The Detroit times., 1908-09-24

1sann Ialr and honorable treatment
III those who are In charge OF
In charge OF the Campaign but am
greatly interested in IL. / have
SHOWN you above, fairly and honor
apiy' mat Gov. Haskell is a man
@ on every account I have
In our public life. No f1rthsr 'i In
VestiEation OF these facts Is re-
aulrea' They are spread on the
avaii peiore you, and they were
ahaoie before Mr.. Haskell was
vroseh tor his position as treas
You also say that you will NOT
peeie any responsible member OF
nisrepressnt the attitude of your
VIII have no difficulty in eettiDS
me TO represent II Alright Tor re,
sole anxiety Is that the neonia -,
the country shall UNDERSTAND his
ATTITUDE clearly. and shall them
dAmned. NC CON-
You say that you have advocat.
go more radical measures aeainst
private monopolies than either or
my party associates have been
wwi ass 20 UNDERTAKE. You have In
sound more radical. but they have
the prime defect that in nracttce
they would not work.
should not In this letter to Won
discuss your attitude on this o,ie.-
ton II you aid not yourself BRING
IL up: but as you have brought II
up, answer you that, in my iudes
ment. the measures you advocate
would be wholly Ineffective in cur
ing q single evil. and so far as they
had any effect at all. would merely
throw the entire business OF the
country into hopeless and utter
put Mr.. Tafrs deeds against
your words. ] ask that Mr.. Taft
be judged by all his deeds. for he
ask that you be judged both by the
words you wish remembered. and
by the words that seemingly you
and your party now debire to have
forgotten. I ask that your present
plan for regulating the trusts be
past utterances that you did not
believe In their regulation but In
their destruction: and again In con-
nsction With your past utterances
e to ss Eject sy that sny a
tional and state system Of railroads
would avail: and again by your
past uttorances when you proposed
TO remedy all the sufferings Of our
people By . appreciated currency.
Extremists Block the Path.
For several years now I have
been stsadfastIy nshtins TO secure
control In the Interest Of the public
over the great business combina-
lions which do an interstate busi-
ness. In this EFFORT I have been 40
much hsmpsrsd By the s.trS rem =.
manded visionary and impractic-
able radicalism. 90 By those other
extremists. or less dangerous. who
stand for the reactionary refusal
to remedy any grievances.
One side. the side on which 7 ara
yourself. has shown itself to be
Just az much the enemy Of pro-
gress an the other. hold Il en-
tirely natural for any great law
dsfyins corporation All to wisS to . see
or than Mr.. Taft. Your plans to
put q stop to the abuses OF these
corporations are wholly chimerical;
how chimerical your last plan is
you will yourself see II you read
Gov: H%ghes's speech at Younss-
Whist Hughes Says.
To recall to your mind what
Gov. Hughes said. ! quote az fol-
When we consider those (pro-
sSainst the trustS we and
ourselves 1ourneying in a land Of
dreams. Again the magician OF
1895 waves his wand. At 2 stroke
difficulties disappear and the COM
are forgotten in the fascination of
the simple panacea-" Tho most
important proposal OF Mr.. Bryan u
That any manufacturing or trad
Ing corporation engaged In inter-
to take out a federal license before
1t shall be permitted to control as
much as rs per cent OF tho product
In which 1t deals. and no corpora
tion shall be permitted to control
than OF 90 per proa1c Of ns
in the United States.
Some Intricate Points.
It might be interesting to In
quire what II the meaning Of any
product consumed In the United
States. Does II refer to q Gloss OF
commodities? And II so. how shall
refer to each separate article OF
commercsf And IL so. what ac-
count does this proposal take OF tho
skill and initiative OF manufacture
ers who have built up a moro or
Articles .sii es' oftsn pro aH BS trade
marks. although in most active
competition with other articles de-
signed for the same general pur-
pose and seeking the same mar
ket?
In a desire to eradicate tho
evils OF business are we to place an
embargo upon honest sndeavor
whose activities present none OF
the abuses recurring remediesf
And. II not. what statutory uenni-
lions shall be found to be adequate
and just II we lay down our pro-
hibition In terms OF volume or ratio
OF business and not In terms OF
II we ADOPT Mr.. Bryan's pro-
e the prohibition to appiyf 10 the
excess for q day or for a month to
be oonsideredf Or IL the average
production for year to be taken!
And what system shall be devised
by which suitable Information may
danger signals along the routes OF
trade so that tho manufacturer
may know when he II about to ex-
coed the prescribed ration He may
Justly be required to govern his
own conduct. but how shall he be
Appraised OF the conduct OF others
upon which is to depend his guilt
or innocenoe7"
Bryan No Busaboo.
Let me repeat that no law-defy-
ing corporation has anything to
fear from you save what II will
sufrer in the general paralysis Of
business which any attempt on
your part to reduce to practice
what you have advocated would
bring. This paralysis would AFFECT
the wage worker. the farmer. the
small business man. more than II
would affect the great business
man.
too. Therefore I hope and believe
that all far-siEhted citizens who
wish to sec this country prosper In
material things will support Mr..
Taft But above all ask for. sup
port for him because he stands for
the moral uplift of the nation. be-
cause his deeds have made good his
words, and because the policies to
which he IL committed are Of I'm
measurable conssouence alike to
the honor and the interest OF the
whole American people.
Very truly yours,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
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