Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-08-16
president. WOULD : "
CURB THE TRUSTS.
ROOSEVELT SUGGESTS PLAN FOR
NEW LAW TO CONTROL ALL
CORPORATIONS.
DECLARES HIMSELF FOR
FEDERAL SUPERVISION
In Speech at Chautauqua, N. Y, Chief
Executive Makes Important State
ments-Deals at Great Length with
Monroe Doctrine.

+ Chautauqua, N. Y, Aug. IL. - Presi-
dent Roosevelt Friday made what is
regarded as his most important speech
since his Inauguration. He declared
that the time for leniency with the in
dicted Chicago packers had passed, dis
cussed the corporation problem at
length, and devoted considerable at
tention to the Monroe doctrine. He
set forth the United States stand so
plainly that no foreign nation could
misinterpret his utterances. The sig
nificant statements regarding the
packers was as follows: I'm some
cases, such as that of at least certain
of the beef packers recently indicted
in Chicago, it is impossible longer to
show leniency." With this was coupled
the declarations:
IF the existing law proves to be in
adequate, so that under established
rules of evidence clear violations of
the antitrust regulations may not be
readily proved, defiance of the law
must inevitably lead to further legisla-
tion.''
Calls for Federal Supervision.
The president denounced those cor
porations which are preventing the
enforcement of the antitrust law ''by
every device. legal and Illegal Then
coming to the high note of his speech.
he declared for federal supervision of
all companies engaged in interstate
commerce, saying the actions of the
corporations were driving the people
to drastic measures in self-defense. II
believe" said Mr.. Roosevelt, loudly,
slowly and distinctly, hammering home
every word-"I believe all corpora
lions engaged in interstate commerce
should be under the supervision of the
national government. 1t may be that
we shall find the only effective way
OF exercising this supervision is to re-
quire all corporations engaged in in
terstate commerce to produce proof
that they are not parties to any con-
tract or combination, or engaged in
any monopoly in interstate trade in
violation of the antitrust law"
Stand on Monroe Doctrine.
The president spoke in the amphi-
theater on the ChautauQua assembly
grounds, addressing an audience of
1000 persons, who came through a
heavy rain to be present. The speech
In part was as follows: "To-day I
wish to speak to you on one feature
of our national foreign policy. and one
feature of our national domestic pol
icy. The Monroe doctrine is not a
part of international law. But it is
the fundamental feature of our en-
tire foreign policy, so far as the west
ern hemisphere is concerned, and it
has more and more been meeting with
recognition abroad. The reason why
it is meeting with this recognition is
because we have not allowed it to be-
come fOssi1ized, but have adapted our
construction of it 10 meet the grow
ing, changing needs of this hemi-
sphere. Fossilization, Of course, means
death, whether to an individual. a
government. or doctrine 1t is out of
the question to claim right and yet
shirk the responsibility for exercis-
ing that right. When we announce a
policy such as the Monroe doctrine.
we thereby commit ourselves to &C.
cepting the consequences of the policy,
and these consequences from time to
time alter"
Mean What We Say.
"Let us look for a moment at what
the Monroe: doctrine really is. 1t for
bids the territorial encroachment of
n0n-American powers on American
soil. Its purpose IS partly to secure
this nation against seeing great mill
tary powers obtain new footholds in
the western hemisphere, and partly to
secure to our fellow-republics south of
us the chance to develop along their
own lines without being oppressed or
conquered by non-American powers
AS we have grown more and more
powerful our advocacy of this doctrine
has been received with more and more
respect; but what has tended most to
give the doctrine standing among the
nations is our growing willingness to
show that we not only mean what we
say, but we are prepared to back
it up"
Indian Kills Two.
Mubank, S. D., Aug. 12..-Seach Flute,
Siseton Indian, shot and killed Edward
Peterson and Edward Colby, both Of
Siseton, at Flutes home near Peever.
Peterson and Colby went to Flutes home