The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-10-03
Given Ovation on Trip Down
Mississippi
NO USE FOR BLUSTER
President in Speech at Cairo Says That
Such One Is Most Con-
temptible in His
Actions.

lHIINs tfist tAts AlfHtANMN w."
velt's trip down the Mississippi TO Carlo
was one Of ovation. which began soon
after he left st. Louis and continued
late at night. Demonstrations were re-
sumed at daylight at Cape Goradeau.
Early this morning the citizens, who had
been awakened BY bombs, were lined up
on the river bank to cheer the president
as Pageant passed by. The President
arrived at nine o'clock. he was driven
from the wharf "a st. Mary's hall whore
the Mayor, George Parison, introduced
Governor -Deneen. who in turn intro
duced the President to the epople. AZ
ter speaking the President left for
Memphis at II q. M.
The president said in part;
"The most contemplate position that
can possibly be assumed by any man is
that Of clustering, Dragging, insulting,
or wronging other people while yet eN-
pecting TO 20 through life unchalenged,
and being always willing 10 back down
and accept humiliation II readiness 10
make good Is demanded Well, all this
Is lust as true Of nation as Of an indi.
vidual, and In dealing with other ma
tions we should act as we expect a man
who Is both game and decent to act IN
private life."
Here in this country we have found.
ed a great federal democratic republic.
II Is a government by and for tie pe0-
pie and therefore genuine democracy;
and the theory Of our Constitution Is
that each neighborhood shall be left to
deal with things that concern only itself
and which It can most readily deal with;
40 that town, county, city, and state
have their respective spheres Of duty,
while the nation deals with those mat
ters which concern all Of US, all Of the
people, no matter where we dwell. Our
democracy Is based upon the belief that
each individual ought TO have the largest
measure Of liberty compatible with se.
curing the rights Of other individuals,
that the average citizen, the plain man
whom we meet in daily life, IS normally
capable Of taking care Of his own affaigs
and has no desire to wrong any one
else; and vet that in the interest Of al
there shall BE sufficient power to lodge
somewhere to prevent wicked people
from trampling the weak under foot for
their own gain. Our constant endehyor
Is to make good working compromise
whereby we shall secure the full benefit
of individual initiative and responsi
bility while at the same time recogniz
ing that 1t Is the function of a wise
government under modern conditions
not merely to protect life and property,
but to foster the social development by
maintaining and promoting justice,
honesty. and equal rights.
Politically we can be said substantial
" to have worked ont our democratic
ideals, and the same Is true, thanks to
the common schools, in educational mat
tiers. But in industry there has not as
vet been the governmental growth neces-
sary in order to meet the tremendous
changes brought about in industrial con-
ditions by steam and electricity. II is
not in accordance with our principles
that literally desputic power should be
put into the hands of a few men in the
affairs of the industrial world. Our
effort must be for a just and effective
plan Of action which, while scrupuleus.
lv safeguarding the rights Of the men
Of wealth, shall vet 80 far as humanly
possible secure under the law to all
men equality Of opportunity To make
living. It il to tine interest of all Of
us that the man of exceptional business
capacity should be amply rewarded; and
there is nothing inconsistent with this
in our insistence that he shall not bf
guilty of bribery or eYtortion, and that
the rights of the wagewoYker and oi
the man of small means, who are them.
selves honest and hard working, shall
be scrupulously safeguarded. The in
strumerts for the exercise of modcrr
Industrial power are the great corpora
tions which, though created by the I'M
dividual states. have grown far beyond
the cantrol of those states and transact
their business throughout large section,
Of the union. These corporations, Ills
the industrial conditions which have
called them into being did not exist
when the Constitution was founded; but
the wisa foretllought Of the founder:
provided, under the interstate commercC
clause of the Constitution, for the very
emergency which has arisen, il only
our people as 4 whole will realize what
this emergency Is; for If the peoplt
thoroughly realize it, their governmental
representatives will soon realize it also
The national government alone has sufi
GENTLY extensive power and jurisdiction
to exercise adequate control over the grea
CORPORATIONS While this thorough
supervision and control by the nationa
government Is desirable primarily il
the interest of the people, it win also
/ firmly believe, be I'd the benefit o
those corporations Themselves which De
sire to be honest and law-ahiding.
The first need II to exercise this fed
eral control in thoroughgoing and eff
Gent fashion over the railroads, which
because Of their peculiar position, oife
the most immediate and urgent problem
The American people abhor vacuum
and is determined that this control shal
be exercised somewhere; il is most IN
wise for the railroads not to recoeniz
this and to submit TO it as the frs
requisite of the situation. When thi
control is exercised in some such fashio
as It is now exercised over the nations
banks. there will be no falling OF
business prosperity. On the contral
the chances for the average man to z
better viii be increased. Undoubtedl
there will be much less opportunity tina
ct present for q very few individual