The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-12
From Him and His Kind
Roosevelt Gets
His Ideas.
WHOLE THOUGHT
is DISCLOSED
They Would Have Government
by Commission Which Would
Legalize Monopolies-Gover-
nor Wilson Points Out De-
fects in Economic Theories
of His Opponents.

OF HIS Opponents.
Cleveland. Ohio. October II.-Gover-
nor Woodrow Wilson. in discussing to-
day his argument that the thought OF
the leading men OF the United State.
Steel Corporation Is behind the third
party program with regard to the reku-
lation OF trusts" drew attention to
what he termed "a very significant
fact that George w. PERKINS lis HIM
self back of the program" The DEM
ocratIc nominee recalled the fact that
Mr. Perkins had once disclosed IN
Investigations before Congress his
whole thought" about establishing An
dustrial commissions to regulate mo-
nopoiy.
The Governor spoke at Canton. the
home Of Mckinley. and IN Cleveland.
besides the attack in his speech on the
trust plank OF the Progressive party.
he paid tribute to the memory OF
President Mckinley. declaring that Just
before he died. he showed symptoms
Of adjustment to the new age such az
his successors have not exhibited" and
roresaw the necessity OF elasticity In
the. tariff and reciprocal trade rela-
lions with the world"
The regular Republicans say they
are opposed to monopoly" said the
Governor at Canton, but when they
come to speak of the methods Of re-
straining it, they chiefly indulge In .
narrative Of what they have already
done, which we know to have been
Intellectual. and when the third party
takes up this side OF the diflcuIty
what do they DO? They propose to
leave things as they are and subject
them to supervision OF an industrial
commission, and We know what that
Industrial commission Is expected 70
do.
A signaflea1f FseG
TT is q very significant fact that
George W. Perkins Is himself back Of
this program, not because ] would in
innate any corrupt or improper in
fuenees. FOR I would not Mr. Perkins
has Just a. much right to his opinion
as I have, but M Perkins has dis
played his whole thought in tnvestiga-
lions before Congress. and on one oc-
CASTOR. for example, in testifytng be-
fore the committee of the Senate. he
said there ought to be an Industrial
commission before whom gentlemen
desiring to combine should lay their
plans, and that II they were accepted.
that should exempt them from the
operations Of the clause Of the Sher-
restrn!nt OF trade
In other words, he wants a COM
mission which will permit, under regu-
lations, the process Of combinations
and monopoly ana, therefore. I take
it for granted that that Is what 10 In
the third party's thought and in its
program, because I am interested not
in where Mr.. RooseveIt's money comes
from, but where his ideas come from.
and 1 see multiplying signs that his
ideas come from those who set up
monopoly and who naturally wish to
maintain It. am no more in favor OF
a gentlemanly monopoly than one that
is rude and impolite.
The Governor brought forth In the
same speech his ideas on regulating
competitiSa-
You will say will you set up COM
petition by statuteT I am not ~ In
nocent as I look" said the nominee
II am not maintaining that you can
command men to compete. but I do
say that you can remove the now IN
superable imped;ments TO competition.
No body of men who control IS per
cent Of the iron mines OF the country
ought to b. allowed to discriminate
in the prices at which they sell their
iron as between those who are in the
combine and those who are not. be-
cause we cannot allow the raw mate
rails and mineral resources of this
country to be monopolized and pri-
vately controlled. No combination Of
men ought TO discriminate between
retail desiersl ! have, therefore. prom
ised myself TO do everything in my
power. whether elected to ONCE or not
to expose the monopoly OF enterprise
in the United States
The Governor added that the mo-
ncpcly OF enterprise" meant the
monopoly Of political power
wrs0g TbesyJ % GSveyD0ess.
The Republican theory OF govern
ment-T challenge you to disprove It.
continued the nominee. Is a theory Of
government through a board of trus-
tees. through selected number Of
big business men Of the country. who
know a LOT that you DO not know,
and who take u for granted that your
ignorance would wreck the prosperity
Of the United States. and the ambition
Of Mr. Taft and Mr.. Roosevelt - to
be elected president OF the board OF
trustees. have been president Of the
board Of trustees and DO not care to
have another on my hands. want TO
he President Of the people Of the Unit
ed States. There was many time
when I was president Of the board
os trustees Of . university. when the
undergraduates knew more than the
trustees dsd. and u has been . symbol
In my thought ever since that u j
could have handled the people who
constitutes Princeton University U
eoui have carried u forward much
faster than couJa under . majority
Of the Hoard % trustees"
The Governor to-day referred 20 the
Isse Mars Hsssa - the man who