The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-10-21

in FLORIDA
Roosevelt Reaches the Ever.
glade State.
SCORES DISHONEST RICH
Would Not Limit Corporations
Activities. but Control Them
and Utilize Capital.

viii 10 . marked event Ia the history
Of tho state % FLORIDA. lie Was greet
"a on his arrival by Jaeksonviile's
most distinguished citizens. aud on ev.
cry band were shouted words " vel
come that left DO room Cor doubt %
tssir siho.Fity. Tho city ls In gala al,
uro. and business IL practically sus'
pended.
Numerous ertra trains brought their
burden % efeunslonlsts from the sur
rounding country and cities. aud u was
sstimated that not iess than 50.ooo p.r.
sons saw aud welcomed the president
Mira Roosevelt left the presidential
party 90 Roswell. Ga. the home u tho
presidents mother. Tho party now
consists Of Secretary Loch. Surgeon
General r. ~. Ritey % the navy. two
sirnosraph~rs. two secret service do
tcctivos. two white House messenger.
and tho representative. Of newspapers.
Prssidsnt Roosevelt az Atlanta. Ga.
delivered q srssch. the third u bis I'm.
pcrtsai addresses sine. leaving Wash.
inxton on his tour Of tho south. lie
confined mos; % u 90 discussion % In.
dustriai combinations. their dangerous
qualities and methods % controlling
thsm. lie also took M tho problem Of
Chinese trade as affected by a boycott
Of American goods IN China aud tho
exclusion Of Chinese labor from the
united states.
s-rA... A. $780, 1895. AZ. No..
Welt ssid. TO be visllAnt In searching
out what IL wrong and unfilnchlngly
rcsoluts IN striving 90 remedy H. AZ
the same time we must not blind our
selves 10 what has bccn accomplished
fos good. and above all we must not
lose our heads and become hysterical or
rsnoorous In graphing with what IL
bad.
'Tske for instance. the growth Of
corporations In this country. This
growth has meant OF course the growth
q Individual fortunes. Undoubtedly
this growth Of wealth has had some
very unfortunate accomplishments. but
Il seems 10 me that much the worst
damage that mon OF wealth can do the
rest Of Us Is not any actual physical
harm. but the awakening IN our breasts
Of either the mean vice OF worshiping
mere wealth and tho man Of mere
wealth for mere wealth's sake or the
equally mem vice Of viewing with
rancorous envy and hatred the men Of
wealth merely because they are men Of
wealth.
I'VE should not strive to prevent or
limit corporate activity. We should
strive to obtain effective supervision
over Il
"we have made the terms not mere
~ hard, but often prohibitory. with
the result that American capital goes
into foreign countries.
The conscience Of our people has
been deeply shocked by revelations rs
20 the way in which some great for
tunes have been obtained and used.
There are men who do not divide
actions merely into those that are
honest and those that are not, but
create Q third divislon--that Of law
honesty, which consists In keeping
clear q the penitentiary.
The worst citizens are the men who
have achieved great wealth or any
other form Of success In any save
clean and straightforward manner"
The president was taken to the Pied
mont clubhouse. attended by a squad
ron from the Twelfth cavalry, which
was bis constant guard through the en-
tire day. John Temple Graves, editor
Of the Atlanta Daily News, addressed
the president In personal welcome as
. man whom II was 4 delight to meet
aside from his official character. He
referred to the president as "Georgia's
most illustrious grandson" which the
president received with a broad smile.
IN closing Colonel Graves spoke Of the
president as a man In whom the |
statesman Ia greater than the politician
and the man greater than the presi- |
dent" Tho illusions brought rounds of
cheers. and as the president arose to
reply he was greeted by the entire
gathering standing and waving their
napkins.
The president had urged and almost
forced Joel Chandler Harris, "Uncle
Rsmus." to join him at the table, seat
Ing the author at his right.
Governor Hayward Of South Carolina
added bis welcome to- the south. He
declared that nowhere could the pres-
dent receive q more hearty welcome
than in the south, and he Joined most
heartily with Georgia in honoring the
president.
He proposed the health of Mrs. Roose-
welt, already on her way to Washing
ton, and the compliment was respond
ID to BY the entire company standing.
During the dinner the band stationed
on the veranda played national airs,
'The Star Spangled Ban
ner." As he recognized the familiar
strains the president sprang to his feet,
by all present seemingly for
getful Of his surroundings As "Dixie"
broke on the air he waved his hand in
time to the music and Joined in the
cheers.
From Jacksonville the president and
party will 60 down the coast to st. An,
justine over Sunday. 3