Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-09-19
Roosevelt Declares Democratic
Candidate Misstated Facts
Concerning Progressive At.
titude on Trusts.
DEMOCRATIC DOCTRINE
DENOUNCED AS FOLLY
Real Regulation Only Solution
Of Problems Connected With
Big Business Asserts Col
onel at Trinidad.

W Leased Wire 60 EteniBg Herald
Trinidad. colo. Sept. ia flat
dcniul OF the statement attributed 60
Woodrow Wilson. Democratic prcsi-
dental nominee u regard Ia the
Progressive party's attitude towards
the trusts was made by Colonel
Nooscvclt In a speech here today Tie
said Governor Wilson had made state.
mcnts which were not an accordance
with the facts. lie said Governor
Wilson was quoted az saying In
speech al Sioux Falls. =. D.. that the
Progressive plan would work for the
interests Of the large corporations and
would give them control of the mar.
ket for labor,
Discussing this. Colonel Roosevelt
said
'Mr Wilson should be- above mis-
stating facts In order 60 bolster up
his argumcuts IN his speech yostcr-
day he stated that the method now
proposed by the Progrcssivcs 10 regu-
late the trusts was suggested by
MessrH Gary aud Perkins before the
committee oi tho house Of Representa-
tiycs to look into the steel trust And
he suggested that II was done to save
tho United states steel corporation
from the necessity OF doing It's bust
ness better than lls competitors.
"Noithor OF tho statements is In
accordance with facts
"Not once only. but again and
again in messages TO congress aud In
speech after speech when / was presi-
dent. I advocated the method ndyo-
Gated by the Progressive for hand
ling tho trust question. which is pruc-
tically tho principle applied by the
interstate commerce commission
Il wish 10 eau attention at this
time 20 the faot that as FAR as I know
She overwhelming majority of men
WHO control both the Steel corporation
aud the Harvester trust are support
ing either Mr.. Wilson himsolf or Mr.
TAFT They are certainly opposing
mo, indeed, 80 far as | know. the only
man connected with either urganiza-
ton who In supporting mo is Nj
Perkins himself do not question
that the heads Of both trusts are sin
Ccro la supporting Mr. Tutt or MIR
Wilson, but ! also wish 10 point out
that Mr.. Wilson ana Mr Tan occupy
substantially the same attitude toward
tho trusts ana this attitude is of such
proved hurmluasnuAB that { am not in
the least surprised that any trust
which objects Ca honest and effective
regulation should support either or
both OF thom mdlfforcntly as against
me.
'Mr Wilson has not offered any
action differing ln any essential point
from tho action taken hy the present
administration against the standard
ON trust The only result of that ac.
ton tnkcu by the present udmlnistrn-
ton against tho standard Ou trust
was To lcgallze that monopoly
"Mr Wilson further said that under
tho Progressive platform the corpora
tons would cOntrci tho market for
labor and stated that the only chance
tor labor is in competition II MIR
Wilson we're "a man with a personal
and working knowledge OF the cOndi-
tions and surroundings of labor. " ho
know at first hand how workingmen
live and what tboir needs are such
statement on his part would be- wholly
inoxcusuhlo, hut Mr. Wilson's state
ment Is based evidently only on alb
stract reasoning for what certain
class of laisseE fnire political ccono-
mists have written. and Il is made
without oven considering the work.
ings OF tho laws nov on the statute
books. lie says that the legislation
We propose would put the working
man In the power Of the big Industrial
concerns.
HAS the interstate commerce law
put tho working man more in the
power of railroads? II II has. then
II IN Mr. Wilson's business 10 adyO-
cate the repeal OF the interstate COM
merco law. II Il has not. aud no
man with an atom VI sense imagincE
IL has. then Mr. Wilson should In
frank ana manly fashion az once adj
init that he has made a rather absurd
mistake
Mr. Wilson Ia believer In the
outworn doctrine OF the benefits Of
unlimited and reckless competition.
As matter OF fact, every wige leader
of labor ana friond of labor knows
that such unlimited and reckless COM
petition SPELLS ruin Tor the majority
Of wage workers That Is why I'm the
Progressive platform We advocate the
really practical measures Tor giying