Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-02-01
PRESIDENT DELIVERS
SPECIAL MESSAGE
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end only be obtained by the action
of the national government, for al
most all the corporations of enor-
mouse wealth-that is, the corpora
tons which it is especially desirable
to control-are engaged in interstate
commerce, and derive their power an6
their Importance, not from that por
ton of their business which in intra.
state, but from the Interstate bust
ness
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= It can not too strongly be in :.
: apologists OF the great corpora !:
: tons, who have sought in the :
+ past and still seek to prevent :
= adequate action by the federal !:
:: government to control these :
= great corporations, are not only +
= proving false to the people, but +
@:are laying up a day of wrath for !
:: the great corporations them !:
= selves. =.
= = = = So $3.50
The nation will not tolerate an ut.
ter lack Of control over very wealthy
men of enormous power in the in
dustrtal and therefore in the social
lives OF all or Our people, some of
whom have shown themselves cynic.
ally and brutaily Indifferent to the
interests OF the people; and il the
congress does not act, with good tenn
pered and sensible but resolute thor.
oughnass, In cutting out, the evils and
In providing an effective supervision,
the result is certain to be action on
the part OF the separate states, some
times wise. sometimes ill-judged and
extreme, sometimes unjust and dam
aging to the railroads or other cor
porations, more often ineffective
from every standpoint, because the
federal courts declare it unconstitu-
tional.
No Cause for Alarm
We have just passed through two
months of acute financial stress. At
any such time it is a sad fact that
entirely innocent people suffer from
no fault Of their own; and everyone
must feel the ,kesnest sympathy for
the large body of honest business
men, Of honest investors, of honest
wageworkers, who suffer because in.
volved in a crash for which they are
in no way responsible. At such a
the part of many men to feel gloomy
and frightened at the outlook but
there is no justification for this feel
ing.
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: There is no nation so absolute :.
!: ly sure of ultimate success as :.
!: ours. :.
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OF course we shall succeed. Ours
is nation of masterful energy, with
a continent for its domain, and it
feels within its veins the thrill which
comes to those who know that they
possess the future. We are not cast
down by the fear of failure We are
upheld by the confident hope of Ill
innate triumph. The wrongs that ex-
list are to be corrected; but they in
no way justify doubt as to the final
outcome. doubt as to the great ma
terial prosperity of the future, or of
the lofty spiritual life whic his tc
be built upon that prosperity as a
foundation. No misdeeds done in the
present must be permitted to shroud
from our eyes the glorious future of
the nation; but because of this very
fact it behooves us never to swerve
from our resolute purpose to cut out
wrongdoing and uphold what is right
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= I do not for a moment be- :.
: lieye that the actions of this :.
:. administration have brought on :
:: business distress; so far as this :
:. is due to local and not world :.
:. wide causes, and to the actions :
:. of any particular individuals, it :.
= is due to the speculative folly :.
= and fragrant dishonesty of few :
{. men of great wealth, who seek =
:. toshield themselves from the eff :.
: fects Of their own wrongdoing :.
: by ascribing its results to the :
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