The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-05-11

succeeded IN BettlnB through tndt law
which l am SO very proud should have
been enacted during my administra-
| ton, the law by which the nation un-
dertook to do its share in the great
work OF reclamation of the arid lands
of the West; when we got through that
law there were certain short-sighted
people representing. as they believed,
the interests of the non-arid eastern
lands, who objected to the passage of
the law on the ground that 1t would
help build up their rivals; whereas,
they ought to have seen that whatever
built up the inter-mountain states
would add to the prosperity of all the
United States. (Applause).
There is just one safe motto for
Americans to act on: that is the motto
of all men up and not some men down.
(Applause).
I'm a very small way I am trying to
help build up an industry for the bene-
fit of the whole country; but we are
starting it here in Colorado. Through
Secretary Wilson of the Department OF
Agriculture in connection with your
agricultural college. l think we are
starting the development of breed of
American horses which you might call
the general utility horse. l want to
L
this administration l am going to get
them 70 continue that work.
ALSO, incidentally, l want to say II
any of you have come from Texas you
will appreciate this: I want to try to
take and Develop the old breed of Nor
gan horse which IL an AL horse, be-
cause we nave in the Morgan horse a
type which is not, in my belief, sur
passed in any country for the purpose
to be served by the breed of horse most
important for us to develop. do not
think that the perpetuation of that
fine old stock should be left to private
breeders. think the government
should take part in it. The reason we
have started this horse breeding by
the government here in Colorado is
that we find, for reasons that l am not
wholly able to explain, that the stout
est forelegs in horses are developed
here in Colorado, and so I hope the
senators from Colorado will help me
along that line for the Morgan horse
in Colorado.
A Governmental Policy.
Gentlemen. want to say a word as
to a governmental policy in which
feel that this whole country ought to
self but part of general policy into
which l think our government must
go. | speak OF the policy of extending
the powers of the Interstate Commerce
Commission and of giving them par
ticularly the power to fix rates and to
have the rates that they fix go into eff
feet practically at once. AS say, that
represents in my mind part OF what
should be the general policy of this
country. the policy of giving not to
the state. but to the national govern
ment. an increased supervisory and
regulatory power over corporations.
(Applause).
THE first step, and to my mind the
most important step, Is this connected
with giving such power over the great
transportation corporations OF this
country. The necessity as regards that
is peculiarly evident. ! was going to
say when the first pioneers came to
Colorado. but that would hardly be SO.
but in the days of the fathers of the
older among you the highways OF COM
merce for civilized nations were what
they had always been-that is, water
ways and roads. Therefore, they were