The chronicle=news., 1914-09-19

In relation to the latter Col. Roose-
velt cited the case Of conditions In
Colorado in connection With the
strike.
These conditions" he asserted,
are primarily due to our failure a.
4 nation (folieWins the failure OF the
people Of Colorado as . state,) to
provide the kiad Of remedy and to
adopt the kind Of attitude that I ad-
vocate. and thst all of US who feel d
do are suasavorinE to bring home
to the national conscience and to the
national understanding. In the case
Of the Colnrado Eusl 4 Iron Com
pany We zee the absolute nekation
.of, the priasipls1st ipdustrial democ-
I Col. Roosevelt declared the men
responsible for the anakement Of
the company insist on their selfish
and Autocratic rights to manage the
business as they see best ana that It
had been conducted exclusively for
their profit without regard to the
rights Of the public or the wage
workers, ,ta a4, III
Referring to; the violence accom-
papyink the strike. certainly on the
part of the employees and probablx
on the part Of the agents Of the em-
ployer, he declared:
Such lAwlesaness and brutal vio.
lsnee must be put down by the
strong hand OF the law and obedien
to; the law must bA exacted not as i
favor but - a right. -.
10 Everyone should belong to ths
party Of law and. order. But thest
can be no permanent reign of law
and order unless 1t is based on re.
suits in the the reign of Justice. Il
is the duty OF the state. the duty Of
the government to put down rioting,
lawlessness and violence. whether BY
the strikers. or agents of the corpor-
atoms st ,ss
The, testimony taken before the
con Rressional committees shows .thAt
the MANAGERS and stockhold erA qf the
Colorado Fuel and Iron company
have pot the slightest. 4epse OF their
real obligations TO theff employ 4sS
and to the community at large, THIS
testfmony shoRs o. clearly as the ea-
posures in connection With the New
York, New Haven and Hartford
railroad the folly and worse than fol-
ly of those who believe that there
must be no oyefseeins-or as oar
enemies call it-no 'polfcihg of biz
industries, or big bnsin ass, by the
government.
when employers show themselves
as callous to public needs, as short
sighted and as greedy Of their own
profit without regard to the welfare
of the wage worker or of the people
at large. as has been the case In the
Colorado Fuel and iron company and
the New York, New Haven and Hart7
Iford railway company. it Is essential
THAT the people of the country shs}l
be able through. the exercise Of their
collective power to remedy the wrong
doing" f-aatf,
The colonel said he believed in full
recognition of the corporation d
we'll as the trade un ion but did not
!, believe in imposing responsibility up
on unions in such a way as to cause
them to lose the power they have
81 do not believe" he said. "ia
trading power for responsibility, o.
II that form OF word seems objeo-
tionable. then to insist that with t4f
growth OF power there shall 20 hand
IN hand growth Of responsibility, *
that. for example, the union that haj
the. right to elect some OF the dirsc.
tors in corporation tand I earn.
estly wish that slch provisions FOL
the election OF directors could ,,
brought about, or a union that ha!
sonne power in connection with shoI
discipline. must accept responsible
ties to the government, to the CAPT