The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-15

chine-whom do they stand for?
Why are the Same men I have nam.
ed. and the interests behind them
fighting Roosevelt now that Tough,
TAFT four a aso2 Why today are
these very men the chieftains Of Mr.
Taft's campaign? During the seven
years that Roosevelt was president. ]
learned we'll the answer to the first
Of these questions. All these me- and
tho powers back of them fought
Roosevelt then. Just as they are fight.
ing him now. for the same reason and
with the same weapons. They were
and are the agents OF a system,
war without quarter.
R%ooscvclt's Record.
What did Theodore Roosevelt fight
for and whSs did he get done dur.
ing these historic years?
shall mention only a few out of near.
ly two score lasting things which
that great president actually accom-
plished. Everyone Of those achieve
lments was a blow at the ancient and
criminal system which has oppressed
tho American people for decades and
humanity. far behind those Of the
whole civilized world.
Today everybody admits that the
department Of commerce and labor
Is A blessing. Yet that department
was created because Theodore Roosc.
Welt recommended and fought for It.
would any business man, any laboring
man, any citizen vote to abolish the
department Of commerce and labor
now? Yet when 1t was proposed /
heard 1t denounced as revolutionary
and unconstitutional.
Under Theodore Roosevelt, for the
first time in the history Of our gov
eminent. the power of the nation ov-
er the nations railroads was nut into
law. The railroads fought that law
TO their savage utmost. Roosevelt
put it through.
The plunderers Of the peoples nat
ural resources had been using the
peoples priceless forests to make
quickly Tor themselves gigantic for.
tunes. Roosevelt stopped that. The
fact that we have a forest service at
al n that the lumber trust has had
the nations timber taken from it,
Iawless n greedy hands is due ia
Theodore Roosevelt.
The great irrigation law which, in
the last few years. has reclaimed
n~undreds OF thousands Of acres of
desert n made them the rich homes
OF scores OF thousands Of prosperous
people. was the work of Theodore
Improvement OF wa
er~aN and the reservation Of wa
ter power sites. which mean so much
% the nations future, was begun by
MN. conservation Of our natural re-
sources is now a fundamental national
policy. Roosevelt made It such. Did
anybody ever hear of it before Roose-
velt's time?
When Theodore Roosevelt became
president the Sherman antitrust law
fau peen on the nations statute books
LOT more than ten years. Walker. the
historian Of that law, shows that. nm.
tll Roosevelt became president. that
Ia" was not earnestly enforced. Un-
uer Roosevelt forty-fonr suits were
brought against criminal trusts-more
than under all former administrations
put together.
We recently have read of decisions
IN SUITS against the Standard Oil CON.
pany and the Tobacco trust. Have
we forgotten that those suits were
u. aua D.! theodore Roosevelt? They
were brought by Roosevelt but Wick.
ersham approved the final decrees
Brought by Roosevelt but handled bv
Wickersham how have these suits
ended? Neither the Oil trust nor the
Iobacco trust have been dissolved in
practical effect. Both are doing busi-
ness now, Both can raise their pric.
es n already have done SO. Both
a issue watered stocks and will do
so. And both can now proceed un-
e inc express approval of the ma
tlon S courts and are doing so.
And think of the laws to helm Ia.
Dor whose passage he secured. No
wonder the workingmen love him.
mere W a a national employ
ers liability act until Theodore Roose.
Welt forced its passage. And this is
true OF n safety appliance act which.
IN the last few years. has saved hun
oreos OF lives OF railroad working.
men and thousands Of lives of passen-
keIs. IN this same group comes our
national law which forbids railroad
companies to work their crews for an
unlimited number of hours, the com.
pensation law for government EN-.
p'oNes n other laws to help labor.
n Beef trust was selling death ia
the people. We passed a law to end
that infamy. The battle was desper.
ate. Only the fact that President
Roosevelt used all his power saved
the law. Scores of thousands Of boot
people have been saved from pto.
maine poisoning, tuberculosis and 9th.
er diseases because Of this law; and
nus mas been saved owe that life te
Col. Roosevelt. The fight Roosevelt
made to pass the meat inspection Law
also passed the pure food law. These
statutes to save the health and live,
OF h people are only two Of the
glories Of Roosevelt's administration
And what forces fought both laws:
II same forces that are fighting Col
Roosevelt now.
The Panama Canal.
we now are completing the greatest
work over undertaken by human
hands. the Panama canal. Presiden,
roosevelt put through the law fol
mat. For this he has been savagel,
attacked. When Disraeli secured tht
Suez canal for the British empire he
too. was attacked. But today the
suez canal Is the great British states.
mans n immortal achievement;
while h Panama canal is only one
OF our Q American statesman's ri.
gantic achievements.
VINO does not remember the Goa
miners strike Of 1909? The miner.
We're starving. The mine owners RI.
fused to arbitrate. The whole PEG.
pie were suffering for fuel.
Theodore Roosevelt settled tina,
strike. He did it so honestly and 81
fairly tina both workers and capital.
lists got Justice and were satisfied, And
the people got their coal ana thou.
sands were saved from death.
During his administration came the
war between Russia and japan. Thou.
sands OF lives had been lost and tina,
war: il allowed to spread. threatened
10 draw other nations into its red
whirlpool. Before that time it wa,