Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-08-23
NO RESPITE FOR
CRIMINAL RICH.
ROOSEVELT STRIKES AT PRES.
ENT DAY EVILS IN SPEECH
AT PROVINCETOWN.
Declares That Criminals Should Be
Punished, Whether He BE
Rich or Poor.

Provincetown, Mass. Aug. al
Through a lane OF mighty battle
ships, the thunders of whose salute
rang out over the bay for miles, the
Government yacht Mayfiower entered
Provincetown harbor yesterday,
bringing President Roosevelt to the
spot where the Pilgrims first stepped
on the soil of the new world and in
whose memory beautiful monument
had its inception in the laying Of the
corner stone yesterday
The corner stone exercises were in
charge OF the Massachusetts Grand
Commandery Of the Masons, and the
ritual was conducted by ]. Henry
Blake. James Bryce, the British
Ambassador, offered the congratula-
tions Of the mother country. Other
speakers included Governor Guild,
Senator Lodge and the officers Of the
town and the monument association.
The monument, when completed,
will be one OF the most beautiful of
the many historic memorials in the
vicinity Of Boston. Its purpose is
TO mark the place where the Pill
srims finished their long voyage.
and whore they drew up their his
toric pact in the cabin of the ancient
Mayfiower. and where few of them
first landed on American soil.
After paying glowing tribute to
the Pilgrim Fathers and their de-
scendants, President Roosevelt at
tackled with his characteristic vigor
the problems of the present day.
He said in part: Experience has
shown that II is necessary to exercise
a far more efficient control than at
present over the business use OF
those vast fortunes, chiefly corpor-
ate. which are used (as under mod
ern conditions they almost invariably
are) in interstate business. When
the constitution was created none OF
the conditions OF modern business
existed. They are wholly new and
we must create new agencies to deal
effectively with them. There Is no
objection in the minds of this peo.
pie to any mans earning any amount
OF money IL he does It honestly and
fairly, II he gets 1t as the result OF
special skill and enterprise, as a re-
ward OF ample service actually
rendered. But there is a growing
determination that no man shall
amass great fourtune by special
privilege, by chicanery and wrong
doing, so far as II is in the power
Of legislation to prevent; and that
the fortune when amassed shall not
have business use that Is anti
social, Most large corporations do
business that is not confined to any
one State. Experience has shown that
the effort TO control these corpora
uons by mere State action cannot
produce wholesome results. In most
cases such effort fails 10 correct the
real abuses of which the corporation
is or may be guilty; while in other
cases the EFFORT is apt to cause either
hardship TO the corporation itself or
else hardship to neIghboring States
which have not tried to grapple with
the problem in The same manner,
and, OF course, we must be as scrupu-
lous to safeguard the rights OF the
corporations as TO exact from them
In return full measure OF Justice
to the public, believe In a national
incorporation law for corporations
engaged In interstate business. I
believe furthermore that the need for
action is most pressing as regards
those corporations which, because
they are common carriers. exercise n
auasi-public function: sni which can
be completely controlled, In all re-
spects by the Federal Government.
by the exercise OF the power con-
ferred under the interstate commerce
clause. and, II necessary. under the
poastroad clause OF the constitution.
During the last few years we have |
taken marked strides In advance |
along the road to proper regulation
OF these railroad corporations, but we
must not stop In the work. The
National Government should exercise
over them a similar supervision and .
control TO that which Il exercises /
over national banks. We can do this
only by proceeding farther along the /
lines marked out by the recent na.
uonal legislation.
I'm dealing with those who offend
against the antitrust and interstat.
commerce laws the Department Of
Justice has TO encounter many and
great difficulties. Often men who
have been guilty OF violating these
laws have really acted in criminal