing by the states as a collec-
tive body with these great corporations.
Here In Massachusetts, you have what I
regard as, on the whole, excellent corpora
culties-here again remember l am not
promising the millennium, IL is not in my
power TO promise i%t--would be in a fair
way to solution II we had the power TO put
on the national statute books and did put
on them, laws for the nation much like
you have here. on the subject of corpora
So, you can see. gentlemen, / am not
advocating anything very revolutionary. I
am advocating action to prevent anything
revolutionary.
Publicity the First Requisite.
The first thing we want is publicity. and
1 do not mean publicity as a favor by
some corporations. mean It as a right
from ali corporations affected by the law.
which the public has an interest. I want
knowledge given to the accredited repre-
sentatives OF the people of facts on which
those representatives can. II they see 1T,
base their actions later. The publicity IT.
self would cure many evils.
Some OF these things i have said can be
Az far as the antitrust laws 60 they viii
be. enforced. No suit will be undertaken
for the sake of seeming TO undertake It.
Every suit that Is undertaken will be begun
because the great lawyer and upright man
whom We are so fortunate to have as at
torney. general, Mr.. Knox, believes that
there Is a violation OF the law which we
can get at and when the suit Is under
taken II will not be compromised excepting
on the basis that the government wins.
More for National Legislature.
OF course. gentlemen. no laws amount TO
anything unless they are administered hon
not going to say / am sure OF It, but II Is
possible to frame national legislation which
shall give us more power than We rave
an interstate business. l canno guarantee
that because in the past It has more than
once happened that we have got laws on
the statute books which those who made
them Intended to mean one thing and when
they came up for decision II was found
that the intention had not been success
fully put into effect. But / believe that
additional legislation can be made. / think
we have got to make up our minds to the
fact that no matter what our reverence for
the past may be, our duty to the present
and to the future will force us 20 see that
more power Is conferred upon the national
administration When the power has been
conferred II will rest with the national
government TO exercise II. At present we
are going TO do the best we can with
bricks. but remember they are
bound TO be strawless.
NahAnt Has a Holiday.
NAHANT. Mass, Aug. 25.-This town
kept holiday today because President
Roosevelt was a guee1 Of one OF its most
disting uished citizens over night.
The demonstration at Lynn and here has
greatly pleased the president. who. now
ever, has taken the expressions Of approval
as being meant as much for Senator Lodge
as for himself.
President Roosevelt enjoyed an undis-
turbed night Of rest at the residence OF SEN
ator Lodge and this morning arose as much
refreshed as when he commenced his New
England trip. He shows no signs Of fatigue