The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-03-09
Editorials by the People.
Don't Let the President Do Your
Thinking for You.

1 Thinking for You.
TO the Editor OF The Times, Replv-
ing to your correspondent, Mr.. A. w.
hineoaugh. a imploringly beg OF him
ana every voter who reads these lines
To weigh the Importance OF questions
involved before you give utterance To
such expressions as Tin reference 10
the solution OF the trnsI problem) Il
am perfectly willing to leave that IN
president Roosevelt" suspect that
this correspondent was only joking
mere; nevertheless, this is altogether
100 prevalent idea, yea, ''the very
rock-bottom cause of our present
economic and social unrest.
IL the voters could but grasp the
significance of question involved.
This Divine Creator OF this universe
DeneYolenIly endowed Hebiest
eratnrc, man, with priceless treasure
commonly known as brain, or intel
lect; that intellect. II improved by
study and application to a given sub
Ject or set OF subjects, produces a fac.
ulty called reason, and by the use or
disuse OF reason nations must rise or
fall.
| am Socialist, and speaking from
a scientific Socialists point OF view, Il
most firmly believe that President
Roosevelt has accomplished all any
man could do in the solution of the
trust problem under the present rep
resentatiye form or system of govern
ment How far Mr.. Roosevelt has sue
ceeded | leave the reader OF these
lines TO Judge for himself. beg only
10 call the readers attention to an I'M
collected $42.000.O0O fine and a full
house OF fattened trusts doing bust
ness at the same old stand.
Don't misunderstood me. The above
is in no way intended as an insinua-
ton that Mr.. Roosevelt Is responsible
for his failure in this matter: far
from it. | am speaking to the people
who read these lines, to arouse them
TO condition OF consciousness that
will enable them to realize that Mr..
Roosevelt is not occupying his chair
for the purpose OF doing their think
ing for them. Don't, don't, for Gods
! sake, for humanity's sake, vote a man
| into office and then complain because
| that man does not do things that rea-
son should tell you are out Of ques-
ton. He is there to administrate;
not TO act as your automatic, ready
for-use thinking machine.
Issues OF such neutrality-suspicious.
national Importance are not solved by
a president and a few of his constit-
uents. Ii Is the masses, the people,
each one OF us, individually and finally
by majority OF our votes, who must
settle this problem. And, here we
land, face to face with our fellow,
men on the brink, comparatively
speaking, of one OF the most importan,
presidential elections in our nations
history. Hove you got solution? Or
do you prefer to shoulder the reSpon
sibility on TO some official who, after
all, is only human like yourself. II
any sman has a solution, how did he
come by it? He certainly did not
J come by IL without personal effort
, and studious personal effort at that
: So let us awaken from this state oil
semi-consciousness to a realization oil
] the stern fact that upon the solution
: OF the trust problem. hangs the life
OF the republic, and let each man oil
us investigate, read all sides and al
proposed solutions--that proposed BY
} Socialism with the rest. Use your
: thinkers, think as we read, observe
: passing events. try and interpret their
: meaning. After the voters have &C
complished this. I as a Socialist, viii
! be willing to take my chances on the
! result.
w. ART KEAGLE-
Hudson. Mich, March 4, 1908.