The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1907-08-31


standpoint Of the interests of the PEG
pie as whole. National sovereignty
is to be upheld In 30 far a. II means
the sovereignty Of the people used for
the real and ultimate good OF the peo
pie; and states rights are to be up
held in 30 far as they mean the PEG.
pies rights. Especially is this true
In dealing with the relations OF the
people as whole to the great cor.
porations which are the Distinguishing
feature Of modern business condi-
TONS"
! Good and Bad Combines.
Mr.. Roosevelt said q word concern.
Ing what might be accomplished In
time in the way of making easier the
path of useful combinations, but he
said fatty that the day could not come
before there was far more thorough
control by the national government
On this matter his words were:
In dealing with any totally new
set OF conditions there must at the
outset be hesitation and experiment.
Such has been our experience in deal
ing with the enormous concentration
of capital employed in interstate bust
ness. Not only the legislatures but
the courts and the people need gradu-
ally to be educated SO that they may
see what the real wrongs are and
what the real remedies. Almost every
big business concern Is engaged in in
terstate commerce, and such a con-
Germ must not be allowed by a dex-
ferrous shifting Of position, as has been
too often the case in the past, to es-
cape thereby all responsibility either
to state or to nation.
"The American people became firm
ly convinced Of the need of control
over these great aggregations of CAPT
tai. especially where they had a mo-
nopolistic tendency. before they be-
came quite clear as to the proper way
of achieving the control. Through
their representatives in congress they
tried two remedies, which we're to a
large degree, at least, as interpreted
by the courts, contradictory. On the
one hand, under the antitrust law the
effort was made to prohibit all CON-
bination. whether 1t was or was not
hurtful or beneficial to the public. On
the other hand, through the interstate
commerce law, a beginning was made
In exercising such supervision and
control over combinations as to pre-
vent their doing anything harmful to
the body polite.
Greater Control Needed.
The first law, the so-called Sher-
man law, has filled a useful place, for
1t bridges over the transition period
until the American people shall def
nitely make up its mind that it will
exercise over the great corporations
that thoroughgoing and radical con.
troll which II is certain ultimately to
find necessary. The principle of the
Sherman law so far as It prohibits
combinations which, whether because
of their extent or of their character,
are harmful to the public must always
be preserved.
Ultimately. and hope with reason
able speed. the national government
must pass laws which, while increas-
ing the supervisory and regulatory
power OF the government, also permit
such useful combinations as are made
with absolute openness and as the rep
resentatives of the government may
previously approve. But 1t will. not
be possible to permit such combina.
lions save as the second stage In a
course Of proceedings of which the
first stage must be the exercise of
far more complete control by the ma
tional government"
Public Health Laws.
Concerning laws for the public
health Mr.. Roosevelt said:
II also hope that there will be
legislation increasing the power of
the national government to deal with
certain matters concerning the health
OF our people everywhere; the federal
authorities, for instance, should join
with all the state authorities in war
ring against the dreadful scourge of
tuberculosis. Your own state govern
ment, here in Massachusetts,, deserves
high praise for the action 1t has taken
In these public health matters dur
ing the last few years; and in this, az
In some other matters. hope to see
the national government stand abreast
of the foremost state governments"
Pilsrlms' Landing 10 Marked.
The laying Of the corner stone Of
the Cape Cod pilgrim monument In
the presence Of President Roosevelt,
Gov. Guild and other distinguished
guests completes the foundation Of
one OF the most imposing structures
along the Atlantic coast. commemo-
rating the first landing within few
feet Of its base. Of the pilgrim fathers