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President Rooseve Declare
There Will Be No Change in
His Policy.
SPOKE AT PROYINCETOWN
Cornerstone of the Cape Cod Pilgrim
dent Advocates NntionnI In-
corporation Lav-Wiil De-
tcrminc Who Rules.

tcrmne Who Rules
Provincctown Mass, Aug. o0.-The Law.
ing of the CONVERSIONS of the Cane Cod
Pilgrims Memorial monument here to-
day gave President Roosevelt his first
opportunity Of tho summer 70 break S.
Iencc upon public questions. and tho
forty minute speech which he delivered
from platform on top of Town IIiN,
was on" Of viEor and direc;ncss upop
matters of national Importance. The
feature of his address was his advocacy
Of Il national Incorporation law and hlc
stand in relation TO violators Of the law.
especially corpora tons with great ern-
phasis Ao declared that tho adninistra.
tIon would not wavor In It's determine
,ion TO punish certain malefactors Of
great wealth."
"7horc will bo no change in tho policy
"" havo stca1tlv pursued" declared
President Roosevelt, mo lo. IN IN ths
effort 20 secure the honest Observance
of tho law; for I regard this contest n,
ono 70 determine who shall rule This
government the people through their
governmental agents. or few ruthless
and determined Mon whose wealth makes
them particularly Formidable becaus.
they hide behind tho breastwork Of cor
porato organization"
Tho President declared that Tho govern
ment would undertake no action of
vindictlvo type. and above all. no action
which would innlct great or unmeritei
suffering upon innocent stockholders and
upon tho people as n whole He said
that the governments policy in its uti.
matc analysis meant "a healthy and
prosperous expansion of the business &C.
tivit!es of honest business men and hon.
cst corporations
Al ono point President Roosevelt dc,
parted for moment from his address,
as originally prepared to remark:
"All that I have said as to desirable
and undesirable citizens remains true"
A NOTEWORTHY DAY.
Tho day was ono Of the most note
worthy in the history Of Cape Cod
Tho monument. which will rise 10
height Of 2J0 feet, Will commemorate
tho first landing of the Pilgrims NJ
American soil. their six weeks eXplor
alton OF cape cod Bay in search of al
abiding place and the signing of thu
famous compact on board the Nav.
flower as she lay at anchor in thh
harhor. Ten thousand people wer'
crowded into the little town and hat
every opportunity to see tho Presi
dent and at least onc-third Of thon
heard his remarks At the conclusion
Of the first part Of the exercises oi
the hill, which included. besides Pres
idcnt RooSevclts speech, addresses ~
James Bryce the British ambassador
~ United states Senator Henry Cabo
Lodge. and Congres ssman william
lowering. the Masonic ritual in con
uoction with the laying of the corner
stone of the monument was carried
or. ]. Albert Blake of Boston, grand
master Of the Masons of Massachu.
sctts, performed this ceremony, ant
Nlliarl +. Lawrence Of Medford, past
grand warden. made a brief address in
response on behalf of the grand COM
mandery.
Following these exercises, banquel
was hold in the town hall. Presiden'
Roosevelt, however. remained in the
hall only twenty mtnutes-sutficieu
time FOR him to arpease his appetite
and to say a few words OF thanks 20
the town committee.
PRESIDENT MEETS FISHERMEN
From the hall. under the guidance
~ James B, Connolly, the author OF
Sea Stories, the President was con-
ductcd lo odd Fellows hall. where he
was introduced to more than 200 Prov
incctown and Gloucester fishermen.
The Prcs'1ant spoke to them for about
ten minutes. commencing their lahors
and the mantul way in which they per-
formed them
At tho conclusion of his remarks,
President Roosevelt was driven to the
wharf, whoro he boarded a launch.
which conveyed him out TO the con-
vertcd Yacht Maynower, at anchor in
the harbor, st four o'clock the May
flower sailed out Of the harbor on her
way back to oyster Bay. The Presi
dent was in GroVincetowr for little
more than six hours
When the Naynower came into the
harbor this forenoon and when she
went ont this afternoon, she was sa-
!uted by the eight warships OF the
North Atlantic sluadron. under com
mand Of Roar admiral Davis, which
lay at anchor just outside the harbor,
two torpedo boats
Throuchout the Saw the presence of
large force OF marines from the fleet. the
gay music of the bands and the brilliant
decorations on the houses in the village
and tn" yachts In the harbor, gave the
little fishing town a lively appearance.
TWO YEARS TO BUILD MONUMENT.
II Is eXlr-'tcd that the monument will
be completed IN about two years, and 1t IS
possible that another President may be
called upon to speak at It's final dedica-
ton. Tho structure will be built of stones
contributed by 10 towns of Massachu-
setts, as We'll as "A number from towns IN
England, together with many others con-
trlbuted by patriotic societies The total
cost of the monument will be about 500
ono, Toward this amount, the government
contributed $4,000, the State $4,000 and
the town of Provincetown $500. When
completed, it will he one of the most
prominent landmarks along the Atlantic
coast