Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-07-08
COL. ROOSEVELT
IAD0RSEs P|NCHOT
Former President Makes Keynote
Speech at Pittsburgh.
HITS AT THE DEMOCRATS
Declares That Wilson Administration
and His Supporters Have Failed to
20 Keep Promisss-ohers Olive
Branch to q. o. p.

Pittsburgh. Pa, July AT a Pro
gTessiye rally here Tuesday night Col
Theodore Roosevelt made the first
wholly political speech he has made
since returning TO the United States
and in Il he struck the keynote for
the campaign In the frst p,.-ea he
urged the election of Clifford Pin
chot as senator and Dean Lewis as
governor because Of their personal
worth and Bs a rebuke to Republicans
and Democrats as well as to carry out
Progressive principles.
The colonel then paid his respects
20 the Wilson administration. assert
ing that the president and his sup
porters had utterly failed to keep their
promises OF reducing the cost of liv-
ing and solving the trust question by
their method Of tariff reduction. The
administration Is pursuing a course.
he said. that prevents the existence OF
prosperity and that does not offer a
single serious OF ineligible plan for
passing prosperity round should pros
perity. In spite OF the administra-
tons efforts, al some future time re-
turn 70 our people" He declared the
only course to follow with the trusts
and the tariff Is to deal with both
through administrative commissions
OF ample power
After expressing his well known
opinion of the Republican bosses and
their action at the Chicago conven-
ton, Colonel Roosevelt discussed at
length the administration antitrust
program and then set forth the Pro
gressive view OF the business prob
lem
He said The Progressiyes are OF
the twentieth century. They face the
facts OF today They are not afraid
OF power either in business or in gov
eminent Their program will allow
business concentration In so far as
such concentration gives social and
economical efficiency and good serv-
ice. But II win also give the gov
eminent fun power to see that bush
ness concentration does serve these
necessary ends, and that Il is not used
for unfair competition or for monopoly
or for the unfair treatment of labor or
for any other anti-social end.
This is the only tenable position
on the trust problem. for It faces the
facts and does not Try 70 turn back
the hands OF the clock. BY long and
disappointing experience We have
had several cardinal facts hammered
into us.
First we cannot and do not want
TO destroy all corporations. we must
have large units 20 do our work.
Second. we cannot make every man
compete with every other man. we
cannot go back to 1850. SIN less to
l65O II
Third Se cannot destroy monop-
oily By attacking all forms OF concen.
;ration whether monopolistic OF not |
Fourth. we cannot destroy real mo-
nopoly by attacking Its legal form
We must find out aud take away the
real economic basis OF monopoly,
which is a very different thing.
Fifth, we can get no effective re-
suits through the courts with their
SLOW and restricted procedure.
Sixth. we must encourage honest
business and allow that BUSINESS con.
centration which will give the power
necessary 10 serve us, This policy
of the encouragement of decent bust
ness is as important to the welfare
Of our people as is our other policy Of
effective warfare against corrupt and
unfair business 81
Seventh, there must be co-opera-
tion among business men, among wage
workers aud among farmers
The Progressive party is the only
party which recognizes these facts.
He extended the olive branch to the
Republicans and invited all good citi.
gems. regardless of party, TO join in de-
feating the Democratic party.
Many in the large audience detected
a husklness In the speakers voice. MIR.
Roosevelt also seemed to realize the
weakness OF his vocal organs and re-
Trained from the vigorous delivery
which has in the past marked his pub
lie utterances,