The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-03-14

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try but it win be harder on the mil
lions Of men who carr their bread by
the sweat Of their faces. To those
latter it will mean the touch Of hun
ger. Add to these four, lean years
w more years to recover from them
Take these six years out Of the life OF
a business man so years of age and
you have taken from him much; but
take six years u Of the life of the
workingman 90 years of age and you
have ta-.en from him we'll nigh all.
This country chief commercial
need today is steady honest business
conditions. But there can be no bust
ness peace until there is business JUS
tice. Uncertainty is the worst foe of
honest business; and there can be no
certainty under our present business
laws. We must have just and modern
laws which will let honest business
know what it car do on the one hand;
and keep 1t of the pockets of the
people the criminal fingers of lawless
interests on the other hand.
"Tf we concede that any candidate
that we name will stand for such
business reform, still the practical
question comes as to which candidate
can be elected, and when elected, can
get these needle: reforms written into
laws. Roosevelt can do both. Some
good men think right and mean well
but cannot get things done. Roose-
welt has the git Of achievement. 1t is
not a question Of whom we shall hon.
ovs V,aAof h,.f xsrhA non narx,a t.H haek
Business peace and steady prosperity
nea more to us than any mans po-
litical fortune.
What Teddy Did.
Summing up R~oosevelt's term Of Of
flee he said:
what did Theodore Roosevelt hght
for and what did he get done during
these seven historic years? I shall
mention only a few out OF nearly two
score lasting things which that great
president actually accomplished. Ev-
eryone OF these achievements was 9
blow at the ancient and criminal sys
tenn which has oppressed the American
people for decades and kept u laws
both OF business and humanity, FAR be-
hind those OF the whole civilized
world.
To-day everybody admits that tn,
department Of commerce and labor j
a blessing. Yet that department wa
created because Theodore Roosevelt
recommended and fought for 1t. Wou1'
any business a any laboring ma
any citizen vote to abolish the depart
e1lt. of and labor now
Yet when it was proposed / heard !
denounced as revolutionary and un
constitutional.
Under Theodore Roosevelt for tn
first time in the history of our gov
eminent, the power OF the nation owe
the nations railroads was put int
law. The railroads fought that law t
thert savage utmost. Roosevelt put
through.
"The plunderers or the peoples nat
ural had been using the PEG
pies priceless forests to make quickl
for themselves gigantic FORTUNES
Roosevelt stopped that. The fact this
we have a forestserviee at all and ths
the lumber trust has had the nation
timber taken from Its laviess an
greedy hands is due to Theodot
Roosevelt.
''The great irrigat3cn law which, j
recent years, has reclaimed hundred
Of thousands OF acres OF desert an
made them the rich homes Of scores I
thousands OF prosperous people, we
the work Of Theodore Roosevelt. III
Improvement of waterways and II
reservation OF water power site
which means so much to the nation