The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-05-09
PRESIDENT At DEN YER
Given q Hearty Welcome at Capital
OF Colorado.
SPOKE ABOUT RATES
Chief Executive Holds That 1t Is the
Right and Duty Of Legislatures
to Confer Supervisory Pow
err Over Carriers.

- a. Nie uihoii slAtton promptly On
time, $50 p. m, Monday. The presi-
dent was taken in hand by President
Temple Of the chamber of commerce.
the rovernor and mayor. and sur
rounded by score OF local detectives
went hurr1edly through the arched en-
trance 10 the station The presidential
party arrived at the Brown Palace ho-
Tel at Z O'Clock. For an hour and
quarter the president was in retire
Iiaenf in his rooms. hastily looking over
important communications ana CON
saiting with Secretary Loeb At 7.1k
ne received the members of the Press
club in bis rooms. and was admitted as
an honorary member OF the club A
reception OF the guests Of the banquet
was held and the president then en-
tered the banquet room.
The president made an address Aft
er discussing various questions of IN
terest, particularly to Colorado. ,hs
president took up the subject Of ran
read rate legislation in part, as fol-
lows Il want 10 say a word as 10
governmental policy in which I feel
great interest and which In itself
but a part OF general policy isto
which think our government must
GO proposed a policy OF extending
the powers OF the interstate commerce
commission ard of giving them uartte-
alaFiy the power to fix rates, and 10
nave the rates that they fx 20 tnto ef-
feet practically at once. AS say. that
F@F8rWRsRf4M ira mrs sy1Sr
. should be the general policy of this
country the policy Of giving. not 10 the
state, hait 20 the national government.
az Increased supervisory and regula-
tory power over corporations.
The FIRST step and. Ia my mind. the
most important step. fs connected with
giving such power over grea; trans
p9rtation corporations Of this country.
/ Tt. necessity az regards that IN pecu-
liarfy evident was going 10 say
whsn the FIRST ploneers came to Colo
raan, buf that would hardly be SCI. nut
. in tha days of the fathers OF the older
among you, the high ways Of commerce
for civilized nations were what they
bad always tesr~-thsat ia. waterways
ARD roads Therefore they were open
10 all who chose 20 travel upon them
have seen system grow Up which
under the oIA methods were complete
iY reToiutionixed. and now the typical
! highway ri corr -nerce is. of course the
railroad Therefore. under this chang
81 system. we see highways OF com
rrsefee grow up, each Of which is con-
/ irplse8 by a single corporation or indi-
Visual. sometimes several OF them be-
,,
rBtIora or a few individuals When
/ such f. the case. iu ms judgment 10 IL
absolutely necessary that the nation
or the state. cannot possibly do IT,
I shuela assume o supervisory and regu-
/ jstrry function over the great corpora
{ t5ars which practically control the
+ hiFfsw Of commerce
/ Vow Ok clearly IN your minds two
/ facts AZ thr outset, As with everything
( else mundane when you get that SUI
/ revvisary ars regulatory power on be-
I ha.f ~ ere nation you will not have
cured sU TIRE evils that existed and YOU
wu nsi seual the expectations 81 the
f mishla hut jll-rexuisted enthusiast
( who thinks tNat you wifi have cured al
( those evils measure Of good Will
I come soure good viii be done. some
injnet fiI have been prevented. bat
1 wa sh he "a long way from TIE mt-
Z lauiuu. Get thaf fact clear IN your
( rutnaa or you W3N De having up for
I yourselves "a store ~ fucalculabie dis
4 appointment ir ths future Thai ia the
I afst thing
/ -Naw the second. ana the more tm-
z pHrfaHt When sou give -atlon that
( ruuar remember that haffu ana not
E -alH vsaH .ars4s frlsrr tfss eefeeFrQ rfr.