Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-19
GOV. WILSON PUT.
IN ANAN|AS
BY ROOSEVELT
Not a Particle of Truth in State
mentS About Moose and the
Trusts, He Says.


sizzling speech here today Colonel
poosevelt hammered back at Governor
woodrow Wilson for his attack on the
Il p-ogressive platform al Sioux Fails, in
n5ich the governor charged that it
o,s,ed into the hands of the steel and
harvester trusts. TIL eX-president
.rgri1y asserted thai the two trusts are
n ,.,,noriine Mr.. Wilson and that the
nsmocralic and Republican platforms
rgt5sr than that Of the Pgogv essives
..t.. ia the crooked corporations
4 MT Wilson should be above mis-
s,srine facts in order to bolster up mis-
Y .rrumonts. Mr Wilson has an entire
risbf to defend his own platform If he
,os,s bold enough to do SO, and an en-
tire right to assail the Progressive
,,stform. but ne should confne himself
IA tofne the facts as they are" said
Roosevelt.
"ln his speech yesterday he stated
tbat the method now proposed by the
Progressives to regulate the trusts was
suga -sled by Messrs. Gary and Perkins
befora the committee of the house Of
CONSERVATIVES to look into the stec'
rust Aud he suggested that it was
done to save the United States Steel
CORPORATION from the necessity of do
Inc its business better than its com
pettors
mot Particle of Truth in Statement"
Neither OF these statements is in
accordance with the facts and five min
wes inquiry on Mr. Wilson's part
would have taught him that there was
not one particle of foundation for the
truth of what he was saying
No, once only, but again and again
n in messages to congress and in speech
after speech, when I was president
advocated the methods advocated by
The Ptog essi%e5 for handling the trust
question. which is practically to apply
4 the principle applied in the interstate
Il commerce act.
II wish to call attention at this time
TO he .act that as far as | know the
overwhelming majority Of the men who
4 controlled both the Steel CORPORATION
and the Harvester trust are supporting
ether Nj Wilson himself o. Mr.. Taft
q They are certainly opposing me.
Indeed, as far as ! know. the ONLY
n ian connected with either oreaniaa-
ion who is supporting me is NJ.
Pc Ars himself. Everywhere l wen.
II in Minnesota and North Dakota wa,
n H'y'Med that the Harvester trust was
\ supp ing Nlr. Wilson, and the Steel
q 9'to"9tioa, - far as the nearly unani
ols majority Of its people are con-
4 'ras'. s supporting cithe Mr. Taft or
Nr WILSON
Taft ara = Iscn Alike on Trusts.
Il haven. lie slightest criticism TO
make OF a!tGer the Harvester trust or
'ne Stee. trust in this matter. | do not
4 Question that hey are sincere in sup
Il porting Mr.. Taft o. Ny. Wilson. but !
also wish ID point out that Mr.. Wilson
4 and NJ. Taft occupy substantially tn.
4 same attitude toward the trusts ana
MS attitude is Of such proved harm
s'saeSs thai am not in the least sur
4 piseu That any trust which objects TO
4 honest ard effective regulation should
support either or both of them indiffee-
II emily a against me.
Ine only result that could possibly
i 'o-oW from any action of the kind
heretofore advocated by Mr. Wilson AS
ssa'uS either the Steel trust corpora
ion or Inc Ha vester trust would b. "a
put iAem Just where the Standard Oil
"uEi and the tobacco trust have al
eao} been put by following out the
very policy he indicates
9uch being the case. | do not won
't lhal all four trusts confne their
opposition to the Progressive party and
w. ms and are seemingly entirely will
ms to have either MI Wilson or Mt
iali come into power"
W Wilson Really Knew"
'ohunuing, Mr. Roosevelt said:
MI. Wilson further said that under
'"e progressive plan the corporations
"ol.' control the market for labor and
states that the only chance for labor
ID competition. If Mr. Wilson were
man with personal and working
No"ieoge of the conditions and sur
0oHulngs OF labor; if he knew at first
'ou" now Workingmen live and what
''e't needs are, such a statement on his
'''l would be wholly inexcusable.
hut Mr.. Wilson's statement is evil
''A based only on abstract reason
"s from what a certain class of laissez
''He political economists have written,
''" N Is made without even consider
''s the workings of the laws now on
-t statute books. He says that the
s-atlon We propose would put the
"orhingman in the power of the big
Industrial concerns.
Ine'e is a very simple way of test
i8 The worth of this statement. Has
-'' interstate commerce law put the
~, Nhsman more in the power of the
'''Foads" Let Mr.. Wilson answer this
.0sS.'on If it has, then it is his bust
Ss To- advocate the repeal Of the in
'''slsie commerce law.
Nii. Wilson is championing the cause
."' big crooked trusts when ne OPP
''' the Progressive platform for eX-