The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-21

ie IT fks place ana has itH usr- pt Tiff this order Is changed and honor | to be sacrificed to the conservation ol riches riches which have neither eye'
 nor hands, nor anything truly vital 1T them. cannot long survive the we'll being of their legitimate mas ters. If we command oul wealth. we shall be rich and free. I
 our wealth commands us we are pool indeed .r
 Tn addition to thus dealing with tn. proper control of capitalistic wealth Congress has also taken important
 steps In securing to the wage workers certain great rights. At the sessior that has just closed an employers lia- l bility law was enacted which puts tht national Government in its proper place as regards such legislation. An eighi I hour law was already on the statute books but as is almost inevitable witt such laws. there has at first been great confusion as to whose duty if was
 among the different public officials tc enforce it. This confusion has now
 been remedied and the law Is in pro- cess of thorough enforcement If this enforcement demonstrates the need of
 additional legislation to make the eight hour law effective. I shall ask for such Legislation.
 Half Holidays for Employees.
 I may add that next year I shall ask Congress to put in the permanent form of law the provision have made by executive order by securing the
 wage workers under the Government
 half holidays during the summer
 months. just as regular holidays are now secured by law for the saiaried clerical workers in the classified ser
 vice. No Congress has ever more clear ly shown it's practical appreciation of the fact that the welfare of the wage workers and the welfare of the ti1lers of the soil make the real basis of the welfare of the nation as whole We will do everything that can be done to- further the interests of the farmer
 and the wage worker and this decIara- l ton IS subject to one reservation
 which is. u at for no man and no body l of men will we do anything that Is I wrong Our constant aim Is to do jus tfce 10 every man, and to treat each | man as by his own actions he shows he l deserves to be treated. We favor the organization of labor as we favor the organization of capital; but on cond.-
 ton that organized labor and organiz- ed capital alike act in a spirit of justice and fair dealing and with due regard | 70 both the letter and the spirit of the
 law. We heartily favor trade unions and recognize in such as In the corpor- ations, when properly conducted fn- dispensable instruments In the econ.
 omie life of the present day: but where either type of organization is
 guilty of abuse we do not propose to
 weaken the remedial powers of the l government to deal with such abuse. We are anxious to help, alike by law and by executive action, so far as in our power lies every honest man, every rlsnt dealing labor union and, for that matter. every right dealing corpora l ton. But as coralIory to this. we l intend fearfess1y and resolutely to up l noid the law and to strengthen 1t, so 1 snat we can put down wrong. whether aone by rich or poor; if done by the
 most powerful corporation or the most ihnuential labor union, just as was aone In the humblest and feast in- Iiuential individual in the land. The Tact that We heartily recognise ar, organization or a kind of oreaniza- ton as useful will not prevent o,Ir taking action to control 1t or to pre- vent U committing abuses when 1t uses in wrong fashion the power which or- ganization confers.
 Tax On Alcohol.
 The neactment into law of the hiI1 ra. l moving the tax on alcohol used in the arts VIII ultimately be of marked hem efits to us in more ways than one If shows likewise the entire wilIinwness or those responsible for the handiinr of the present Congress to alter our reve
 nue system whether derived by taxa tion on imports or Internal taxation. whenever 1t is necessary so to do. We stand uneqHivocally for pro- tective tariff and we feel that the phe- nomenal industrial prosperity which we are now enjoying Is not lightly to be Jeopardized; for it would be to the last degree to secure here and there a small benefit at the cost of general business depression. But, whnever a given rate or schedule becomes evidently disadvan- tageaus to the nation because of the changes which go on from year to year in our conditions, and where it Is feas- ible to change this rate or schedule without too much disiocating of the system. 1t will be done; while a gen eral revision of the rates and schedules will be undertaken whenever It shall appear to the sober business sense of our people that on the whole the bene fits to be derived from making such changes will outweigh the disadvanta- Ees. that is when the revision will do more good than harm. Let me add one word more. however.
 The question of revising the tariff stands wholly anart from the question of dealing with the so-called trusts-that is with the control ot monopolies and with the supervision of great wealth in business. especially in corporate form. The only way In which it is possible to deal with trusts and monopclies and this great corpor- ate wealth is by action along the line of the laws enacted by the present congress and its immediate predeees- sors. They cry that the problem can be met by any changes in the tarim reports whether consciously or un- consciously an effort to divert the public attention from the only method of taking effective action.
 shall not attempt to enumerate all the good measures of less importance which the present congress has en- acted into law. although some of those measures. as for instance, the consul lar bill and the naturalization bill are of wide-reaching effect. I said further to show why In my judgement you and your colleagues are entitled to the good wishes of all those American cit 1 izens who believe that there ar ereal | evils in our industrial and economic | system and that these evils can be ef- Actively grappled with, not by loose | Reclamation but by resolute and intel | ligent legiBslation and executive ac- tlon.
 Sincerely yours,
 Theodore Roosevelt. Oyster Bay. New York, Aug, IS. 1908.
 James E. Watson. M. C.. Nashville, Ind.
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