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D,anded nv ouF seIf-respecti that this
action will not take the form of ter
rItorEaI ACKNOWLEDGMENT on our part
and that ii Will only he tnken at al
with the most extreme reluctance and
not without having exhausted every ell
fort to avert il.
As to the second point if a republic TO the
south Of US commits tort against IoieisH
nation such for instance, as wrongful &c
ton against the persons Of citizens OF tnat
nation then the Monroe doctrine ooss fot
force MS 10 interfere TO prevent punishment
OF the tort save to see that the punishment
does not directly or indirectly assume the
form Of territorial occupation OF the oiLehut.is
country The case is more difficult when the
trouble comes from the failure to meet con-
tractual obligations. Our own GoVerhllelli , |,
has always refused TO enforce sueh cohlt ltacIuaI ia,
obligations on behalf Of It's cltZens pg @ @IIe
a1,peal 70 arms. II is much TO be wished th&t
aii foreign governments would take the same
view But at present this country would Ger
+afn1v not b. willing to 90 TO to prevent
z foreign government from collecting just
debt or 70 back up some one OF our SISTER r. "a
publics in g refusal 10 pay just depls' anu
the alternative may in any case prove 10 pe
that We shall ourselves undertake 10 pIlhs
about some arrangement by wnlch 50 ~ IIuSn -,
as IS possible Of the just obligations shah De
paid Personally l should always prefer 10 see
this country step in ana put through sucn an
arrangement rather than let any foreign couh-
try undertake il -,
possession permanently or temporarily OF the
der to enforce its obligations. ana the alter
native may at any time be that we shai De
forced to do so ourselves. -
Finally, and what is in my view. really the
most Important thing Of all, it Is our duty,
So far as We are able, to try to heip upward
our weaker brothers. just as there mas peeH
gradual growth Of the ethical element IN
The relations OF one individual TO another, so
that with all the faults Of our Christian CIVIL
zat,on il vet remains true that We are, no
mater how slowly more and more coming 70
recognize the duty of bearing one another s
burdens similarly I believe that the ethical
element Is tv degrees entering into the deaIngs
Of one nation with another.
Under strain Of emotion caused by sudden
disaster iris feeling is very evident 4 famine
OF plague in one country brings much SYM
psthv and some assistance from other coun-
fries Moreover. we are now beginning TO
recognize that weaker peoples have claim
lIpcn Us even when the appeal is made not
- our emotions by some sudden calamity.
but to cur consciences by long continuing
condition Of affairs.
do not mean to say that nations nave
mere than begun to approach the proper re-
laticnship me TO another. and 1 fully recog-
r.ze the folly Of proceeding upon the assump-
ton that this ideal condition can now be
realized in full-for. in order TO proceed upon
such an assumption. we would hrst require
some method Of forcing recalcitrant nations
10 90 their duty, as well as OF seeing ina
thew are protected in their rights.
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NEED OF NEW LEGISLATION
TO MEET EXISTING ABUSES
1t May BE Aimed at the Far-Reaching
Evils That Spring From Over
Capitalization.

In orr Industrial and social system the in
terests of all men are closely intertwined
that in the immense majority OF cases the
straight dealing man, who, by ingenuity and
others The man of great productive capacity
who gets rich through guiding the labor OF
hundreds or thousands or other men does SO,
as a rule by enabling their labor 70 produce
more than it would without his guidance and
both he and they. share in the benent, so that
even If the share be unequal 1t must never
be forgotten that they, too, are really oene-
fited by his success
A vital factor in the success or any enter
prise is the guiding intelligence OF the man
at the top and there is need, IN the interest
OF all of u.s. to encourage rather than to
discourage the activity of the exceptional men
who. guide average men so that their labor
may result in increased production OF the KIND
which is demanded at the time. Normally we
help the Wage-worker, we help the man or
small means, by making conditions such that
the man of exceptional business ability re-
ceives an exceptional reward for that ability.
But while insisting with all emphasis upon
this. 1t is also true that experience mas shown
that when there is no governmental restraint
or supervision, some Of the exceptional men
the common good. but in ways which tell
against this common good; and that by so
doing they not only wrong smaller and less
able men-whether wage-workers or small pro-
ducers and traders-but force other men of
exceptional abilities themselves to do what is
wrong under penalty of falling behind in the
keen race for success. There is need of leg
slaton to strive to meet such abuses. At
one time in one place this legislation may
take the form of factory laws and employers
liability laws. Under other conditions 1t may
take the form of dealing with the franchises
which derive their value from the grant Of
the representatives of the people. 1t may be
sinAd at the manifold abuses. far-reachinE in
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ROOT SEWERS
BUSINESS TIES
New Secretary of State Cuts
Loose From All His For
mer Financial Connections
THINKS IT IS BETTER
Resigns Even From Director
ships He Retained While
He Held War Portfolio

NEW YORK, Aug. u.-Secretary of
State Root, who recently entered Presi-
dent Roosevelt's Cabinet, says the Times
to-day, severed all connections with a
number of financial institutions of which
he was formerly a director. MIR. Root re-
Gently resigned, it became known ,yester-
day, from the boards of the Morton
Trust Company, the National Bank Of
Commerce, the Continental Fire Insur-
ance Company, the Title Guaranty and
Trust Company and several other cor
porations.
This action was taken, the Times con-
tinues, in order that ne might assume the
Secretaryship of State without being in
any way allied with corporate interests
In conversation with his associates he is
said to have expressed the opinion that
it was better for him to be free of his
former connection with these institutions
as a director, and for this reason he re-
signed from them all
Root has be:n a director of some OF
these institutions for some years, includ-
ing the period when he was Secretary
of War. Inquiry among his former fellow
directors failed to reveal Roots reasons
for differentiation between the two posi-
tions in the Cabinet so far as they aHect-
ed his personal business affairs.
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WILL NOT USE THE DOCTRINE
As A CLOAK FOR AGGRESSION
No Action VIII Ever Be Taken by This
Government Unless 1t is AbsO-
lufeIy Demanded.

U is the interest of all Of this conti-
rre-- that no such event should occur. and in
addition 10 our own republic there are now
already republics in the regions south Of
which have reached point of prosperity and
rozyer that enables them 10 be consi6era bic
factors IN maintaining this doctrine which is
So much 70 the advantage Of al Of US.
IL must be understood that under no
circumstances will the United States
use the Monroe doctrine as cloak for
territorial aEgresSiOn. should any of
oYJr uefehborS. no matter how turbu-
lent. how dfsregardfuI of our rights.
finally get into such a position that the
utmost limits of our fOrbearauce arc
reached. all the people south of us may
resi- assured that no action viii ever
he taken save what is absolutely de-
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MUST KEEP CORPORATIONS
UNDER SUPERVISORY CONTROL
Present Antitrust Laws Have Accom-
pIished Much That Ia of Sub
stautiaI VaIue.

So much for one feature of our foreign pol
icy. Now for one feature of domestic
policy.
One of the main features of our ma
tiOnai governmental policy should be
the effort to secure adequate and effec-
tive supervisory and regulatory control
over all great corporations doing an in
terstate business. Much of the Iegisla-
tion aimed to prevent the evils con-
nected with the enormous DEVELOPMENT
of these great corporations has been in
effective, partly because it aimed at do
ing too much, and partly because 1T did
not confer on the Government n really
efficient method of holding any guilty
corporation to account.
The effort to prevent all restraint of CONNIE
tition, whether harmful or beneficial has been
ill-judged; what is needed is not so much the
effort to prevent combination as a vigilant and
effective control Of the combinations formed
as to secure just and equitable dealing on
their part alike toward the public generally
toward their smaller competitors and toward
the wage workers in their employ.
Under the present laws we have in the last
four years accomplished much that is of sub
stantial value; but the difficulties in the way
have been so great as TO prove that further
legislation is advisable. Many corporations
show themselves honorably desirous to obey
the law; but unfortunately. some corpora
tions. and very wealthy ones at that exhaust
every effort which be suggested by the
highest ability, or secured by the most lavish
expenditure Of money to defeat the nurnosas
of the laws on the statute books
Not only the in control of these eorpo-
rations, but the business world generailv
ought to realize that such conduct Is In every
way perilous, and constitutes a menace to this
nation generally, and especially to the people
of great property.
1 earnestly believe that this is true of onlv
a relatively small portion of the very rich
men engaged in handling the largest CORPORA
tions in the country: but the attitude of these
comparatively few men does undoubtedly harm
the country and, above all. harm the men
ft,a a,.r&
misguided popular indignation to which it gives
rise The consolidation in the form of what
are popuIarly called trusts of corporate inter
ests of immense value has tended to produce
unfair restraints of trade of an oppressive
character, and these unfair restraints tend to
create great artificial monopoies. The viola
tions of the law known as the antitrust law
which was meant to meet the conditions thus
arising have more and more become confined
to the larger combinations the very ones
against whose policy of monopoly and op-
preston the policy of the. law chiefly d.
rected Many Of hese eombirat tions by secret
netho6s ard hy pratracted litigation, are still
unwisrlv seakin~ 20 -.t'cd the consequences OF
their illegal ac in
The Government has very properly
exercised moderation in attempting to
enforce the criminal provisions of the
statute; but 1t has become our. con-
viction that in some cases, such as that
of at least certain of the beef packers
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ing the custom houses and collecting the reve-
nue. with efficiency and honesty has completely
discouraged all revolutionary movement. while
II has already produced such an increase In
the revenues that the Government is actually
getting more from the 10 per cent that we
turn over 10 ii than IL got formerly when il
took the entire revenue. Tn1s is enabling the
poor harassed people of SanIo Domingo once
more TO turn their attention to industry and
20 BE- free from the curse or interminable rev.
CiutlOnary disturbance. II offers TO all bona
fide creditors. American and European, the
only real good chance to obtain that to which
they are justly entitled, while IL in return gives
10 Santo Domingo the only opportunity OF de-
tense against claims which it ought not to pay
Tor if ii meets the views of the Senate We
shall ourselves thoroughly examine ali these
claims, whether American foreign, and see
that none that are improper are paid Indeed,
the only effective opposition TO the treaty Will
probsly come from dishonest creditors foreign
and American, ana from the professional rev
olutionists Of the island Itself. We have all
ready good reason to believe that some of the
creditors who do not dare expose their claims
10 houesc' scrutiny are endeavoring to stir up
section in the island, and are also endeaVor-
ing 10 stir up opposition to the treaty both IN
Santo Domingo and here. trusting that in one
place the other 1t may be possible to Sc
its amendment in such fashion as ito be tan
tamount TO rejection
Under the course taken, stability and
order and all the benefits of peace are
at last coming TO Santo Domingo, ali
danger of foreign intervention has
that all creditors will get justice. NO
more and no less. If the arrangement
is terminated, chaos will follow; and If
chaos follows, sooner or later this Gov
ernment may be involved in serious diff
ficulties with foreign Governments over
the island, or else may be forced itself
to intervene in the island in some up-
pleasant fashion.
Under the present arrangement the inde-
pendence of the island Is scrupulously respect
ed. the danger Of violation of the Monroe doc
trine by the Intervention of foreign powers
vanishes, and the interference of our Govern
nent is minimized. that only act in
conjunction with the Santo Domingo authori-
ties to secure the proper administration of the
custorns and therefore TO secure the payment
of just debts and the Santo Domini-
can Government against demands for unjust
debts. The present method prevents there
being any need OF establishing any kind
OF protec1orate over the island. and gives the
people OF Santo Domingo the same chance 10
move onward and upward which we have al
ready given 70 the people of Cuba. 1t will be
dcubly to our discredit a nation If we fail
t. take advantage of this chance; for 1t will
be of damage to ourselves, and, above ALL 1t
will be OF incaculable damage to Santo Do
mingo. Every consideration of wise policy,
and. above all, every consideration Of large
generosity bids meet the request of Santo
/ Domingo as we are now trying to meet it:
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Russian Forces Surrender.

TOXIC. Aug. n.-Admiral Kataoka re-
ports that he dispatched a force to CO.
operate with the army in attacking a
Russian force which was holding the
of Korsakof. The naval force from armed.p
boats attacked the Russians on the morn
ing of August 10, the army making a
simultaneous attack from the eastward.
After a bombardment lasting two hours
the Russians surrendered The prisoners
number 125.
1t is officially announced at the imperial
army headquarters that 11S Russian Of
f1cers and men surrendered at Moro,
Saghalien Island. on August 8.
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their effects, which spring from overcapitali-
cation. Or it may be necessary to meet sucn
conditions as those with which am now deal
ing and to strive to procure proper super
vision and regulation by the national Govern
ment Of all great corporations engaged IN
interstate commerce or doing an interstate
business.
There are good people who are afraid Of
each type Of legislation; and much the same
kind of argument that is now advanced
has been again and again advanced against
the effort to secure proper employers ma
blity laws or proper factory laws with rel
ererce to women and children; much the same
ago against the franchise tax law enacted In
this State while I was Governor.
OF course there Is always the danger
of abuse IL legislation of this type is
approached In a hysterical or senti-
mental spirit, or. above all, If IL is ap-
preached in spirit of envy and hatred
toward men of wealth.
We must not try to go too fast. under
penalty OF finding that we may be going in
the wrong direction; and in any event, we
ought always to proceed by evolution and not
by revolution The laws must be conceived
and executed in a spirit of sanity and jus
tice and with exactly as much regard for
the rights of the big man as for the rights
OF the little man--treating big man and little
man exactly alike
Our ideal must be the effort to combine all
proper freedom for individual effort with some
guarantee that the effort is not exercised in
contravention Of the eternal and immutable
principles OF Justice.
The President finished speaking at II SO
o'clock. The party embarked on the spe-
cial trolley car at the road gate and
thirty minutes later were on board the
special train at Lakewood.
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FIRM AGAINST AGGRESSION.

We permanently adhere to the Monroe doctrine
unless succeed in making it evident in the first place
that we do not intend it in any shape way
an excuse for aggrandzement part at the expense
OF the republics to the south of second that do
not intend to permit be used by any of these repub
lies as shield protect that republic from the conse
quences nisdeeds against foreign nations third
that inasmuch BY this doctrine prevent other
ons interfering this side OF the water, shall
ourselves in good faith try to help those of sister
blics which need such help upward toward peace and
order. 1t must be understood that under no circum
stances will the United States the Monroe doctrine
cloak for territorial aggression. President Roose
qrfs Address,
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MacArthur Leaves the Front.

GENERAL OKUS HEADQUARTERS
IN THE FIELD. Aug. 10. D. m. via
FUSAN, Aug. 11.-General Arthur Mac
Arthur, accompanied by his aide de
camp, Captain Parker w West OF the
Eleventh United States Cavalry. left the
front to-day for Japan. He viii visit
Korea, China, and India before return
ing 70 America.
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BERLIN PRESS QUIET.
Seem DisincIIned to Express Their
Opinion on the Peace Terms

BERLIN, Aug. 12-The newspapers this
morning seem disincHned as a whole TO
express their opinion on the japanese
peace terms. Some regard them as hard
for Russia. but say they are only what
was TO be expected. Russian utterances
at Portsmouth and St. Petersburg pro-
nouncing the terms unacceptable are
treated here as signifying nothing.
Baron komuraS Withholding Of the
amount Japan will ask as reimbursement
for war expenditures is regarded as a
shrewd move designed TO get the Rus
sian commissioners to accept the PROPOSE
ton that Russia must bear them before
the Russian authorities and public be-
come incensed at the specific amount
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THINK THE TERMS SEVERE.
Military Men In Rome Discuss the De-
mandS OF Japan.

ROME, Aug. 1.-THE opinion is ex-
pressed in Rome that the Japanese
peace terms are rather severe on Rus
sia, but that if the Japanese are suf-
fciently firm Russia will end by ac-
cepting, as there is nothing in them, il
is thought. deroSdtory to RUSSIAN pride,
although both Reimbursement" and
territory are demanded. The view in
military circles is that Russia intends
TO do the best possible for herself. but
will accept in the end.
In the main the Japanese terms are
less exorbitant than was expected here
and the hope is expressed that an
agreement will be reached.
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Rus.ian Bour.e II ou,.+

ST. PETERSBURG. Aug. 11.-Tbe
news from Portsmouth is received
quietly IN the financial world. The
bourse to-day was quiet and frm. In
expectation OF the new internal loan
industrial securities were lively. with
a slight advance.
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ROOSEVELT DISCUSSES THE MONROE
DOCTRINE AND THE BIG TRUSTS.
CURBING OF THE TRUSTS.

The violations of the law known the antitrust law,
which the conditions thus arising have
more and more become confined the larger combina
tons the very ones against whose policy of monopoly and
oppression the policy of the law chiefly directed.
Many OF these combinations by secret methods and by
protracted litigation still unwsely seeking to avoid
the consequences of their illegal action The Government
has very properly exercised moderation in attempting to
enforce the criminal provisions of the statute: but it has
become conviction that in such as that OF
certain of the beef packers recently indicted in
Chicago it impossible longer to show leniency More
over the law proves be inadequate that under
tabished rules of evidence clear violations may be
readily proved defiance of the law must inevitably lead to
further legsation.lom President RooseaeAs 4ddress
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Don't Cost 1IoDex

They save IT, Here at last Is the solution
Twinlock loose leaf ledgers. Made to last as
long as you do No opening new books-ons
book does tt-aN accounts are current
Made in any size or form OF ruling and print
ing Used for any business. A pleasure for
our salesmen 70 explain Catalogue. Sanborn.
Vail & Co., TAI Market St
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CAR RECEIVES THE TERMS.
Whites Message Is Promptly Transmit
ted to the EMPEROR.

ST. PETERSBURG. Aug. 1l.-To-day
has been given over in the Foreign Office.
to a literal and careful deciphering of
the Japanese terms and TO putting them
into proper form for transmission to Ine
Emperor without loss of time and sub
seauently to a preliminary consultation
between Count Lamsdorff, Minister OF
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Present a Basis for Negotiations.

BERLIN, Aug 1.-THE Lokal Anzef-
gers correspondents at Portsmouth. "
H, cables that he asked Mr.. Witte If
the Japanese terms presented a basis
for continuing the negotiations and Mr..
Witte answered:
.sCertainly"
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King Edward Not to Meet kaI.e,

LONDON, Aug. 1.-THE reports which
have been persistently published that a
meeting has been arranged between
King Edward and Emperor William are
definitely cOntradicted by Baron Fran
els Knollys. secretary to the King.
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PEOPLE or SANTo DOMINGO
GIVEN RELIEF BY UNCLE SAg
Prot ~ctim. nOrdeI Thei- Custom
Hocses by This Government Dis
courages tle RevoIutionistS.

The custom m-houses offer well-nigh the only
sources of revenue in Santo Domingo and the
different revolutions usually have as their real
aim the obtaining possession of these custom
houses The mere fact that are protect