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Theodore Roosevelt Will Fight Rich Malefactors Un
til the End of His Term. V
fit
SPEECH AT PR0VINCET0WN IS HIS MASTERPIECE
In Strong Characteristic Language He Tells People That Financial
t ! . A L M 4k. ' a
uisiuroances may nave ueen uccasionea oy Govern
ment's Policy, But It Will Not Halt
CERTAIN OFFENDERS OF WEALTH WILL BE PUNISHED
THE PRESIDENT'S TONE IS NOT VINDICTIVE BUT HE PROMISES THE
PEOPLE THAT FOR THE REMAINDER OF HIS TERM HE WILL CARRY
OUT POLICY OF ADMINISTRATION REGARDLESS OF WHO IT STRIKES
QUESTION IS WHETHER PEOPLE OR THE FEW RICH SHALL RULE
PKOVIXCETOWX, M August 20.
The laying today of the cornerstone
of th Pilgrim nifntorial monument,
commemorating the flret lauding, within
a few fen of Its bats, 'of the Pilgrim
father, occurred today. A big Beet of
vel and yacht In th harbor had for
background eight formidable warthlpt.
Tli center of attraction wa Town Hill,
whereupon wa lurched a wooden am
pitheatre a.lj.urni i0 the iit of tin
monument. Th Ms.vtfower- bearing the
President and party, which was expected
ai 11 odock rounded I in- ca an bour
ahead of til"''.
previous to landing tit President re
ceived eonimander of all the warship
and a committee of townsfolk. The
crowd o' the wharf cheered when be
landed, 'Die President entered a car
riage and proceeded to the monument
preceded by a band, over the route,
through the town' main thoroughfare.
All the way h received a continuous
ovation.
The excrele were opened by prayer
ly the Kev. Samuel Nlliott, of Boston,
president of the American I'nitarian As
toelatlon. The Masonic ceremonies of
laying the cornerstone were conducted
by (irand Maater lUIke, of Musiwihu
ett. President Rooevclt wi Introduoed by
Governor Guild. A the Preaident tcp
fed forward to begin hi addres the
several thousands of people who ur
rounded the speaker's grandstand greet
ed him with prolonged applause.
President Roosevelt said:
"It, I not too much to "y that the
vent commemorated by the nionuuient
which we have come her to dedicate
vre one of thoac rare event which can
in good faith he called of world Impor
tance. The coming hither of the Purl
tan three centuries ago shaped the dee
Oiile of thi continent and therefore
profoundly affected the destiny of the
-whole world. Men of other iwee, the
frenchman and the Spaniard, the Dutch
man, the (ierman, the Scotchman, and
the Swede made tettlementt Within
what Is now the United State, during
the cnlimfcil period of 0111' hiatory and
before the Declarations of Independence)
and since then there bus been on ever
welling Immigration from Ireland and
from the mninlund of Europe; Tuit it wa
the' Englishman who act tied in Virginia
nd the Englishman who settled In Mas
sachusetts who did most In shaping the
line of our national development. , ,.
The man la but n poor father who
teaches Ms on that ease and pleasure
should lie their chief object In life; the
woman who li a mere petted toy, in
apuble of eriou purpoee, shrinking
from effort and duty, is more-pitnble
than the veriest overworked drudge. So
lie i but a. poor lenler of the noonlo. lmf.
poor national advler who seeks to
make the nation in any way subordi
nate effort to ease, who would teach the
people not to prize as the greatest blet
lng the chence to do anv work, nn m.f.
ter how hard, if it become their duty
to do It. To the sonsof the Purttan
it 1 almost needless to so, that the lei
on above all others which Puritanism
can tcarii ,thl nation is the nll-lmpor-tanee
of the resolute perfornronee of
duty. If we are men we will pass by
with contemptuous disdain alike the ad
viser who would seek to lead us into
the path ot ignoble ease and those who
would teach u to admire uoeessful
wrongdoing. Our idealg should be high,
nil yet they ahould be capable of ac
hievement in practical fashion: ami we
are at little to be excused if we permit
our Weals to be tainted with what h
sordid and mean and bate. if we allow
our power of achievement to atrophy and
become either Incapable o( effort or cap
aide only of audi fantatic, effort e to
aompu!i nothing of permanent good.
The true doctrine to preach to this na
tion, a to the Individual composing
this nation, is not the life of eaae, but
the life of effort. If it were in mv now
er to promise the people of this land
anything, I would not promise them plea"
ure. I would, promise them that stern
naiuiinen wh eh come from the eiut
or naving done in practical fashion a
difficult work which wa worth doing.
' "The utterly changed conditions of our
national lie necessitate change In cer
tain of our law, of our irovernmental
method. Our federal system of gov
ernment I based uon the theory of
community, to leaving to each com
munity to each state, the control
over those thing which affect only. Its
own menrbers and which the neonie of
the 'ocallty themselves can best grapple
with, while providing for national re
gulation in thoe matter which neces
sarily affect the nation a a whole. It
cnm to me that such nuestions as mtl.
oiuU eoverignty and state'a right need
to be treated not enmlrkaHv nor aca
demically, but from theyitandpoint of
ine interests or the people as a whole.
National sovereignty is to be uoheld in
o far a it mean the sovereignty of
the people used for the real and ulti,
mate good of the people) and Mate's
right are to lie upheld in far as they
mean the people's right. Especially i
thi true in de.illi with the relation
oi me people a a who le to the o-reat
.... . . . ...
corporation which are the distinguish
mg feature or modern businea con
.litiont.
Explerencc has shown that It I nee.
esjiary to exercise a far nior.. edieienf
control tlian at present over the husl
ne use of those Wet' fortunes, chiefly
i-oi poraie, wiiicii are iisetl a un.Ier mivl.
ern eomlitlons they almost invariablv
are) in rntentnte hnsinc. '"m,.n tl,
Constitution was created none of the
eonditioiis tf modern busiuces. existed.
They are wholly new and we mut create
new agencies to deal effectively with
"7" " e i no ohjeetion in" the
minds of this people to any, men's earn
inir any amount of nmnov'tf l. it
holiest ly and fairly, if he gets it as the
result of special skill and enteiyrlse,
ii i en nru 01 nmiiio service aetii,,
dered. Hut there is a orowln iWi,-n,t
-..it ii.i . ...
union mm no man shall amass a great
fortune by special privilege, tin nhtenn.
ery and wrotrg-doing, so far as it I In
me power or legislation to prevent j and
that the fortune when emasned shall not
have a business USA that In Hntt.aninl
I Most large corporations do a business
mat is not confined to any one state.
Kxperlenee hag shown that the effort, tn
control these corporations by mere state
uciiung can not produce wholesome re
ult. In most cases auch effort, fail
to correct tlie real abuses of which th
corporation is or may be guilty; while
... uimi twi uie enort is apt-to cause
cither hanlshiD
self, or else hardship to neighboring
"tales which nave not tried to grapple
with the problem In the Snme ninnnnr,
and of course we must lie as scrupulous
"i aregura tne rights of the corpora-
WASHINGTON' Aumist 20
Oregon has but five representa
tive on the list of officer in the
United State navy, a mighty
small number- when it i eon.
sidered that tho list aifirreirste
3432 officers in active service.
The flve Oregon officer are
Lieutenant Percey X. Olmsted,
on duty on the Boston and
Franklin Wayne Ostium Jr., oa
special duty. Bureau of Steam
Engineering; Midshipmen Raleigh
It Hughe of Portland, on duty
on the Missouri; Frederick M.
Perkins, of Salem, on th V.
traka, and Ernet Durr, of
Baker City, on the Yorktown.
vnen the great naval fleet as
sembles on the Pacific station
four of the five Oregon officers
in the navy will be with it,
flamely. Lieutenant Olmsted and
Midshipmen Hughes, Perkins and
Durr.
AS THE RUSH HOME FROM EUROPE BEGINS.
The Returning Native-Cosh! I'm glad we have our return tickets at leat.'
More money but been spent abroad this SUIIIinei' bv American than over r.
corded. News Item.
BROTHER
IS RULER
'rench Colony Leaves for Tan
gier Tomorrow.
TRIP CONSIDERED DANGEROUS
Sultan Ha Declared Hit Intention to
Send Deputation of Notable Moors
to Tangier Object of Mission it
Unldnown.
PARIS. Auust 20. The eoveroment
has received confirmation of the report
that the Sultan of Morocco's brother hat
been proclaimed Sultan, and also that
the Sultan hat declared his intention to
send a deputation of notable Moors to
Tangier, but the object of the mission 1
unknown, the trench colony st Fet,
fearing an explosion of fanaticism, leaves
for Tangier tomorrow. The Moroccan
government hot agreed to furnish an es
cort, but the five days' trip is consid
ered dangerou.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY HERE.
Gilbert Hedges Arrive From Portland
Will Spend Week at Worth Beach.
District Attorney ''Gilbert L. nedce of
the Fifth District of Oregon, arrived in
tne city last night on the late train from
Portland. He will leave todav for North
Beach where he will pend a few daya
visiting mends and resting up. 5
I have never been over to the beach."
he said, last night, "and feel like takinu
a little outiujf before the summer is
over, i will pnrtmbly 1 over there
about a week. No. the iraniblinir aitua-
lion is about the same. The Milwaukee
t nib house la closed and will remain
closed. We nave had two supreme court
ilecinions on the matter and I guess it
sticks tfcis time." He had nothing to
sy regarding the closing of gambling
in Astoria.
TOO FAST FOR PRINCE HENRY.
KIEL, Germany), Aumist 20 M.nr
Americans wno are to be guest of
German yacht clubs the coming, week
iwiay aaw we emperor'f cup won by
the Wansse Yacht Club's yacht Wans
see. which defeated Prince Henry's yacht
i my v., by 20 seconds.
IS FIMIH DECIDED
CM MINE
Supreme Court Decides in Favor
of Jacob Kamm.
IN THE KAMM-NORMAND CASE
Case Has Been in the Court for the
Past Three Year and Wa Finailv
Decided Yesterday by Judge Bean
involved Logging oa Appellants Land
TAFT MAY CHANGE PLANS.
COLUMBUS. 0.. Auirust 20,-Secre-
tary Taft is much concerned over the
condition of his mother, and mav chamre
all his Philippine trip plans.
TALKS INCORPORATION.
RIDGEFIELD. Wash.. Aumist 20.
Incorporation, of this village is looked
lor in the near future, as the crowth th
last three months has awakened the
leading citixen to this action. A num
ber of modern houses have been erected
the last month, and contracts let for
many more. Lot are being told rapidly
at $100 each.
TRAIN WRECKED; NO ONE HURT.
NEWPORT, Ark., August! 20t-The
Iron Mountain's fast train from Tex
arkana to St. Louia was thrown from
the track last night near Alicia by a
broken rail. It is reported that no one
w.a Injured. Only the engine, a vacant
mail car and a vacant coach left the
tiacJs.
tlon as to exact from them in return a
full measure of jutlce to the public. I
believe in a national incorporation law
for corporations enirajicd in interstate
business, I believe, furthermore that
tho need for action is most iiressiiii as
regard those corporations which, be-
'cause they are common carrier, exercise
a quasi-public function; and which can
be completely controlled, in all resnecU
by the federal government, by the exer
cise of the 'power conferred under the
interstate commerce clause, and. if
necessji-y, under the post-mad clause; of
the constitution. During the last few
year we have taken marked strides in
advance alone the mad of nrnnr mi.
'lation of these, railroad corporations;
but we must not top in the work. The
national government should exercise over
iiiem a similar supervision aud control
to that which jt exercises over national
banks. We can do this only
ng farther alomr the line mailre.l nnf
by the recent national legislation.
"In dentins with anv total! n .t
of conditions there must at the outset
be ihesitatlun and experiment. Such has
cen our experience in dealing with the
enormous concentration of cjii.ltl .
ployed in interstate commerce, Not only
the legislatures but the courts and the
people need gradually to be educated so
that they mny see what the real vmnm
are and what the real remedies. Almost
very big business concern is engaged In
interstate commerce, and such a concern
must not be allowed by a dexterous
shifting 0f position, as' lias been too oft
en the ca?e in the past, to escape there
by all resnonsibilitv
nation. Tho AmericAn
firmly, convinced of the need of control
over these great aggregations of capital,
especially where they had a monopolistic
tendency, before hey became quite
clear as to the proper way of achieving
the contiol. Through their representa
tives in congress they tried two reme
dies which were to . la
least as interpreted bv the courts, con
tmdictory. - On the other hand, under
th .auti-trut kv the effort.
to prohibit all combination, whether it
ss or was not hurtful or beneficial to
the public. On the other hand, thi'oiich
the interstate commerce law a beginning
was made in 'exercising such supervision
and control over combinations as to
prevent their doinit anvth!nr li.,,.,fi
the bod politic, The 'first law, the o-
cauea onennan law, has filled a useful
place for it bridges over the trniisifmn
penod ,-. until the American people shall
definitely make up its mind that it will
excrciae over' the great corporations that
im.rougii.gomg nd radical control
which it is certain ultimately to find
necessary. The principle of the Sherman
law so far as it prohibit
which -whether because of their extent
or of their character, are harmful to the
publio , must nlwa.Yi K .i
Ultimately, and I hope with reasonable
"peea. tne national government miiRt
pass laws which, while increasing the
supervisory and reaulatorv nower nf th
government, also permits' such useful
combination as are made with' absolute
openness and as the renreswitnti.... f
the government may pieviously approve.
But it will ii. .t K .,
. ... ..,-v c j..,,ulu , H'inut
"During the nresent trnnM iti. i.
w , - ,.v ,,, I 11V
stock market I of course received count
tea requests and suggestion that I should
SALEM, Autrust 20. Amonw the
number of supreme court cases decided
is the following one from Clatson coun
ty: Jacob Kamm. appellant, vs. Aler
Xormand and Fred Normand, respond
ents; from Clatsop county; T. A. Mc-
uriue, judge; reversed. Opinion by Chief
lustice Bean.
In the case just settled bv the snnreme
coun juage r. j. Taylor, of this city
appeared for the Kamm side of the con
troversy. white Fulton Bros., also of
this city, defended the claim of Kormand
Bros., the logging company. Judee
wi.. . . ......
-ucDnae ueciaed in ravor of the Fulton
Brothers' client but his decision doe not
hold good on appeal.
The case is one which involved th
right of loggers to log on streams and
through other property than their own.
In this instance the lowrinir wa betas
1 , w" o o
aone in such a way that it was alleged
to oe iniurinc the Kamm nrooertv near
Olneyv The Clatskanie is too narrow at
that place and resort was made to darn
ing tip the creek and when water enough
had accumulated to let the pond go and
the logs would be carried a considerable
distance. But this method, "swash" W.
ging, is said to have torn into th bank
and carried away portions of it, hence
the cause of 4he suit, which has been in
the courts for the past three years.
STRIKES PARALYZING THE NORTH.
BELLINGHAM, Wash.. Aumist 20.
t .i ...
.-MriKes in fairoanKs and Nome are par
alyzing mat district according to Cap
tain Croskey, of the steamer Olympia,
which arrived here today from the North
to load lumber of Alaska. The minera
are demanding $0 a day and eight hours
a daw work. As the season is so short
in Alaska the employers are demanding
that the men work more than eight
hours a day. " .
Heads of Hantaan Sys
tems Meet.
) oiwtasa jr. 0
DISCUSSES DEMURRAGE
Will Try and Provide 125 Cars
.a Day to Handle the
Wheat Crop.
ARE SECURING FOREIGN CARS
Meeting Was Held to Take Step For
Avoiding the Reciprocal Demurrage
Laws Which Have Cone Into Effect
II Movement of Wheat Stars at Once
Companies Will Suffer.
MARQUIS ITO HONORED.
Receives by Receipt of Imperial Re
script,
PORTLAND, Auirast 20. To avoid
complications likely to arise out of the
reciprocal demurrage law. which bees me
effective August 18 a meeting of the
head of departments of the northwest
Harriman lines wa held this moraine.
The object ' of the meeting waa to ar
range lor a genewi movement of rolling
stock, to the end that the car shortage
ol last year be not repeated this year:
"We hope to avoid a shortage of ears
this year," said General Manager .1. P.
O'Brien, after the meeting "To that
end we will haw arranged for a large
number of foreign cars to be brought
around this way on their return east.
and by thi means we hope to prevent
a congestion of traffic.
"Of course, the fact must be taken
into consideration that there is an im
mense wheat croo to be moved, and it
will depend largely upon conditions at
tending the movement of this cron
whether we shall be able to avoid a
shortage in cars. If there is a disposition
to move the cron all at once, we shall be
unable to cope with the situation but
if things move along as they have In
years past, we hope to handle the wheat
yield at the rate of 100 or 123 cars a
day. Now that the car are, as a general
rule, of a much greater capacity than
in formei' years, this would amount to a
large movement of wheat each day and
ought, I think, to meet the demands of
the season."
The fact that today's meeting waa
held immediately followinir th 'talc-infy
ffsot of ths reciprocal demurrage law
indicates that the Harriman line am
preparing to avoid the necessity at la.
voking the provisions of the act, If pos
sible. At the present time there wonM
seem to be no occasion for calling the
law into action for there is at nresent
a lull between the heavy shipping sea
sons The trouble will come, if it comes
at all, later in the year, when the enor
mous wheat yield of Eastern Oreann
and Washington liegiiia to sect th ir.
ter level.
Today's meeting was held with a view
to stirring up the different departments
and getting the equipment of the various
roans into action, so that when the
heavy shipping season arrives th svs.
tem will be in a better position to meet
the situation. Arrangements for for
eign cars from the south indicate that
the Harriman interests are early taking;
measures looking to prevention of a con"
gestion.
.(Continue on paj, j j"
TOKIO. August 20. Marnni Tin has
been honored by the receipt of tho fol
lowing imperial rescript:
"We being solicitous of the mainten
ance of peace in the Far East, entrusted
you with the management of Corean
affairs and are satisfied with the new
convention which was concluded bv vonr
earnest efforts."
WORK BEGUN ON NEW RAILROAD.
BOISE, August 20. Great interest
was awakened here yesterday afternoon
when it was definitely learned that work
was begun yesterdaw on the new
that will place Boise on the main linn
of the Oregon Short Line. Two cars of
material were unloaded and engineers
and men began work at Mora Siding, 23
miles east of Namoa to build direct, tn
Boise, 20 miles distant.
BOY SENT TO REFORM SCHOOL.
FREEWATER, Or.. Aumist 20
Louis Clarke, aged 14 years, son of Wil
liam A. Clarke, living near thi eitv. vi.
sent to the Reform School at Salem vea-
terday by. Judge Gilliland. Deputy
Sheriff Joe Blakely accompanied the boy
to the institution.