The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-23

business according to and under conditions
which have ar solutely passed away. That
cannot lie done. What we can have done
Is to put an efficient supervision over the
owners OF the com. ination, so rs to see as
far as possible that they are employed in the
interest of and not against the interest OF
the general public.
Il do not believe that such supervision
can come effectively through the State.
nor that it can effectively come through
the municipality. but ultimately In the great
majority Of cases to be effective it must
be exercised by the national Government;
trust that in the end means will be found
bv which the exercise Of such control over
al the great industrial corporations which
are really engaged in and doing an interstate
business. will be lodged In the hands OF the
national Government Az the first step to
ton which will give as an executive. not as
a judicial function to the national Govern
ment the supervision OF the railroads OF the
United States which are engaged In inter-
state commerce, with the power when
a rate is complained Of as improper and un-
just. to examine that rate and II they think
the rate should be changed to change "
to given rate, and to have that given
rate take practically immediate effect,
"Now I am perfectly we'll aware that
there are objections to the proposed change
In my judgment they are infinitely out
weighed by the objections attendant upon,
not making the change, The fear expressed
by excellent people who no doubt feel 1t
genuinely that you could not get com
mission who would fix all the rates OF the
railroads OF the country, is to my MIND
much as II you should express fear that you
could not get Supreme Court Justices who
would be able to fix all the laws
COMMISSIONERS POWER TO FIX RATES.
Il expect that the commission will be
able to pass upon a given rate brought
before it, just as the Supreme Court passes
upon given question OF law brought before
it, and one will prove to be as feasible as
the other has proved feasible. That
| system should be and in my judgment.
will be introduced. believe 1t will
work a measurable betterment for the
able betterment FOR the public. | do not
believe that 1t will produce the millennium,
or anything approaching it, and am quite,
certain that some of the most enlightened
advocates will be disappointed with the
results But think measurable good
will come. 1t can only come II the ofiicers
entrusted with the administration OF the
law remember that 1t is exactly as much
their duty to protect the railroad from
the public as to protect the public from the
railroad; to remember that when we say
we want justice from the railroad we must.
| II we are honest, add also a pledge to do
| justice to the railroad
Il am going to illustrate what I mean
by some work now being done in the Depart
ment OF Justice and In the Bureau OF Sorpor-
| fellow alumnus James Garfield. Resolu-
| lions 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
Of Corporations and partly by the Depart
ment Of Justice, acting through the District
Attorney at Chicago. The Commissioner
of Corporations was to report upon the
| facts of the case. and the District Attorney
was to act on the legal evidence he could
obtain.
EXPRESSES FAITH IN GARFIELD
~ the District Attorney can collect
legal evidence which will show that there
, has been wilful and Intentional violation OF
the law by any man, no matter now hign,
he stands, socially and financially ne VIII
be indicted and. II possible. convicted.
| II he does not secure such legal evidence.
no amount of popular feeling is to be al
lowed to be substituted for the legal evil
dece. So in investigating the beef trust
and the Standard OIL Company have been
! of Mr. Garfield, because I knew that he
was as incapable Of being swayed by popu-
lar demand on the one hand "a by any
sympathy on the other; that IN conducting
his investigations he would do his simple
elementary duty by finding it guilty or not
TO whether he personally did or did not like
the corporation. but In accordance with
the evidence produced before him. and OBJ
tanned by him to show the corporations acts
on the points complained OF.
"The same spirit must be shown IN ap-
plying the laws dealing with all corporations
If. as I hope. we get the scope OF those laws
sufficiently lodged .
The rain was coming in torrents as the
President stepped from the church where
he was to address the townspeople. In
fact the weather was 40 unfavorable that
Mr.. Roosevelt's remarks were cut short,
and the President and his party drove at
once to the train.
President Rooeevelt's special train from
williamstown for Washington arrived at
the Harlem River at a:45 clock last night
and was carried around to Jersey CITY on
tho transfer steamer MARYLAND. The Presl-
dents train drew out OF the pennsylvania
station at S:l5 oclock.
Ten minutes after leaving Williamstown
the train arrived at North Adams the nome
Of Congressman George P. Lawrence, and
the President spoke briefly from the rear
platform OF his car. All the schools and
occasion, and several thousand persons
braved the rain and crowded the streets in
the vicinity Of the railroad station. brief
stop was also made at Adams, few miles
further on and the President made another
short speech there. There were terrific
thunderstorms in the lower Housa tonic
Valley this afternoon, but there were large
crowds at every station. and the President
smoke briefly at Brookield junction, Dan
bury and South Norwalk. The Presidents
train ia due in Washington at o'clock this
morning, and Mr. Roosevelt will leave the
train for the White House Immediately after
it's arrival.