Show WWI NO Covern governmental mental problems dwelt on at length in the document URGES OF THE czolgosz and his ilk enemies of the human race THE MERITS OF reciprocity president defends the workings working of the th protective tort arlt ff cou true thin at 0 the h nicaraguan canal urged creed and the lay las 1119 of 1 I A cable to hawaii and tho the philippines changes in tho the present recommended the navy A comprehensive syn synopsis opals ot of president Roosevel ts message to congress Coos reES la Is given elves be to the senate and house of representatives the congress assembles this year under the shadow of a great calamity on the sixth ot of september president mckinley was sit shot by in 10 anarchist while ollo attending tho the rn pon american Amerl caa exposition at buffalo and died in that city on tho the fourteenth of that month of the last lait seven elected presidents he ahti i is the ho third who he has haa been murdered and the tre bare recital of tills this fact la in Sum sufficient elent to justify grave 8 all alarm rm among all loyal american citizens moreover the iho circumstances of this tho the third assassination of an american president h have a peculiarly aly sinister aln later significance pott president lincoln and president Ireal dent oar gar held amid were killed by assassins of lopea unfortunately tuna tely not dot uncommon in history president lincoln falling a victim to the terrible pas lons roused aroused by tour four years of civil war and president carfield to the revengeful van ilav it of a disappointed office geeker president nley was killed by an utterly depraved criminal belonging to 10 that body b 0 dy of criminals who object to all government govern men t bad and had risuke who rho are against alv f form D rm of popular liberty it if it Is I 1 guaranteed by eon een tho the most moat just and liberal laws and nho be are he as belittle to the upright exponent of a free peoples saber wll as to the aud and abio abl despot it Is not dot too much to say that at the time tit of president McKin mckinless leys death ho he we wa the most widely loed man lo in all the united states while we have never dad bad any public mn man of his big position who has been 0 so o wholly free reo from the th bitter animosities incident to public bile life lit there could be no p rodal atred gutrad of him tor for he h never deer acted with ought aught put but consideration for the welfare of others we va one could tall to respect him who kne knew elm in public or private life the ot of those murderer murder erous oua criminals alo seek to excuse alone their criminality by asserting tint it la 14 exercised for political ends Ini A na ka jt it wealth th and irresponsible power but for title llila even this base baab apology ran not be urged the president speaks la in the highest terms of the personal and public virtues of mr mir mc life lunley describing the llie detura of th asas tuition motion and the motive that inspired it the message continues motive TO of the A antan Ant ln tho the blow was aimed n t at this dent but at all presidents president at every of government th the anarchist an and d ibe 30 anarchist in the united states I 1 i r rely fly type of criminal more deni daug rous us than any other because he represents th clr same depravity in a greater degree tn tb roan coan who advocates anarchy directly or indirectly in ID lay any shape or fashion or the man vin n apolo glate raf for or anarchists and their ded ac il makes make himself morally aoe eory emory to before the fact the anarchist Is a criminal whose perverted lead hira him to prefer onto stan lon aud and chaos to the most boned nt term of social order ills 1118 protest of ci ce i arii rn for workingmen 18 outrageous outrace ous in its ita fA lotty tor for it if the political of this country do not dot afford opportunity tunit to evey every honest and intelligent son of at toll tail ahou the floor door of hope Is brever closed asplet t him the anarchist Is not merely tho the enemy of system aud and progress pro gresi but 1 ati I deadly toe of liberty if ever anarchy I 1 fa ir r ut its triumph will last tor for Is i n 1 id moment to be b succeeded for ag liy hy tle gloomy night of despotism would exclude anarchists 1 I earnestly earne sUy recommend to th r engross that in the th exercise of its ita wise sit dl it should take into consideration tb coming to this country of anarchists or pone professing principles hostile to all L ramet rn met aad ad justifying the murder of placed in authority no matter calls mire me re urgently uro otly for or the haest wisest thought of the congero the federal courts should be glien jurisdiction over any man who kills or atrom pcs to kill the president or any me man a wh ahn b the constitution or bylaw by law Is I 1 in n line of L pea es stan alon tor for the presidency while the punish mont for an unsuccessful attempt should be proportioned to the enormity of the offense against our institutions anarchy marchy A to la a crime against the whole human race and all mankind should band the anarchist ills ilia crime should be made an offense against the he law of nations like piracy and that form of manat ce ling known as the slave trade I 1 tor or it is ia a of I 1 tar far blacker infamy then than either it should she old be so declared by treaties among all civilized pow orr r the tb trust problem the tremendous and highly complex industrial development which went on with ever accelerated rapidity durliat during the latter halt half of athe the nineteenth century brings us faro face to face at the beginning of the twentieth with very serious social problems the oil laws lawa and the old customs which hieb had almost the binding force of law were once quite sufficient to regulate the alcum accum n lation a and it distribution of wealth since th the a indest industrial rn at changes chances which have so ao enormously enor enormous mouly ly iner eased the productive power of mankind they are arc do longer sufficient clent the creation of 0 great corporate fortunes haj ban not been due to the tariff nor to any other governmental coy ern mental action but to natural ceases causes in the business busl nesa world operating in other countries as an they operate ln in our own it to la not true that as the rich have grown richer the poor have grown poorer on the cc contrary n arary never before has haa the average man the wage worker the farmer the small mall trader boon been so go well off as in this country and at the present time lime there have been abuss abuses connected with the accumulation of wealth yet it remains true tru that a fortune accumulated only on condition of conferring immense incidental benefits upon others successful enterprise of the type which all mankind coo can only exist it if the conditions are such buell as to offer great prizes as the rewards of success the captains of industry who have driven the railway systems across this continent who have built up our cow commerce merce who have developed our manufactures have on the whole done great good to our people without them the material cevelo development anent of which we ING are so justly proud could never have taken tak on place moreover we wa should lecog recognize BIAS the immense Immens ft importance to this material development of leaving as unhampered as Is in compatible with the public good the strong sad and forceful men upon whom the success of business operations inevitably rests caution Is freed az an reason tor for caution in dealing with i i rations to Is to bo be found in the int ernatt seat nil commercial conditions of to lay y tle sance bufil ness conditions which laye fiade brodu d the areat aggregations of corporate rod and wealth have made them very potent t f i 1 rs rr in international commercial mp eItl r Arac america rica has only jut begun to 4 oi afi that commanding position in the into inter nal bi world which we Bl life will car marr ann and it ars rs it Is of the utmost import tile fils position bo be not jeo wip ep at al a time when the overflowing abunda it wr own natu rot ral and the 11 II bu fears energy and me bechani chani at al if f 0 ir people make foreign markets essential aider such con editions it would be b w wr rr r unwise to cramp or to fetter the youthful strength of our nation dismal r to great business enterprises can never nv its 11 iii 1 hinted to III iff min at I 1 thi h to top it 11 sp op I 1 lh i oZ adrid d cilc bit it II 11 Is ic OIL bid to foi I 1 i n I 1 r ir tb its forth cb d w I 1 i i i I 1 I 1 IM av hf b ill 01 ri y of hla his ua iua it 11 I 1 I 1 i ni be deprai d T in fit fa ing at now new 1 n it 11 whole shale history of the sa 1 a ih ids tin I 1 agi egi milan will till be b both unwise and nd in effs C iva unless on cir taken after culm calm inquiry and ad WN with sober self much of th legislation directed at t tile the trusts would hav bay been exceedingly mischievous bad it not also been entirely ineffective in dealing esith lan business interests ter or the government to undertake by crude crud and ill considered legislation to do what r nay may turn out to be bad would be to incur the risk at 0 such uch tar far reach in ing n a dional disaster that it would be b preferable aba t to 0 U undertake a do otake nothing at gift all all this to IB true and yet it in 1 also IBO true tru that there are real and grove evabs one of tho the chief chalot beloi being capitalization overcapitalization over ca pt tall zoltan because of at its many baleful consequences and a rosei its lute a an and d practical effort mutt must be mado made to tc correct base evils supervision it la Is no limitation upon property rights or freedom fredom of contract to require that when r mea 0 from government the privilege ol of d doing 0 I 1 D it business under corporate lorra form which frees them from individual responsibility and and an enables bles them to call into their enterprises the C capita ap list of the th public they shall hall do no BO upon a absolutely truth rut representations ax as to tho the value of the property properly in which tho the card let tal Is if to bo be invested corporations engaged in interstate commerce com should bo be regulated it they are found aund to exercise a license icons working to the public injury it should hould be ste as much the aim of those who he seek fleck for social betterment to rid the business world ol at crimes of cunning as to rid the entire body politic of crimes of violence great corpor eions exist eblet 0 only I 1 because thoy they are created and d el by our institutions and nd it Is a ther therefore tore our right and nd our duty to lo tee see filet tb they y work I 1 in harmony with these theao insel institutions publicity remedy for treats the first essential in determining how bow to dual deal with the great industrial combinations Is knowledge know ledie of the facts acts publicity in the interest of at the public the government ifould have the right to inspect and examine the workings of at the treat great corporations engaged en taxed la in interstate busl business Deas publicity Is the only sure remedy which we can now invoke what further remedies are needed in the way of governmental regulation or taxation ea can a only be determined after publicity be has been tn obtained by process of law and in the course of administration the first requisite Is 14 knowledge full end and complete knowledge which may be made public to the he world artificial bodies boil lea such auch as corporations and joint stock or other associations depending u upon pon an statutory bla law tor for their existence or privileges should be subject to proper governmental ern orn mental supervision and full and accurate information as to their operations should bo be co made ads public regularly at reasonable intervals the large corporations commonly called trusts trust though organized in one state always do business in many states often doing very little business in the state where they are incorporated there Is a utter lack of uniformity in the state laws about them and as no state has any exclusive interest in or power over their acu acts it has in practice proved impossible to got get adequate regulation through state action therefore in the interest of the whole people the nation should without interfering ter tort fering ering with the power of the states stales in the matter itself also alco assume power of super vlon arid and regulation over all corporations dring ding an aa in interstate ter state business this Is especially true where the corporation derives a portion of its wealth from the existence of some monopolistic element or tendency in Us its business busl there would bo be no hardship in such ouch sup supervision ery lalon banks are subject to it and d in n their c age it Is now accepted as a simple matter of course indeed it Is probable that supervision of corporations by the national government need not go eo so ao far as Is now dow the I 1 caad sets with the supervision exercised over them by so conservative a state as in order to produce excellent results 1 believe that a law can be framed which III enable the national government to exercise control along alone the lines above indicated profiting by the experience gained the passage and administration of the inter state commerce act it if however the judgment men t of ed tho the congress congles a Is that it ticks lacks the cot coi at i power poster to paw pass such an act ac then a constitutional amendment should be submitted to confer the power there should be created a cabinet cabin at of officer fleer to bo be known as secretary of commerce and industries all a provided in the bill in Introduce trad il at the laal 1681 session of at the congress it should be his province provin te to deal with commerce to in its broadest at sense itse including among many other things whatever concerns labor aud and all me masters i are affecting the hia great business corporations 2 and n it our merchant ro erchant marine restriction on immigration with the sole exception of at the terming farming interest no one matter Is of such vital moment out to tn our whole poyle people as a the welfare of the tb waxe wage workers it if the farmer and the wage wago worker or are a well off it to Is abs absolutely sol certain that all 11 there others ll will be well off too it Is in therefore a matter for hearty cot congratulation cratil that on the whole wages are ar higar today to day in the united states thin than ever before in our history and far higher than to in any other couii tr the standard of flying Is also alao higher than ever before acry effort of legislator and administrator should huld be bent to secure list permanency of this audition tion of things ind and its improvement wh wherever erver possible not must auit our labor he be pr protected 0 by the tai list rr ft but it should nine alno be protected so tar far as it 11 Is possible from the presence in this coun counti tint of roy auy laborers brought over by contract or of those who coming freely yet rot r represent reent ree nt a standard of living so depressed that they can undersell our men in the labor market and drag them to a lower level I 1 algard it as nes lessary necessary sary with this end in view to reenact re enact t immediately the law excluding chinese china laborers and to strengthen it wherever necessary in order to make its enforcement entirely effective so far pa As doable under the conditions 0 of f govar gov rk r nt ark provision should he be made to ruder ri the of the eight hour law amsy my and certain to la ai all I 1 industries carried on directly or for the united states government women and calill children should bo be protected from excel vs hours of labor from night work and from work andr unsanitary conditions the most moat vital problem with which this country and for 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