The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1903-12-10

President Roosevelt's annual mes
sage was read to both houses Of the
%Fifty-eiehth Congress this ~aitcTnOon.
Il is as follows:
TO TIE gcmafs aHd House Of RepFesen-
tGtirfs:
The country r. 20 be congratulated on
the Hmoant o. substantial achievement
which has marked the past year both as
regards our foreign and ~ regards car
domestic policy.
Corporations.
win a nation as with a man the most
important things are those q the house
hold. and therefore the ccuntry 81 espe-
claIly 10 be congratulated on What has
been accomplished in the direction a pro-
VidlnE for the exercise 81 snpervtsion
over the great corporations and combtlA-
tons o. corporations engaged IN inter
state The Congress has cree
nted the Department o. m and
Labor. including the Bureau 81 Corpora
items. with Ter the nrst tims authority 20
secure proper publicity q such pFoceed-
iuEa OF these great corporations a. the
public has the Fight % know. IL has pro-
Vided Tor The expedltine 81 salts Tor the
enforcement o. The Federal antitrust
law: and by another Law u has secured
equal tfoatmeut 20 al p~roeurerH IN the
transportation 81 their roois, thus taking
a ions stride forward in making encctivc
the work % the Interstate Commerec
Commission.
Department Of Commerce and Labor
The establishment q the Department
% Commerce. and labor with The Bureau
% Corporations thffeundrr, marks . real
advance in the direction of duinE an that
s. possible for he snluiiun % the questions
vitality aHectins capitalists add wage
Workera
Functions ef New Department
The preliminary work o. the Bureau
% Corporations la the department has
shown the wisdom % iis creation ruh-
ticity IN corporate ansin WIN tend tc DO
away with iguGrAnce. ana wtn anond
facts ,Epon which inteuisthf artiun maj
a. taken Systematic. inteiiigent intrs-
ugatipu = already defeiopinE racu the
knowledge q whtch IL essential T. > risht
pnacsptnr5ina ~ the needs and suites %
the bauiness void ms cooperation
which q honestly ard hiriy ~oreanis-d.
whose managers IN the conduct % ita
tnsineaa ~recoRnine their obligation 10 deal.
sqnarely With their stockheidrts. their
compesitors, and she pubtic, has nothinr
20 fear from such supervision. The rur-
pose % this bureau h not 70 emhaFrass
81 assan legitimate business tut 10 aid
a bIingiur about a better Industrial con-
ditian@a condition under witch there
shan b. ebTdispce % ks and reeemiuon
~ puhiie obligation ~ al corporations
efrat or small The Department Of Com
gnerce and Labor win - not eniY the
clearing house for Attenuation rcE4rting
the business transactions % ths nation
hut TIE executive arm ~ the government
% AID m strengthening our domestic n
fnfeisn markets. in pFsfsctinF our trans
portalon faeiiiiita IN hunfiuE vp our
Eaarshant marine. Ga rreVsniifk size en-
frsnrs 81 uudessrahte immigrants iu inn
rrugius commefciai and Industrial caadl-
tlons and in bringing tnkethcr ou csm
mnn ground these necessAfF partners I'M
Industrial rrcEress-capttai and labor
CammsFce between the nations O. stead
fiy Hfoptna IA yaiume and thr Tendency
~ the Tires - toN ard closer trade rrias
tons Constant satchfuintts q needed
so secure 60 Americans the chance % rar-
ticipato 90 the best advantage n foreign
trade ana Ne may confidently expect
that tho nev department via tasufy the
expectation q Sc crfktou BY The sNcf-
Clsa % his patchfuincea Az veil as by
gha busineasiike administration 81 such
laws relating 60 sur Internal anairs ea
are Entrusted SO e. uare
In enartinE The laws above enumerated
the CnnEffsa proceeded ua sape and eon-
asrxatiNa Inca. Nothing revolutionary
was attempted, bui a c0mmna-Hensa and
successful EFFORT was made in the dircc-
tian OF seeing that corporations ara %
handled az "a auhacrNe the puhiic good
The legislation WA moderate Il was
characterized t~hroughnut b the Alea hat
We were not attacking ca~rrnrauonn but
e~ndeaNnrinN 30 provide for doing away
villa any eva GA theus; that Ne drcN the
line arainkt m~itcOnduct nQt aHainet
wealth gladly ~recaFaiEinF thr great Eood
done By capitalists who alone, cr iu
conjunction with hia fellows does his
work along proper and legitimate lines
The purpose 81 che legislation which pur-
pose VIII undoubtedly be- nltilcd. was 90
favor such b man Nhen he does well and
% supervise hIf aclion only % prevent
Nm from doing uL Puhiciiy can 90 no
harm a. the honest corporation, The
only corporation that has cause Go dread
a a. TIE corporation which shfinks from
the tight and about the welfare % such
esrporatiena - need ~ ~ e~verstnniuSe