Arizona republican., 1903-04-04

Milwaukee, Wis, April 3.-President Roosevelt was the guest of the Mil waukee Merchants and Manufacturers association at a banquet at the Plank ington house tonight, the occasion be- ing the climax of the presidents ten hours visit to Milwaukee. Covers were laid for 530 representative citizens. \ corps of skilled decorators had worked out a complete transformation of the banquet room which was fairly cano- pied with Alabama smilax rising from twelve chandeliers and, spreading out in graceful arches, met in all parts of the room. Lines of asparagus vines trailed.from chandelier to chandelier ia all directions. supporting a regular in tervals fern balls filled with American Beauty roses, carnations and other beautiful blossoms. A thousand cleo tric lights lent enchanting beauty to the room.
 At the presidents immediate right sat United States Senator Quarles while F. ". Wadhams, president of the Milwaukee Merchants and NIanufac- turers' association and toastmaster cf the occasion, was seated at his left Extending in opposite directions from the presidents table were twelve other tables at which members of the Mer- chants and Manufacturers associa tion and their friends were seated. After the banquet had been served Toast master Wadhams introduced President Roosevelt, who responded to the toast 1.-The President of the United States. The president took this occasion tC give his views to the subject of trusts Senator Quarles responded to the toast Our Guest" Mayor David s. RoSe responded to the toast, "The City oi Milwaukee,
 In his address on "The Trusts" the president said:
 MT. ToaStmaSter, Gentlemen:
 Today I wish to speak to you on the question of the control and regulation of those great corporations which are popularly, although rather vaguely known as trusts; dealing mostly with what has actually been accomplished in the way of legislation and in the en- forcement of legislation during tne past eighteen months, the period GOV ering the two sessions of the Fifty seventh congress. At the oufse. shall ask you to remember that ] c,
 
 the stand point of those who speak of themselves as antitrust or anti-col- poration people, nor yet from the standpoint of those who are fon3 n denying the existence of evils in tho trusts, or who apparently proceed Upon the assumption that if a cornnr- ation is large enough it can do nc wrong.
 T think l speak for the great ma surity of the American people when say that we are not in the least against wealth as such, whether individual ol corporate; that we merely desIrc tc see any abuse of corporate or combined wealth corrected and remedied; tba we do not desire the abolition or de struction of big corporations, but, CT the contrary, recognize them as beins in many cases efficient economic in struments, the results of an inevitaDl, process of economic evolution, and LnI, desire to see them regulated and con- trolled so far as may be necessary foi the public good. We should be falls, to the historic principles of our gov ernment if we discriminated, either b, legislation or administration. eithe for or against man because of eithe his wealth or his poverty. There is nc proper place in our society either fo the rich man who uses the power con fered by his riches to enable him t oppress and wrong his neighbors, no yet for the demagogic agitator whc instead of attacking abuses as all abuse should be attacked wherever found, at tacks men of wealth. as such, whethe they be good or bad, attacks corpora tions whether they do well or i'll. an seeks in spirit or ignorant rancor, t overthrow the very foundations upol which rest our national well-being.
 THE ORIGIN OF TRUSTS.
 Tn consequence of the extraordinar industrial changes of the last hal