The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-27
ROOSEVELT GIVES
OUTLINE OF VIEWS
His Confession OF Faith for
Chicago Convention Is
Completed.
cRITIcIzES BOTH PARTIES
Measures He Favors Are Cor
receive to Socialism and Anti
dote to Anarchy.

Oyster Baq y. Y, july 2s-"Tha
Confession Of Faith" of colonel Rooso-
welt IS now down in black and white.
the finishing touches having been mad.
to-cay When he has completed the
recital of his doctrines in Chicago en-
the nisht 81 AUGUST o. ne prootn.v WAL
oe called socialistic, or anarchistic and
may be both. ne said tonight. Fut
he insisted that the measures he ad-
voeated must come.
The are corrective to socialism
and an antidote to anarchy" he de-
clared. Two OF the more srikine
measures favored by Colonel Roose-
Welt are the fixing BY law OF minimum
wage scales for women workers. and a
guarantee by law TO workmen employ
ed IN wha, he calls the continuous
Industries" of eight hour shifts and
one days rest in every seven
Although Colonel Roosevelt has
taken unusual precautions to prevent
the contents OF his speech from be
coming known prematurely. he gave
a glimpse behind the veil tonight.
He dealt almost entirely with broad
economic problems and gave the i'm.
preston that he Viii lay emphasis
chiefly upon subjects OF this nature.
which lie says both the Democratic
and Republican parties have ignored n
their platforms rather than upon mat
tors which might be placed under the
head Of partisan politics.
Colonel Roosevelt said at the out
ser he had not wished at the present
TO take UP new things. but had come
to the conclusion that ne must devotion
some of his doctrines In his Chicago
speech ana 20 further than ever ne
fore in advocating what might he re-
garded by his opponents a. radical
measures.
To Correct Evils.
Business should b. encouraged in
every legitimate way ne said. but a,
the same time business prosperity
should he made the "handmaiden OF
the people" and the tendency should
he toward diversifcation of the
ownership Of property. The lines along
which business has developed recently
as best Illustrated by the formation
OF huge corporations. should he recog
n!zed he said. and the effort should
be to correct attendant evils rather
than attempt to abolish large corpor-
ATOMS or restrict their size
1t was in this connection thar he
said he favored the establishment Of
minimum wage scales for women. and
he added tina, later it probably would
Re necessary TO make similar scales for
ilitc WoEk'n9- tilS proposal OF a
guarantee OF six dny work and eight
hour shifts he restricted to the Con
tinuous Industries like the steel
mills. in winch work Is kent mp
twenty-four hours a day and seven
DAYS a week
Colonel Roosevelt; mentioned these
two measures merely as ILLUSTRATING
the kind OF registration which he he
lieves should he adopted to meet the
conditions now existing
The proposals nj tho Democrats.
Colonel Roosevelt said were futile lie
cited the Stanley congressional inves
tigation as illustrating his polnt Re-
ferring to the recommendation that no
corporation he permitted to control
more than thirty per cent. Of any
particular business. he declared that
such an arbitrary limitation would 20
foolish. The Democrats some time
before ne said. favored the same plan
only with different limit and nc
asserted that II an attempt were made
TO put into effect the only result would
be series OF lawsuits for FOUR or i've
years resulting in decisions milar
to the recent rulings or the Supreme
Court IN tho American Tobacco and
Standard oil cases. which Ia hla
Continued on Seventh PaGel