The Sentinel=record., 1914-09-20
LACK OF CONTROL
 SAYS ROOSEVELT
PROGRESSIVE LEADER IN KAN sAS SETS FORTH OPINIONS ou
 CAPITAL AND LABOR.
Mine Owners in Colorado Are Too Autocratic and the Union Men Are Too Exacting in Their Demands

Wichita, Kas. Sept 19.-ColopoI Theodore Roosevelt addressinq statewide meeting of Progressivos aere today. elucidated his position on important subjects of legislation He discussed the relations of capital and labor at some length. pointing to inc Colorado labor troubles as il,ustratino the failure of national and state gov. ernments to enact and enforce eC fectiye laws, and pointed to the New York New Haven & Hartford railraod scandal as an example of capital gone wrong in the absence of proDer governmental control
 Business. he asserted. is entitled to its profits. and we must learn 10 accept the principle of combinations Of capital as of the hiemest economic value. But this acceptance. he in- sisted, must carry with it a fair share Of the profit to the employc. The industrial situation has greatly chana ed n the last twenty-five years. ue said for whereas at the beanninq of the period mentioned ony about 25 per cent Of Hhe people were en- pl0yes, at this time he said half of them live on their wages. He quoted "Dooley in il'stration. "Jeffe-son was a good man" said Dooley. butt he lived before the days of open plumbing"
 Ccneressmen erred in defeating re- form measures proposed by progress. ives, the speaker asserted. mentioning the Murdook trust bills. the tariff commission bill. the federal employ ment bureau bill and the bill for the abolition Of child labor, as measures which he said were blocked by op- pononts of the progressives.
 This oppositon he said. emphasiz cd the need of our demand for re form of the political machinery notably tho reform of tue presidential nominating system Expanding thc labor theme Col. Roosevelt said.
 There must be full participation in the industry of the three big fo., tors adequate capital, successful mana-ement, and highly paid and hiehy efficient labor There must be ml and ungruding recognition of labor's rights in industry, and on the other hand no less recognition by labor of it's responsibility as to out rut for stability and peace in indus try.
 Not only must we now insist on certain types Of legislation but wei must take the lead in educating thol public in educating our people as a whole because there can be no legis' auou until we have an intelisent and reused public opinion Often The difficulties come not SO much from conflict between rieht and wrono as from conflict between one rig1' aul auoiher
 "0n the other hand we often have to face situation in which both sides have done wron1. alth0Vgh one has dcno more wrong than ihe other Ir such cases. government autlori- llt- rh0uId lnterIere, dOlhg lllIdl I'l justice to both. and eXactIns justice from both.
 In relation to the latter Col. Roose yclt cited the case of conditions m Colorado in connection with the strike of the Colorado Fue and Iron company
 These conditions.' he asserted, "are primarily due to our failure as a nation Following the failure Of the people Of Colorado as state)' toI rrovide the kind of remedy and 70 adopt the kind of attitude that ! ad- yocate and that all of us who feel as do are endeavorng to bring home to the national conscience anu i0 tho national undqrstanding In the