Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-07-08
TR.INl|. KEYNOTE 0 !. TALK
URGEs$ELEcTloN#oF P,NcHoT TO
SENATE AND LEWIS GOV.
ERNoR oFSPENNsYLvANIA.
WILSON ADMINISTRATION HIT
Colonel Asserts President and His
Supporters Have Utterly Failed to.
Keep: Promises OF Reducing Cost Of
Living and Solving Trust Question

wholly political speech ne mas ma0e
since returning to the United States,
and in 1t he struck the keynote, for
the campaign. In the first place he
urged the election OF Clifford Pin
schot as senator and Dean Lewis as
governor because OF their, personal
worth and az. q rebuke to Republicans
and Democrats as well as to carry out
Progressive principles, Z
The colonel then paid his respects
70 the Wilson administration, assert
&lng that the president and his sup
porters had utterly failed 10 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 q course,
he said, that prevents the existence Of
prosperity and that docs not offer .
single serious OF intelligible plan for
passins prosperity round should pros
pertty,, In spite Of the administra-
tons Efforts, 1t some future time re-
turn to- 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 1well-known
opinion Of the Republican bosses and
their action ct 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 ~Progressives are Of
the twentieth century. They face the
facts OF today. They are not afraid
,s0f power either In business or In gov
lernment. Their program will allow
business concentration in SO far as
such concentration gives social and.
economical efficiency and good serv-
Ice. But 1t will also give the gov
$aernment full power to see that busi-
mess concentration does serve these
necessary ends; and that It is not used.
for unfair competition Of, for monopoly
or for the unfair treatment Of labor or
lfor any other anti-socials end.
This Is the only tenable position
on the trust problem, for itSfaces the
facts and does not try to turn back
the hands OF the clock. By9long and
disappointing experience we have
had several cardinal facts hammered
Into us. 81
First, we cannot and do not want
Ito destroy all corporations; we must
have large units to do our work.
Second, we cannot make every man
tcompete with every other man: we
cannot go back to 1850 still less TO
1850. S#
Third. we cannot destroy monop-
Ioly BY attacking all FORMS OF concen-
tration whether monopolistic 81 not
III Fourth, we cannot destroy real mo
;nopoly by attacking its legal form.
we must find out and take away the
real economic basis Of monopoly.
which ia q very different thing.
Fifth, We can get no effective re
suits through the courts with their
slow and restricted procedure.
Sixth. I'VE must encourage honest
business and allow that business con-
c%entration which will give the power
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necessary to serve US. This policy
OF the encouragement Of decent busi-
4 ness is as important to the welfare
OF our people as is our other policy OF
effective warfare against corrupt and
a unfair business.
Sventh, there must be co-opera-
ton among business men, among wage
workers and among farmers.
""TThe Progressive party is the only
party which recognizes these facts"
HS He extended the olive branch to the
Republicans and invited all good citi-
sens, regardless Of party, to join in de-
.feating the Democratic party.
sSs Many in the large audience detected
$huskiness in the speakers voice. Mr..
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. 81