The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-12-03

Exhaustive Presentation in An
Able Manner of,eGBeat- Ma =
tional and World Problems.
DECIDEDLY RooSEvELTIAN.
Bold and Aggressive Stand is
Taken for Many Big Gov
ernmental Reforms.
az Annoo,nsed Press.l

WASHINGTON, D. G., Dec. 3
The joint committee of the Senate
and House of Representatives ap-
pointed yesterday to notify President
Roosevelt that Congress was regulars
~ in session and prepared 70 begin
business, reached the White House
to perform that duty shortly after
10 o'clock this morning. The Presi-
dent told the committee he would
communicate in writing to the Con-
, gress
The annual message of the Presi-
dent was received by the Senate al
1918 and within a minute secre-
tary Bennett began reading it IN
der direction from the Vice Presi-
dent. The secretary was followed
closely by many senators who had
printed copies of the message. The
rallery was crowded with visitors
~'Rho gave close attention to the
reading.
The reading of the Presidents
message in the House was followed
with close attention by members
and the public in the galleries.
The message in full is as follows
To the Senate and House of Repre-
senatives:
No nation has greater resources
than ours, and 1 think it can he
truthfully said that the citizens of
no nation possess greater energy
and industrial abilit'. In no nation
a-S the fundamental h.'siaess "ondi-
tions sounder than in ours at this
very moment, and is foolish, when
such IS the case, for paople to hoard
money instead of keeping it In
sound banks; for it is such boarding
that is the immediate occasion aF
money stringency. Moreover, as
rule, the business of our people IS
conducted with honesty and probit".
and this applies alike to farms AMI
factories. to railroads and ba~&s -.
all our Legitimate commercial -cs-
prises.
In any large body of men, how
ever. there are certain to be some
who are dishonest, and If the condi-
: tions are such that these men pros
4per or commit their misdeeds with
impunity,. their example is a very
evil thing for the community.
Where these men are business men
of great sagacity and of tempera-
ment both interruptions and wreck
less, and where the conditions are
such that they act without supervis-
ion or control and at first without ef-
fective check from public opinion
they delude many innocent people
into making investments or into
embarking in kinds of business that
are really unsound. When the mis-
deeds of these successfully dishonest
men are discovered. suffering comes
not only upon them,~but upon the
innoncent men whom they have mis-
led. It is a painful awakening,
whenever it occurs, and naturally,
when it does occur those who suf-
fer are apt to forget that the longer
it was deferred the more painful 1t
would be. In the effort to punish
the guilty it is both wise and proper
to endeavor so far as possible to
minimize the distress of those who
have been misled by the guilty. Yet
1t is possible to refrain because OF
such distress from striyin. 10 put an
end to the misdeeds re the
ultimate causes OF the .ulfcring and
rs means to this end >sible
to punish those r, '-.J.e for
them. There may BE- noaest differ
ences OF opinion as - many govern
mental policies: but rely there car
be no such dinerene as to the need
of unfiInchIng pc rance in the
war against succc -fal dishonesty.
In my message II. conG@es on De-
vasember S. 1905. ID:
''If the folly OF man mars the N
eral we'll being. then those who are
innocent of the folly win have to
pay part of the penalty incurred by
those who are guilty of the folly.
A panic brought on by the specula-
tive folly Of part of the business
community would hurt the whole
business community; but such stop
page OF welfare. though it might be
severe, would not be lasting. In
the long run the one vital factor in
the permanent prosperity of the
country is the high individual char
acter of the average American work
er. the average American citizen, no
matter whether his work be mental
or manual. whether he be farmer or
weee worker. business man or pro-