The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-09-26
REPLIES TO WILSON
Col. Roosevelt Gives the Pro-
fessor Some Food for
Thought
WILSON MIsSTArED FACTS

of Wall Street While Colonel Was
Prosecuting the Trusts and Appeal
ing to Congress to Strengthen the
Law-Mr. Roosevelt Says Mr.. VIII
son Should Read the Progressive
Platform Before He Attezks It
senator Burton Whom Roosevelt
Sent to Jail is Now Supporting Will
/ son.
We clip the following from the
Associated Press report OF Colonel
Roosevelt's speech at Lincoln, Neb.,
on last Saturday:
First to Attack Trusts.
"He states that the trust grew fas-
ter during my administration than
previously. Let him be frank enough
and manly enough to admit, what he
cannot deny, that my administration
was the first administration that ever
undertook to endorse the law against
the trusts. 1t is not in accordance
with the facts to say that they grew
faster during my administration than
during any other, If by growth is
meant a growth in illegal trusts, for
most of the growth referred to was
merely growth in corporations due
; to the general prosperity.
- But the reason why there was any
growth in illegal trusts at all, as
repeatedly pointed out in messages
while was President, was that we
.. were not given the proper law for
dealing with them. Mr.. Wilson is
now doing his best to prevent such a
law being given. The failure of this
: Government efficiently to grapple
with the trusts is due almost exclu-
sively to the attitude of men like Mr.
Wilson.
&, Charges Reversal of Truth.
'tMr. Wilson states, in rather dis
engenuous form, that had said that
lit was not possible to check the su-
premacy of the trusts. Now, if Mr..
Wilson does not know that this is an
absolute mis-statement it is due to
= his deliberate refusal to read what |
. have said and what the platform
said. My statement is the direct re-
= verse of that which Mr.. Wilson al
q leges.
e t'Mr. Wilson says that our pro-
d posed commission would not tell how
other men should be admitted into
s the field of competition with the
s trusts This is an absolute mis-
}, statement. Mr.. Wilson would do well
Il hereafter not to attempt to state our
n position without taking the trouble
to find out what it is. Our platform
says explicitly that our commission
It must attack unfair competition, false
n capitalization and political privilege
l. and by continued trained watchful-
: ness guard and keep open, equally to
y all, the highways of American com.
= merce
A "PrepOsterous Mis-statement."
# "This is the language of the plat
form. If Mr.. Wilson had taken the
g trouble to read it before attacking it
/, he would have saved me the necessity
a of showing that he has directly in
J. verted the truth about it. If he did
e not know of it, then he had no bust.
n ness to speak on the subject at all
n He continues by saying that our pro.
It posal is to say to the trusts that they
O are 'beneficent' and big, but not
e cruel This is such preposteroui
mis-statement, that I suppose Mr.
Wilson must have had a theory that
he was being funny when he made it
"If Mr.. Wilson wishes to be fun.
- ny, cordially advise him to let his
humor find some other outlet thar
that of deliberate Misrepresentation
IF ''Mr. Wilson's knowledge of what
n I did as President was gained from
: the seclusion of the classroom at q
d time when he was still taking the po
= sition of -ultra-conservative, ant
{ was being carefully groomed for the
L Presidency by George B. Harvey and
other representatives of the Wal
Street interests"
= He Sent Senator Burton to Prison
1t J. r. Burton, formerly a Republi
d can United States Senator, Colone
J. Roosevelt said he had been informed
was a candidate for State Senator OF
o. the Democratic State ticket. He sait
Is that under his direction the Depart
l. ment of Justice b. secuted Mr.
Burton 'in connection, I think, will
a get-rich-quick scheme" and that b
re- had been sent to prison.
Mr.. Burton is now running on tn
Democratic ticket for REFORM" b.
added, "in support Of Mr.. Wilson.
q, like to see the company they gathe
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