The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-08
WHAT ROOSEVELT SAYS

Roosevelt as to labor, and other
mighty matters, 1 respectfully re-
quest the voters of Georgia, his state
as well as yours. and the citizens OF
Chatham, to read, mark, learn and in
wardly digest the truth, the sayings
spoken and sustained by him actually
and actively, for "a square deal for
every man."
ga Square Deal for Every Man."
As to Labor.
IT believe emphatically in organized
labor.
This is an era Of federation and
combination.
American wage-workers work with
their heads as well as their hands.
Organization is one of the laws of
our social and economic development
at this time.
There is no worse enemy of the
wage-worker than the man who con-
dones mob violence in any shape or
who breaches class hatred.
There can be no real general pros
perity unless based on the foundation
of the prosperity of the wage-Worker
ana the tlller OF the SOIL.
$50 far as practicable under the con-
ditions of government work, provision
should be made to render the enforce
ment of the eight-hour law easy and
certain.
1.-The slightest acquaintance with our
industrial history should teach even
the most short-sighted that the times
of most suffering for our people as a
whole, the times when business is stag
nant, and capital suffers from shrink
age and gets no return from its in
vestments, are exactly the times of
hardships, and want and grim disas-
ter among the poor"
"a Square Deal for Every Man."
As to Lynching.
Where we permit the law to be de-
fled or evaded, whether by rich man
or poor man, by black man or white, we
are by just so much weakening the
bonds of our civilization and increas-
ing the chances of its overthrow.
Men who have been guilty of a
crime like rape or murder should be
visited with swift and certain punish
ment, and the just effort made by the
courts to protect them in their rights
should under no circumstances be per-
verted into permitting any mere tech
nicality to avert or delay their punish
ment.
1.-THE spirit of lawlessness grows with
| what it feeds on, and when mobs with
| IMMUNITY lynch criminals for one cause,
| they are certain to begin to lynch real
or alleged criminals for other causes.
"a Square Deal for Every Man."
As to the Tariff.
"Our first duty is to see that the pro-
| lection granted by the tariff in every
case where it is needed is maintained.
Duties must never be reduced below
the point that will cover the difference
between the labor cost here and
abroad.
Nothing could be more unwise than
| to disturb the business interests of the
country by any general tariff change al
| this time.
mo change in tariff duties can have
any substantial effect in solving the
! so-called trust problem. Certain great
trusts or great corporations are Who'll
| ly unaffected by the tariff.
IF in any case the tariff is found to
| foster a monopoly which does ill, OF
course no protectionist would object
! to a modification of the tariff suffi-
Gent to remedy the evil
mo nation has ever prospered as we
are prospecting now, and we must ses
to it that by our own folly we do moi
when people have become very
| prosperous they tend to become slug
| gishly Indifferent to the continuation
of the policies that brought about
their prosperity
"a Square Deal for Every Man"
As to the Trusts.
1.-THE capitalist who, alone, or in con-
!! junction with his fellows, performs
some great industrial feat by which
he wins money is a well-doer, not &
wrong-doer, provided only he works il
proper and legitimates lines.
IF by trust we mean merely q bis
corporation, then l ask you to pom
der the utter folly of the man whC
either in a spirit of rancor or in
spirit of folly says destroy the trusts
without giving you an idea of what hi
means really to do
Wherever a substantial MONOPOLY
can be shown to exist we should Ger.
tainly try our utmost to devise an ex.
pedient by which it can be controlled
THE nation should, without interior.
ing with the power of the states III
the matter itself, also assume power
of supervision and regulation over al
corporations doing an interstate bust
ness.
You cannot put a stop 10 or reverse
| NNS AoA bCAihCAClCS Ol Tie age
but you can control and regulate then
and see that they do no harm.
Publicity can do no harm to the
honest corporation; and we need MOI
be over-tender about sparing the dis.
honest corporation
As to World Power.
Our place as a nation is and must be-
with the nations that have left in.
delibly their impress of the centuries.
Il believe that We are now, at the
outset of the twentieth century. fac,
to face with great world problems
that we cannot help playing the par
of great world power: that all w,
can decide is whether we will play +
well or III.
1T behooves all men of lofty soul. A.
and proud to belong to a mighty ma.
tion, to see to 1t that we keep on,
position in the world; for our propel
place is with the great expanding peo.
pies, with the peoples that dare to b,
great, that accept with confidence :
place of leadership in the world"
Vote the ticket of triumph. for pro.
lection, prosperity, peace and plenty
Savannah. Ga.
| William r Taal,an "a