Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-08-12
HITS AT THE TRUSTS
Roosevelt's Address Before
 Chautauqua Assembly.
HIS IDEA OF MONROE DOCTRINE.
Hot For American Aggrandizement, but For Aid of Small Republics
 Toward Peace and Good Order.

| CHAUTAUQUA, N. Y., Aug. 12.-
 Tn his address before the Chautauqua assembly President Roosevelt confined 1 himself to the Monroe doctrine and | federal control of the great corpora | tions doing an interstate business. The president declared unequivocally l that he believes that all corporations 1 engaged in interstate commerce should be under the supervision of the na- tional government Much of the recent
 Legislation aimed to prevent the evil connected with the enormous develop
 ment of these great corporations, he
 said, has proved ineffective.
 Defiance of the law, the president declared, must inevitab bly, lead to fur
 ther legislation perhaps more drastic
 than he would prefer. It has become
 the conviction that in some cases, such as that of certain of the beef packers
 recently indicted in Chicago, it is im-
 possible longer to show leniency It may be, said MT. Roosevelt. that
 all that is necessary in the immediate future. is to pass an interstate con- merce bill conferring upon some branch of the executive government the power
 of effective action to remedy the
 transportation.
 The Monroe doctrine he pronounced the fundamental feature of our entire foreign policy so far as the western | hemisphere is concerned and declared it has more and more been meeting recognition abroad. The president gave his interpretation of the meaning of that doctrine and declared that we could not adhere to it permanently
 unless we made it evident:
 First, that we do not intend to treat
 1t as an excuse for aggrandzement at
 the expense of other American repub- lies; second that we do not intend to
 permit any of those republics to use it as shield to protect itself against its
 own misdeeds, ard, third, that we shall
 in good faith try to help sister repub- lies in need of help toward peace and good order.
 AS illustrating this third condition President Roosevelt cited the case of
 Santo Domingo and told of the benefi-
 cent results that have followed from the arrangement made with that coun- try by the United States to help straighten out her tangled financial
 affairs. He spoke strongly in favor of | the treaty negotiated with Santo Do
 mingo and declared that to undo the : present arrangement would result dis | astrously for that republic.
 In regard to the trusts the president said:
 "The government has very properly
 exercised moderation in attempting to # enforce the criminal provisions of the
 statute. but it has become our convic- 1 tion that in some cases, such as that of , gently indicted in Chicago. it is lmpos- sible longer to show leniency More ] over, if the existing law proves to be ! inadequate, so that under established { rules of evidence clear violations may not be readily proved. defiance of the
 law must inevitably lead to further ! Legislation.
 ! This legislation may be more dras- ! tic than would prefer. If so, it must
 be distinctly understood that it will be
 because of the stubborn determination
 of some of the great combinations in : striving to prevent the enforcement of ! the law as 1t stands by every device,
 legal and illegal. Very many of these
 men seem to think that the alternative
 is simply between submitting to the
 mild kind of governmental control we 1 advocate and the absolute freedom to
 do whatever they think best.
 They are greatly in error. Either
 they will have to submit to reasonable
 supervision and regulation by the na- I tional authorities or else they will ulti-
 mately have to submit to governmental
 action of far more drastic type" When Bishop Vincent introduced | President Roosevelt to the great au- | dience in a few simple sentences he ! received an ovation.
 | During the return journey President
 Roosevelt made brief addresses from
 the rear platform of his car at Sala- manca. Hornellsville. Elmira and Wa
 verIy. His speech al Salamanca was 4 simply a complimentary address to the
 people of a city of which he is very
 fond and an appeal to the people to
 conduct themselves always with hon.
 esty and decency in private life and
 relations. with a view thereby of bet.
 tering the government of the state and
 of the country. At Hornellsville the
 president touched effectively upon the
 horrors of the yellow fever epidemic
 now raging in New orleans.