| Show L THANKS TO THE PRESIDENT We do not understand wh why any hon lion r est man can complain of ot the latest message of President Roosevelt elt Not one thing asked for In that message but hut measures up to the demands of the Golden Rule Rue Not ot a thing there advocated advocated i- i falls faUs under tho the condemnation r- r that frowns on wrong Not one thing L is 18 urged upon the people but is good F for for forthe the people i r i Yet we find the same angry criticisms criticisms criticisms of that paper which the arrested y thief railing at the law for Cor checking I him In his bis crime always alwa's launches at atthe l- l the head of honest and just a authority th t And we arc as grateful for th tha fex- fex expression expression ex ex- 8 of r rage ge from the wicked as asfor asfor astor for tor the utterance of indorsement from those who are trying to do right When en President Roosevelt declares his Ils kr S. S 1 code cde o of ot et ethics cB of every syllable ll le is iR an expression ot demand lomant f or vi I I II I for for th Uio people whoso whose r life flEe Is right It is the sentence of con con- damnation upon those who deal unfairly unfairly un un- un fairly by their fellow men It js is curious to read that message and know that union labor men have hae i spoken in criticism of the President And yet et he has not changed at all t l The and beneficial necessary things t r he demands for labor In this message S published Saturday morning are the theS S I very things for which he has asked over o and over o again in the past S 5 The injunction has been disgrace disgrace- disgrace disgrace- ully used in fighting organized labor laborn n n ma many y Instances and the President 4 condemns that custom He demands t that the laws touching these proceedings proceedings proceed proceed- 1 ings lags be amended He wants a liability ij law which will ill make the government responsible for injuries to a citizen J hurt in the tile public employ He wants S tho the principle of liability extended so 50 that labor will not be forced to carry the rI risk k of hazardous occupations but bu butr r that employers employers' in this country will wil have bave to assume that risk Is Ju there c another man in the nation so EO likely to tot t get for labor the things It has worked for so 60 long Not one When he be de demands ands honesty honesty In bus busi- business busi- busi I ness surely he is 19 asking for that tha S which will be for the best Interests interest I of the nation No man roan can contend contendS S that rascals should be permitted t trob to toS S rob simply because the they have grown I t. t rich by robbing S And when he lie points out What out what 1 Isi is i evident and has bas been for forty years years- that some big bit corporations have hae no not been mindful of their obligations t to the people nor concerned the for i servance of law Jaw surely no honest marwill man mar 1 will insist that the corporations be made stronger than the nation and exempt from that control which is imposed im im- c posed on every one else 5 This message Is 15 a blessing to to- the J I nation No state paper since the war warS has been more essentially a factor In inS S S true American life lire Let It be lie pre pre- served Let the youth of or the land landS landI S I r road ad it from beginning to end Let It ItS S be a pride among the bo boys s of ot America to lo know the tho substance of ot that mes mes- sage There is not In any other printing print print- ing ng since the Bible Dible a clearer guide guideS S to character a surer chart by which Jo to steer the of state than is found In this message of President Roosevelt Roose to the tho congress delivered on Friday January 31 1908 1905 S |
