El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-29
SEES HOPE ONLY
IN NEW PARTY.
Col. Roosevelt Declares Old
Political Parties Are
Wholly "Fossilized."

Columbus, O., Sept 29.-The old po-
iiticaI parties. meaning the Democrats
and Republicans, are "foss1lized. lne1-
ficient and incompetent, according 10
Col Theodore Roosevelt, VINO addressed
an audience in Memorial hall here Mon
day night. The inefficiency and IN
competency relates particularly 70
their program on labor, ccmhlnaIlons
of capital and the t9riff. He pointed 70
the Progressive" platform as the only
way 10 true reform
The old parties. he said. cannot and
will not deal with new ideas IN ade-
.s'Tbev know that If they put the wine
OF the new ideas into the old bottles OF
their organizations, these old orSanlza--
tons would burst asunder' ne saIu-
The attitude Of the present Demo
cratic administration on the tarlI ana
trusts he described as firing so as 70
hit II if IL Is a bear and TO miss it II II
is a calf"
OppOses state Ownership.
The colonel explained his opposition
to state ownership IN most instances
because Of the superior efficiency OF
most privately conducted enterprises
THE distribution OF the mails, water
and light. he said, fall naturally Win
in the province OF the state out IN gem
eral state regulation and supervision
were TO be preferred to state owner
NV own recent experiences in trav-
cling on a state owned railroad IN
France and in using the state owned
/ Telephone in England, impressed me
with the marked comparative superl-
oritv in service by our own privately
D owned railroads and telephones but i
{ am informed that in Belgium the d.
: rect reverse -ins, he said
Democratic Revision Hampered.
] In pleading for an untrammeled taritf
! commission. the speaker declared tnal
/ the Democratic revision was hampered
l in the same manner that the Aidrlcn-
/ Vreeland adjustment was by the con
. f1ict OF sectional and private interests
4 I've are a great nation he asserted,
/ "and we must think nationally and act
l col Roosevelt pointed to the placing
I Of sugar on the free list as an example
! OF unscientific legislation. and declared
! that the advance in sugar resulted De-
I cause. he declared, the American
| grower simply quit business; ana me
law Of supply and demand did the rest
He described the policy OF the Pro
J eressive" party as one OF wise and cool
headed radicalism-
says Nobody PrOspers Enough.
/ Under the Republican scheme a rev
I men prosper too much Under lne
/ Democratic scheme nobody prospers
] enough" he asserted. He remarked N
/ passing that the Democrats had failed
! in repeated promises to provide presl-
I Dental primary, and characterized the
]
] on the subject Of combinations, the
former president said that the war
[ time advance in foodstuffs and the
plight OF the cotton growers empna-
sized the need OF properly regulated
I and supervised combinations for the
benefit OF great and small alike The
Z war. he added, has shown the need OF
[ combinations among business men, es'
pecially small business men But, he
I said they were prohibited by laws
I which prohibit all combinations, good
or bad.
Action Beneficial, but Illegal.
Col. Roosevelt took the decision II
( the International Harvester case, re-
| Gently handed down, as an Illustration
I Of the evil effect OF condemnins al
| combinations
The court IN the harvester case
! said the colonel. decided that what tn,
| harvester company had done was bene-
I fetal 10 the country as a whole, bu
I that il was Illegal"