The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-10-24
WILL Be NO LET UP
Stock Flurries Won't Chanue
the Presidents Policy.
TO PURSUE The DISHONEST
MIR. Roosevelt Declares He Does Not
Think His Policy Caused the Finan.
eiai Disturbances. But. n So, Il VIII
Not Be Altered.

eiai Disturbance. But If SO. Il viii
Not Be Altered.
Nashville. Tenn. Oct. 23.-Presiden,
Roosevelt. IN his speech at the Audi.
forum here. referred to the stock
market troubles in the following
words:
There has been trouble IN the
stock market: In the high financial
world. during the past few months.
me statement has frequently been
made that the policies for which I
stand, legislative and executive. are
responsible for that trouble. Now
gentlemen. these policies OF mine can
be summed up In one BRIEF sentence
They represent the effort 10 punish
successful dishonesty. doubt n
these policies have had any material
effect in bringing about the present
trouble. but If they have II viii not
alter in the slightest degree my de
termination that, for the remaining &c
months Of my term. these policies
shall be persevered in unswervingiy.
IF 20 arouse that type Of civic rncn
hood in our nation IL were necessary
TO suffer any temporary commercial
depression. I should consider the cost
but small. All we have done has been
TO unearth the wrong doing. II was
not the fact that it was unearthed that
did the damage All did was 10 turn
or the light. am responsible for
what the light showed. IL is impossi
bic to cut out a cancer without max
Ing the patient feel for a few DAYS
rather sicker than he felt before.
No material well being can save
this nation II It loses the lift towards
higher things l am well aware that
In any such movement as that in
which we have been engaged there
are sincere men who take ADVANTAGE
OF the movement to do away with the
wrongs OF wealth. themselves to in. |
weigh against wealth.
There is nothing baser and meanar
than the hatred Of the man who pros
pers honestly. simply because he has
prospered, and l challenge the spirit
o; every good American when I say
the honest railroad man. the honest
banker. and the honest business man
Is the man who makes a fortune be-
cause his exceptional business ability
enables him to render exceptional
service TO the community. | challenge
the spirit OF every good American citi- /
zen when I say he shall receive the
amplest protection and be safeguard. |
ed against all injustice.
No man will stand more strongly
than ! will in the defence of property
so long as it honestly acquired ana
honestly used. ! will stand against
the poor man If he does wrong just |
as ! will stand against the rich man |
II he does wrong will stand against
crimes Of brutal violence. Just as /
stand against crimes Of unscrupulous |
cunning. \ crime is a crime. and IT
makes no difference whether the |
wrong is perpetrated by plutocracy or
by mob, by capitalist or by a /
wage worker.
ihere are certain gentlemen who /
have Affected 10 misunderstood nv Do
sition on that point. and to say that
| have talked against men of wealth
AS such; that I have melted attacks
upon the class that owns great wealth.
Those gentlemen are blind II they
see the facts in that light. I will pro
tect in every way In my power honest
property. ! will protect the honest
man of wealth 10 the extent OF nv
ability And in no way can ultimate
ly protect the honest man Of wealth
so effectively as by doing everything
In nv power TO bring 10 justice his
dishonest brother OF wealth.
at is a difficult matter to punish
he crimes ca interruptions cunning
committed by men Of great wealth. II
S a difficult matter to punish as he
should be punished the man who. at
he head of a great railroad, does
wrong to the whole body polite byI
acknowledgements; IL is dhhcult be-
'ause as yet we hardly have the proper
avs. and still more because the PEG
Die themselves do not fully realize
low serious the crimes sre which are
committed in this fashion"