The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-13
ROOSEVELT IS
PRAISED BY
LITTLETON
Democratic Orator Dis
cuSseS Trust Busting in
Rational Way.

A1Ot ~ L. Sept ~
days session of the American Social
Tonguedorator Association. the address
of Martin w. Littleton. the Democratic
silverite. of New York, on Drift of
Events was, in the absence of Mr..
Littleton, read by Secretary Isaac
Franklin Russell. LID. Frank Hen
drick delivered an address on policies,
Reaction and the Constitution"
Mr. Littlcton said:
IN the development Of a little more
than a hundred years we have passed from
a moral revolution 10 national ana inter-
national materialism. Whatever dounI
existed as to the growing power OF the
Union as a nation disappeared when 1t was
seen how far the government had gone IN
the assertion Of its authority In carrying
on and concluding the war between the
States. Throughout all the years of our
history the work OF bringing forth our
great resources had gone on. This steady
growing. insistent force, driven by the
most natural and powerful of human I'M
pulses. that is. the desire for gain. grad
ually grew UP beneath every other ques-
tion and pushed them out of the way OF
its development. Now II reaches the re-
hottest corners of the country and stlmu,
| l9tes the energy of our people. nauVe anu
foreign born. It is simply and plainly an
irrenregsible desire to get wealth. As a
result Of this almost universal desire anu
as the outcome of experiment ana years. OF
| evolution. many 1nduStrialS OF tle couIiy
have come under the absolute control OF
little groups of men, who have managed
finally to make a complete conquest IN
their particular fed OF ACTIVITY renSbed ont IN
every direction for allies, in order TO
strengthen themselves. They did every,
thing which, according to their long, hhaapdd
been found helpful in the race for wealth.
and power 1t was not long before there
were efforts to subject them to me eoh.r OF
incorporation and the many avenues operi
to escape these sporadic efforts to control
them, made il practically, Impossible 10
troll. These great Industries have grown
past the day of competition, past the direct
influence Of popular sentiment ,1tnn ndst PAST AS cone one
scious reach of the State: and MS they
have grown they have taken with them
evitably sustain all of the shrewd trading
instincts of the smaller trader.
"Without doubt there came with their
growth certain evils and excuses when
required correction, and II is beyond dis,
pute that the correction of these evils ana
excuses could not be safely left to mere
chance or change. At the present ume we
are Witnessing n period of investigation
and restraint, which, following so closely
on the heels of a great campaign for re-
stored confidence seem to prove the spo-
radio nature of our economic reforms.
There were certain great industries. In the
country which required some sort OF check
upon some branches OF thelr aeovi'y; LIZ
intrenched and were not subject TO any
authority except the self-regulating infiu-
ence of trade and rivalry. -
"When President Roosevelt came 10
power with a direct commission from the
people he came at a time When THESE
questions had to be met or evaded. Presl-
dent Roosevelt was confronted with three
distinct dangers, when he undertook 10
apply the remedy. The first was that he
would precipitate a general war on thTiIt
/ - T. - AfAHf IN Inn nff the
evils manifest In some industries. The
second was that he would wrench the
power Of the National Government in mis-
new subject matter. The third was that
is his resolute endeavor to make govern.
lment an instrument for the betterment OF
mankind, he would unwitung1y ec snseIaie
ism and give to them great encourage
ment. The first of these would be acute,
disastrous. but not irretrieVable. me
ary and fatally permanent. The th1rd
would be long In coming, not Immediately
felt, but essentially a recognized part OF
the policy of O great nation herea1ter.
"Resolutely he set himself to the task,
and we are now concerned with just what
the precise result of this struggle Will pc
1t is not questioned that he has estap-
lished the supremacy of the national gov
eminent over every and all manner or In
dustrial giants. 1t is not disputed that he
has caused a higher STANDARD of economic
Justice ana honesty 10 De ereCteu III THESE
very Industries. It cannot be contended
that he has not employed all the powers
of his great office la what he earnestly be-
lievel was for the betterment of mank-
kind. The first serious question that grows
out of his assertion of the power of the
national government, Is whether 1t does
no. mean that hereafter every great ques-
tion must be solved by the Federal gov
ernmen alone.
The second serious question that grows
out of his accusation against certain in
d~ustries, is whether 1t has not already
gone far enough and already threatens to
create an acute attack of destroyed con-
fidence. The third serious question is
whether he has not unconsciouSly but
surely committed us as a nation to the
primary theory of the most enlightened
form Of socialism. No problem is so
modern or so complex that 1t may not be
met under the reserve powers of the peo-
pie acting through the States. Whether
the States have suffered these problems
to go unsolved is not the question.
ION the other hand, the national govern
ment, exercising no original powers and
incapable of initiative, unbending in its
fixed limitations, is not adapted as an in
dustry and the growing complications OF a
developing country. Logically, therefore,
it would seem that the State, as a
sovereignty extending to every department
not forbidden by the constitution. could
best encounter and solve the new and diff
cult problems. The stripping of the States
of their power by the exercise OF the same
power on the part of he federal govern
ment may effectively correct existing evils,
but no amount Of work or reconstruction
will ever restore to them that which they
have lost. If what they have lost is held
and exercised by the federal government