New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-12

be by one government You connot
have forty-six or forty-eight govern
ments attempting TO control the cor
porations If you try that the only re-
suit will be that some of them will con-
troll the corporations to their detriment
and some governments viii be controlled
nv the corporations TO their detriment.
Moreover, in most cases it is not really
feasible to separate interstate from
, intrastate commerce. 1t must be. there
fore. the federal government which eX-
ercises the control, because that is the
only agency which is at once entirely
deficient and entirely just. And having
got control. the people through their
governmental agencies are bound. not
only as a matter of honor but as a mat
ter of self-interest, to exercise that con-
| troll With justice and equity.
"A working agreement must be had
between the shipper and the railroad
man. so that justice shall be done to
! the shipper, to those who have invested
their money in the railroad and those
who work for the railroad. The most
! fanaticeI advocate of governmental inter
!
! ference must gladly see all differences
settled by the parties themselves wher-
ever that is possible, but the government
must have the power to step In and set
tie the conflict where the parties thereto
are themselves unable to do SO with
| justice to all concerned.
THE man who advises against trying
new methods in graphing with the in
| credibly complicated and important
/ problems OF to-day is as foolish as If he
| advised the troops OF the United States
to show their loyalty TO the past by
sticking to the fiintlock musket."
| Mr. Roosevelt elaborated this thought
! to a considerable. extent, and then cited
! the case of Laclede. the founder of st.
/ Louis, whom he described as having
come here in A rowboat and as having
carried the proceeds of his barter away
! in a rowboat. That man, he asserted.
did business on so small scale that II
could easily be left for his neighbors to
regulate and control his operations, but
, the modern railroad is so vast an or
ganization and did business on so ex-
tensive a scale that all the people are
! its neighbors and must exercise due re-
straint through the only effective
! agency. the government of the United
! States.
Mr.. Roosevelt then went on to warn
his auditors against the crook. against
| the employment of the man who obtained
for them even their just deserts by
! trickery and corruption, saying that
sooner or later the man who employed
such methods in the interest of the rail-
road or the corporation would be found
employing them against the railroad or
/ the corporation. And ne also warned
them against the man who seeks political
Office by promising to do injustice to the
corporation, for, he said, "a crook Is just
as dangerous If he shows his crooked
ness by doing injustice to the corpora
ton as if he did injustice for the cor
roration. The man whc seeks public
Office by doing to q corporation that
which he ought not to do has the kim
/ OF moral fibre which will certainly
weaken when ne is confronted by
| temp tation from the corporation"
| Mr.. Roosevelt held the closest atten-
ton throughout his remarks. which were
frequently punctuated by applause, and
it was the common remark of the rail-
road men present, after the luncheon,
that If he were at no time more radical
than his speech of to-day would indl-
cate. they could easily go with him all
the way.
For Lakes-t Gulf Waterway.
Mr.. Roosevelt's railroad speech was
the second of a busy day. Arriving in
St Louis at ZIG O'Clock, he was i'm
mediately escorted to the Jefferson
Hotel where an elaborate breakfast.
given by the Business Mems League,
non partisan organization. awaited MIN
After this Mr.. Roosevelt spoke briefly
on the subject of waterway improve
ment, declaring himself unequivocally
for the deeper waterway from the Great
Lakes to the Gulf and telling the people
! of ST. Louis OF the Importance OF retain
. ing control OF their waterfront.
/ When such a highway was completed
thew would not be confronted by a stu
alton where the railroads controlled the
only available terminal, and thus con-
troIled the means of water transporta .
lion. His remarks were received with
The utmost enthusiasm.
After brear.last N,v4vnel Roosevelt was
taken on a dusty and breakneck auto
mobile ride over the boulevard system
! through Forest Park and to the Country
Club, which he inspected with interest:
He view ed the golf links with apparent
Measure. but seemed TO find especial
solace in the mintlike green OF the
/ nineteenth hole" The return trip was
made so as to permit view OF the
! buildings of the washington University
and the extensive park which now occu-
! MES the site of the former world S talf.
stop was made at the home OF Z. n,
Rixby. where Mr. Roosevelt viewed WIN
Great interest and enjoyment the mag
1jficent art collection of Colonel BlXpy'
and especially d number of African am
nals sent home by that Mr.. Mcmillan
/ Who accompanied the ex-Presldent on d
: mart of his African trip, and Whlch nd We
/ been stuffed and mounted in way mat
commanded his admiration. u d' n
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