The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-09
Control a Necessity.

Control Necessity.
When such is the case in my Judgment
1t is absolutely necessary that the nation
for the state cannot possibly do it, should
assume supervisory and regulatory frnc-
ton over the great corporations which
practically control the highways of COM
merce.
Now fix clearly in your minds two facts:
When you get that supervisory and regu-
latory power you will not have cured all
the evils that existed and you will not
equal the expectations of the amiable
but ill-regulated enthusiast who thinks
that you will have cured all those evils. A
measure Of good will come.
Some good will be done, some Injustice
will have been prevented, but we shall
be a long way from, the millennium Get
that fact clear in your mind or you will
be laying up for yourselves a store of in
calculable disappointment in the future,
That is the first thing.
:" Justice to Both Sides.
Now the second and the more impor-
tant: When you give a nation that pow
er remember, that herm and not good will
come from the giving Unless you give
it with the firm. determination not only to
get Justice for yourselves, but to do JUS
tice to others; that you will be as Jealous
to do justice to the railroads as to exact
justice from them.
We cannot afford in any shape or way
| to encourage feeling which would do m
| Justice to man of property any more
! than We would submit to injustice from
a man of property. Whether the man
owns the biggest railroad or the greatest
outside corporation in the land, or wheth-
er he makes each days bread by the
sweat of that days toll, he is entitled tc
| justice and fair dealing, no more and nc
less. A spirit Of envy on the part Of those
less well off against the better Is as ba6
and no worse than a spirit of arrogant dis.
regard for the rights of the man of small
means on the part Of the man Of large
means.
| Toasted by Patterson.
Senator T. M. Patterson, to the toas
"The President, - responded, in part
as follows: +. F..-.
I feel like singing a pean to the wa
ter. The water-that magic elemen
which. controlled by the art of man, ha
transformed a scene Of savage desolatio
into a landscape dotted with happ
homes set in fruitful fields: into coun
try teeming with tireless millions and hu
manized with works Of their transform
ing energy and genius.
While clarifying water we must pa
tribute to the only president who eve
used the forces at his command to il
duce the nation to do it's part toward til
full conquest Of our arid empire. AS tt
great canals and reservoirs are construc
| ed. as the remnants Of the arid, world
old deserts are being made Il, boom wit
rich dowries of unduating grain ar
fruits and to pulse with grateful life. the
will be a part of his monument, tellir
posterity that here Theodore Rooseve
moved and wrought.
More closely interviewer than
thought, is the conquest Of the desc
with the future of the human race. II
president is a strenuous opponent of ra
suicide and by fair implication old mai
and bachelors are his bane, and childle
homes are blots upon the face of natul
This picture he paints with strong l1gh
and heavy shadows. In howell and ha
in country and in town he would have t
air melodious with the sweet, contagio
laughter Of the little ones. We may wo
der to which Of these important factc
in a. great American nationality-natior
irrigation or national adherence
childless homes-he first gave though
Whichever it was, the other was NJ
considered as naturally as night folio
day, for if the impetus he has impart
to the cOuntry's blrthrate IS 10 contm'
then the need for the reclamation OF t
arid lands grows apace with the acc
Grated demand for healthful homes a
for a sturdy, virtuous people
Mr.. President in the name OF Amer1c
motherhood, and in behalf of the cheru
born of loyal marriage, l claim from y
growing steadfastness to the great ca,
of irrigation That may emphasize t
call am tempted to paraphrase the rir
ing words Of a distinguished patriot
exclaim:s 1--WE must irrigate! We must
rigate, or perish by our own fecund1ty
My friends, have RESPONDED TO
simple toast Of THE President. Let
before we separate, supplement it W
a sentiment made common property
the gentle and princely Joseph Jefferst
"The PRESIDENT May he live long g
prospect