Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1904-10-29
president ROOSEVELT.
Some Of His Ctterance~ on the
Vital Points Of Today.

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The pe.l-beiag of the wageHorker
i a prime consideration ~ our entire
policy Of economic legislation.
There can be no real general pros
perity unless based on the foundation
81 the prosperity II the wagauorker
and the ti.ler 81 the soil.
This country has and this country
needs better paid, better-educated
0etter-fed and better clothed work
ingmen. Of a higher type than are to
b. found 10 any foreign country.
Labor organizations when man
aged iuteIfgently and in q spirit Of
justice and fair play, are Of very
great service. not only TO the wage
workers, but to the whole community.
We recognize the organization Of
capital and the organization Of labor
as natural outcOmes Of our industrial
system Each kind Of organization
IS to BE- favored 50 long a. it acts 10 a
spirit Of justice aud Of regard for the
rights Of others. Each is to be
granted the full protection Of the
law, and each In turn Is to be held to.
a strict obedience to the law. for no.
man is above it and no man below it.
While an people are foolish If they
violate or rail against the law.
wicked as wen as foolish. but al fool
ish-yet the most foolish man in this
Republic IS the man Of wealth who.
complains because the law is admin
istered with impartial justice against
or for bin.
The man or who as bread
winner and home-maker, or as wife
and mother, has done all that be or
she can do. patiently aud uncompIain-
ingly, is to be honored; and is to be
engied by all those who have never
had the good fortune to feel the need
and duty Of doing such work.
/ believe 10 the Monroe doctrine
with al ms heart and soul; am con.
yinced that the immense majority Of
our fellow-countrynen So believe IN IT..
There can be no crime more ser
ious than bribery.
It should be the policy Of the Uni
ted States to leave no place oa earth
where a corrupt man fleeing from
this country a rest in peace.
Good citizenship consists IT. doing
the many sQall duties, private and
public. which in the aggregate make
it up.
The man who By the use Of bis cap
ital develops a great mine, the man
who by the use 81 bis capital builds a
great railroad, the man who By the
use Of bis capital, either individually
or joiued with others ike him does
any great legitimate business enter.
prise, confers a benefit, not a harm.
upon the community, and is entitled
TO be so regarded.
Ours is a government Of liberty by
through and under the law. No maj
is above it aud no man is below it,.
No nation has ever prospered a.
we are prospecting now and we mus
see to it that by our own folly W. d
not mar his prosperity.
There will be fluctuations from tim,
to time in our prosperity, but it wi
continue to grow just so long as "
keep up this high average II indiyid
ual citizenship and permit it to worI
out its own salvation under prope
economic legislation.
We are hostile to the trusts; "
are merely determined that the.
shall be SO handled as to subserve tn
public good.
In dealing with the big corpora
tions which we call trusts, we mus
resolutely purpose to proceed b
evolution and not revolution.
The great corporations which "
have grown to speak Of rathe
loosely as trusts are the creatures {
the state, and the state not only ha
the right to control them, but it is i
duty bound to control them whereye
the need Of such control is shown.
In dealing with the great organ
izations known as trusts we do no