The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-09-19

Who EIucidates Position on a
Number of Important Leg
islative Subjects.
A,aa J. 80,

Colonel Theodore Roosevelt. address
ing q statewide meeting of Progress
Esives here today, cfdated his posi-
l:tion on important subjects OF ilegisla-
ton. He discussed the relations Fof
capital and labor at some length.
pointing to the Colorado labor trou-
Ebles as Illustrating the failure OF ma
I tional and state governme to enact
and enforce effective laws, and point
ed to the New York. New Haven and
Hartford railroad scandal as an ex-
ample of capital gone wrong In the
absence OF proper governmental con-
troll
industrial Situation Changed. &
Business. he asserted, is. ept titled to
its profits, and we must learn to ac-
Ecept the principles q com binatfons of
capital as of the highest ECONOMIC
value. But this acceptance, he In
sisted, must, carry with it q fair
share of the profit to the employee.
The Industrial situation has greatly
changed in the last twenty-five years.
he said. for whereas at the begin
ming of the period mentioned only
at this time he said half
of them live by their wages. He
quoted ffDooley" In illustration
Jefferson was good man." said
tDooley, 'sbut he lived before the days
loe open plumbing:
Congressmen erred In defeating
reform measures proposed by Pro
sgressives, the speaker asserted, men
ationing the Murdock trust bills, the
tariff Commission bill. the federal
employment bureau bill and the bill
for the abolition of child labor. as
which he said were blocked
by opponents of the Progressives.
This opposition, he said. empha-
sized the need Of our demand for a
reform of the political machinery,
notably the reform Of the presidential
nominating system. Expanding the
labor theme, Colonel Roosevelt said:
seThere must be full participat ion
In the industry of the three big fac
tors adequate capital, successful
management, and highly paid and
highly efficient labor. There must
be full and ungrudging recognition
OF Iabor.s rights in industry. and on
the other hand no less recognition by
labor of its responsibility as to OUT
put and its share In the responsibilit
to the public for stability and peace
in industry.
Pubic should be Educated.
Not only must we now insist on
certaiH tyi6es az IeEtslatidl {blIs we
must take The lead in educating the
public, In educating our people as
whole because there can be no legis-
lation until we have an intelli gent and
reused public opinion. Often the
difficulties come not so much from a
conflict between right and wrong as
from conflict between one right and
another.
.sOn the other hand we often have
to face q situation In which both
sides have done wrong, although one
has done more wrong than the other.
In such cases, government authorities
should interfere, doing impartial JUS
tice to both, and exacting justice from
BOTH
The Colorado Strike.
In relation to the latter, Colonel
Roosevelt cited the case of conditions
in Colorado In connection with the
strike of the Colorado Fuel and Iron
company.
care primarily due to our failure as
a nation Following the failure of the
people of Colorado as a state,) to
provide the kind of remedy and to
adopt the kind OF attitude that adj
.viocate, and that all of US who feel as
j do are endeavoring to bring home
to the national conscience and to the
national understanding. In the case
of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Com
ipany we see the absolute negation Of
the principles OF industrial democ-i
racy."
Colonel Roosevelt declared the
men responsible for the MANAGEMENT
of the company insist on their selfish
and autocratic rights to manage the
business as they seem best and that
1t had been conducted exclusively Tor
their profit wltnout regard to the
rights of the public or the wage
workers.
Z referring to the violence accom-
panying the strike certainly on the
part Of the employees and probably
on the part Of the agents of the en-
ployer," he declared:
"Such Iawlessness and brutal VIC
Ience must be put down by the
strong hand of the law and obedience
to the Law must be exacted not as a
favor but as right.
everyone should belong to the
party of law and order. But there
can be no permanent reign of law and
order unless It Is based on and re-
suits on the reign OF Justice. # is
the duty OF the state. the duty OF the
government to put down rtoting.
and violence, whether by
the strikers, or agents Of the corpo-.
rstions.
Company TO Blame.
.dThe testimony taken before the
conversational COMMITTEES shows that
the managers and stockholders Of
the Colorado Fuel and Iron compa-
ny have not the slightest sense o.
their real obligations to their em-
ployes and to the community at
large. This testimony shows as
clearly as the exposure in connection
with the New York, New Haven and
Hartford railroad the folly and worse
there must be no overseeing as
our enemies cali tho policing OF
&c, irf1I,efriaa mr. fie bu siness hy the