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Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-29

Beef is high, but fish is cheaper than it has been for many years. There is no need for the clever house. wife to worry about the cost of liv- ing, but, of course, there are many homes without clever housewives Waterbury Republican.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-29

Those persons who have been throw ing dead fish in the street ought to stop that kind of work. The odor from dead fish is unbearabIe and how anyone can have so little regard for other people as to dump dead fish in the street is hard to understand Naugatuck News.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-29

The workman's compensation law is being defined by the courts as rap idly as points arise. and it is signih-
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-29

The little city of weida, in Saxe- Weimar. is to receive a handsome be- quest in the year 2254 a. d.. according to the terms of the will of Mayor Sci fert. He has placed $50 in a bank to be put at compound interest for $40 years. At the end of that time. the city is to receive 70 per cent. of the accumulation. and the balance is to be similarly placed at interest. If the mayor has done nothing else, he has provided the subject for practical lessons in arithmetic for public school pupils of Weida during the next $40 yeafs.-Bridgeport Standard.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-29

The Kansas state charter board has just cancelled charters of BIO Kansas railroads. eleven foreign railroads and 175 railway companies. These were the charters of corporations which laid no rails. bought no rolling stock and oper- ated no trains. Nearly three years ago the charter board began its campaign of slaughter by cancelling the charters of 15.000 extinct corporations. Last year 1000 corporations were wiped off the records, and now 1908 follow them This action represents good sense. and removes speculative trading proposi- tions such as exist in most states Springfield Republican.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-29

Down this way the men who know things in politics are beginning to pre- dict that State Senator George M. Ianders of New Britain would be the democratic candidate for governor this fall.-Bridgeport Telegram.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-29
OTHER VIEW POINTS

Padlocks on churches is the latest wrinkle That would be all right if they could only get the right people inside before they slipped or the pad locks.-New Haven Journal-Cour1e
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-29

China has no forests.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-22
Declares Any Wage Controversy May
Find Peaceful Solution Through
Methods Of Cancellation and Arbitra-
ton Provided for Congress Let
ters on the Subject.

warranted, or they may not. AS to this the pub
lie, which is vitally interested party can form
TO Judgment without more complete knowl-
edge of the essential facts and real merits of
the case than it now has or than it can possibly
obtain from the special pleadings, certain to be
put forth by each side in case their dispute
should bring about serious interruption to traf-
fc If the reduction in wages is due to natural
causes, the loss of business being such that the
burden should be, and IS, equitably distributed
between capitalist and wage-worker, the public
should know it; and if it is caused by miscon-
duct in the past financial or other operations OF
any railroad. then everybody should know it,
especially if the excuse of unfriendly legislation
is advanced as a method OF covering up past
business misconduct by the railroad managers,
or as justification for failure to treat fairly
the wage-earning employees of the company.
Moreover an industrial conflict between
a railroad corporation and its employees offers
peculiar opportunities to any small number OF
evi-disposed persons to destroy life and prop
erty and iument public disorder. OF course, if
life, property. and public order are endangered,
prompt and drastic measures for their protec-
ton become the first plain duty. All other Is
sues then become subordinate to the preServa-
ton OF the public peace, and the real merits OF
the original controversy necessarily lost from
kept in mind by all law-abiding and far-sighted
members OF labor organizations.
1T is sincerely to be hoped, therefore, that
any wage controversy that may arise between
the railroads and their employees may find
peaceful solution through the methods of con-
citation and arbitration already provided by
Congress, which have proven so effective dur
ing the past wear. To this end the commission
should be in position to have available for any
board OF conciiation or arbitration relevant data
pertaining to such carriers as may become in
volved in industrial disputes. Should ooncia
ton fail 10 effect settlement and arbitration be
rejected, accurate information should be avail
able in order to develop a properly informed
public opinion.
Il therefore ask you to make such investi-
cation. both of your records and by any other
means at your command, as we'll enable YOU to
furnish data concerning such conditions obtain
ing on the Louisville and Nashville and anv 9TH
roads, as may relate, directly indirectly, to
the real merits of the possibly impending con-
troverSy. THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
The Washington herald., 1914-03-22
"April 26, 1906.

~ Aprll 26, 1906.
my dear Doctor:
"1n one of my last letter; to you inclosed
you copy of a letter of mine, in which quot
ed from $50 and sos) advocacy of murder. You
may be interested to know that he and his broth
er Socialists-in reality anarchists-of the frank
ly murderous type, have been violently attack
ing my speech because of my allusion to the
sympathy expressed for murder In the Social
ist, of Toledo, Ohio, of April 81 for instance,
the attack ION me) is based specifically on the
following paragraph of my speech, to which he
takes violent exception:
We can no more and no less afford to
condone evil in the man of capital than evil in
the man of no capital. The wealthy man who
exults because there is failure of Justice in
the effort to bring some trust magnate to an
account for his misdeeds is as bad as, and no
worse than, the so-caled labor leader who clam
orously strives to excite foul class feeling on
behalf OF some other labor leader who is impli-
Gated in murder. One attitude is as bad as the
other, and no worse; III each case the accused
Is entitled to exact justice; and i'll neither case
is there need of action by others which can be
construed into an expression of sympathy for
crime
Remember that this crowd of labor leaders
have done all in their power to overawe the ex
ecutlve and the courts of Idaho on behalf OF
men accused OF murder in the past
April g. 1906
My dear Judge:
Il wish the papers had given more prom
lnence to what | said as to the murder part OF
The Washington herald., 1914-03-22
Railway Rates and Railway Wages.

This letter achieved its purpose, and the
threatened reduction of wages was not made. II
was an instance of what could be accomplished
BY governmental action Let NE add however,
with all the emphasis | possess, that this does
not mean any failure on my part to recognize
the fact that if governmental action places too
heavy burdens on railways it will be impossible
for them to operate without doing injustice tn
somebody. Railways cannot paw proper wage,
and render proper service unless they make
money. The investors must get reasonable
profit thev will not invest, and the public cam
not be we'll served unless the investors arc max
ing reasonable profits There is every reason
why rates should not be too high but they must
be sufficiently high to allow the railways TO paw
good wages Moreover. when laws like work
mems compensation laws and the like are passed,
it must always be kept in mind by the lcgisla
ture that the purpose is to distribute over the
whole community burden that should not be
borne only by those least able TO bear it-that
is. by the in Jured man or the widow and
phanS of the dead man. If the railway is al
ready receiving disproportionate return from
the public. then the burden may with proprety.
bear purely on the railway: but if it is not earn
ing dlSpropOrtionate return, then the public
must bear Its share OF the burden OF the in
creased service the railway is rendering Divi-
dendS and wages should go up together; and
the relation OF rates to them should never be
forgotten. This of course does not apply to
dividends based on water: nor does it mean that
il foolish people have built a road that renders
no service, the public must nevertheless in some
way guarantee a return on the investment; but
it does not mean that the interests of the honest
investor are entitled to the same protection as
the interests of the honest manager, the honest
shipper, and the honest wage-earner. All these
conflicting considerations should be carefully
considered by legislatures before pas ing laws.
One OF the great objects in creating commits
sions should be the provision OF disinterested,
fair-minded experts who will really and wisely
consider all these matters, and will shape their
actions accordingly This is one reason why
such matters as the regulation of rates, the pro-
vision for full crews on roads, and the like
should be left for treatment by railway commits
sionS, and not be settled offand by direct legis-
latve action.
Published by special arrangement with the Out.
look Of which Theodore Roosevelt Is the contributing
editor. through the Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate,
1919 by the Macmillan Company All rights reserved
including rights OF translation.
The next insallment will appear in sun.
lays Herald
The Washington herald., 1914-03-22
Draw the Line on Conduct.

While am President | wish the labor
man TO feel that he has the same right OF access
to me that the capitalist has; that the doors
swing open aS easily to the wage-wOrker as 10
the head OF big corporation-and no easier
ANYTHING else seems TO be not only un-Ameri
can. but as Symptomatic OF an attitude which will
cost grave trouble il persevered in. To dis
criminatc against labor men from Butte because
there is reason to believe that rioting has been
excited in other districts by certain labor unions,
or individuals in labor unions in Butte, would be
to adopt precisely the attitude of those who de
sire me TO discriminate against all capitalists i'll
Wall Street because there plenty of capitalists
in Wall Street who have been guilty OF bad
financial practices and who have endeavored to
override or evadc the laws OF the land. In my
Judgment the only safe attitude for private
citizen and still more for public servant, to
sumo is that he will draw the line on conduct.
discriminating against neither corporation nor
union as such. nor in favor of either as such.
but cndcavoring to make the decent member OF
the union and the upright capitalists alike feel
that they are bound. not only by self-intereSt,
but by every consideration of principle and duty,
to stand together on the matters of most moment
TO the nation
The Washington herald., 1914-03-22
Violence Put Down.

You say in Your letter that you know that
| am on record as opposed to violence. Pardon
my saying that this seems to me not the right
way to=put the matter, if by record you mean
utterance and not action. Aside from what hap
pened when | was governor in connection, for
instance, with the Croton dam strike riots, all
you have to do is TO turn back to what took place
last June in Arizona-and you can find out
about it from Mr.. ~ Of New York. The
miners struck violence followed, and the Ari
zona Territorial authorities notified me they
could not grapple with the situation. Within
twenty minutes OF the receipt OF the telegram,
orders were issued to the nearest available
troops, and twcnty-four fours afterward Cen.
Baldwin and his regulars were on the ground,
and twenty -four hours later every vestige OF the
disorder had disappeared. The Miners Fedora
ton, in their meeting, | think at Denver. short
while afterward, passed resolutions denouncing
me- ! do not know whether the Mining and
Engineering Journal paid any heed to this in
cident or knew OF it, If the Journal did, |
suppose it can hardly have failed to understand
that TO put an immediate stop to rioting by the
Use OF the United States army is fact OF im-
portance beside which the criticism of my hav-
ing labor leaders to lunch. shrinkS into the
same insignhcance as the criticism in different
type OF paper about my having trust magnates
TO lunch.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-22

my speech. But oh, my dear sir | utterly and
radically disagree with you in what you sav
about large fortunes. | wish it were in my
power to devise some scheme to make it increas-
ingly difficult to heap them up beyond certain
amount. AS the difficulties in the way of such
a scheme are very great. let lis at least prevent
their being bcqueathed after death or given dur
ing life to any one man i'll excessive amount
You and other capitalist friends, on one
side, shy off at what | say against them Have
you seen the frantic articles against me by (the
anarchists and) the Socialists of the bomb
throwing persuasion on the other side. because
of what | said in my speech in reference to
those who, in effect, advocate murder:'
The Washington herald., 1914-03-22
HApTEM < possible AUTOBIOGRAPHY GRN #

paralleled by the similar articles in the Popust
and Socialist papers when two years ago had
at dinner at one time Pierpont Morgan, and at
another time ]. ]. Hill, and at another, Harri-
man, and at another time Schiff Furthermore,
they could be paralleed by the articles in the
type of paper which at-the time of the Miller
incident in the Printing Office were in condi-
ton of nervous anxiety because met the labor
leaders to discuss it. 1t would have been great
misfortune if had not met them; and it would
have been an even greater misfortune if after
meeting them had yielded to their protests in
the matter
The Washington herald., 1914-03-22
Morrisey and Morley.

On another OF the various occasions when
| had labor leaders to dine at the White House
NV critics were rather shocked because | had
John Morley to meet them. The labor leaders
in question included the heads of the various
railroad brotherhoodS men like Mr. MorriSey
in whose sound Judgment and high standard of
citizenship | had peculiar confidence; and
asked Mr.. Morley to meet them because they
represented the exact type of American citizen
with whom | thought he ought to be brought in
COntanCt
The Washington herald., 1914-03-22
Murder Is Murder.

| treated anarchists and the mountaineering
and dynamiting gentry precisely as l treated
other criminals Murder is murder 1t is not
rendered one whit better by the allegation that
it is committed on behalf of "a cause" 1t is
true that law and order are not a-sufficient; but
they are essential; lawlessness and murderous
violence must be quelled before any permanence
of reform can be obtained. Yet when they have
been quelled the beneficiaries of the enforcement
of law must in their turn be taught that law is
upheld as a means to the enforcement of Justice,
and that we will not tolerate its being turned
into an engine of injustice and oppression. The
fundamental need in dealing with our people,
whether laboring men or others, is not charity
but justice; we must all work in common for the
common end of helping each and all, in a spirit
of the sanest, broadcst, and deepest brotherhood.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-22
0minous of Evil.

1t was not always easy to avoid feeling very
deep anger with the selfishness and short-sight-
ednesS shown both by the representatives of GER
tain employers organizations and by certain
great labor federations or unions. One such
employers association was called the National
Association of Manufacturers. Extreme though
the attacks sometimes made upon me by the
extreme labor organizations were, they were not
quite as extreme as the attacks made upon me
by the head of the National Association of Man
ufacturers, and regards their attitude toward
legislation | came to the conclusion toward the
end of my term that the latter had actually gone
further the wrong way than did the former
and the former went good distance, also. The
opposition of the National Association of Man.
ufacturers to every rational and moderate meas
ure for benefiting workingmen, such as measures
abolshing child labor, or securing worlmen's
compensation, caused me real and grave con-
Germ; for l felt that it ominous of evil for
the whole country to have men who ought to
stand high in wisdom and in guiding force take
a course and use language OF such reactionary
type as directly to incite revolution-for this is
what the extreme reactionary always does.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-22
Attacks from Both Sides at Once.

Often l was attacked by the two sides at
once. In the spring of 1906 | received in the
same mail letter from very good friend of
mine who thought that had been unduly hard
on some labor men, and letter from another
friend, the head of a great corporation, who
complained about me for both favoring labor
and speaking against large fortunes. My an
swers ran as follows:
The Washington herald., 1914-03-22
Threats of a General Strike.

One OF the devices sometimes used by big
corporations TO break down the law was to treat
the passage of laws as an excuse for action OH
their part which they knew would be resented by
the public, it being their purpose to turn this re-
sentiment against the law instead OF against
themselves The heads of the Louisville and
Nashville road were bitter opponents of every
thing done by the government toward securing
good treatment for their employees In Febru-
ary, 1908, they and various other railways an
nounced that they intended to reduce the wages
OF their employees. A general strike, with all
the attendant disorder and trouble, was threat
ened in consequence. | accordingly sent the fol-
lowing open letter to the Interstate Commerce
Commission:
February Is, 1908.
TO the Interstate Commerce Commission:
Il am informed that number of railroad
companies have served notice of proposed re-
duction of wages of their employees One OF
them, the Louisville and Nashville, in announc-
ing the reduction, states that the drastic laws
inirnical to the interests of the railroads that
have in the past year or two been enacted by
Congress and the State legislatures are largely
or chiefly responsible for the conditions reqtrir-
ing the reduction.
Under such circumstances II is possible
that the public may soon be confronted by seri
Gus industrial disputes, and the law provides
that in such case either party may demand the
services of your. chairman and of the Commits
sioner of Labor as board of mediation and
Cancellation. These reductions in wages may be
The Washington herald., 1914-03-22
Labor Leaders at Luncheon.

On another occasion was vehementlv de-
nounced in certain capitalistic papers because |
had number of labor leaders, including miners
from Butte, lunch with ME at the White House;
and this at the very time that the Western Fed
Grafton of Miners was most ferocious in its de-
nunciation of me because of what it alleged to
be my unfrendly attitude toward labor To one
of my critics l set forth my views in the follow
ing letter:
November &c, 1903
Il have your letter of the 25th instant, with
enclosure. These men, not all of whom were
miners, by the way, came here and were at lunch
with me, in company with Mr.. Carroll D.
Wright, Mr.. Wayne MacVeagh and Secretary
Cortelyou They are as decent set of men as
can be. They all agreed entirely with me in my
denunciation of what had been done in the
Coeur d'Alene country; and it appeared that
some of them were on the platform with me
when l denounced this type of outrage three
years ago in Butte There is not one man who
was here, who, believe was in any way, shape,
or form responsible for such outrages. l find
that the ultra-Socialistic members of the unions
in Butte denounced these men for coming here,
in a manner as violent-and l may say as IRA
tonaEas the denunciation (by the capitalistic
writer) in the article YOU sent me. Doubtless
the gentleman of whom you speak as your gen
eral manager is an admirable man. l. of course,
was not alluding to him but | most enphatical-
ly was alluding to men who write such articles
as that you sent me. These articles are to be
The Washington herald., 1914-03-22
Undesirable Citizens of Two Kinds.

But it is simple absurdity to suppose that
because any man is on trial for given offence
he is therefore to be freed from all criticism
upon his general conduct and manner of life
In my letter to which you object l referred to a
certain prominent hnancier, Mr.. Hartman on
the one hand, and to Messrs. Meyer, Haywood,
and DebS on the other, as being equally unde-
S1rable citizens 1t is as foolish to assert that
this was designed to influence the trial OF Mover
and Haywood as to assert that it was designed
10 influence the suits that have been brought
against Mr.. Hartman | neither expressed nor
indicated any opinion as to whether Messrs.
MOyer and Haywood were guilty of the murder
of Gov. Steunenberg. If they are guilty, they
certainly ought to be punished. If they are not
guilty, they certainly ought not to be punished
But no possible outcome either of the trial or
the suits can affect my judgment as the undesir-
ability of the type of citizenship of those whom
| mentioned. Messrs. Meyer, Haywood, and
DebS stand as representatives of those men who
have done as much to discredit the labor move
ment as the worst speculative financiers or he
most unscrupulous employers of labor and de-
bauchers of legislatures have done to discredt
honest capitalists and fair-dealing business men.
They stand as the representatives of those men
who by their public utterances and manifestoes,
by the utterances of the papers they control or
inspire, and by the words and deeds of those as
sociated with or subordinated to them, habtual-
ly appear as guilty of incitement to or apology
for bloodshed and violence If this does not
constitute undesirable citizenship, then there can
never be any undesirable citizens. The men
whom | denounce represent the men who have
abandoned that legitimate movement for the up
lifting of labor, with which l have the most
hearty sympathy; they have adopted practices
which cut them off from those who lead this
legitimate movement. In every way | shall sup
port the law-abidng and upright representatives
OF labor; and in no way can l better support
them than by drawing the sharpest possible line
between them on the one hand, and, on the other
hand, those preachers of violence who are them
selves the worst foes of the honest laboring man.
Let me repeat my deep regret that any