New-York tribune., 1910-11-02

ment toward higher prices during the last
LeW yeaFs-a movement due to various
hdSaso, asea, some of which undouhtediy VIII %
thahged by time II Is not in its essence
movement that affects only this country
~ alieSts other countries Just as 1t anecL
ouIs; I!s; Nevertheless. there are one or w.
aIlInclal causes that in given cases in otu
own country tend 10 make prices improp
cry hlsh' IN ways that il IS possible thst'
We can cure.
Mr.. Roosevelt then said that X A. H'p-
puch. Mr.. Dix's partner and now the Dem
ocratic state chairman. had tried 70 have
me tarin on wallpaper, IN which Mr.. DIX
Is interested. made higher, and Mr.. DlN
was now saying that the tariff vas parity
responsible for high prices That he SAID
showed insincerity on Mr.. Dixs part lie
continued:
| have. no question but, that sometimes
big combinations, big trusts have raised
prices. Well. no man in this country has
taken more effective action against tboSe
DIG trusts during the same length OF time
than Harry Stimson did while he was
United States Attorney IN New York. As
A result, every big financial corporation or
the type that We speak of as q trust Is
now doing all II can TO back up Mr.. DIX
and TO oppose Mr.. Stimson. If Harry slim
son were not menace 70 the big truStS,
Lo9 EouId hot ma every big trusL-toi-. trus-i.'.
trolled newspaper Of New York city against
him. II Mr. Dix was not wanted in ONCE
by the great corpora tons which have more
effect in raising the prices of living than
distinguished from international, signih-
carce, you would not find them supporting
Mr.. Dix as eagerly as they are supporting
him in this campaign
Enforcing Anti Trust Law
II was not until I became President tnat
the first really serious effort was made to
enforce the antitrust law And whtle rs
was perfectly inevitable in the beginning
| Of a crusade of that kind, We sometimes
/ failed, and while II was physically impOsSI-
be for us 10 take I'D with the limited
means we mad at our disposal. more tnan
small fraction Of the cases that We you'd
7lish a very great deal We fought sui.
after suit to a successful conclusion. ANA
We made both the Interstate commerce iaW
and the antitrust law realities and not
shams
. Who have been the people who attacked
me most violently? The plain people or
tthe men who represent the trusts 1t is
1.-THE representatives of the great corp ora-
tions. their representatives in the press.
their representatives. in public life, their
representatives in private lie, the big
corporations lawyers And Harry Stlmson
IS naturally feared by the great com olna-
tons which are either doing an Illegal busl-
ness or which are so close 70 the edg@ of
Illegal business that they are always
afraid that thew will be hauled up for step
ping over the line, and by the corporations
which if not doing anything Illegal. never
TheleSs are enjoying special privilege which
ought TO be made Illegal
Those COrDoratlOnS StlnlSOu has hurt 81
all against him. We happened to md out
the other day, for instance, that this Brook
Iyn Cooperage Corporation, which he ncd
fined. I think to the extent Of some SO .O0J.
was. through one Of its high officers, doing
everything 1t could TO secure the election
Of Mr.. Dix. Well, now, I think II perfect
" natural that a Dig law-oreaking CORPORA
ton which is fined $4,000 should oppose
Stimson. But IN that case, ! think. decenC
people should ask why he IS being opposed
Says stimson May Obtain Relief
Mr.. Roosevelt said that the corporations
which Mr. Stirnson had caused 10 be fined,
IN the aggregate. more than $4,000
could well afford 10 pay a considerable per-
centage Of the amount to prevent Stinson's
election. Mr.. Stimson, he said, was the
man who was most likely to obtain some
measure Of relief from high prices. He
continued:
stimsou doesn't tell you that If elected
he can put 4 stop 70 the high cost Of liv-
he does say that on certain big necessities,
by carrying out the course Of action that
hs has consistently carried out in public
life. g certain improvement can here and
there be made as regards certain com
noditles controlled by great trusts.
You don't have TO be afraid of 2 dicta-
tor who has no power except as the peo-
pie behind him give II TO him. haven't
one bit Of power except as you and people
like you give said Mr.. Roosevelt in his
speech at Lockport He had been saying
that some Of his opponents thought he
wanted TO be a dictator.
"Tammany makes the appeal he con-
ttnued. that il you put it into power it
won't behave as it has in the past, while
We make the appeal that II you put us into
power We viii behave exactly as we have
in -he past
At Albion Mr.. Roosevelt was introduced
BY County Chairman Kirby as 'ethe man
who believes in kicking the scamps out
Of his own party"
We stand for the elementary moraIities
Of political life and our opponents don't"
said Mr.. Roosevelt. He protested against
enthrontng that unspeakably corrupt or
sanizatiOn. Tammany Hall, at Albany.
and said that a good way 10 Judge the
candidates was to think Of them as though
one were TO have private dealings with
them.
'Stimson, PrendeIgast or Attorney Cen
eral o Malley would make good neighbors. "
he said, but heaven help you if a branch
of Tammany should suddenly move into
this town.
Controller Prendergast denied that the
Republican state administration had been
eNtravagant, asserting that the money had
been spent wisely for the benefit Of all the
people He charged that Tammany had
managed the affairs of New York City