Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-27

svs+cm Which Will BE EHect1Ve
/ mo No Tniury-Unmistakab1e Ex-
...;or of the Presidents Position
rdine Momeutous Questions of
bic Day.
p..,idont Roosevelt chose his visit to
.innati rs the occasion Of an impor-
l. rt+prance upon questions Of admin
,+ion policy. His speech there was
l',Jsd to Indicate the attitude of HIM
i and the administration toward the
T.. In view Of the widespread agi-
Fion which has been aroused by Presi-
l. Roosevelts tentative and abstract
I .rks mon the trust and tariff Ques-
T. his Cincinnati speech arises to the
gnorttons Of a momentous declaration.
H. President spoke as follows:
fo.6av wish to speak to you on the sub
! or group Of subjects, which we mean
In we talk Of the trusts. Inc Word Is
N very loosely and almost always with
&rlcoI fpaccuraCy. But the average man
~ ba sDpaks of the trusts means rather
- ali Of the very big corporations, the
- oF which has been so signal feature
Eonr modern times, and especially those
Il narnora+IOns which, though organized IN
q C4ata do business in several States, and
n n which have q tendency to monopoly.
80 whole subject Of trusts Is of vital
49, to us because it presents one, and
ssbans the most conspicuous, or the many
ISlems forced upon our attention by the
81 ,ondouy industrial development which
4 taken place during the last half cen
Il in all civilized countries, and notably
trr own Many factors have cOnCurred
lringlug about these changed Industrial
MdftI6ns or these, steam and electricity
q tba chief The extraordinary change in
a Methods Of transportation of merchan-
u and Of transmission Of intelligence has
Aaderpd not only possible, but inevitable,
q Immense increase in the rate of growth
E5niustrial centers-that is of great cities.
Ice has resulted the specialization OF In
SxrjpS and the uneXampled opportunities
ssrcd for the employment of huge amounts
initial and therefore for the rise In the
Ines world Of those master minds
sArrb whom alone it Is possible for such
IL suns Of capital to be employed with
Evil with the Good.
.Whoncyer great social or industrial
- take place, no matter how much
ia there may be to them, there is sure
I'm some evil, and 1t usually takes man
Ia number Of years and good deal
&azperlmeutug before they find the right
- In which So far rs possible to control
rew evil, without at the same time null
Ing the new good. In these circum-
ACcS the effort to bring the new ten
aMes to q Stuudstill is always futile, ana
NRmIy miSrhieynuS; but it is possible
fsr,.... ri OH
8 degree guide protect and control In
rial Development, but it can never
Sase It to play more than a subordinate
Rl In lis healthy Development; unfortu-
s@y 1t is easy enough by bad laws to
ne It to an almost complete stop. The
ELY smile Of what can be done with
IN river Is far from accurate. The lower
Hl&iSsippi tertiIjZes a great country and
1sa at times rayagcs 1t by floods. To at
D. to dam in order to stop these floods
ID he futile, and even If not futile,
d be harmful But it Is entirely feast
10 build a system of leveeS by which
u foods shall be largely controlled. The
eS take time and trouble to make and
Eeep in order, and they do not by any
Us avert all mischief. Yet they do ac
"a ish much good and they offer the only
PED Of accomplishing any good. Tht
way IN which to build them is by thor
" examining into the facts in the first
and in the second place by proceed
u a spirit Of combined sanity and reSo-
#n avoiding above all things every form
y>ter2, panic and blind rage, and not
#c0uE the impossible either in time or
mpSaUcat Incidentally it is also nee
10 he aware Of the type of excellent
WHO Insists that floods do good and
urn, and In any event the force to con-
llem VIII doubtless somewhere inter