Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1909-01-29


not been able, To achiave Others. II
has doubtless made mistakes but ali
It has done 90 III enpted has been Iii
the single, consistent effort to- secure
and enlarge tho hts and opportuni-
/ ties Of the men and women OF the
h United States. q We are trying to: con
serve what is good In our social syss
TEN. and we are striving toward this
end when We endeavor TO do; away
with what IS bad S Success may he
made too hard for some ifs 1t is made
too easy for others a The rewards of
common Industry and thrift may be
too small lie the rewards Tor Their and
on the whole less alnab Bile Qualities
are made too large and especially III
the rewards for qualit which are
really, from the public stand oint, nm
desirable are permitted to become too
large. Is \; s; 49, s! S: Is
The. unchecked existence OF tnonop.
oily is Incompatible with equality of
opportunity. The, reason for the exer-
else Of government control over great
monopolies is to equalize opportunity.
We are fighting against privilege. Tt
was made unlawful for corporations to
contribute money for election expenses
in order to abridge the power OF spe.
cial privilege at the polls Railroad
rate control Is an attempt IS secure an
equality Of opportunity for all men at
fected by rail- transporter ion, and that
means all Of us. The great anthracite
coal strike was settled and the press,
ing danger OF coal famine averteds
because we recognized that the con-
troll of a public necessity involves a
duty to the people and that public
Intervention In the affairs Of d public
service corporation Is neither to he
resented as usurpation nor permitted
as privilege BY the corp lions, but,
on the contrary, to be accepted as a
duty and exercised as a right BY the
government In the interest OF MI the:
people. The efficiency Of the army
and the navy has been Increased 80
that our people may follow In peace
the great work of making this country
a better place for Americans to live in,
and our navy was sent round the world
for the same ultimate purpose. All the
acts taken by the government during
the last seven years and all the poll
cies now being pursued by the govern
ment sfit In as parts Of. a consistent
whole. s& s:>5%. ! e$ -. .s:
! ]: : u Measures For Country's Good. "
4 Our public land policy has for its
aim the use Of the public land so that
1t will promote local development by
the settlement Of homemakers. The poll
Icy we champion Is to serve all the
people legitimately and openly. instead
OF permitting the lands to be convert
ed. illegitimately and under cover, to
the private benefit of a. few. Our for
est policy was established sosthat we
might use, the: public forests for the
permanent public good, instead OF
merely for temporary private gain.
The reclamation act, under which the
desert parts of the public domain are
converted to higher uses for the gem
eral benefit, was passed 80 that more
Americans might have homes on the:
land. s7: .Jl
These policies were enacted into law
and have justified their enactment.
Others have failed SO far to reach the
point Of action. Among such IS the
attempt TO secure public control Of the
open range and thus to convert it's
benefits to the use Of the small man,
who is the homemaker, instead of al
lowing 1t to be controlled by q few
great cattle and sheep owners. g. +. Il
The enactment Of pure food law
was recognition Of the fact that the
public welfare outweighs the right to
private gain and that no man may
poison the people for his private
profit. The employers liability bill
recognized the controlling fact that,
while the employer usually has at
stake no more than his profit, the stake
of the employee is a living Tor himself:
and his family b. .SSSs. 10
For the Benefit Of the Peoples 81
7 We are building the Panama canal,
and this means that we are engaged
In the giant engineering feat Of all
time. We are striving to add In all
ways to the habita bility and beautyef
our country We are striving to hold
in the public hands the remaining sup
ply Of unappropriated coal for the pro-
lection and benefit aof all the people,
We have taken the first steps toward
the conservation OF 3ours natural re-
sources and the betterment Of country
life and the Improvement Of our wa
terways We stand for the right of
every child to CHILDHOOD free from
grinding ton and to an education, for
the civic resp ility anG decency OF
every citizen, for prudent foresight I'M
public matters and for fair play III
every relation of our national and eco
nomic life In internat ional matters
we apply q system Of diplomacy which
puts the obligations OF internats onaf
morality on level with those that;
govern the actions Of an honest gem
tleman In dealing with his fellow men.
Within our own border we stand for
truth and honesty In public and iii
private life, and we war sternly against
iWrongdoes OF every grade