The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-11-23
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
AMI THE PRESENT CRISIS


The people # tbs United States. ire learning a hard lesson political
rwo years go thu country va. forging ahead faster han am nation IA done
In a,o %e w ps1 srsa ur , 9~r~ mes s mens we're making money rapady an IN demand for
be m ssus on. on n s n Ssms,,lo horizon lion In this time Of prosperity naturally there
ss right way or who lacked the ability to keep u with tbs apsa pace IF bushes.
more than himself am this class are easily induced to join in m form OF dssruo-
20, For or %a"y y..,.. -s ,, ave had politician. who y: shaped s@. action s. a. .
which they chanced to belong were eected to omee
s md hiss election wa. prevented nj By member. q ;. own ar,y snansias to y
ss assrs s%Ss'i iaSs e vote s'D s sssss's Mckinney in s'% ann Saa.. s:a'"; us ssssn. ss1 10, 1T n.
p ora%S ~ to sssons = p T%S .sssas'se s tn a, ssf mite. ss s,. Though he "a" an ''
H. placed himself y ss a ssHa q a. " ss.. a .%'s'. .ss " ssa.s ss1 p% ssP' bryan ss% ss . ass
Of n worst. o Bryan. nonsense NJ caused even the socialists to sit up and an take
former. tossshsr mad such a whirl~ina Of APPARENT ap psross of a%h ns s" soa ar.sH that ra
ton Of the eonssisaao aas '% ieessh %sa sas anS t ute ~h, ssG ha " I srasss s.. sass
N !. he s.sss ne :: 20 90 in s'r %s" ssa he p 'saaSSs'saap q '% an" ss straw s'' as ' pss%ass
him SC so hard. hat the financial dust has stransied millions of innocent business
sressfve md honest business man in the United ssat @s" '' "''A''' every pro-
o,.e co ommens With meat investigations m running or through railroad and
net dare say their sou is their started a IRE HI coud not stop
The foundation of prosperity is confidence n pluck" with just enough
institutions am with a supply Of money ample under such conditions every u.i
wa employed at higher than had eve before been paid in n country in
nlsn,snn month aso a ..yssmo of Investigation. we're instituted by thu author
ape .s. nd o ut s nsy ,s at ,s :. , = p "ssrs, that M o the great corporations were
The great scandal talked aeout over II meat industry ha. cau.sda a ex
ss,s i. . s,:ssss y =. sports ssnss, : IN d :, e ; I'll: no Nc |. j, /, better, than i V. !. 3 e :.
competition b. III transportation lines. and { h Hepburn iii i. na modified so
q s.s,. mot =. n sss ! industry INDUSTRY sSss depends sSsss o. ss ss,a ,ss =, sn .s.sss, o : " '1 a..
PHoo"N' ~" Nt wv sN" Inc Sopduo rUci anu IRON company VIII tTORra
to a mere coal selling company, and the thousands of men employed Will De thrown
out ~ work. unless they accept wages 10y enough to make u the difference. So
satel legislatures FOLLOWED suit n passed a attempting to CONTROL e
railroads (Which were built AM owned by private caphaD even down 20 detanso of
to !. 4 ! q n : i resulted = : ss%l p ? sSs' n sn March Oh ' sas a ssr fass.s'i s
value If over thousand million dollars was forced on the people.
tato ur constitution which provides so expictly against executive aggression or
Legislative tyranny, would cause the courts +, AFFORD hat protetionw which was in
tended ntht nsrumen ad they held out of the market
~. This did not satisfy y or spsss@ar President he eaowsd round about the
1asansr, that a rtdl Sesoas named Judge who evidently made a bid Tor a supreme
standard Oil for nearly thirty mnions of donars The Inc viii never be paid
investors nc they ommenced to unload all Of our corporate securities both rail-
m industrihs. nd the shrinkage in value now amoun to four thousand
millions The agftators including the president rathere enjoyed this disaster be-
cause TN president Thought ne was" getting Hartman md others wo he thought
vas guilty of making money too raptdly; while he semisodalhts howed with de-
light ant sad go it Teddy! tear them to pieces m give us a piece"
fou thousand millions cannot be lost without disaster to a people even as
as those of the United States. The pressure became Sc great that naturally
failures occurreda am al last the people commenced to see tmt The rich men were
in troubl IN they thought they would al their savings away from III banks
This means panic in its violent FORM I'M 1T reaches every poor mar in the
country. Confidence hs been desroyed for the time being not only in securities
but in all forms OF credit The great industrals structure we lad bunt upon CON
is strainng nd sagging IN in many places will fall Thousands upon
thousands III though theyh d a competency will nave to work, and Millions of
laborers will suffer hardships because of this disaster man h efves vi a posi-.
tin or the laborer III strikes at thist time is a fool This disaster cannot be
in a week or a month an thu people must expect to see hard times for
foolish attempts at having our government Interfere With business conditions we
will have hard tmesan m uncertanc conditions.
me hundred million of dollars bwt a drop in he bucket md the govern
ments Illegal attempt to relieve the currency situation only draws tn government
furtherh into the trouble without furnishing tn remedy.
The only remedy is to assure thu commercial interests OF the COUNTRY that
says, THE lights of the people to be secure In heir persons houses, papers ad
effects against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violst.a.
The evident intent oft the president to have a Sovereign rule over or busi-
anansb ut puts III back to where re we're before te val If tn evolution
This is The freedom of which we boast and is the on,v rgh. ue hovs had nat
granted subjectso of a monarchy ind this ochMsuc clatr which has unseuledl
Roosevelt is Ill in direct violation of the constitution II the United states 1t has
been popular nd has ised many. nut the departure from constitutions methods
has ALREADY cost the people more than the war of IN rebellion in money nd I
fear will cotm lam Lives IN brng great distress
History will record for the United States. that Reform. Roosevelt m Ruin
went hand in hand in 1907.
Goldfed, Nov 81. 1907.