The Penn's Grove record., 1906-10-12
RO9SFiF. OF0IGlTfS
PEI. 5yLvAN'h CAPITOL
address Contained Stern Warn.
Ings to laW,eSs Corporations
GOVERNMENT MUST CONTROL
Attacks JUDGES For Not interpreting
Laws in Spirit in Enieb law
makers lo.rf1ad 10 Bavc Them

Laws in Spirit in Ehiea Taw-
makers lu.ntIed 10 Have Then,
E-Aorcc4.
Har risburr. Pa prcslde,t poorz.
feit vas the central and absorbing
figure tA the ceremonial by whic1
vas dedicated Pennsylvania SPLEEN
lid State Capitol. Althongh .
crea.bine ain fell Throughout tie
preeea5tags, which were coadrctei
outdoors, The crowd that faced ths
sneaker and vas she largest that
nad ever gathered here
M, Roosevelt stood a. hc sgo,s
bare1eaded In The pouring rain. pro
t7cted otherws e bg q ain coat ard
.uCbeI w aocs His address. aside
ron a review OF the historic achieve
mems tAc Oil Commonwealth and
ocmmendatic1 for recent eaactmenrs
o. oei Legi allure, was mainly de-
Noteo % stern WARNINGS directed
toward ]aWbreakibg common carriers
aLo trlst nLaGlates, to lawyers whose
clever schemes of evasion diyerl the
punishment deserved ~ their mill
lonaire clients Of the corporations
and generally to ali who amass
Wealth ~ dubious methods.
inc Presidents personal example
IS a spelling reformar was shown in
the printed press copies Of his ad-
dress--the first from The printers
since ne enuAciated his ideas on the
subject IL the 5000 words only six
We're reformed These were
mo, "sfopt," thru "lo0kt,"
"le.Qt and past for passed.
Met at the station BY the Capitol
Dedication Committee, along a route
lined by cordially demonstrative cit
.leHs, he was greeted at the new
$t8,0O0,00 State House by Govern
or PenGypacker and Mayor Gross.
each of whom presented to him a
gcid medal, gifts of the State and
ta@ city of Harrisburg.
a large part of Mr.. Roosevelt's ad-
dress here was devoted to Pennsyl-
yanta-its history, its great men and
It's recent reform legislation.
Touching upon the power of the
states to deal with corporate wealth.
The President developed the main
theme Of his address, as follows:
Actual experience has shown that
the States are wholly poweI,ea- ID
deal with this subject, and any action
or decision that deprives tie 1ation
OF the power "a deal VIII HI s.mpI
results in leaving lla son p~oraticn alb
soluteiy free to work without any eff
fective supervision whatever; and
such 6 course IS fraught with untold
danger to the future Of our whole
system OF government. aud, indeed
TO cur whole civilization.
But Il is our clear duty 70 see, IN
the interest Of the people. that there
is adequate supervision and control
over the bushes Use Of the swollen
fortunes Of to-day, and also wisely to
determine the conditions upon which
these fortunes are To be lransmitted
ana tle percentage that they shall
pa 10 tAe Government, whose pro
tecting arm -'one enables them to
exist. Only the nation can do this
work. To r~elegate it to the States
IS a farce, and is simply another way
If saying that it shall not be done at
ali.
TnGer q wise ana f~ar-seeing in
terprCtatiou of the Interstate Com
mer-e clause Of the Constitution. I
maInia.H mat the National Govern
meut shpu]d have complete power to
deal with al of this wealth which in
any way goes into the commerce be-
tween the States-and practically all
Of il that IS employed in the great
corporations does thus 20 in.
"Euc, on the other hand. IL shall
and must ultimately lie understood
THEt tEa TTnS+Al C+n+1- E--v--,----&
on behalf of the people OF the United
States, has and is To exercise the
power Of supervision and control
over Tie business use Of this wealth
-Il the first place, over all the work
If the common carriers Of the ma
ton, and in the next place over the
WorE of all the great corporations
which directly or indirectly do any
interstate business whatever-and
this includes almost all 81 the great
corpora lions.
Many q The grea5eat fnanciers Of
his country were certain that Mr..
knoxs Northern Securities suit. if
won. would plunge us intn The worst
pauic we had yer seen. They de-
nOuIced as Indictment to anarchy, as
an apology for spcis ISM. the advo-
CdCJ Oh pOJICiSS ina eilner nave now
become law or arc in q fair way OF
becoming law; and vet these same
policies, so far from representing
either anarchy or socialism, were In
realty the a%ntidotes To anarchy. the
antidOtes to socialism.
The Government ought not 10
conduct she business OF the country:
but ii ought 70 regulate it 50 that ii
shali be conducted in the interest Of
he public.
rat h%ahoCFes US Americans to look
aAeaG and plan out the right kind Of
q civilization as that which we intend
to develop from these wonderful new !
coalitions If vast Industrial growth.
It must not be. il shall net be, tie
civilization OF 4 mere plutocracy, a
banking house. Wall Street syndicafe
civilization, nor yet can there be sub
mission 70 class hatred. TO rancor,
brutality and mob violence, for that
would mean the end Of all civiliza-
zion.