CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1909-09-16

body of financiers responsible to the
government.
IT am told that Mr.. Aldrich will
swing around the circle this fall and
will lecture in many cities Of the mid
die west on the defects and needs Of
our monetary system cannot too
strongly approve of this proposal. Mr..
Aldrich, who is the leader of the SEN
ate and certainly one of the ablest
statesmen in financial matters In eth
er house. has been regarded with deep
suspicion by many people. especially
in the west. II with his clear cut
ideas and simple but effective style,
of speaking. he makes apparent to
the western people what I believe to
be his earnest desire to aid the people
and to crown his political career by
the preparation and passage of q bill
which shall give a sound and safe
monetary and banking system. it
would be long step toward remov-
ing the political obstacles to . prop
er solution Of the question.
Tariff and Other Questions.
II am not going to discuss the mer-
its and dement's of the new tariff
bill with you. shall have often to re-
fer to that before my journey IL end
ed and I must save something for 9TH
er audiences. Suhice it to say that the
passage of the bill has removed the
disturbing element in business.
Nor shall I dwell at length ON the
necessity of amendments to the in
terstate commerce laws, to the anti
trust law and the organization OF the
departments at Washington with .
view to promoting greater efficiency
and expedition in the settlement. of
controversies arising under them. In
Mr.. RooseveH's administration We
were all giving attention to the
conduct Of simplifying the law 20, a.
to make It clear to corporate maaa-
gers what they can do and what they
cannot do. -iKs 2
I'VE are, believe. on the eve Gof
another great business expansion, IN
era Of prosperity. Indeed. 1t isyos-
ready here In many branches Of Huss
iness. The hum Of prosperity sd tle
ecstacy Of great profits are; likely: to
dull interest in these srefoEnns and to
lead us back again to theaold abuses
unless We insist upon legislation that
shall clinch those, standards by pos
tive law. r-'.. 49, ~
Nothing revolutionary, nothing
disturbing to legitimate business. but
We must sec the marks clear In the
statutes by which the lines can b.
drawn and the proper legitimate
paths be laid down upon which all
business shall proceed and must have
it understood by means Of prompt
prosecution and punishment that the
law IL for. all and Is to be inforced
even against the most powerful. :.
Needs Of New Legislation. Z
Then. too. needs In respect to coh-
serving our natural resources;
amendment to the public land syA
and other important matters that
should demand attention, make the
executive and Legislative labor for the
next three years heavy enough. II our
purposes are carried out to exhaust
the energy Of the most enthusiastic
and hopeful.
."Still, the world Is making progress
our country Is making progress.
Occasionally o6e hears a note like
that OF Governor Johnson. dencune-
ing the east and calling on the west to
organize in a sectional way against
! the east because the east is deriving
more benefit from the government
policy than the west and at the sx-
pense OF the west.
"It is difficult for one to treat such
an appeal seriously. Throughout this
country there is free trade Of the
freest character. and on account oi
this the prosperity Of the west. e.
pecially the agricultural west, II even
more pronounced than that Of the
east. Moreover the east IL too close
to the Pacific coast, to close to the
middle west, too close to the Rocky
mountains. because all the pepls oi
these western stretches have eastern
ancestry and eastern association and
eastern connections and because they
have eastern capital with which thelI
sections have been largely built NJ
and beacuse they are too much -.
sisted BY eastern markets in enhanc.
ing prices which their products Srinl
to make such an attempt to sectional.
ism successful.