The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-10-02

kBOKIK, la. ot. 2 From q o'clock
this morning, when the president -,
awakened al the small Illinois town ~
Mcridcsla BY the strains OF village
band. he vas seldom on, oi hearing Of
cheer Of some Kind. iot The country
people ~ wsll a. the villagers linei lh'
roadway and al wert " eheeTing
mosd.
The President began his ri'e' tap io'
ksoluk ,his morning ~ aussd hsgs
At pilO. AM Was met ai The siaiiaa BY
Governors Of lowa Florida, lssuisiana
Minnesota, Nebraska ha'ih laaseias
uTsgun. Wyoming and lllin"ls And b.
tbrrs companies oi State tr"ops
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81 sin began early after ths ffssidsn
tisl PARTS started 10 rariaFes 70 Hand
rafk, whers ihs -pssthss umF def'
sred
Mea ahl Womcn oi lows
4 am glad inbred 10 see ,oa ahi 10
sl.eak 20 sou in this thriving siy Of
saut great and prosperous Niais be-
lse,e aith al n, hrart In ihs l'eul'lf -
Iowa. for l think that you are r,oi,
typscsi Americans. and that among sou
theN has lcen developed 10 a sery high
degree that body oi characteristics witch
we like to regard as di.tinctivcly
American.
During the last few years we Of the
United States have been forced 70 con.
alder very seriously certain economic
problems. We have made beginning in
the attempt to deal with .he relations OF
the National Goveynment--tha j., @ith
the relations OF the eountry--to the huge
and wealthy corporations, controlled Tor
the most part by a few very rich men,
which are engaged in interstate busi-
ness especially the great railway cor
porations. You know my views on this
matter. You know that believe that
the National Government, In the nteress
of the people, should assume much the
same supervision and control over the
management Of the interstate common
carriers that II now exercises over the
national banks. You know furthermore
that / believe that this supervision and
control should be exercised In spirit
OF rigid fairness toward the corporations,
exaoting justice from them on behalf Of
The people but giving them Justice In
return.
Recently | have been reading the
work OF the eminent Italian scholar
Ferero on tho history OF tho Roman
republic, when the HE Of the Roman
state had become that Of complex and
luxurious Industrial civilization, ! am
happy to say that the differences boz
tween that civilization and our own are
more striking than the rescmbIancosI
aud there Il no warrant ion our being
drawn into any pcsslmlstIc comparison
between the two civilizations hut there
d every reason why we should study
carefully the past In orlcr TO draw from
It lessons ior use IN the present, One
OF the most striking features Of the
yean which saw the downfall Of the
floHsan Republic was the fact that the
pallsseAi We ~ Rome became spill, be.
tweeH twe camps oae containing the
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