The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-09-16
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ROOSEVELT TELLS At c,..
MATT WHY FEDERAL COW s,.'''
TRoL IS NECESSARY

o''o escape All cont,,,
Dividing Responsiblity-,n.,.' y
TWO Railroads. a
Cincinnati Sept. -Forne, D.
cent Roosevelt defended his do.. 81
OF new nationalism'' in :, 'flne
the Ohio Valley exposition hs,s At
also commended President Taft f., !. q
appointments of two public ots. ~ as
Col. Roosevelt's day in ci,s' 'S
was one OF the quietest he has b,a 'l
his Western tour. The GOLDMAN S4 %
has been a severe one and i -. WI
ms own request that the program, :
OF the day was simplifed. Ha ~. :,
train at a suburb, and spent tho -,
ing with Congressman Ionsr mOIa'
nen ne Went to the expositio.
grounds, attended a luncheon t .na
tended reception in the music 1 h.S a.
Col. Roosevelt, in defending snow
nationalism,' replied to those WIN As'
pose his plan of increasing tho no. "
OF the central government for tb s' n'a
pose OF dealing with conservatism ~
control of corporations and Other, N'
They say, do not give the aovs,,
ment too much power" he said Co..
talnly not, l do not want to give n.
government any more power than !.
necessary. You would not have to have
SO much power in the national soy
eminent if you were dealing with n
dividuals, none of whom were vo,v
rich, but when you get an aggregation
OF rich individuals you must maste,
them through the government.
Gives Government Chance,
Some of the people will say that
interiors with individualism. It does
not. 1t is giving the government
chance. The individual has not a
chance if you permit a business mo-
nopoly to be established or permit it to
develop SO that a single man is power
less against it or can be crushed by it,
Under the law there has grown up
system of enormous monopoly, which,
in fact, is the very negation of indi
vidualism, and the government is re-
lquired to regulate these great concerns
| to permit the average individual citt
zen to retain his rights unimpaired
Il am not speaking in hostility to
corporations. / recognize the right Of
a corporation as a necessary instr
ment in modern individualiSm. Our
conditions are new and we need this
instrument of the corporation, but also
we need the complete control by the
people through the government of the
corporations. / cheerfully admit one
new thing is necessary, only lnSEt
that the other new thing is necessary,
too"
Indorses HadIey.
Col. Roosevelt Endorsed the appont
ment by President Taft OF Preslden
Arthur T. Hadley, of Yale UNIVERSITY
as head of the commission to lnVestf
gate the capitalization Of RAILROADS,
and OF Joseph A. Holmes as cnlel "
the bureau of mines.
Il am exceedingly glad" he con-
ltinued, that the president has appoas
ed a man like Mr.. Hadley to LOOK Inv
the question of railroad capitallza1lol
| You will find some worthy people WI.
are willing to have the government
| look into this question OF capl'ans
ton, but they want it left to the S''''s
| to deal with.
Coast Case Cited.
.There is an instance Of two laD
roads that run from Minnesota Ves,
ward to Puget sound, and tnes W.. ~,
violating the laws of the feoera. :, ~ ~
eminent and violating the laws y rhs
states through which they ruu. .uf
government started to Drins ..a
against them. It was at once CIV '
tended that often it was mercy ~
matter for the states, and , Wnus
railroads ran through M,u and
North Dakota, Montana, ldano Md in n
washington, they were incorposa sinsls
New Jersey. They have not OF. - Ner
mile Of track within 1000 miles o. :"
Jersey.
Government Only Power LA
.Tnere Is only one power that a,s sas's
deal with that kind OF q CO.. .pprnmeut
and that is the national govelu cru heal
a1e i only one power that : can t.u
with business carried on in in' sa,srn
limits. and that is the national s.a r. With
'ment. Anything that can Dc ,a ae. nth in
Fby the states, favor dealing : nov
that yay. But big business .ss'ste s sust
cantralized. New York regu,s 'Sanehout
ness done il Colorado and t a'1ess rs
the country. Now that laaarutrsI,s
been centralized. we nase -
tha authority to control it.
c.Ilfornia,. sixtieti' s'rsn s.a CT
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