The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1905-08-17
MUST DEFEND OUR
WEAK NEICHB0RS
Saws President Roosevelt In Address
to Chautauqua Assembly.
UPHOLDS MONROE DOCTRINE


Chautauqua, n. Y, Aug. 12.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt was the guest OF honor
here OF the Chatauqua Assembly. On
his arrival ne was escorted to the as
sembiy amphitheatre through a line
OF 500 boys and girls, his way being
Btrewn with flowers.
Bishop Vincent introduced the pres
ident to the immense audience pres
ent in few simple words, and when
Mr.. Roosevelt arose to speak he was
given a tremendous ovation. The pres
ident. in his address. pointed out for
chilly the duties of this country to our
South American neighbOrs and to Eu-
rope, and then turned his attention
to the trust problem, declaring that
government control OF interstate cor
pOrations is absolutely necessary, and
that trust must conform to the law.
His speech. in part was as follows:
| wish 10 speak TO you on one feature
Of our national policy and one feature Of
our national domestic policy.
The Monroe Doctrine is not a part OF
international law But it is the funda-
H4tHl&l feature Oh our entire foreign pol
10y far the western hemisphere IS
concerned. and it has more and more
been meeting with recognition abroad
The reason why il Is meeting with this
recognition is because we have not al
lowed it 10 become fossilized but have
adapted our construction OF it to meet the
growing changing needs of this hemis-
pherr. FOssilization, Of course, means
death. whether to Individual. a gov
eminent Il doctrine
Let us look for moment at what the
Monroe Doctrine really IS. 1t forbids the
territorial encroaChment of non-American
powers on American soil. Its purpose Is
partly to secure this nation against see
Ing greatly military 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 pow
erful our advocacy of this doctrine has
been received with more and moro re-
spect: 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 and are
prepared to back it up, but that we mean
to recognize our obligations to foreign
peoples no less than to insist upon our
own rights.
We cannot permanently adhere to the
Monroe Doctrine unless we succeed In
making 1t evident in the first place that
We do not intend to treat it In any shape
or way as an excuse for ACKNOWLEDGMENT
on our part at the expense of the repub-
lies to the south of us; second that we
de not intend TO permit it to be used by
any of these republics a shield to pro-
teet that republic from the consequences
OF It's own misdeeds against foreign ma
tionsI third. that inasmuoh by this
doctrine we prevent other nations from
interfering on this side Of the water we
Shall ourselves In good faith try to help
those Of our sister republics which need
such help. upward toward peace and
order.
AS regards the first point we must rec
ogpize the fact that in some South Amer
leah countries there has been much sus-
picion lest We should interpret the Mon
roe Doctrine in some way inimicaI to
their interests. Now let 1t be understood
once for all that no just and orderly gov
eminent on this continent has anything
to fear from us. No stable and growing
American republic wishes to see some
great non-American military power as
Quire territory In it's neighborhood 1t
must be understood that under no cir
cunstances will the United States use the
Monroe Doctrine as a cloak for terrific
rial aggression.
L do not want to see any foreign power
take possession permanently or tempo
rarily of the custom houses of an Amer
lean republic in order to enforce its OBJ
legations. and the alternative may at any
time be that we shall be forced to do so
ourselves
Santo Domingo has now made an ap-
peal to us to help it. and not only every
principle of wisdom. but every generous
instinct within us bids us respond to the
appeal. The patience of her foreign cred
ltDrS had harOpla Cd
one foreign nation was on the point of
intervention. and was only prevented
from Intervening by the unofficial assur-
ance of this government that it would
itself strive to help Santo Domingo In her
hour of need.
Accordingly, the executive department
OF our government negotiated d treaty
under which we are to try to help the
dominican people to struighten out their
finances This treaty is pending before
the senate, whose consent to it is neces-
sary- In the meantime We have made a
temporary arrangement which will last
until the senate has had time to take
action upon the treaty.
30 much for one feature of our foreign
policy. Now for one feature OF our DO
hleSuc poilcy. one OF the main feature
OF our national governmental policy
should DC the effort to secure adequate
and effective supervisory and reRula tory
an interstate business. Much of the leu-
lslation aimed to prevent the evils CON
hected with the enormous DEVELOPMENT
az these great corporations has been in
effective. partly because it aimed at do
Ing too much. and partly because 1t did
hSt confer on the government really
EFFICIENT method of holding any guilty
corporation to account. The effort to
prevent oil restraint of competition
whether harmful or beneficial, has been
Ill judged what is needed is not so much
me effort to prevent combination as a
Slsiiant and effective control of the COM
binations formed, SO as to secure iust
ana equitable dealing on their part alike
toward the public generally toward their
smaller competitors, and toward the ware
workers in their employ.
Under the present laws we have I'm tbs
last four years accomplished much that
Is or substantial value; but the difficult
ties In tine way have been so great as to
prove that frthsr legislation is advisable
Many corporations show themselves hon
orably DESTROYS to obey the law: but m
fortunately. some corporations and vary
wealthy ones at that. exhaust every effort
which can be suggested by the htsbsst
Woods Seeds.