The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-07
" years. on the conservation end OF

1T was associated with Roosevelt
seven years. and am proud of It.
I worked with him and worked un-
der him. and the only thing that gov
erned him was to place the advan.
tages Of the common people first.
1.-The square deal has been used
may appear as r catchword, but when
you look over the work of Roosevelt.
and see what he has done, the words
take on new meaning.
Roosevelt is Progressive.
THE man who believes in progress
sive policies is right. and the man
who does work that ia progressive, is
better STILL" said the speaker. He re-
counted few of the things which
Roosevelt brought about while presi-
dent:
The railroads were brought under
control and rebates were stopped.
were set aside.
Promoted irrigation for the bench"
Of thousands of homemakers.
Secured the federal employers lia-
bility act.
Secured the safety appliance act
which has saved the lives Of railroad
employees.
Reduced the hours Of labor for rail-
road men. saving lives of thousands
Of railroad passengers.
Settled the anthracite coal strike.
Unearthed the land frauds.
Launched the prosecution of the
trusts.
Adopted and promoted the policy of
conservation.
Ridiculous Situation.
Under Roosevelt was begun the
prosecutions Of the great trusts and
had he remained at the governmental
helm. there would not be that ridicu-
lous miscarriage Of Justice which we
have today in. for example. the case
Of the. tobacco trust. Under the de-
cree Of dissolution that has been car
ried out. the subsidiary companies of
the trust are being operated by pre-
cisely the same man as formed the
original trust. And the tobacco trust
continues to exact its penalty from the
American people while the attorney
general declares that he is we'll sat
isfed with the results.
These and other great movements
were inauRurated by President Roose-
velt and these great policies have
made that typical phrase "the square
dear stand for something. This re-
view Of what Roosevelt has done
shows that he Is essentially a prosres.
sive OF progressives.
But of all the wise. beneflcient and
truly progressive policies for which
Roosevelt is responsible the conserve
the head. The credit is due Roose-
velt for forcing through this great
policy which came originally from the
idea Of the forester that It is neces-
sary to look thead. We are the trus-
tees for this great land. We have no
right to waste any part Of 1t. This
preliminary feature Of the conserve.
ton program was received on all sides
with aclamation..
Tho Money Power.
after the idea has been pushed
for year or two the second part of
the program was Instituted which met
with less praise and pronounced op-
position. Every monopoly which d
now feeding on the American people
depends for its existence on the con.
troll Of some natural resources or ma.
tural advantage. And the question
arose. For whose benefit shall these
national resources be perpetuated? AT
this poink the advocates Of conserva-
holds US down as q people, the power
that lies at the basis Of the boss sys.
tom In politics. The money power
that stands behind the boss confront.
ed us. It IL this power that explains
why children In the south are com.
PEELED to eko out miserable lives -
labor slaves. II 10 this power that is
responsible for the recent outrAges at
lawrence. Mass.. whore the starvation
OF children has been used as q club
to drive their fathers and mothers
back to work. It 10 the wall that con-
fronts the progressive at every step.
And against this money power, Theo.
dore Roosevelt has steadily, consist.
emily. courageously carried on the
fight for the people.
Pure Democracy.
"Roossvelt's progressive stand 10
nowhere more clearly exemplifietl
than in his recent Columbus speech