The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-01
PROGRESSIVE CAMPAIGN
: OPENED BY ROOSEVELT

continued from First PaEeo
good faith. In this spirit we ask ali
good citizens to cooperate with us
when. as here in Pennsylvania, We
hold aloft the nag OF good citizenship
an :hc fight to translate these sound
and lofty principles into governmental!
practice"
CONFINES HIMSELF
TO NATIONAL ISSUES
= Colonel Roosevelt game. here to
speak In. support of the candidacy OF
Dean Lewis; for Governor, and of Gift
ford I'inchot for United States Sena.
tor. Their qualifications he touched
upon at the opening OF his speech
Ihnrcaftcr he confined himself TO the
,iational issues outlined.
The present national administra
tion." he said. rs pursuing course
ihat prevents the existence of ,pro,[
rer:ty. and that does not offer a si1f<Ie
serious or intenigible plan for<Snss:
perity, in spite of the mNistrntion's
our people. ~
This is true botp as regards Tho
iSASa estion ara the tarifr question
A as po/, the only wise course
~ ehat set forth in the ma
cSressiv PLATFORM ma.
e0uld deal with both by con
Dhuing executive action through ad-
inlntStratiNe, commissions of ample
/ power. One commission should shape
our tariff policies so as, with thorough
knowledge disinterestedly acquired, to
give proper encouragement to our mcr-
chants. while also giving proper pro-
lection TO our wageworkcrs, our
farmers and our business men. The
other commission should exercise
strict supervision and control over big
business. We should treat 1t with en-
ure7 Justice drawing the line not on
size, but on misconduct. We should
encourage tho biE business main who
docS we'll and who regards his great
aptlntics as trust 10. be exercised, AS
inuch> in the interest OF tne public as
IN his own interest. But We should
check and punish him efrectualIy and
promptly when he exercises those ahili-
ties TO the detrimcnt either OF the
smaller business man with whom he
competes, OF the wagcworkers. who
should share with him the benefits OF
his and their common efforts, or OF the
general public whom he serves
TWO SHORT YEARS PROVE
ROOSEVELT Is RIGHT
AS regards the tariff, | wish cspc-
cially TO call your attention to the
promises made by President Wilson and
asserted that their method OF tariff
reduction would reduce the cost of
living, and would thus solve tho trust
question, because, as they said the
trusts were the creatures of the tariff.
We then answered that their promises
were empty words. that no such results
as they stated could or would follow
from the course they advocated, and
that only by the method we propose
could either the trust or the tariff
question be dealt with, so as 10 abate
tho existing evils. and at the same time
increase the general well-beifis. Tue
snort years have proved US TO be right
Their promises have not been kept
Their performance has brought dis
tress upon the nation. The cost of
living has not been reduced. But tho
ability of the average man to earn u
living has been greatly reduced. Not
the slightest progress has been made
toward solving the trust questions;
but the business community has been
harassed and harried to no purpose:
and the prosperity OF the business man
has been checked, exactly as the pros