The Cairo bulletin., 1905-10-21

Atlanta. Oct. ~ e-President Roos O
welt arrived here today being warmly
welcomed by thousands. Proceeding
10 the grounds, where the Georgia
State fair Is in progress he delivered
the following address touching upon
many OF The vital questions of the
day
ssst stinHgnbfevffy need OF regus
latlon by the Government. in the inter.
est OF the public, of these great cor.
porations which in modern life have
shown themselves to be the most eff
cient business implements, and which
are therefore, the implements com
mcnly employed by the owners Of
large fortunes. The corporation Is the
creature of the state. 1t should always
be held accountable to some sover
eign, and this accountability should
be real and not sham. Therefore, in
my judgement, all corporations doing
an interstate business. and this means
the great majority of the largest cor
.gorations.. SHOULD be held aScomtable
ITO the Fe2 elal, Gnternmenfs becalS5.
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sSntowf4t 90 qeEtas1jyaewe iShGfd eRatIBtri3gJ /
/ 10 preventsof Inst Ecorporate; activity.
> We should strive to SECURE sach~effea, !
i've supervision ovGt lit. such power Of
CIRCULATION over 1t, ss TO enable us 10
guarantee that fits activity will be eY-
ercised only in ways beneficial 10 thei
public 4
The conscience of- our peoples has
been deeply shocked by the revelations |
made of recent years as TO the way in
which come of,the. great fortunes have
been obtained and used. and there is |
J think, in the mindsiof the people at
large q strong feeling that serious 1
effort must be ihaierto put a stop to I
the cynical dishonesty and contempt
for. right which have thus been re.
vealed | believe that something, and
/ hope that good deal. can be done
by law TO remedy the state of things
complained Of But when all that can
be, hasahas been done, there will yet
remain much which the law can not
rouch. and which must be reached by
the force of.public opinion. There are
men who do not divide actions merely
into those that are honest and those
that are not. but create a third sub
division-that of law honesty: of that
kind of honesty which consists in
keeping clear of the penitentiary. It Il
Is hard TO reach astute men of this
type save by making them feel the
weight of an honest public indignation.
But this indignation. IL IL Is to be effec-
tive. must be intelligent II is. Of
course. TO the great advantage of dis
honest men of wealth if they are de.
nounced. not for being dishonest but
for being wealthy. and If they are de-
nOunced I'm terms so overstrained and
hysterical as to invite reaction in
their favor. We can not afford in this
country to draw the distinction as be-
tween rich man and poor man The
distinction upon which we must insist
Is the vital. deep lying. Interchangeable ]
distinction between the honest man !
and the dishoBest man. between the {
man who acts decentIv and fairly by =
his neighbor and with a quick sense of Z
bis obligations. and the man who ac-
knowledges no internal law save that
of his own win and appetite. Above
all we should treat with a peculiarly
contemptuous abhorrenee the man who
in spirit of sheer cynicism debauch-
IS either our business life or our politi-
cal life. There are men who use the
phrase practical politics" as merely
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