The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-04
MUCH CCoMPLISHED.
SAID MR.. ROOSEVELT.
Reviewed Legislation Enacted by the
Last Congress and tho Proceed &
5ings Against Packing Houses and
Northern Securities g Company.
How Chief Executive
s Spent the Day.
.(By Associated prcss.)

M NlILWAUKD WIS, April 3.-Presi-4
dent Roosevelt was the guest OF the
MI lwaukoe Merchants and N1anufeotur-s
Scrs' Association at a banquet at the
SPlanklngton House. tho occasion being
the climax Of tho Presidents ten-hour
visit to milwaukee, Covers were laid for
$50 banqu a corps OF skillful deco
8rators had worked outsa complete trans
formation OF the banquet room which
wns fairly canopled with labama sinl-3
lax, which, spreading from twelve chan
Sdolcrs. radlated IN graceful arches to all
parts of the room. i.355 III
The President sat In the center OF
long table. with other guests of honor
AT his Immediate right sat United States
Senator Quarles, while y, 70. wv I'D hams,
and Manufacturers Assoclat tion 4 and
toastmnster Of the occasion Il was seated R
at his left. After the banquet had been
served, Toastmaster Wadhams intro
sduced President r Roosevelt, wh no respond
ed to thes toast 1.-The 81 President OF the
United States" The President took occa-
sion to give 4, his views on the sui bject ofsi
trusts. $ n tS}f q
5s. PRESIDENTS SPEECH. N
Mr., T oastmaster, Gentlemen; ; n
sTo-day:I wish to speak to you on the
question OF the control and rogulnti tion OF
those great corporations which are popl-
lnrly, although rather va guey, known as
trusts; dealing mostly with what has ac-8
5tually been accomplished In the way Of
Legislation and In the way Of enforce
sment Of legislation during the past elgh-3
teen months, the5perlod covering the two
sessions OF the Flfty-seVcnth Congress- AT
the outset ! shall ask you to remember
that do not approach the subject either
from the standpolnt Of those who speak
OF themselves as anti-trust orl5antl-cor-
fporntion people, nor yet from the stnnd-
point Of those who are fond of denying
the existence of evils In tho trusts, or
who apparently proceed upon the & as
sumption that II corporation Is large
enough 1t can do no Swron 6. 8 Il
think II speak for the great maj jority
OF the American people when I say that
we are not in the least against wealth
MS such. whether individual or corporate;5
that we merely desire to see any abuse
OF corporate or}comblned wealth corrected
and remedied: /: that we do not desire the
aboltl or destruction OF big corpora
tlons, but, on the con trary, recognize
them as being In many cases efficient eco-
nonlic Instruments, the results Of an In
eyitable process Of economic evolution.
and only desire to sec them regulated
5nnd controlled so far as may be neces-
sary to subserye the public good, We
should be false to tho historic principles
OF our government II we dscriminated,
either BY legislation or admtnistrat ton,
either for or against n man because OF
either his wealth or his poverty. There
is no proper place in our society either
for the rich .man who usos the power
conferred by his riches to enable him to
oppress and wrong his neighbprs. nor
Vet for the domagogic agitator5 who, In,
stead OF attacking nbuses rs all abuses
should be attacked wherever found. at
tacks poverty, attaoks prosperity, at
.tacks men Of wealth as such, whether
they be good or Bad attacks CORPORA
tions whether they do we'll or III land