The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-21
MEN AND CORPORATIONS MUST EARN MONEY
 HONESTLY AND FAIRLY
N 'tionaI Incorporation is Recommend ed for All Corporations Doing an ln- terstate Busness-There Must Be no Hesitation or Experi-
 ment in Dealing With
 Corporations.

Provncetown. Mass, August 20.-The laying of the cornerstone of the Cape Cod Pilgrims Memorial monument here to- day gave President Roosevelt his first opportunity of the summer to break the silence upon public questions. and the forty-minute speech which he delivered from a platform on top of Town Hil, was one of vigor and directness upon matters of national importance The feat ure of his address was his advocacy of a national incorporation law. and his stand in relation to violators of the law, especially corporations. With emphasis he declared that the administration would not waver in it's determination to punish certain malefactors of great wealth. Continuing he said:
 "There will be no change in the policy we have steadily pursued. no let up in effort to secure the honest observance of the law, for l regard this contest as one to determine who shall rule this govern ment the people through their goveiu- mental agents, few ruthless and de- termlned men whose wealth make them particularly formdabl, because they hide behind the breastwork of corporate ol ganization."
 The President declared that the gov ernment would undertake no action of l vindicative type and above all no action would infict great suffering upon inno- cent stockholders and upon the public as n whole. He said that the governments policy in it's ultimate analysis meant "a healthy and prosperous expansion of the business activities of honest business men and honest corporations
 At one point President Roosevelt de- parted for a moment from his address as originally prepared to remark: All that have said as to desirable and un- desirable citizens remains true"
 The day was noteworthy in the history of Cape Cop. The monument, which will rise to a height of 250 feet, will com memorate the first landing of the Pil- grims on American soil. At the conclns- ion of the first part of the exercises on the hill, which included besides President Roosevelt's speech, addresses by James Bryce, the British ambassador; United States Senator Henry Cabot Lodge and Congressman William C. Lowering, the Masonic ritual in connection with the lay
 
 was carried out.
 Following these exercises, banquet was held in the town hall, and later the President was conducted to Odd Fellows hall, where he was introduced to more than POO Provincetown and Gloucester fishermen.
 The President spoke to them, commend ing their labors and the way in which they performed them.
 At the conclusion of his remarks, Presi dent Roosevelt was driven to the wharf, where he boarded the Mayhower. which sailed at o'clock on her return to oys- ter Bay.
 It is expected that the monument will be completed in about two years
 When repeated and prolonged outbursts of applause from the thousands assem- bled had ceased. the President spoke as follows;
 The Presidents Address.
 It is not too much to say that the event commemorated by the monument which we have come here to dedicate was one of those rare events which can in good faith be called of world importance. The coming nltnef or the 1uTlldH lnTee ceH- turtles ago shaped the destinies of this continent, and therefore profoundly af- fected the destiny of the whole world. Men of other races. the Frenchman and the Spaniard the Dutchman the Ger man. the Scotchman and the Swede. made settlements within what is now the Unit cd States during the colonial period of our history and before the declaration of independence: and since then there has been an ever-swelling immigration from Ireland and from the mainland of Europe; but it was the Englishman who settled in Virginia and the Englishman who settled In Massachusetts who did most in shaping the lines of our national development.
 Gratitude of Nation.
 We cannot as a nation be too pro- foundly grateful for the fact that the Puritan has stamped his influence so deeply on our national life. We need have but scant patience with the men who TOW rail at the Puritan's faults. They were evident of course, for it is a quality of strong natures that their failinss, like their virtues. should stand out in bold relief: but there is nothing easier than to belittle the great men of the past by dwelling only on the points where they come short of the univer- sally recognized standards of the pres ent Men must be judged with reference to the age in which they dwell, and the work they have to do. The Puritans task was to conquer a continent; not merely to oyerrun 1t, but to settle it, to till 1t. to build upon it high industrial and
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