Show TRUSTS START W WAR AR ON ON- THE PRESIDENT PRESIDENTS S AND ROOSEVELT MEETS THEM HALF WAY President Hill of the Great North Northern Securities rn J- J t Company Openly Opposes Opposes Op- Op f poses Administration ministration WASHINGTON May 5 President t Roosevelt's war on the trusts is producing producing pro pro- an n Inevitable result The trusts are preparing I to make war var upon the th P President J. J The announcement that President J J r. r the Great Northern Northern railroad has ha had d that the the ss i In InterestS Interests interests in- in by which t term rm he he designates I su such sud combinations of oZ capital as the i. i NO Northern Securities company and the beef trust will bury the President when he seeks for and election ejection oc occasions no surprise here Trusts Must Be Be Controlled Mr Roosevelt says he is not seeking either the support or the the- friendship of o othe the trusts His position respecting the trusts as defined by himself is that they should b toe controlled by Federal authority If there are laws upon the statute books which will ivill reach them he these jaws laws enforced and if f they are not adequate ade ade- quate then he is in f favor vor Of of new laws aws which will prove effective President Invited the Issue He has said this in public utterances and proved it b by instructing the At At- torney General to proceed against the Northern Securities company and against the beef trust The President could not manifest such activity without arousing the opposition opposition op op- op position of the trust magnates and from Wall street through all the i money centres- centres where trust Influence predominates there is antagonism to Roosevelt's re election and the trust managers are laying plans for conven conven- convention convention tion control i This the President has anticipated and ncI wanted and the issue it St is declared de de- de- de dared which is rapidly developing Is r to demonstrate whether the trusts control or whether the people are masters master |