New-York tribune., 1908-01-31
MIR. ROOSEVELTS AIMS.
Commissioner of Corporations Speaks
of Them to Manufacturers.

president Roosevelt is the greatest friend ths
business man ever had In the White House. said
Herbert Knox Smith, oODlHllssl9neF OF the ChI1ed
States Bureau of Corporations, IN a speech oerors
tha Mauufacturers Association dinner at the
Union League Club. Brooklyn, last night 9r-
Smith and James w Van eieaye, president OF tne
National Association of Manufacturers were lne
chief speakers OF the evening
Abeut three hundred and HttS HaeaioeFS O Iae
feeal associations were present President X ,.
MacFariand presided and sstsd as foastHaslsr-
Mr. Smith opened his address BitR a resume OK
the conditions uhieh led up to the formation OF
the great organizations of capital These cor
poratiensr he SAID. mad made our business na-
tonal by their combinations. bloltlnS OH .he
business map the boundaries between coFpora'ioh
and corporation, hetYee4 state and state IL vas
tAe few and not the many business men. ne SAID
who did this. But the few were enough- rns
evils had at last become "an sStabhshea system
He continued:
Six wears ago Mr. Roosevelt heard and accepted
the saeRge OF ss syl ybaa tii county ever
had His administration is try1ng 70 save ana pI0
naohiRefy which Shah be apabie OF standing up 90
the work Of an industrial nation ~ 1RaI rI ar foI
He wants to see that capital and energy and labor
and G sfa.ns t hss9 s9d bpe ds Because they give good
service and not those men who are only good az
getting an unfair advantages or at preventing any
enc else from doing business . l. .,-a. ,b,,gz
The ntGTs Pssffns ff s hS Where the law makes Ter bust
ness Righteousness ana equal opportunity 70 esp
10 I the facts Of business He mas exposed
and punished those railroads guilty ef discrinira-
tions that are the deadliest attack on equduty n
business; ne has exposed and eondenlned Ihidlr s
business methods he mas mas Esioni ss9f9 SesSre He
has aroused and enlightened public opinion tIls
work is the WORK Of generation and mo y 3 &c
has drawn this generation because only the peepls
Bx nublieity through the bureau of corporations
ne has put it up to the American people 20 geci4s
nent business STRUCTURE he has Feducet me 01s
Railway determinations have almost dsaPpe@J&ea, &
The great silent corporal Ons. whose poAcy Ids
hereofoFe been AGAINST Rg2sig 569 and the
public into their confidence
In his address on The Great Industrial and
Commercial Problems of 1908" Mr. Van tleaVs
said, in part
The main problem with American manufacturers
and far enough to keep our mills busy in bad as
well as in good times. so that our wofkeFs san a. a.
ways be fully employed at fair wages II nay 90
said that this necessity is always Win US II
ins cur fields our mines and our factories mere
prolific than ever before. home pFoddctlo1 ever
year goes further and further beyond home con-
We have markets abroad to USE up ass ;hts
home consumption falls on sIsh as We o,s saw i - S
much smaller degree. is still with the need for
these new and constantly bfosdenlnS msTAsIs s,s y
OF this the main problem Tor manufacturers lOF
This necessity for us win larger markets in ne
outside world than We have gained inuS Ir p4s; .;
certain demands up to US. the most lnlpofL4ae u
which may be broadly outlined thus -,
Tristan early non-partisan and non-secuoasIs
adjustment of tariff to existing buSlRsSS so'
tions wherever adjustulent is required -,
, Second-The preservation OF peace between III
ployers and workers, which can only hs seeens sees
piished hy the establishment Of industFiai I aes-
pendence for the workers through the open SloE.
Thfrd-The education OF our workers 90 ths nI-a -
possible peint OF efficiency through the aa,sSs
OF manual training departments to all tls k4g4as
schools the United States of the primary sts--
in which boys fourteen years OF az
cas learn the of the tools Of the us9Fs Ia Ia
portant mechanical trades. and with induStrlaI
schools for all who have taken this course II '
primary schools
Fourth--A little more elasticity IN currenc,
Fifth--A thorough study of foreign nssdS N s.zt
cf products and ths adoption CI IRE -
practicable means 10 supply theEi-