The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-07-08
ROOSEVELT GIVES WARNING
Points Out that Control Of Corpora
tons Is Necessary Should
Be Administered.

/ In an article entitled The Thraliom
of Names, in the current issue Of The
/ Outlook, former President Roosevelt
warns against the danger Of being de-
ceived by the use of the words liberty
and ''order" by persons who have ul-
terror ends to serve. Tyranny whether
by the rich or by the poor, by the people
or by their rulers, should be guarded
against But in dealing with industrial
and social problems, Mr.. Roosevelt says
care should be taken not to fall into the
mistakes which have brought disaster
on less fortunately situated peoples.
First and foremost, we must stand
firmly on basis of good sound ethics, -
he says I'VE intend to do what is
right, for ample and sufficient reasons
that it is right. If business is hurt by
the stern exposure of crOOkedness and
the result of efforts to punish the crook
ed men, then business must be hurt,
even though good men are involved in
the hurting, until it so adjusts itself
that it is possible to prosecute wrong
doing without stampedng the business
community into q terror-struck defense
of the wrOngdOers and an angry assault
, upon those who have exposed them. On
the other hand, we must beware, above
all things, of being misled by wicked or
foolish men who would condone homicide
and violence. and apologize for the dyna-
inter and the assassin because, forsooth
| they choose to take the ground that
crime is no crime if the wicked man
happens also to have been a shiftless
and unthrify or lazy man who has never
amassed property. 1t is essential that
we should wrest the control of the Gov
ernment out of the hands Of rich men
who use it for unhealthy purposes, and
should keep it out of their hands; and
to this end the first requisite is to pro-
vide means adequately to deal with cor
pOratiOns. which are essential to modern
! business but which, under the decisions
of the courts, and because of the short
slghtedness of the public, have become
chief factors in political and business
debasement. But it would be Just as
bad to put the control of the Govern
ment into the hands Of demagogues and
Missionaries who seek to pander to ig-
norance and prejudice by penalizing
thrift and business enterprises, and
rlining all men of means, with, as an
attendant result, the ruin Of the entire
community.
Those. who advocate total lack of
regulation, those who advocate lawless-
ness in the business world, themselves
give the strongest impulse to what
believe would be the deadening move
ment towards state socialism. There
must be law to control the big man, and
, therefore especially the big corporations,
in the Industrial world, in the interest
Of our industrial democracy Of today.
The law must be efficient, and therefore
1t must be administered by executive
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courts. If this is not done the agita-
ton to increase out Of all measure the
snare of the Government in this work
will receive an enormous impetus. The
movement for Government control of
the great business corporations is no
more movement to put stop to vio-
l4nce is movement against liberty
The huge irresponsible corporations
which demand liberty from the super
vision of Government agents stand on
the same ground as the less dangerous
criminal of the streets, who wishes
liberty from police interference.
Mr.. Roosevelt closes with denuncia-
ton of newspapers which attack the
wealthy and apologize for the crimes of
labor, as well as fthose which attack
the aboring man and apologize for the
crimes of the wealth.