Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-10-04

/ 1911 ~ Nllf states IIINMhll W AllN.l IT.
hoWs. The digging OF the Panama
canal Is the greatest engineering
1eat which has yet been attempted
| on this globe. The work has been
| going on most successfully and with
! fewer drawbacks and difficulties than
/ ] had dared hope. When under our
I treaty with Panama we took possess
| sion Of the canal zone, 7 was conh-
! dent that we should be able 10 build
| tho canal. bus I took Il for granted
| that we should meet many uneXpect-
/ ed difficulties not only In the actual
! work. but through, and because OF.
/ the diseases which had made the
| isthmus a byword Of unhcalthfulnoss.
/ The work done IN making the condi-
| lions on the isthmus healthy how
ever, has been so successful that az
present the death rate among the
! thousands Of Americans engaged IN
! the canal work Is lower than IN most
| localities IN the United states. The
/ organization has been perfected, the
| machinery Installed. and the actual
/ work, Of the dredKes the steam show
! els. and the dirt trains. is going on
| with constantly increasing rapidly
/ and effectiveness. In the month OF
/ August over 100000 cubic yards OF
/ material were removed, chiefly from
| the Culebra Cut--thc record removal
| and IL this rate can be kept up, as
I I believe Il will be kept up, the work
/ Of digging viii be through In half a
| dozen years. The finishing OF the
| locks OF the great dam may take "a
| little longer; but Il begins % look as
| though the work will be completed
| even sooner than we have estimated.
NOT PARTY QUESTIONS.
Remember gentlemen. that any
/ work like this entails grave RESPONSE
| bilties The one intolerable position
: for a self-respecting nation. as for a
| self-rcspecting man, is 10 ban ana
| then not be able to make good. We
| have acceptaSl the Monroe doctrine as
| a cardinal feature OF our foreign poll
| icy. We have undertaken not only
/ TO build but 20 police and 10 guard
/ the Panama canal. This means, un-
] less we are willing 90 accept the hu-
| initiation Of being treated some time
| by some strong nation as A vain and
! weak braggart, that we must build
/ and maintain our navy az the highest
| point Of efficiency. When the canal
| is finished our navy can move from
| one ocean 20 the other az will for,
| remember that our doors open on
| both oceans. Until then our battle
| feet, which should always be kept
! and Unanswered as a unit, ought now
| TO appear in our home waters In one
ocean and now 10 appear in our home
| waters in the other. And, Oh
my friends and fellow-Americans.
| most earnestly hope all our people
! will remember that IN the funda-
mental questions most deeply affect
1 ing the life Of the nation there can
be no proper division on party lines
| Matters Of such grave moment should
be dealt with along the lines Of con
| sistent and well thought-out policy
| without regard 10 any change Of adj
| mlnistration or OF party at Washing
1 ton. such questions as the upbuild-
| ing and maintenance Of the United
| States navy. the completion OF the
/ Panama canal in accordance with the
| plans now being carried out, and the
| Improvement Of the Mississippi riv-
| or are not party questions. / am
striving TO accomplish what 1 can IN
| such matters as these because the
| welfare OF the nation imperously de-
| inands the action that I am taking
| IL is action In the interest Of all the
| people. and the need for 1t viii be
as great long after / have passed out
OF public life at it Is now. on these
| great points that / have mentioned
az on others I could mention, from
the standpoint Of the nation the policy
Is everything while II Is II little Inn
| pOrtance who carries II out so long
a. n actually Is carried out There
| fore. I hope you VIII see 10 IT, ac-
| crrding 20 your best endeavor. that
/
as something 10 be persevcred In be-
| cause Of the interest OF the whole
| people. and without regard 10 any
| possible political changes.
REGULATION OF RAILROADS.
Before closing let mo say a word
upon the subject OF regulation OF the
| railways by Congress under the In
| tcrstate commerce clause OF the Con-
| stitution. In my judgment the old
DAYS OF happy gO-lucky Indifference
ON the part OF the public 10 the con-
duct OF the corporations have passed
Tho American people has made ur
los mind that the conditions OF mod
crn industrialism are such as imper-
| ntivoly TO demand supervision in IN,
| Interest Of the people as whole over
| these great corporations Most en-.
| phatically We should do fun Justice
90 them. but i'm return We should ex'
act justice from them 90 the public
some OF them have become so habit
uutcd 20 disregarding everything buI
their own wishes and Interests tina
the effort 10 establish "a proper super
vision over them has aroused on thoil
part n curiuusly unrcasonnbly antaE
luism. Their spokesman do not seen
to be aware that in what we have
been trying 90 d we have not beer
| improperly radical. using the wore
In It's right sense, We have been con
.orvauVe. We have merely takci
| The first steps in policy which mus
| boz permanent m our democratic in
| sfltutions arc 10 endure: while. as
| natter OF course. we must also Keel
ever DUB mind that IL is exactly as in
furious 10 true democracy o. inh.c
as t8mcly 10 suffer. wrong. We cul
uo more tolerate injustice 90 th
| railroads than injustice by thcm
| ono course is as immoral and as run
| Iamtutluy mischicVuus and lnluri
Gus to the people as the other
r RAILWAY SECURITIES.
IN the matter OF supervision OF th
teat railway corporations we ar
acting las all civilized government
have already acted or arc on tho poin
lf acting The unrestricted issue %
railway securities without any super
, Vision. aud under circumstance
| which often result IN the graves
caudaL should not be permitted, am
| sulv by governmental action can II b
j prevented 10 is already thus Pre-
! | vented boa England and Germany, 10
Instance lu England tho hrst roya
| commission 10 railways. or Whic
That great parliamentary ana popp
ban leader. william LWart Gladstone
was chairman, set forth as tunda
I mental the very principles which hel
1 nave at last been enacted into law
ahlch as / nrmly believe, VIII speed
IY be- enacted or course, in an