The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-12-03
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WASHINGTON. D. c., Dec: Q. =
President Roosevelt to-day sent his
annual message to both houses o.
Congress- The message contains
about 10000 words and Is in part as
cllogs:
NJ the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentatives: ~
No nation has greater resources
than ours, anil ISthink It can be truth
sfplIy sail that the citizens of no ma
ton Bossess greater energy and indus
5Etfial ability In no nation are the fun
damentalS business conditions soundel
thanin ours at this very moment; and
II Is foolish when such Is the case
SforS ople TO hoard money instead Of
keeping tin sound banks; for It Is
ign hoartin " tnat a is the ilillleoi'i'e aS'
caslon h q money y strliisehey. siofe
over as ID rsle, the business Of our
eonlauctea WIZ = y hpnes.y anu ~
probity and this applics alike to
FARMS and factories, to railroads and
nss to az our ies i1lnla9e &c y lIet'
8cial serprises Y u .S:S
any large potss oi men + however ,
here are certain sto SRsS some t' Who l1 are
tietlest and y 'e
stch mat tnese men men prosper OF COM
fmitS their mlsdeeds win win impumty
their e example is 5. a very eyii hing LOT
the community: Where these men are are
business men Of great sagaelty ana anu
OF temp perGamentt lGllll ooth unscrupuions
and reckless. and where the cohal tnlc
ations are such that they act withou'
supervision q or p control and ut nrs'
Tithoa " effective check from puoiie
opinion. they delude many innocent
people into making investments or
sS'embarlking IN Kinds OF business tna' '
are really unsound. When the ms
deeds OF these successfully dishonest
II 4 N men are discovered, suffering comes
not only upon them but upon the IN
s5noeent men whom they have misled /.
~ sis a painful awakening, whenever
ltsoeeurs;; and, naturally, when 1t does
occur those who suffer are apt u
forget that the Longer II was deferred
sthe: more .r1 painful 1t would be. In the
s;eiforts TO punish the guilty 1t Is both
wise and proper to endeaSor 50 far
sasj possible to minimize the distress OF
5sthose who have been misled by the
guilty Yet It Is not possible TO re-
s.s frain because OF such distress from
striving to put an end to the misdeeds
that are the ultimate causes OF the
& suffering, and as means to this end,
where possible to punish those respon'
ssible for them There may be honest
differences Of opinion as to many gov
4 ernmental policies; but surely there
Il fsitcan; be no such differences as to the
need Of unflinching perseverance In
the war laaginst successful dishonesty
In my message to the Congress on
December s, 1905, said:
q "lf the folly Of man mars the general
ell;being' then those who are limo
cent Of the folly will have to pay part
ot the penalty incurred by those who
e. S$sare guilty Of the folly. A panic brought
on by the speculative folly of part oi
the business community would hurt
the whole business community; bu'
& isy such g stoppase Of welfare, though II
Il Il might might 2ee severe. would not be last
ing: Inc: In El the long run, the one vital
factor factor in the permanent prosperity OF