Arizona republican., 1916-01-21


 good shape seven years ago, but since then Germany England and Japan have gone ahead very fast. while we at first stopped going ahead and for the last three years have been going backward. Colonel Roosevelt praised California for what he called a genuine and successful ef- fort to secure industrial prosperity and also that approximate reason lble division of the results of pros perity which can only come when
 here is both an aroused social con-
 ;cience and a common sense transla- ton by practical men of that aroused social conscience into efficient legisla-
 tive and administrative action.
 'On the whole, the demagogue is ut least as great an enemy of social advancement as the crooked champion If business and political privilege" Mr Roosevelt said, California, un- der Governor Johnson, has tried to do justice to the railways as well IS to exact justice from them This effort has been partially nullified by the fact that in direct contraVention of one of the main purposes which the United States constitution was designed to put into effect, we have permitted interstate commerce largely to pass under the control of the states instead of keeping it under the control of the nation. When, for instance, California, appreciating the fact that railroads cannot possibly be successfully operated unless they are allowed business opportunities which will enable them to make a reasonable profit, acted accordingly, the action was nullified by certain neighboring state commissions. Cal ifornia's experience has shown that | it is impossible permanently to secure good results in dealing with the in strumentalities of interstate com
 merce the railroads, doing an inter state business, through the commis- sions of forty eight different states, and that the only way is to have the whole business of interstate com l merce and everything pertaining to | it handled by the administrative of ficers at Washington.
 T believe in national incorpora- tiOn law for corporations of any size engaged in interstate business
 One of the greatest drawbacks in 1 dealing equitably with corporations i is the determination of professional antitrust men to punish the corpora | tions for past abuses, the speaker | said. He advocated laws for the | benefit of farmers, workers and ship pers, but asserted that if these laws
 make it impossible for the shipping | interests, for the railroads, or for any of the great business interests | concerned, to do business at d reas- enable profit, they create a situation | far more intolerable than that which 1 they endeavOr to remedy No com | merce commission or railway com | mission, he said, lis worth it's salt | unless it stands unflinchingly against any popular clamor which prevents | the corporation from getting ample profits, exactly as it stands against
 the corporation which, having se-
 cured ample profits. fails to render | proper service to the public, to do justice to it's employees and to act honestly toward all men,
 Discussing Germany, Colonel Roose-
 welt said:
 For the last eighteen months ]
 have borne testimony with all my
 strength against Germany because
 of it's cynical disregard of the obi
 gations of international humanity
 alike in it's dealings with Belgium
 in the Outrages committed on non- | combatantS of other nationalities and
 in it's assaults on our own people
 It has been to our deep discredit as
 a nation that we have not actively
 and effectively interfered against the
 callous brutality But, exactly as
 hold it to be an abhorrent thing tC
 show timidity or weakness in deal
 ing with Germany where Germany i: WrOng-where she wrongs either our
 selves or others-sO 1 hold it an un- speakable foolish thing to refuse tt pay heed to the German exampl, where this example should be fol
 lowed by other nations.
 Germany offers a striking eXampl of national efficiency on a gigantic scale. Germany has been far in ad
 vance of us in securing industria f assurance, old age pensions an' d
 profits between employer and em $ ployed, and the like. She has als p been far in advance of us in tn p way she has both controlled an' : encouraged industry Above all, sh has been far in advance of us in SC p curing national cOhesion in requir p ing both from the great employer an e from the man who tolls with hi n hands the fullest and most complet , | loyalty to the nation. She has no
 had to improvise methods of meetin f crises in industry any more than c
 meeting crises in war It would b Q well for our mere business mater :, iality to ponder the fact that he :, success in peace has been due { = her insistence upon the very quail '. ties which have made her success
 ful in war The two movement
 have gone hand in hand. Either woul
 have failed without the other.
 "The question of the regulation (
 business so as to promote prosperit
 and insure the just distribution of it
 blessings among employers and em ! ployes alike is vital factor in Amer 7 canizing the immigrants. There is T J doubt that hundreds of thousands floC
 to our shores with their lmaginatio
 inflamed for the freedom and justiC
 they expect to find here. They giN 'i up their old homes and come here wit i' high hopes of better living condition r. and greater opportunities. The oppol |: tunities are undoubtedly here. Bl l. thousands of simple minded folks fro ,; the villages of Europe do not kno