The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-03-15
Roosevelt Says Business Should be
Controlled and Time Bet
ter Employed
GETS OKLAHOMA DELEGATION
Excitement So Intense That a Dele.
gate Drops Dead
Taft Forces OutnurnbeFed Almost Two
TO One Put Up Vigorous Con.
test For President.


Guthrie, Okla, March 15.--At th,
end of an all night session the Oklaho.
ma Republican convention voted {,
send a solid delegation of ten Instruct
ed for Roosevelt To the Chicago con.
vention. The Taft workers employed
every tactic To get In commandlnl
voice In the proceedings. Outnumber.
ed almost two TO one they failed neal
the close Of the convention. $. S. Den.
ison, delegate. dropped dead. The
excitement resulted In apoplexy.
George c. Priestley. a Roosevelt
man, was selected as national commit
teeman. James A. Harris, Taft
leader, retains the state chairmanship
Charles Hunter. whose resignation
from the office of Federal district clerk
requested Wednesday by Federal Judge
C0tterel. declared his advocacy o.
Roosevelt cost him his job" and he
willingly sacrificed his position.
A telegram Of appreciation Of the
conventions Endorsement was received
from Roosevelt. The convention in
dorsed the preferential presidential
primary plan.
Roosevelt Discusses Business.
New York, March 15s-Theodore
Roosevelt has, an editorial article In
the current issue of The Outlook en-
titled The Conservation of Business
Shall We Strange or Control IT." II
is as follows:
In my speech at Columbus | tried to
develop two main lines of thought;
first. that the people must govern
themselves, that they have a right 10
rule. and that we must obtain social
and industrial justice through genuine
popular government; and second, that
our aim must be TO control business,
not to strangle 1t. In other words,
lust as we aim at the conservation of
our physical resources, and at the
conservation of the manhood woman
hood, and childhood of the people SO
we must aim at the conservation, that
is, at the wise control and develop
ment, OF the business upon the exist
ence of which the prosperity of the
whole people so largely depends In
business we must conserve ideas, con-
serve efficiency, conserve "up-to-date
methods Just as we conserve our for
ests, our streams. our natural re-
sources.
Three Great Glasses.
The three great classes of the Amer
lean community are the farmers, the
wage workers, and the business men,
big and little. II is essential that all
three shall prosper. II is essential thai
there shall be a moro equitable division
of prosperity than has been the case
In the past. But there can be no di-
vision of prosperity unless the prosper
ity s there to divide: and therefore II
is to our interest to shape conditions
so that business shall prosper. Oh
course it cannot permanently prosper
save on a basis OF. ~ ice; justice To
the business man from he people ana
Justice by the business man To the peo-
ple-that is, to his competitors, his
customers. and the persons who WORK
for him for wages
II Is the extremes in life, wherever
we find them, that cause mischief. and
this is as true In business as anywhere
else our people VIII no longer tolerate
the unbridled, unreguated potential
power that enables group of men VINO
find themselves In a strong position
to put up prices and squeeze the con-
sumner for their own pecuniary advan-
tage This is one extreme. Another
and almost equally mischievous ex-
treme Is when a similar group of men
who find themselves In q position ol
great potential power, get to hghtint
among themselves and wreak then
vengeance on each other, for persona
prestige or gain, by SO cutting ano
slashing prices as to bring failure IL
their wake, or else a serious reduction
in wages--and either one brings misery
and want to the toiler.
Business Question is Moral.
The business question is strictly :
moral question, and the complying III
technical manner with technica
point IN law 80 ODhcuIt thoN 'N''
~ any two men agree as to exactN
what Il means. will never permanent
" satisfy the people, for 1t correct'
none of the immoral practices of whicf
the people complain.
We are giving about seventy-hVe PEI
cent of our time to fighting amohs
ourselves about ourselves. ana ohl'
about twenty-five per cent In proinot
ing our foreign commerce and trade
while such a formidable competitor az
Germany is doing exactly the reverse
No man can travel through Europe an'
see the enormous strides that coun
tries like Germany are making withou
realizing that our commercial suprem
acy is being challenged. Yet II Is aus
true that no one can ,ravel throus'
Europe and through this country an'
meet and talk with the business me-
everywhere and not be deeply I'M