Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-10-03
GOVERNMENT MUST CONTROL
GREAT CORPORATIONS Of COUNTRY
Declares President Roosevelt in Speech
at Cairo, Illinois.
Individual States Unable to Cope With Protlems of Such
Magnitude, Hence Federal Supervision is Necessary.

but man of iron will and incorrupti-
bic integrity, fearless, upright. de-
voted to the welfare of his country.
men, bone Of our bone and flesh or
our flesh, a typical American if ever
there was one.
Rules For Good Government.
Government in its application is
often complicated and delicate work
but the principles of government are,
after all, fairly simple. In broad
general way we should apply in the
affairs of the national administration.
which deals with the interests of all
our eighty-odd millions of people, just
the same rules that are necessary in
getting on with our neighbors in our
several neighborhoods; and the ma
ton as whole should show substan-
TALLY the same qualities that we
would expect an honorable man to
show in dealing with his fellows. To
Illustrate this. consider for a moment
two phases OF governmental action
First as to international affairs.
Among your own neighbors, among
your friends, what is the attitude you
like to see man take toward his fe-
lows, the attitude you wish each OF
your sons to take when he goes out
into the world? Is it not a combina-
tion of readiness and ability to hold
| his own if anyone tries to wrong him,
while at the same time showing care
full regard not only for the rights but
| for the feelings of others? Of course
1t is. or course the type of man
whom we respect, whom we are proud
of If he is a kinsman, whom we are
glad to have as a friend and neigh
bor Is the man who Is no milksOp,
who Is not afraid, who will not toler-
ate nor hesitate to resent insult or in
jury, but who himself never infiicts
insults or injury, Is kindly, good-nat-
ured, thoughtful of others rights--in
short, a good man to do business with
or have live in the next house or have
as friend. On the other hand, the
|
is sure to be Objectionable. If man
is afraid to hold his own, if he will
submit tamely to wrongdoing, he is
contemplate. If he is bully, an op-
others, he Is even worse and should
be hunted out of the community. But,
on the whole, the most contemplate
position that can possibly be assumed
by any man is that of clustering, of
Dragging, Of insulting or wronging
other people, while yet expecting to
go through life unchallenged, and be-
ing always willing to back down and
accept humiliation if readiness to
make good is demanded.
| Nation Must Command Respect.
We'll, all this is just as true OF
nation as of an individual, and in deal.
| ing with other nations we should act
as we expect man who is both game
and decent to act in private life. There
are few things cheaper and more OBJ
jectionable, whether on the part of
the public man or of the private man,
on the part of writer or of a speak
er, an individual or a group of indi-
viduals, than a course of conduct
which is insulting or hurtful, whether
in speech or act, to individuals OF
another nation or to the representa-
tives of another nation or to another
nation itself. But the policy becomes
Infamous from the standpoint of the
interests of the United States when it
is combined with the refusal to take K
those measures of preparation which
can alone secure us from aggression
on the part Of others. The policy OF
peace with insult" is the very worst
policy upon which it is possible to en-
bark, whether for nation or an indi-
vidual. To be rich, unarmed, and yet
insolent and aggressive, is to court
well-nigh certain disaster. The only
safe and honorable rule of foreign pol
icy for the United States is to show
itself courteous toward other nations,
scrupulous not to infringe upon their
rights, and yet able and ready to de-
fend its own. This nation is now on
terms of the most cordial good will
with all other nations. Let us make
it prime object of our policy to pre-
serve these conditions. To do so it
is necessary on the one hand to mete
out a generous justice to all other
peoples and show them courtesy and
respect; and on the other hand, as
we are yet good way off from the
millennium, to keep ourselves in such n
shape as to make it evident to all men
that we desire peace because we
think it Is just and right and not
Rich Must Not Cypress the Weak.
$50 much for foreign affairs. Now
| for a matter Of domestic policy. Here
in this country we have founded
great federal democratic republic. 1t "
is government by and for the peo-