The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-09-01
PARK DEDICATED
IN MEMORY OF
JOHN BROWN
Col. ROOsevelt's Speech Feature
Of Exercises.
TOUCHEDON NATIONAL ISSUES
Again States His Stand for the
Square Deal and Fair
Play

Osawatomie, Kan, Sept. 1.-Theo-
dore Roosevelt, Americas peace en-
voy,' came in from the west yester-
day morning to dedicate as the John
Brown Park the battlefield of Osawa-
tonic, where over half a century ago
the noted abolitionist and his meagre
force fired the first gun in defense of
personal liberty
Colonel Roosevelt was greeted in
martial style, cavalry from Fort Riley
Kan; a military band from Fort
Leavenworth, company Of state
troops and hundreds of G.. A. r. and
Spanish war veterans taking part in
the programme.
Ex.President Roosevelt in the
course of his speech said:
! stand for the square deal. But
when | say that ! am for the square
deal | mean not merely that | stand
for fair play under the present rules
of the game, but that stand for hay
ing those rules changed so as to work
FOR q more substantial equality Of OPP
lporun.ty and of reward for equally
good service
Ills 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
contro 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 complete-but not one Is entitled
to q vote in Congress, a voice on the
bench, on to representation in any
public Office. The constitution guar.
lantees protection TO property, and we
must make that promise good But
| it does not give the right of suffrage
to any corporation.
The true friend Of property, the
true conservative, is he who insists
that property shall be the servant
and not the master of the common
wealth; who insists that the creatur,
Of mans making shall be the servan
and not the master of the man whit
made &C. The citizens Of the United
States must effectively control thu
mighty commercial forces which the,
have themselves called into being.
There can be no effective contro
OF corporations while their poitlca
activity remains To put an end L
% will be neither a short nor al
easy task, but IL can be done.
II has become entirely clear tina
We must have government supervii
ion OF the capitalization not only c
public service corporations includin
particularly railways, but of all co
operations doing an Interstate bus
ness. | do not wish to see the n;
ton forced into ownership OF th
railways il it can possibly be avoide,
and the only alternative is Thorough
going and effective regulation. whiC
shall be based on a full knowledge {
all the facts, including a physical va
uation Is not needed, or at least
very rarely needed. for fixing rat,
but it Is needed as the basis of no
est capitalization.
There is a widespread belief amor
our people that, under the methods
making tariffs which have hitherto o
tanned. the special interests are I,
influential. Probably this is true
both the big interests and the little
terests. These methods have put
premium on selnshness, and naturi
ly the selfish big interests have <,
ten more than the selfish small int,
ests. The duty of Congress Is to pl
vide a method by which the interes
of the whole people shall be all tn
receives consideration. To this e
| there must be an expert tarlff co
mission, wholly removed from I
possibility of political pressure or
improper business influence. Such
commission can find out the real
| ference between cost of productiS
! which is mainly the difference OF
! Dor cost here and abroad. AS fast
! It's recommendation are made |
| lieve In revising one schedule at
time. A general revision of the tan
| almost inevitably leads TO log.rolil
| and the subordinatlon OF the gene
| public interest to local end spec
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