Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-10-11

folly today to decline to adopt new
weapons because the old ones did well
in the days of Grant and Lee.
TWO LESSONS TO LEARN.
There are two lessons from that, in
the first place the folly of refusing to
adopt new expedients in order to solve
the new problems, and next. to remem-
Der that while the methods must be
different the spirit must be the same.
1T is not necessary for us to have q
big army, but We must have a first
class navy. / am a profound believer
in peace and want to see a navy kept
cures a stronger desire on the part OF
other people to keep at peace with US.
That is sound common sense.
Speak softly and carry the big
stick. There are two sides OF that. Al
WAYS be cheerful. Remember II is the
sign of a weak and foolish nature to
insult anyone else. Speak softly, but
have the United States navy as a big
stick always ready.
Now. friends, what I have said of
the army applies IN civil life. On the
one hand we cannot solve our govern
mental problems OF today unless we APP
proach them in the spirit OF our fore
fathers, who solved the problems OF
their day, and on the other hand IL is
simply folly to reject methods OF gov
to our forefathers. For instance you
will meet very worthy people who OBJ
ject to the national government taking
control Of interstate business because
it is a new thing. So is the repeating
rita a new thing. But whore would the
army be IL II said II was not going to
use the repeating rifle because the good
old flint lock was fine enough for our
forefathers?
MUST INCREASE POWER
Now in the same way the govern
ment must increase its power, its power
OF control, over the possible use of
wealth IN large aggregations. Continu-
ally. my friends, people say that 1 at
tack corporations when / speak as I am
now speaking. For the thousandth
time / will say that I am not attacking
corporations. / am only saying that
they have got to be honestly managed.
II am TO more attacking. the honest
man OF business whe nj attack the
crooked man of business than 1 am at
lacking the honest politicians when 1
say that the crooked politicians ought to
be sent 10 the penitentiary. On the
contrary. I hold that I am the friend of
every honest politician when / try to
drive out Of public life the dishonest
politician and I'm the same way l hold
that the first duty OF the man who
wishes to sec honest business men pros
per is to try to drive the crooked bust
ness man out OF business life.
THE little man can safely be left TO
be dealt with by his neighbors; whereas
the very big man is the neighbor of all
Of us The man who controls the great
railway systems that stretches for 1900
miles OF 1900 or 5000 miles, that man is
the neighbor Of all OF US and he is too
big for any OF us 70 deal with i'm his
individual capacity.
DEAL JUSTLY.
In the case of that man you have
got 10 invoke the help OF some bigger
man and that is Uncle Sam. / mean you
have got to get the representative Of all
of us to deal with that particular kind
OF very wealthy man.
Deal justly with him
After he had finished speaking, Col
onel Roosevelt went TO the race track
and watched the cavalrymen at drill
Then he went to the home OF W. ].
Oliver president OF the exposition TO
rest until he went back TO the exposi-
ton to attend the banquet.
Colonel Roosevelt's next stop is at
Rome. Ga. He is due there at o'clock
this morning and will remain there I'M
til 100 p. m, when he will go on to
Atlanta