New-York tribune., 1910-09-10

concerns doing an interstate buSiieS'' '''
his remarks on numerous occasions ha'e
made it clear that he strongly favors lesiS-
lation along that line.
Governments Need of Power.
Mr.. Roosevelt in defending new nation
alism" replied to those who oppose MS
pIan OF increasing the power of the central
government for the purpose of dealing Win
conservation the control of corporations
and other questions which he believes VI
tally concern the future of the nation
They say DO not give the government
too much power he said. Certainly not
| do not want to give the government any
more power than is necessary. You Wouio
not have to have so much power in the ma
tional government if you were dealing with
individuals none of whom was very fich'
but when you get an aggregation OF rlcn
individuals you must master them through
the government.
Some people will say that is lnterfer-
ence with individualism. 1t is not. 1T is
giving the individual chance. The hldi-
ViGuaI has no chance if you permit a bust
ness monopoly to be established or permit
it to develop so that a single man is power
less against il or can be crushed by IT.
Under the law there has grown up sys-
tenn of enormous monopoly which, in fact,
is the very regation of individualism, and
the government is required TO regulate
these great concerns to permit individual
citizens to retain their rights unimpaired.
Il am not speaking in hostility TO cor
porations." Mr. Roosevelt continued. i
realize the need of the great corporation
as q necessary instrument in modern indi-
vidualism. Our conditions are need, and
we need this instrument of the corporation
but also we need another thing, and that Is
the complete control by the people through
the government of the corporations. /
cheerfulIy admit one new thing is neces-
sary only l insist that the other new thing
is necessary, too
Evils of Corporate Influence.
The ex-Presdent was led to denounce the
evils of corporate influence on legislators.
He said of the necessity of justice to ali
men: Il don't want to leave it to the op-
ton of the corporation as to whether JUS
tice shall or shall not be done
Mr.. Roosevelt indorsed heartily the ap-
pointment by President Taft of President
Arthur T. Hadley of Yale University as
head of the commission to investigate the
capitalization of railroads, saying that men
appointed to do work for the benefit of the
people should be chosen without regard to
political affiliations.
Speaking of railroad capitalization, Mr.
Roosevelt said
II am exceedingly glad that the Presi-
dent has appointed man like Mr.. Hadley,
of Yale to look into the question of rail-
road capitalization. You Will find some
worthy people who are willing to have the
i,,tn Of .o,,f
talization, but they want ii left to the
states to deal with.
There is an instance of two railroads
that run from Minnesota westward to
Puget Sound and they We're in violation of
the laws of the federal government and
violating the laws of the states through
which they run. The government started to
bring suit against them. 1t was at once
contended that it was merely matter for
the states, and while the railroads ran
through Minnesota, North Dakota Mon
tana, Idaho and Washington. they were in
corporated in New Jersey. They haven't
mile of track within a thousand miles of
New Jersey. There is only power that
could deal with that kind of a corpora ton,
and that is the national government There
is only one power that can deal with big
businesses carried interstate lines
and that Is the national government.
States Unable to Control Business.
"Anything that can be dealt with by
the-states / favor dealing with in that
way. But big business is now centralized
New York regulates business done i'll Colo
RADIO and throughout the country. Now
that business has been centralized we have
to centralze the authority to control it,
waterways:
"One of the greatest difficulties in the
development of our waterways hitherto has
been the tendency of Congress each year
to apportion a number of pieces of work
not in accordance with any one well set
tied scheme, but in accordance with the
exigencies or rather in accordance with the
declamatOry efforts of claimants and the
perseverance of the Representatives of the
several localities desiring them. / am
happy 10 say that at the last Congress a
comprehensive plan was laid out for the
Improvement of the Ohio River from Pitts
burg to Cairo
An enthusiastically applauded passage
was:
Il should regard it as a dreadful thing
| for this community if entered on a
career of violent oscillation between the
demagogue who advocates without power
| to achieve because of his methods and the
rea actionary who desires to see no reform
whatever The safe path lies in the mid
die of the road OF orderly progress; to re-
fuse TO stand still or to go too far ahead"
! Mr. Roosevelt concluded his remarks
with a plea for the highest type of indivi-
dual character, that character which com
bined honesty, courage and plain common
sense. throughout his remarks his audience
applauded freely, and when he finished
many crowded to the stage to shake his
hand.
From the exposition Mr.. Roosevelt re-
turned to Lockwood. where a large re
ception was held in his honor. ln the
evening he attended d performance OF
grand opera at the exposition. The opera
was "Paoletta," which has proven exceed
| ingly popular in Cincinnati.
! 1t is seldom that Mr. Roosevelt's remark
| able memory ever leaves him in a position
| where ne would like to add a postscript
| TO anything he has previously said, any
speech he has made. Last night was prob
| ably the exception which proves the rule
| for after he had returned to his train Mr.
| Roosevelt recollected one important point
| he had failed to make in his address be-
| fore the Hamilton Club anent political
! corruption In Illinois. He learned yester-
| day with no small degree of impatience
| that some good people We're trying to in
| ject the temperance question, Civil Service
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