Show w n SIZZLING MESSAGE SENT TO CONGRESS PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT SCORES DIG CORPORATIONS BECAUSE OF THEIR ATTITUDE STANDARDS METHODS ARE TORN TO PIECES Tendency OH Concern to overAwe over-Awe Crush and Disdain Public Proves Warm Theme In Chiefs Communication iTesrdont rtoosevclts sizzling moB miRe to conRres1 nuked the enactment of n fair employers liability law more powers for tho Interstate Commerce Commission and the executive again called to the intention of the lawmakers law-makers hlH campaign against the specially spe-cially privileged rich Uctrardlne the employers liability act recently declared de-clared unconsx utlonal by tho supremo court the president Bald As regards the employers liability law I advocate Its Immediate reenactment reenact-ment limiting Its scope so that It shall apply only to the class of cases as to which tho court says It can constitutionally constitu-tionally apjily but strengthening Its provisions within this scope Interstate employment being thus covered by an adequate national law the field of intrastate In-trastate employment will bo loft to tho action ot the several states With this clear definition of responsibility tho states will undoubtedly give to the performance of their duty within their held the consideration the Importance of the subject demands I also very Urgently advise that a comprehensive com-prehensive act bo passed providing for compensation by the government to all employes Injured In tho government service Under the present law an Injured In-jured workman In the employment of the Kovernrnent has no remedy and tho entire burden of the accident falls on the helpless men his wife and his young children This Is an outrage It Is a i matter of humiliation to tho nation na-tion that there should not bo on our statute books provision to meet and partially atone for cruel misfortune when It comes upon a man through no fault of his own whllo faithfully serv Inc tile nubile no Assails Injunction Abuse Abuse of tho use of tho Injunction In labor cases provided another theme for the executive He declared there Is some need for action regarding the rights and wrongs of labor from blacklisting black-listing to boycotting Continuing he said saidAs As regards Injunctions I can do little lit-tle but repeat what I havo said In my last message to congress Even though It were possible I should consider It most unwise to abolish tho use of the process of Injunction It Is necessary In order that the courts may maintain their own dignity and In order that they may In effective manner check disorder and violence The Judge who uses It cautiously and conservatively but who when the need arises uses It fearlessly cantors the greatest service ser-vice upon our people and his preeminent preemi-nent usefulness as a public servant should be heartily recognized Hut there Is no question In my mind that It hns sometimes been used heedlesIy nnd unjustly and that some of tho injunctions In-junctions Issued Indict grave and occasionally oc-casionally Irreparable wrong upon those enjoined That the Sinta Fe railroad president had guilty knowledge of rebating Is an assertion which tho executive made with effect In his message ho In closed letters of correspondence which ho declared point to the truth of his statements His words In this connection con-nection are In enclose herewith a statement Issued Is-sued by tho chief of the bureau of corporations cor-porations In answer to certain statements state-ments which I also enclose made by and on behalf of the agents of tho Standard Oil Corporation and n letter of the attorneygeneral containing nn answer to certain statements also in closed made by the president of the Santa Fe Railway Company The Standard Oil Corporation and tho railway rail-way company have both been found guilty by tho courts of criminal misconduct mis-conduct both have been sentenced to pay heavy fines and each has Issued and published broadcast these statements state-ments asserting their Innocence and denouncing as Improper the action or the courts and Juries In convicting them of guilt These statements are very elaborate are very Ingenious nnd are untruthful In Important particulars The letter and Inclosuro from Mr Honey sufllclently Illustrate tho methods meth-ods of the high officials of the Santa Fo and show tho utter falsity of their plea ot Ignorance tho similar plea of the Standard Oil being equally without with-out foundation Would See Traffic Associations Uniformity of railroad rates was another an-other one of the executives themes which Is of Interest to tho general pub 110 and President Roosevelt advised a pool of traffic associations for tho purpose pur-pose of conferring on rates In that connection ho continued as follows I desire to repeat my recommenda tion that railways bo permitted to form truffle associations for tho purpose of conferring about and agreeing upon rates regulations and practices affect Ing Interstate business In which the members of tho association are mu tually Interested This docs not mean that they should bo given the rleht to pool their earnings or their traffic Tho law requires that rates shall be so adjusted as not to discriminate between be-tween Individuals localities or different differ-ent species of traffic Ordinarily rates by all competing lines must bo the same As applied to practical conditions the railway operations of this country can not be conducted according to law without what IB equivalent to conference confer-ence and agreement The articles un der which such associations operate should bo approved by the commission all their apt rations should be open to public Inspection and tho rates regu lations and practices upon which they agree should be subject to disapproval by the commission Then tollow I a roast on tho evil rich The president told of the cam paign which tho wealthy lawbreakers ronducted nnd set forth remedial loi I i 1II1I0II Ills statement In that regard I follows Tudor no circumstances would wo I countenance attacks upon lawabldlnur property or do aught but COIldCitiit thos who hold up rich men as being OAII men because of their riches On the contrary our whole effort Is I to in Plot upon conduct and neither wealth nor property nor any ollur class distinction us being the proper standard by which to Judge the actions of men For thfJ hon est man of great wealth we have a hearty regard Just as vo have n hearty repaid for the honest politician and hon eat nospal i Hut part ° f thIn 11100 ment to uphold I honesty must bo n moe floUt to frown on dishonesty Wo at IILI only corrupt men of wealth who nml In the purchased politician the most plllclcnt Instrument of corruption and In the purchased newspaper the most effi cleat defender of corruption Our main quarrel Is not with these agents and represento Ives of tho Interests They derive their chief power from the great sinister Ofr < ln0er who stand behind them They but y are puppets who move us the strlnss are pulled It Is not the KSIhl but lhf sirolll Clnnln awn him the mighty forces working for evIl behind and through tho puppets with jvliprn we have to deal Vo seek to con Irol lawdefylng wealth In tho first place to prevent Its doing dire evil to the re nubile and In the next place to avoid the vindictive and dreadful radicalism = which If left uncontrolled It Is certain In the end to uious Big Corporations Are Hit By easy stages the president drew nir to tho Standard Oil tr ntblc of a short tlmo ago and then ho told 1 of ulleg u methods of the Rockefeller syndicate to overawe common carriers crush out every competitor and look down upon tho people with H contempt which tho public deserves as long ns It permits such men to act with Impunity It was at that point nnd In connection with the Insurance Insur-ance and ChlcBRo Alton scandals that Mr Roosevelt took tho heaviest fall out of wealthy corporations which have been held to account by tho government The message continued The keynote of all these attacks upon tho effort to secure honesty In business and In politics Is well expressed In brazen bra-zen protests against nny effort for the moral regeneration of the business world on the ground that It Is unnatural unwarranted un-warranted and Injurious and that business busi-ness panic Is tho nccersary penalty for mieh effort to secure business honesty Tho morality of such n plea Is precisely as great ns If made on behalf of tho men callght In n gambling establishment when that gambling establishment Is raided by the police If such words mean anything they mean that those whoso sentiments they represent stand against the effort to bring nbout n moral regeneration of business which will prevent a repetition of the Insurance In-surance banking anti street railroad scandals In New York a repetition of the Chicago Alton deal a repetition of the combination between certain professional pro-fessional politicians certain professional labor lenders nnd certain big financiers from the disgrace of which San Francis cn has Just been rescued a repetition of tho successful effort by the Standard Oil people to crush out every competitor to overawe the common carriers nnd to establish a monopoly which treats the public with a contempt which the public deserves so long ns It permits men of such principles and such sentiments to avow nnd act on them with Impunity The outcry against stopping dishonest practices among wrongdoers who happen hap-pen to be wealthy Is precisely similar to the outcry raised agaInst every effort for cleanliness and decency In city government gov-ernment because forsooth It will hurt busIness Tells of Criticising Judges Our opponents have recently been bitterly bit-terly criticising the two Judges referred to In the accompanying communications from tho Standard Oil Company and the Santa Fe Railroad for having Imposed heavy fines on these two corporations and yet these same critics of these two Judges exhaust themselves In denouncing denounc-ing the most respectful nnd cautious discussion of the official action of a Judge which results In Immunity to wealthy and powerful wrongdoers Most certainly certain-ly It behooves us nil to treat with the utmost respect the high office of Judge and our Judges as a whole are brave nnd upright men Respect for the law must go hand In hand with respect for tho Judges and as a whole It Is true now ns In the past that the Judges stand In character nnd service above all other men among their fellowservants of the public The Judge who does his full duty well stands higher and renders a better service to the people than any other public servant he Is entitled to greater respect and If he Is a true servant ser-vant of the people If ho Is upright wise and fearless ho will unhesitatingly disregard dis-regard even the wishes of the people If they conflict with tho eternal principles prin-ciples of right as agaInst wrong lie must servo the people hut ho must serve his own conscience first All honor to such n Judge nnd nil honor can not bo rendered him It It Is rendered equally to his brethren who fall Immeasurably below the high Ideals for which ho stands Untruthful criticism Is wicked at all times and whoever may be the object ob-ject but It Is a peculiarly flagrant Iniquity In-iquity when a Judge Is the object No man should lightly criticise a Judge no man should even In his own mind condemn con-demn a Judge unless he Is sum of tho facts If n judge Is assailed for standIng stand-Ing against popular folly and above all for standing against mob violence all honorable men should rally Instantly to his support Nevertheless If he clearly falls to do his duty by the public In dealing with lawbreaKIng corporations lawbreaking men of wealth ho must expect ex-pect to feel the weight of publlq opinion opin-ion nnd this Is but right for except In extreme cases this Is the only way In which he can be reached at nil No servant ser-vant of the people has a right tb exp ct to be free from Just and honest criticism An Ethical Movement Tho opponents of the measures we champion single out now ono and now another measure for especial attack and speak as If tho movement in which we are engaged was purely economic It has n largo economic side but It Is fundamentally funda-mentally an ethical movement It Is not a movement to be completed In ono year or two years or three years It Is a movement which must be persevered In until the spirit which lies behind It sinks deep Into the heart anti tho conscience of the whole people It Is always Important Im-portant to choose tho right means to achieve our purpose but It Is even more Important to keep this purpose clearly before us nnd this purpose Is to secure national honesty In business and In politics We do not subscribe to the cynical belief that dishonesty and unfair dealing aro essential to business success and are to be condoned when the success Is moderate and npplnuded when the success Is great Tho methods by which the Standard Oil people and those engaged In the other combinations of which I have spoken above have achieved great fortunes can only be justified Jus-tified by the advocacy of a system of morality which would also Justify every form of criminality on tho part of n labor union and every form of violence corruption and fraud from murder to bribery and ballotbox stuffing In politics poli-tics We are trying to secure equality of opportunity for nil and the struggle for honesty Is tho earn whether It Is made on behalf of one set of men or of another In the Interest of the small settlers and landowners and against the embittered opposition of wealthy owners of huge wandering flocks of sheep or of corporations desiring to rob the people of coal ntvd timber wo strive to put an end to the theft of public land In tho west When we do this and protest against the nctlon of nil men whether In public life or In private life who either take part In or refuse to try to stop such theft we aro really engaged In tho same policy as when we endeavor to put n atop to rebates or to prevent the upgrowth of uncontrolled monopolies Our effort Is simply to enforce the principles prin-ciples of common honesty and commonsense common-sense It would Indeed bo 111 for the country should there be any halt In our work State Government Must Aid nltl the state or national government gov-ernment must undertake > th regulation regula-tion of which tho president spoke nnd the executive asked the commonwealths common-wealths to share the responsibility of curbing those corporations which nro accused of evildoing Of course In any event both the national and state governments must each do Its part said 1resldent Roosevelts message and each can do a certain amount that the other cannot do whllo tho only really satisfactory results must be obtained by tho representatives of the nitlonal and state governments working heartily together within their respective spheres But In my Judgment Judg-ment thoroughgoing1 and satisfactory control can In the rnd only be obtained by I the action of the natlonnl government govern-ment for almost nil the corporations of enormous wealth that Is the ci > rr > o rations which it Is l especially desirable to control are ennmrod In Interstate commerce and ilerhc their power and thctr Importune not from that portion of their business which Is Intrnllt te but from the lnt rntitp business It Is not hAY alvats to decIde Just where the tine of demarcation bctwcil the two klm > s of business fn hIs This line must oltl mntely bo Irawn by tho federal courts Much of the effort to secure adequate control of the great corporations corpora-tions by state nctlon lino been wise anti effective hut much of It hns hen neither for when the effort Is made to accomplish bv the nctlon of the state what can only he accomplished by the action of tho nation the result can only be dlsnppotntmrnt and In tho end tht law will I probably be declared unconstitutional uncon-stitutional So likewise In the national arena we who bellevo In the measures herein advocated lire hampered anti not aided by the extremists who advo cate action so violent that It would either be useless or else would cause more mischief than It would remedy Points to the Future The lawn must In the future he administered ad-ministered ns they are now being ad ministered BO that the Ciartmont of I r justice may continue to be what It now IB In Very fact the department of Justice Jus-tice where so fur as our ability pei mlls justice Is meteil out with an even hand to great and small rich and pool weak and strong Moreover there should be no delay In supplementing tho lawn now on tho statute books by tho enactment of further legislation ns outlined In the message 1 sent to the congress on Its assembling Under the existing laws much very much has been actually accomplished during tile past six years nnd U has boon shown by actual experience that tiny can be enforced against the wealthiest corporation cor-poration and the richest and most powerful pow-erful manager or manipulator of that corporation as rigorously and fearlessly fearless-ly ns ngnlnst tho humblest offender Above all they havo been enforced against nlli Ie very wrongdoers nnd agents of wrongdoers who have torso tor-so many years gone scotfreo anti flouted tho laws with Impunity against great lawdefying corporations corpora-tions of Immense wealth which until within the last half dozen years havu treated themselves and have expected others to treat them as being beyond nnd nbovo nil possible check from law It Is especially necessary to secure to tho representatives of tho national government gov-ernment full power to deal with tho great corporations engaged in interstate Inter-state comerce nnd above all with the great Interstate common carriers Our people should clearly recognlzo that whllo there are difficulties In any course of conduct to be followed In dealing with these great corporations these difficulties must be faced nnd one of three courses followed The first course Is to abandon all effort to oversee over-see and control their actions In the interest In-terest of the general public and to permit per-mit a return to the utter lack of control con-trol which would obtain If they were left to the common law I do not for one moment believe that our people would tolerate this position Tho extraordinary ex-traordinary growth of modern Industrialism Indus-trialism hns rendered the common law which grew up under anti was adapted adapt-ed to deal with totally different conditions condi-tions In many respects Inadequate to deal with the now conditions These now conditions make It necessary to shackle cunning as In the past we have shackled force The vast Individual and corporate fortunes tho vast combinations com-binations of capital which have marked the development of our Industrial system sys-tem create new conditions mind necessitate neces-sitate a change from the old attitude of the state nnd the nation toward the rules regulating tie acquisition and untrammeled business use of property prop-erty In order both that property may bo adequately protected and that at the same tlmo those who hold It maybe may-be prevented from wrongdoing Talks of Financial Stress We have Just posed through two months of acute financial stress At any such time It Is n sad fact that entirely en-tirely Innocent people suffer from no fault of their own and every one must feel tho keenest sympathy for the large body of honest business men of honest Investors of honest wagowork ers who suffer because Involved In a crash for which they are In no way responsible At such n time there Is a natural tendency on tho part of many men to feel gloomy and frightened at the outlook but there Is no Justification Justifica-tion for this feeling Thero Is no na nation tion so absolutely sure of ultimate success suc-cess as ours Of course we shall succeed suc-ceed Ours Is a nation of masterful energy with I continent for Its domain nnd It feels wltllln Us veins the thrill which comes to those who know that they possess the future Wo are not cast down by the fear of failure We are upheld bv the confident hope of ultimate ul-timate triumph The wrongs that exist ex-ist are to be corrected but they In no way Justify doubt as to the final outcome out-come doubt ns to tho great material prosperity of the future or of the lofty spiritual life which Is to be built upon thnt prosperity as a foundation No misdeeds done In the present must bn permitted to shroud from our eyes the glorious future of the nation but because be-cause of this very fact It behooves us never to swerve from our resolute purpose pur-pose to cut out wrongdoing and uphold what Is right I do not for 1 moment believe that the notions of this administration admin-istration have brought on business distress dis-tress so far as tills is due to local and not worldwide causes and to the actions ac-tions of any particular Individuals It Is duo to the speculative folly and flagrant grant dishonesty of n few men of great wealth who seek to shield themselves from the effects of their own wrong doing by ascribing Its results to the actions of those who have sought to put a stop to the wrongdoing But If It were true that to cut out rottenness from the body politic meant a momentary mo-mentary check to an unhealthy seeming prosperity I should not for one moment hesitate to put tho knife to the corruption On behalf of all our people on behalf no less of the honest man of means than of the honest hon-est man who earns each days livelihood liveli-hood by tho days sweat of his brow It Is necessary to Insist upon honesty In business nnd In politics alike In all walks of life in big things and In little things upon Just and fair dealing as between man and man Those who demand this are striving for tho right In the spirit of Abraham Lincoln said the president In conclusion |