The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-09-16
ROOSEVELT AGAIN
DEFENDS NEW
NATIONALISM
Old MoraIities Applied to
Modern Conditions
NO APPEAL TO MOB RULE
Corporations, However, Must Be
NO APPEAL TO MOB RULE
Corporations, However, Must Be
Honest or Go Out Of
Business

New York, Sept. 16.-TheOdore
Roosevelt said at Oyster Bay, N. Y,
yesterday that he is not talking revo-
luton in declaring his new political
creed. Neither is he making an APP
peal to mob rule. In stanch de-
Tense of his doctrine of the new ma
tionalism," he asserted that he was
merely urging the application of old
moralities to modern conditions.
The colonel's exposition of new ma
tionalism" came at the close of a
speech in which he also denounced
dishonest corporations, dishonest
men of wealth and political bosses.
"Al that new nationalism means is
the application of certain old-time
moralities TO the changed conditions
of the day.
Il wish to see greater government
tai efficiency because we have to deal
with greater business efficiency.
Simple laws are all that are neces-
sary In small communities where
there is no big business and each man
works for himself When you get
masses of wealth gathered together
and great corporations developing
conditions then become so changed
that there must be an increase in
governmental activity to control the
wealth for business efficiency.
81 would not do any wrong to the
! great corporation, but | don't intend
to rely only on the big corpora.
tons good nature to see that the cor
poration doesn't do harm against us
i I want to see such control of the
wealth now gathered for business
uses as to favor the honest. man who
uses the wealth genuinely for the
/ service OF the public and to make the
dishonest man feel that he has to dc
what is right and II he doesn't feel II
we shall see TO Il that he does That
( IS my whole creed. That is all there
/ is I'm It.. There Is no revolution in It
/ There Is no appeal TO mob rule. or
the contrary. | recognize mob VIC
'ence as an enemy OF the public good
just as much as lawless wealth.
am against the poor man who is gull
" of the crime of lawless violence
and when Il Is in my power, shall
try TO punish him for his misdeeds
! just as whenever | have the power
will join with those that see to II
that the corrupt man OF wealth 4.
good-not because he likes II but be
cause he has TO be.
q have no hostility to corporation.
as such. recognize the corporation
as a necessary method OF dealing
with modern business conditions
The corporation has its rights and (.
entitled 10 full protection in the ex
ercise Of those rights. But the cor
poration Is not entitled 10 vote or e
the ownership OF any public man
There are two sides to this unfortu
nate Alliance between big corrup
business interests and the big bosses
The blackmailer who blackmails tn,
corporation is lust as much a foe o
the people as the bribetaker WHIT
takes a bride from the CORPORATION I,
do what he ought not TO do. In on
own interest we need to Insist OF
public men safeguarding the interes
Of the big corporations. so as to de
prive the corporation OF the excus,
that In order to preserve it's rights 4
must corrupt Legislatures. II IN,
head OF big corporation SAYS tina
he cannot carry on his business with
out corrupting public servants, theI
II Is his duty to get out Of business.
Il believe In doing all We can do 4
Increase the chance Of the averag,
man to give him a fairer opportunity
for an even start IN the race Of life
believe In warning mercllessl,
against special interests. because
think that we can be true to on
ideals only H. together with excep
uonal rewards for the exceptlona
man, we do our best 10 get fair con
ditions for the average man. thinl
we can do a good deal by law I,
remedy the more salient evidence o
Injustice around us. but the chic
factor In mans ultimate success
must be the sum OF the mans owl
qualities
Insist upon Justice Take ava,
the improper power which the pres
ent system does give to special inter
ests Divorce special privilege from
polltlcs. The strength OF the hosse
lies more In their alliance with snec
mi privilege than In anything else
That Is one OF the reasons an
against the bosses.