The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-08-29

Boston, Mass, August 25.-The
weeks work for President Roosevelt
in his trip through New England began
in earnest this afternoon when he de-
parted from the summer home of the
Junior senator of Massachusetts,, Hon.
Henry Cabot LOge, at Nahaat, and,
amid the enthusiasm of the greatest
number of people he has faced since
the Pittsburg visit on July 4th, rode
into Lynn under cavalry escort and
spoke from a platform 1t city hall.
Then he was taken to Boston by spe-
cial train and on arrival went to Sym
phOny Hall, there addressing a great
gathering of Boston business men. His
speech here was devoted almost entire
~ to consideration of the trust QueS-
ton. He said:
1t is worse than useless for any of
us TO rail at or regret the great growth
in industrial civilization of the last half
century. The practical thing t do is
to face the conditions as they are and
see if we cannot get the best there is
in Them We have got to. first of all,
think clearly-We have got to, prob
ably, experiment somewhat. We must
above all show by u actions that our
interest is and not spas
mOdic and we have got to see that all
the steps are taken toward the solu-
ton.
Il want laws to enable us to deal with
the trust, no matter what shape it
takes. 1 want to see the government
able TO get at it definitely so that the
action Of the government cannot be
eVaded by any turning, within or with
out federal or state At pres
ent we have really no efficient control
over II big corporation which does bus
mess in more than one state. Ere
quently the corporation has nothing
whatever to do with the state in which
it is Incorporated except to get i1cor-
pOrated and its actions may be taken
in entirely different communities
communities which may object very
much to the methods of incorporation
lin the state named. 1 do not think you
a get action, by Any state, or action
by all states, hat will give us salts
factory control of the trusts or big cor
pOratiOns, and the result is at present
that we have a great, powerful, artif-
cial ~reatiOn which has no creator to
which it is responsible
What / hope to see is a power given
to the national legislature which shall
make the control real. 1t would be an
excellent thing if we could have all the
states act on somewhat similar lines,
SO that i would be unnecessary for
lHS HdllOitdI SONt AlIIlCAI dCl, Du dIl
of you know perfectly well the states
will not ac- on similar lines.
The first thing we want is publicity
and l do not mean publicity as a favor
by some corporations. 1 mean it as a
right from ali corporations affected by
law. l want publicity as to the essen
tial facts in which the public has an
interest. l want the knowledge given
to the accredited representatives of the
DSODle of facts on which those repre-
sentatives can if they see fit base their
actions later. The publicity itself would
cure many evils. Sine of these things
| have said can be done now 4 good
lea is being done now.
"AS far as the antitrust laws go
they will be enforced. No suit will be
undertaken for the sake of seeming to
undertake it. Every suit that is under
taken will be begun because the great
lawyer and upright ma whom we are
so fortunate as to have as attorney
general, Mr.. Knox. believes that there
5 a violation of the law which we car
get at. and when the suit is under
aiken it wont be compromised except
ing on the basis that the government
wins.
The president and those with hin
The left the hall while the organ play
ed "The Star Spangled Banner"
Although rain was falling large
crowds cheered the president on the
way to the hotel Tourane where he
spends the night. At the hotel thu
president was the guest OF Governor
Crane at a dinner. The guests number
ed about twenty-five and include
Mayor Collins, Secretary Moody al
i, Senator Lodge. Tomorrow morning a
SIS the presidential party will leav,
sor Maine, Lowell being the first stop