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

future, was begun by him. Conserva-
ton of our natural resources is now
a fundamental national policy. Roose-
Welt made it such. Did anybody ever
hear of it before RooseveIt's time?
And to think Of the laws to help
labor whose passage he secured. No
wonder the workingmen love him.
There never was a national employers
liability act until Theodore Roosevelt
forced its passage. And this is true Of
the safety appliance act which IN the
last few years, has saved hundreds of
lives of railroad workingmen and
thousands of lives of passengers. In
this same group m our national
law which forbids railroad companies
to work their crews for an unlimited
number Of hours, the compensation
law for government employees and
other laws to help labor.
1.-THE beef trust was selling death to
the people. We passed a law to end
that infamy. The battle was desperate.
Only the fact that President Roosevelt
used all his power saved the law.
Scores of thousands Of poor people
have been saved from ptomaine pol
sontng. tuberculosis and other diseases
because Of this law; and the friends of
every person whose life thus has been
saved owe that life to Colonel Roose-
Welt. The night Roosevelt made to pass
the meat inspection law also passed
the pure food law. These statutes to
a V the health and lives Of the people
are only two Of the glories Of Roose-
yelt's administration. And what forces
fought both laws? The same forces
that are hghting Colonel Roosevelt
now.
1--WE now are completing the
greatest work ever undertaken
by human hands, the Panama
canal. President Roosevelt put
through the law for that. For this he
has been savagely attacked. When
Disraeli secured the Suez canal for
the British empire he, too. was at
tackled. But today the Suez canal is
the great British statesman's one
immortal achievement: while the Pam
m canal is only Of our great
American statesrnan's gigantic
achievements.
Who does not remember the coal
miners strike Of 1902? The miners
were starving. The mine owners re-
fused to arbitrate. The whole people
were suffering for fuel
Theodore Roosevelt settled that
strike. He did It so honestly and 50
fairly that both workers and capital.
lists got Justice and were satisfied
And the people got their coal and
thousands were saved from death.
During his administration came the
war between Russia and Japan
Thousands Of lives had been lost and
that war, il allowed to spread, threat.
ened to draw other nations into it's rec
whirlpool. Before that time it was
unheard OF that a nation which hat
nothing to do with d wal should SAY
anything about it. Yet, in the interesr
Of humanity and world peace, Theo.
dore Roosevelt personally ~interposeC
and brought that war to a close.
IF time permitted I would 60 int,
many other things that Roosevelt did
the navy made a real force and tn
battleshtp fleet sent around the world
order restored In Cuba and Cuba re
stored to the Cubaus; the finances d
San Domingo Strengthened out tn
consular service put on a modern foot
IHB, tHe pOStO4Llce BFaLIeFS ana LnoS
who had been stealing our publ
lands put behind the bars: the reduc
ton Of the public debt Of the natio,
by almost $780, oO, 900, and many othe
things.
When Theodore Roosevelt beeam
president the Sherman anti trust lax
had been on the nations statut
books for more than ten years. wei
ker, tile historian OF that law, show
that, until Roosevelt became pTesi
J dent. that law was not earnestly ca
j forced. Under R~oossvelt forty-fou
j suits were brought against crtmins
!, trusts-more than under all for1ne
administrations put together