The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-08-31
ROOSEVELT MAKES THE MOST
IMPORTANT SPEECH OF HIS TOUR

when | say ihat I am for the square
deal | mean not merely that | stand
for fair play under the present rules
of the game. but that | stand for huv-
ing those rules changed so az TO work
for a more substantial equality OF op-
portunity. and oil reward for equally
good service.
This means that our governments.
National and State. must be freed
from the sinister influence or control
of special interests. Exactly as the
special Interests Of cotton and slavery
threatened our political integrity be-
fore the Civil War, so now the great
special business interests too often
control and corrupt the men and
methods of government for their own
profit We must drive the special In
terests out of politics. That Is one OF
our tasks today Every special in
terest Is entitled to justice-full fair.
and ccmplcte-but not one Is entitled
TO vote In Congress, voice on the
bench. or to representation in any
public office. The Constitution guar
anteeS protection to property, and We
must make that promise good. But
ii does not give the right of suffrage
to any corporation.
Property Shall Be Servant
The true friend of property, the true
conservative, Is he who insists that
property shall be the servant and not
the master OF the commonwealth. who
insists that the creature of man
making shall be the servant aud not
the master OF the man who made it
The citizens of the United States
must effectively control the mighty
commercial forces which they have
themselves called into being
There can be no effective control OF
corporations while their political nc-
VIII be neither a short nor an easy
task. but II can be done
Publicity OF Corporate Affairs.
We must have complete and effect
I've publicity OF corporate affairs, so
that the people may know beyond
peradventuTe whether the corpora
tions obeyp the law and whether their
management entities them TO the con-
ii1ence OF the public II Is necessary
that laws should be passed to prohibit
the use OF corporate funds directly OF
indirectly for political purposes, IL is
still more necessary that such laws
should be thoroughly enforced. Cor
porate expenditures for political pur
poses. and especially such eXpeadi-
lures by public service corporations,
have supplied one of the principal
souTces OF corruption In our political
AFFAIRS.
Government Supervision Necessary.
IL has become entirely clear that
we must have Government superyis-
ion OF the capitalization not only OF
public service corporations including
particularly railways. but of all cor
porations doing an Interstate busi-
ness. / do not wish TO see the Ma
tlon forced Into ownership Of the
railways If 1t can possibly be avoided.
and the only alternative Is thorough
going and effective regulation, which
shall be based on a full knowledge
OF all the facts, including physical
valuation of the property, This ply
sical valuation is not needed, or at
least is very rarely needed, for fix
ing rates; but It is needed as the
basis of honest capitalization.
Franchise Should Be Limited
We have come TO recognize that
franchises should never be granted
except for limited time. and never
without proper provision for eompen.
sation to the public. 1t Is my person
al bellci that the same kind and de-
gree of control and supervision which
should be exercised over public ser
vice corporations should he eXerciS-
cd also to combinations which CON
troll necesSaries of life, such as meat.
oil and coal. or which deal in them
on an important scale.
believe that the officers. and es-
pecially the directors. of corporations
should be held personally responsible
when any corporation breaks the law
Combinations in industry are the
result OF an imperative economic law
which cannot be repealed by politcab
legislation. The effort at prohibiting
all combination has substantially
failed The way out lies not in at
tempting to prevent such combina-
tions, but in completely controlling
them in the interest of the public
welfare. For that purpose the Fed
eral Bureau Of Corporations ia an ag-
ency OF the first Importance It's
power and therefore its efficiency. as
we'll as that of the Interstate Com
mercc Commission. should be large
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