The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-08-21
BLUFF WILL LNOTW0RK
Prosecutions to Continue Despite
Manipulation Of Markets.
PRESIDENT WILL NOT WAIVER

Pursued Is to Be Carried Out in
Efforts to Secure the Honest Oh.
servance of the Law.
Provincetown, Mass, Aug. 21.-The
laying Of the cornerstone of the Cape
Cod Pilgrim memorial monument in
the presence of President Roosevelt,
Governor Guild and distinguished
guests completed the foundation Of
one Of the most imposing structures
along the Atlantic coast, oommemorat-
ing the first landing within few feet
Of its base of the Pilgrim fathers.
President Roosevelt addressed q
large crowd at the unveiling and
spoke at length upon the great debt
the country owes the Puritans. He
then turned his attention to the COR
poration evil Of the present day and
said in part:
During the present trouble with the
stock market have Of course received
countless requests an4 suggestions,
public and private, thd&l should say
or do something to ease the situation.
There is a worldwide financial disturb
ance. It Is felt in the bourses of Paris
and Berlin and British consols are low
er, while prices of railway securities
have also deprecated. On the New
York Stock Exchange the disturbance
has been particularly severe. Most
Of it is believed to be due to matters
not particularly confined to the United
States and to matters wholly uncon-
nected with any governmental action,
but 1t may be well that the determina-
ton of the government, In which, gen.
tlemen, it will not waver, to punish
certain malefactors Of great wealth
has been responsible for some of the
troubles, at least to the extent of hay
ing caused these men to combine to
bring about as much financial stress
az they possibly can In order to dis
credit the policy of the government
and thereby to secure q reversal Of
that policy SO that they may enjoy the
fruits OF their evil doings. That they
have misled many good. people into
believing that there should be such
reversal of policy Is possible. II 80
am sorry, but It ..a ..
viii Not Alter My Attitude. -
Once for all let me say that al far
as I am concerned and for the
eighteen months of my administration
that remains, there will be no change
In the policy we have steadily pursued.
no let up In the efforts to secure the
honest observance of the law, for re-
gard this contest as one to determine
who shall rule this government-the
people through their governmental
agents or few ruthless and deter
mined men, whose wealth makes them
particularly formidable because they
are behind the breastworks of corpor-
ate organization. ....-.
H. wish there to be no mistake on
this point. It is idle to ask me not
to prosecute criminals. rich or poor.
But desire no less emphatically to
have It understood that we have un-
dsrtaken and will undertake no ac-
tion Of vindictfvs type and above all
no action which shall intlict great or
unmerited suffering upon the innocent
stockholders and upon the public as
a whole. Our purpose il to act with
the minimum Of harshness compatible
with obtaining eur ends. In the man
Of great wealth who has earned his
wealth honestly and used 1t wisely
We recognize good citizen, worthy Of
all praise and respect. Business can
only be done under modern conditions
through corporations and our purpose
10 to heartily favor the corporations
that do we'll. The administration ap.
preciates that liberal but honest profit
for legitimate promoters and generous
dividends for capital employed either
In founding or continuing an honest
business are the factors necessary for
successful corporate activity and
therefore Tor generally prosperous