Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-05-12

succeeded In getting through that Law.
which I am so very psoud should haN"
been enacted during my admlniSiFa'
tIon. the law by which III. nation I'M
dcTtook to do its share In the great
work OF reclamation Of the arg lands
Of the West. when We got through that
law there were certain Short-aishtcd
people representing. NJ they believed.
the interests of the non'arii eastern
lands. who objected to the passas" OF
the law on the ground that IL would
help build UP their rivals; whereas.
they ought to have seen that whatever
built up the intcrmuuntain states
would add to the prosperity OF all tho
United Statca. tApplauHcl.
There u Just one safe motto Tor
Americans to act on: that 10 the motto
of all men up and not some men down.
lApplauHcl.
In n very small way I am trying to
help build up an Industry Tor the bcnc'
ai OF the whole country: hut We are
starting IL here in Colorado. Through
Secretary Wilson of the Department; OF
Agriculture in connection with your
agricultural college. think We are
starting the development; Of a breed OF
American horses which you might cal!
the general utility horse. ! want to
say that II have any Influence with
this administration ] am going to get
| them 10 continue that work.
ALSO, Incidentally. | want TO say II
| any OF you have come from Texas you
will appreciate this: I want to try TO
take and develop the old breed Of Nor.
gan horse. which Is an Al horse. be.
cause W. have in the Morgan horse a
type which is not. in my belief. sur.
passed in any country for the pur pose
| TO he served by the breed Of horse most
important for us to develop. ! do not
think that the pcrpctuatiUn of that
| fine old stock should he left to private
breeders. think the government
should take part in II. The reason we
have started this horse breeding by
the government here in Colorado II
that We find. for reasons that I am not
J wholly able TO explain. that the stout
est forClcgs in horses are developed
here in Colorado. and so I hope the
senators from Colorado will help me
along that line for the Morgan horse
| in Colorado.
A Governmental Policy.
Gentlemen. want TO say word as
to a governmental policy in which |
feel that this whole country ought to
take n great interest. and which is IT.
| self but part of general policy into
which I think our government must
go. speak OF the policy Of extending
| the powers Of the Interstate Commerce
| Commission and OF giving them par
ticularly the power to fix rates and to
have the rates that they lX go into ef-
/ feet practically at once. As say. that
represents in my mind part OF what
should be the general policy Of this
/ country. the policy OF giving not TO
| the state. but to the national govern.
! mcnt. an increased supervisory and
I regulatory power over corporations.
! (Applause).
The first step. and to my mind the
most important step. is this connected
/ with giving such power over the great
| transportation corporations of this
/ country. The necessity as regards that
I is peculiarly evident was going to
say when the first pioneers came to
I Colorado. but that would hardly be so.
| but in the days of the fathers of the
older among you the highways of com
merce for civilized nations we're what
they had always been-that is. water.
ways and roads. Therefore, they were