Arizona republican., 1905-10-20
TAR HEEL JOY
.Over the Coming of PreSi.
 dent Roosevelt
OVAnONS EVERYWHERE
The Principal Stop Was Made at Ra- leigh Where Large Crowd Heard the Views Of the President on Rail- road Legislation.

Charlotte, N. C., Oct. 1y.-The OVa- ton which President Roosevelt receiv- ed during his journey through a DOT tiOn of Virginia was continued today, as he travelled through North Carolina. Beginning with his arrival at Raleigh at 9 o'clock this morning, he was greeted by cheering crowds at Dur ham, Greensboro. High Point, Lezdng- ton, Salisbury and Charlotte +'-- 7a- monstration in this city being a fitting farewell of the citizens of the old Tar heel state.
 The feature of the day was his visit to the fair which is in progress at Raleigh. There he delivered an ad- dress, which dealt with the important questions of railroad ownership and organizations of capital and labor. His speech was given close attention, and he was frequently interrupted by hearty applause. He was accompanied to the fair grounds by Mrs. Roosevelt and sne too, was the recipient of much attention.
 GOVERNME TENT OWNERSHIP. On the subject of the railroads the president said: 'I do not believe in government ownership of anything which can with propriety be left in private hands, and in particular should most strenuously object to gov ernment ownership of railroads. But I believe with equal firmness that it i is out of the question for the gov ] ernment not to exercise a supervisory and regulatory right over the rail roads; for it is vital to the we'll being
 of the public that they should be man ! aged in a spirit of fairness and justice 1 toward all the public. Actual expe- l rience has shown that it is not pos ! sT.V ! ed. Such a system, or rather such a ! lack of system, is fertile in abuses of 1 every kind, and puts a premium upon ! interruptions and ruthless cunning in railroad management; for there are l some big shippers and some railroad managers who are always willing to : take unfair advantage of their weaker | competitors, and they thereby force 1 other big shippers and big railroad men who would like to GO decently ] into similar acts of wrong and injus- i tice, under penalty of being left behind ] in the race for success. Government ] supervision is needed quite as much i in the interest of the big shipper and ] of the railroad man who want to do 1 right, as in the interest of the small
 shipper and the consumer.
 RATE FIXING.
 l | present laws are defective and need amendment. The effort to prohibit all
 restraint of competition whether req
 sOnabIe or unreasonable, is unwise.
 What we need is to have some admin l istrative body with ample power to | forbid combination that is hurtful to | the public, and to prevent favOTitism
 to one individual at the expense of
 another. In other words, we want an administrative body with the power to
 secure fair and just treatment as | among all shippers who use the rail- roads-and all shippers have a right to use them. We must not leave the 1 enforcement of such a law merely to the department of justice; it is out of the question for the law department | of the government to do what should
 be purely administrative work. The department of justice is to stand be- hind and cooperate with the admins
 trative body, but the administrative body itself must be given the power to do the work and then held to a strict
 accountability for the exercise of that 1 power The delays of the law are pro-
 verbal and what we need in this
 matter is reasonable quiclness of ac-
 tion.
 AS TO REBATES.
 "The abuses of which we have a genuine right to complain take many ] shapes. Rebates are not now often 1 given openly But they can be given just as effectively in covert form; and
 private cars. terminal tracks and the like must be brought under the con-
 trol of the commission or administra- tive body, which is to exercise super | vision by the government. But in
 my judgment the most important thing 1 to do is to give to this administrative | body power to make it's findings ef-
 fective. and this can be done only by | giving it power, when complaint Is
 made of a given rate as being unjust
 or unreasonable, if it finds the com
 plaint proper, then itself to fix max
 mum rate which it regards as just
 and reasonable, this rate to go into effect practically at once, that is with in a reasonable time, and to stay in l effect, unless reversed by the courts A PREVENTIVE.
 I earnestly nope that we shall see law giving this power passed by con
 gress. Moreover, I hope that by law power will be conferred upon repre- sentatives of the government capable of performing the duty of public ac- lcountants carefully to examine into the books of railroads, when so ordered by the interstate commerce commission
 which should itself have power to pre- scribe what books, and what books on- IIy. should be kept by railroads. If Ithere is in the minds of the cOmmis-
 sion any suspicion that a certain rail- road is in any shape or way giving
 rebates or behaving improperly, l wish
 the commission to have power as a
 matter of right, not as a matter of
 favor. to make a full and exhaustive | investigation of the receipts and eX- penditures of the railroad, so that any
 violation or evasion of the law may be detected. This is not a revolutionary ! proposal on my part, for 1 only wish ! the same power given in reference to