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Show H'f HONEST CORPORATIONS WITH ROOSEVELT. H''j ' Not a few large newspapers throughout the H, I United States rIvo considerable editorial space Hv ' to acrimonious criticism of President Rooso- H velt, and the Salt Lake Tribune has joined H' , their ranks. It is worthy of note that this Hs ' attitude on the part of some of the big editors H' Is easily traced to the fact that the publlca- H. tlons are owned by men whose Ilnanclal records Jhave been such that they stand accused In the president's general attacks on the laxity of, H morals in high Ilnanclal circles. In ThoTrl-" H bunc's case, however, the editorial vitriol Is H v the result of President Roosevelt's Indlsposl- H 6 tlon to accept The Tribune's decision that H, ' Senator Reed Smoot should bo refused the seat H -a to which he was unquestionably legally elected. H j Bccauso the president failed to accept Its die- H ' I turn In this and other matters personal to Its H owners, The Tribune forgets Mr. Roosevelt's H many splendid services for the people and seeks H to discredit him. H The criticism of The Tribuno and of those H i other puollcatlons engaged In abuse or President B 5 Roosevelt is that his tirades against Ill-Rotten H t wealth and uncleanllhess In railroad and cor- H porato circles generally arc thoroughly lll-ad- H vised and have resulted in naught but Incalcu- H lablo harm to the country. They leave the H , impression that corporations arc both alarmed H and enraged, and that all things are going to H the "demnltlon bowwows" while Roosevelt H , talks. In the face of such criticism It Is Inter- H estlng to read extracts from a recent specoh by H J Judge Gary, chairman of the board of directors H 8 of the greatest corporation In the world the H ft steel trust. According to the Literary Digest, H Judge Gary, while at the annual dinner or the H' Illinois Society in New York a few evenings H ago, was moved by' some criticisms of the H president to rise and say: H' " I want to state that the policy of the - - present administration, whether It be criticized l, , or praised, whether its methods be regarded as r ' satisfactory or unsatisfactory, has had a great H " A'" J and personal Influence on your president (Mr. H ' w Gary), who happens to occupy a position of H great responsibility. H ' "In making this personal application to B myself I know that the reiteration of the oft- H stated principles of the president of the United H States has Increased my feeling of responslbll- H Ity toward t ho stockholders 1 represent, toward H our competitors, toward business men, and i toward the public, and that our relations have been Improved. " I don't heslta't to make this confession. According to my belief, business Is done on a better basis and on a higher plane because of what I have referred to." The Digest continues to say that the Wall , Street Journal, the organ of a region that prob- H ! ably would not poll a very heavy majority In B favor of thp president's policies, believes that ' this admlnlstatlon will be remembered "for H the moral uplift which It has given to the H business of the' country," and that " in the H' j coming years, when the history of these'tlmes H. Is written, the mistakes of Roosevelt will be H forgotten, while the record of his really mag- H , nlflccnt crusade for equal opportunity, fair H i competition, and higher standards for tho trus- H toeslilpof wealth will be a glorious memory." H' After such expressions from "the enemy," B't will the people let Tho Tribune and other like H publications glvo them cold fees so far as H i Roosevelt and his policies are concerned? |