The San Francisco call., 1905-06-23

and State, for the last thirty years, ina
/ il is possible TO turn back the hands o1
! the clock. to forbid combinations and e
restore business accordingly to and un
! der conditions which have absolutely
passed away. That cannot be done
What we can have done is to put ar
| efficient supervision over the owner OF
/ the combination. 1 do not believe that
such supervision can come effectively
: through the state, nor that IL can ef-
fectively come through the municipality
/ but ultimately, in the great majority OF
cases, to be effective 1T must be exer-
( cised by the National Government. AS
the first step l hope to see the passage
of legislation which will give, as an ex-
ecutiVe. not as a judicial. function to the
National Government the supervision OF
, the railways of the United States which
are engaged in interstate commerce,
with the power, when a rate is COM
planned of as improper and unjust, to
/, examine that rate. and if they think the
rate should be changed to change 1T to
given rate, and to have that given rate
take practically immediate effect 1t
can only come if the officers intrusted
with the administration of the law re-
member that it is exactly as much their
duty to protect the railroad from the
public as TO protect the public from the
railroad
Il am going to illustrate what / mean
by some work now being done in the
Department of Jutsice and in the Bureau
of Corporations, at the head of which
stands your fellow alumnus, James R.
Garfield Resolutions have been passed
by very important bodies demanding
the investigation of what is called the
beef trust and of the Standard Oil
Company. The beef trust had to be in
vestigated partly by the Department Of
fact of the case, and the district At
torney of Chicago. The Commissioner
Of Corporations was TO report upon the
fact Of the case, and the District at
torney was 10 act on the legal evidence
he could obtain. If the District Attor-
ney can collect legal evidence which
Will show that there had been willful
and Intentional violation of the law by
any man, no matter how high he stands
socially and financially. he will be in
dicted and If possible convicted. If he
does not secure such legal evidence no
amount of popular feeling is to- be al
lowed to be substituted. for the legal
evidence. So in investigating the beef
trust and he Standard Oil Company l
have been content to leave it absolutely
in the hands of Mr.. Garfield, because
know that he was as incapable of being
swayed by popular demand on the one
hand as by any sympathy on the other
The same spirit must be shown in ap-
plying the laws dealing with all cor
porations, if as l hope, we get the scope
Of those laws sufficiently enlarged"
NORTH ADAMS, Mass, June "a
The Presidents train arrived here dur
ing rainstorm. The President spoke
from the rear platform of his car for
about five minutes. He said in part:
L admire great many of Massa-
chusetts products, but think the pro-
duet of the children is the best. And
now Just word to you, the fathers
and mothers and the teachers, as to
these same children You often see
the man who says: I have had to work
hard myself and my child shall not
Now that father and mother think that
they are being kind to the child They
are not. That sort of kindness is a
curse"
When the Presidents train pulled
into Adams several thousand people
had gathered at the station. President
Roosevelt was presented and spoke
briefly. His address was along the
same line as his talk at North Adams.
When he had finished he was presented
with bouquet by an aged citizen.
PITTSFIELD, Mass, June 22.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt arrived here at 2:4S this
afternoon. He was greeted at the rail-
road station by a crowd of several
thousand people. He spoke briefly of
the need Of the proper kind of educa-
tion for the children of to-day in order
to make them good citizens in the
future, and In conclusion said:
For veal or for woe and whether
we like it or not, we are a great people.
We have taken our position among the
great peoples of the. earth We cannot
decide whether or not we are to play a
great part. Providence has decided
that for us. All we can decide is
whether we will play it well or badly
and 1 know my countrymen too well
to doubt what their decision will be-"
NEW MILFORD, Conn, June 22.-The
special train bearing President Roose-
welt reached here at 4:40 o'clock this
afternoon. The President appeared on
the rear platform and after shaking
hands with the people assembled made
a short address. He spoke of the neces-
sity of having strong navy and said
that while a strong power should not
impose upon weaker one, lin turn it
should mot be imposed upon.
Former Comptroller Nicholas Staub
called for three cheers for the Presi-
dent which were given with will.
AS the train moved away the Presi-
dent waved his hand. saying: Good
by, my friends. and good luck to you"