Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-08-22
Secretary TAFT Declares Prosperity
Has mot Slapped the Foun-
datiOns Of Society.
DEFENDS THE PRESIDENT
He Says Executive 10 Not Response
bio for Fall In Price OF Stocks
Nor Action Of Various state
Legislatures.

ASA| ~, ..,,.t..I
was pleased TO term ms poatloa,
confession OF raltn az Melnolal 10.
Monday night inc auai.Oi Ian. " Z ooo
has a seating capacity VI o,er o' U,vOT
was packed W 'no uoo' a 80 -
thousand people VINO also cam0 w
hear the secretary speaA weio u
able to gain abundance. Ane 49,
tary spoke under inc auSpic9S " sn1
Buckeye hepuDlcan cruz anu INC "u
dress was notapie from .ne la'' 'p"s
1t is regarded az tne pia'lorin upon
whicn ne VIII maAe nis oa'upaien a ~
tne repupiican uoa
dent Mr.. Ialt nad no lormai %
nouncement OF ms canu I, Du' ~ ~
was introduced ny uoV' mains 90 60. .ns
next president OF tne oni'eu otu'oS
which was tne sisnai i"f p'o''"Hsu
outburst OF applause
Special interest was nlan'les'ea ~
Secretary Taits ut.erances VI VIZ
tarin. lie reiteraIeu ni0 piev'o'" W.
clarations IN favor Vi Ie''S'oI "n4
declared that II wouiu VIC potu w
wise ana unSale lot INC 41puD."
party 10 Iail 10 pleuse i'seit !" ~
wise the Dlngiey Dill ~ soon "l'ol
the next presidenIiai e'eoe"u 10 Pof'
sipie.
Mr. Ta1t also declared IN l'VOt "
imprisonment Oh inuiviouAlS toepv''s
bic Tor VIOLATIONS OF Tue "n..'1us.
law and Tor the giving OF accep'laS VI
rebates as more enective .uan nu ,.,
HIS defense OF PRESIDENT ''oosevelS
policies evoked enthusiastic appM Nc
secretary Talt spoke In pnF' u" luz
lows:
the present ID perloG VI sne
greatest prosperity seheral cVln.Ve
and even luxury AnEOushOut ValD
country the demand ior laDOr mas III
creased wages 10 hisner pOlno Nil@"
ever known Delore' Inc compens@
ton OF Skilled LABOR now frequently
exceeds tnat OF certain pEoleSslVns'
ike teacning ana tne mlnlSVry'
wealth. mas accumulated ENORMOUSLY
In the hands OF individuals ana never
before nave rlcn men gwen 30 ireeiy
OF their fortunes 10 educational ana
charitable op]ects' sucn condlVlOns
are apt 10 uim anu dull tne eye ana
the ear OF the people 70 ABUSES ana
dishonesty In the Dody pohtic ana
social 1t was sucn PERIODS In tne
history OF ancient repuphcS Wnen
their foundations were sapped ana
their fall ultimately Drought ABOUT
Prophets Of EVIL nave ioretold the
same tate Tor this republic Tney
have been refuted. In spite OF the
general comfort there nave Deen
made manifest by signs not 70 De
misunderstood, qulckenlng OF the
pubic conscience and demand for
the remedy OF abuses, the outgrowth
Of this prosperity, and for a higher
standard OF business integrity. Every
lover Of his country should have q
feeling OF pride and exaltation In this
evidence that our society IL still
sound at the core.
Critics OF President Roosevelt de-
nounce MS policies as soclailstic
and likely to impair the institution
OF private property. The institution
OF private property next to that OF
civil liberty Is the most important
factor In all that Is good In modern
society. It is Indispensable to In
diVidualism and Is one OF the two
chief means by which man raised
himself from a low estate near to
that OF the beasts OF the field to his
present condition. But II the people
are not convinced that 1t is possible
to eradicate the evils and abuses arts
ing from the INSCRIPTIONS use Of
wealth and corporate combinations
under the system Of private property,
the movement toward Its abolition
and the adoption of socialism In
anna form will gain great strength.
President Roosevelt would stop this
mo, epient BY a demonstration that It
a possible under the aystem Of prfV.
n. ,.onar,v NV aesc,ent government,
..,,,a,,or .unsrvisIon and prOsecu
80 ~ s,swn ont the evils which
~. os.s,ad our socIaI unrest
..TAs 800. have referred to ar,
4. az hsh,, =, charrinR 10 Mr. Roose
-. rasnons,h,l,tv for ali the recen
state lerislatIop looking to the re