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V] «i THE OHAfiLOTT* NBWS NOVEMBER 16. 1^ “The Trusts, The People, And The Square De aV By Assoclted Press. % r Returning to the main subject, Mr. New York. Xov. 16.—Recent litlga- Roosevelt, continued: „hoiA fion and legislation to regulate oJien^““®oT\y administrative gov- trusts is discussed and a remedy to . . meet the present situation is suggested by Theodore Roosevelt In an editorial entitled “The Trusts, the People and the Square Deal,” published today in The Outlook. “Th'e suit against the fitrel tnist by the government, “Mr. Roosevelt begins, "has brought vivid ly before our people the need of reduc ing to order our chaotic government policy as regards business,” he con cludes with the following recommenda tion; , “The national government exercises ernmental action but by a succession of law iuits is hopelesf from me standpoint of working out a perma nently satisfactory ^solution. More over, the results sought to be achiev ed are achieved only In extremely Insufficient and fragmentary meas ure by breaking up all big corpora tions, whether they have behaved well or ill, into a number of little corporations which It Is perfectly cer tain will be largely and perhaps al together, under the same control. Such action is harsh and mischievous control over Inter-State Commerce I if the corporation Is guilty of nothing Rallwavg and It can in similar fashion, except its si^e; and where, as in tne through an appropriate governmental case of the Standard Oil, and es body exercise control over all Indus- > peclally the tobacco trusts, pe cor- trial organizations engaged In Inter- poratlon has been guilty of immoral state commerce. This control should and anti-social practices, there is be exercised, not l)v the courts, but by need for far more drastic and thor- an administrative bureau or board ough going action than any that such as the bureau of corporations or!has been taken, under the recent de- the Interstate Commerce Commission; cree of the supreme court. In tne for the courts cannot with advantage case of the tobacco trust, for in- Dermanentlv perform executive and ad- stance, the settlement In the circuit Snlstiative functions.” court in which the representatives of Before taking up his general theme, i the government seemed inclined lo Mr Roosevelt l auses to deny that the I concur, practically leaves all of the representatives of the stee 1 corpora-' companies still substantially under tion misled him while he was presi- the control of twenty-nine original dent. Referring to the suit against | defendants. Such a result Is lament- the steel trust, he says: (able from the standpoint of justice. “One of the grounds for the suit In! jhe decision of the circuit court, ir the acquisition bv the steel corporation]allowed to stand, means that t..e to- of the Tennessee Coal & iron Co.; andjijacco trust has merely been obliged it has been alleged, on the authority change its clothes, that none o£ of the government officials engaged in the real offenders have received any carrying on the suit, that as regards I real punishment. this transaction I was misled by the “Surely, miscarriage of justice ib representatives of the steel corpora- ^ot too strong a term to apply to tion. and that the facts were not accu- guch a result when considered in ' ' connection with w'hat the supreme court said of this trust. “The effort to prohibit all combi nations, good or bad. Is bound to fall, and ought to fall; when made, U merely means that some of the worst combinations arfe not checked and that honest business is checked. Our purpose should be, not to strangle business as an Incident ot strangling combinations but to reg ulate big corporations In thorough going and effective fashion, so as to help le^timate business as an Inci dent to thoroughly and completely safeguarding the interests of the peo ple as a whole. "Few will dispute the fact that the present situation is not satisfac tory, and cannot be put on a perma nently satisfactory basis unless we put an end lo the perioi of grop ing and declare for a fixed policy, a policy which shall clearly define and punish wrong-doing, which shall put a atop to the Iniquities done in the name of business, but which shall be strict equity to business. We demand that big business give the people a square deal; in return we must in sist that when any one engaged in big business, honestly endeavors to do right, he shall himself be given a square deal; and the first and most elementary, kind of square deal, is to rately or truthfully laid before me. This statement is not correct. I m- lleved at the time that the facts In the case were as represented to me on be half of the steel corporation, and my further knowledge has convinced me that this was true. I believed at the time that the representatives of the steel corporation told me the truth as to the change that would be worked In the percentage of the business which the proposed acquisition would give the steel corporation, and further in quiry has convinced me that they did BO. I was not misled. The represen tatives of the steel corporation told me the truth as to w’hat the effect of the action at that time would be, and any statement that I was misled or that the representatives of the steel cor poration did not thus tell me the truth as to the facts of the case is itself not In accordance with the truth. “It has been alleged that the pur- • chase by the steel corporation of the property of the Tennessee Coal & Iron Co.. gave the steel corporation practically a monopoly of the southern Iron ores—that Is, of the Iron ores south cf the Potomac and the Ohio. My Information which I have every rea- Eon to believe Is accurate and not suc- cesfully to be challenged, Is that of these southern iron ores, the steel corporation has Including the property t-itjiueuia*j, b.iuu vj. — gained from the Tennessee Coal & 1 give him in advance full Information Iron Co., less than -0 per cent—per- ^s to just what he can, and what He An Innovatioii in Oil Heaters t The Perfection Smokeless Oil Heater, with its drums enameled in turquoise, is an ornament to any room, whether in the country or city home. No home is quite complete without a Perfection Oil Heater. It ii a necessity in the fall and sp^ng, when it is too warm to start the regular heating apparatus, ana too cool to be without heat. In the midst of winter it is often convenient as an auxiliary heater, as there are always some cold comers in a house. The enameled heater always presents a ni» appearance, a» the cnamd will not tamiah or bum off. It is not an “ enamel paint,” but it it the same as the enamel of your cooking utensils. The Perfection is the most reliable and convenient portable heating device you can fini An automatically-iocldng flame spreader prevents turning the wick high enough to srodce. Deann ever^here. Atic yaun io show voc Pwfectioii Healer enameled; or write for deacriptiv* ctreuler ic anr ecencr oi Standard Oil Company (lncorpof«ied> Smokes.e&» * not a power that snould be used when it is possible to avoid It. The law should be clear, unambiguous, certain, so that honest men may not find that unwittingly they have vio lated it. In short, our aim should be, not to destroy, but effectively and in thorough going fashion to regulate and control* In the public interest, the great Intrumentalltles of modern business, which It is destructive of the general w'elfare of the commu nity to destroy and which neverthe less it is vitally necessary to that general welfare to regulate and con trol. Competition will remain as a very important factor when once_ we have destroyed the unfair business methods, the criminal Interference with the rights of others, which alone enabled certain swollen com binations to rush out their competitors —and, incidentally, the ‘conservatives’ will do well to remember that those unfair and iniquitous methods by great masters of corporate capital have done more to cause popular discontent with the propertied class es tken all the orations of all the socialist orators in the country put together.” TETRAZZINI HAS SURE ANTI-FAT CURE. ; YChJrE tJUSTTOEMAN IWftNT to SEE - I'VE OOTASCREaW. OF ASTDFCiTTt? die: LausHiNe-ii $HOCfT- E)rawnBv UMYU KNOW THE SIGN OITTSIDE OF SMITHS H0U5E-?C SEEN HIM. LftTElY ?J WLL- 0ENKIN)5 SISTCR- CSQME Km - BELIEVE ME-‘ 1‘LL HaVE 'tv. ^ INTBOOUCE'VDUJ. SHE 'WRS CQMlNe I>OWN THE smeer-WHEN- C3SS! V/HO IS THE., PSFICH DO YOU KKOa/ HER? ) SHE fioftLQjE^sire TOs- VOU HRVE’NT 3rOTa C£SREwTHnr‘S LONeur F0R50HE-, ONE TO SMOKE IT- X Have VQU? NO •-/ \jjELL as I was 'SaVIN5 SHE ^or-j POSSIBILITIES OF NEW STYLES IN intoxicants describ ed IN A PROSE POEM. haps not over 16 per cent. This is a very much smaller percentage than the percentage it hold? of the l>ake Super ior ores, which even after the surren der of the .Mill lease will be slightly over 50 i>er cent. According to my view, therefore, and unless—which I do not believe possible—these figures can be successfully challenged, the acquisition of the Tennessee Coal & Iron Co.’s ores In no way changed the situation as regards making the steel corporation a monopoly. The showing as to the percntage of reduction of all kinds of steel ingots and steel castings in the United States by the steel cor poration and by all other manufactur ers respectively makes an even strong er case. I* makea the case even Stronger than I pul it in my testimony before the investigation committee for I was scrupulously careful to make ■tatements that erred. If at all, against my own position.” The influence of A Good breakfast Lasts all day. With body and mind in poise— Swinging along smoothly. Work becomes a pleasure Brain and Nerves depend Much more on food Than we are apt to suppose. When it is easy to digest And contains the right kind Of nourishment, The healthy brain will Respond to all demands. Grape-Nuts FOOD cannot, legally and properly do. “Not only should any huge corpora tion which has gained Its position by unfair methods and by interfer ence with the rights of others, by demoralizing and corrupt practices, in short, by sheer baseness and wrong-doing be broken up, but it should be made the business of some administrative governmental body, by constant supervision to see that it does not come together again, save under such strict control as shall In sure the community against all repe tition of the bad conduct—and it should never be permitted thus to as semble Its parts as long as these pans are under the control of the original offenders, for actual experi ence has shown that these men are, j from the standpoint of the people at large, unfit to be trusted with the power Implied In the management ot a large corporation. But nothing of Importance Is gained by breaking up a huge Interstate and International Industrial organization which has not offended otherwise than by its size, into a number of small concerns without any attempt to regulate the way in whlcn these concerns as a whole shall do business. Nothing is gained by depriving the American na tion of good weapons wherewith to fight In the great field of Internation al industrial competition. To sum up then—It Is practically impossible— and If possible. It would be mischiev ous and undesirable to try to break up all combinations merely because they are large and successful, and to put the business of the country back into the middle of the eigh teenth ceiitury conditions of intense and unregulated competition between small and weak business concerns. Such an effort represents not pro- gressiveness, but an unintelligent though doubtless well meaning tory- ism. Moreover, the effort to adminis ter a law merely by law suits and court decisions is bound to end in signal failure and meanwhile to be attended with delays and uncertain ties and to put a premium upon legal sharp practice. Such an effort does not adequately punish the guilty, and yet works great harm to the innocent. Moreover, it entirely fails to give the publicity which is one of the best by-products of the system ot control by administrative oflaclals; publicity, which Is not only good m itself but furnishes the data for whatever further action may be ne cessary. We need to formulate im mediately and definitely a policy which. In dealing with big corpora tions that behave themselves and which contain no menace save what Is necessarily potential In any corpo- The Latest is a Corset That “Peench- es and Peenches” When Spring is ouched. Philadelphia, Nov. 16.—Mme. Lou isa Tetrazzini, the grand opera star, is worrying because she is getting stouter and stouter. She says the fat is not affecting her voice, but if it continues she will not be able to cavort around the stage as she has heretofore. Tetrazzini says she tried Lillian Russell’s fioor rolling, her electric treatment, punched the bag for hours, took long walks and did al most everything, but everything she did made her hungry and as soon as she reduced her weight she Immedi ately put on with the assistance ot a hearty meal. When she arrived In America Sun day morning she brought with her the very latest thing in the antl-tat line. The latest Is a real corset that will make a barrel look like a clothes pole or an elephant like a giraffe. She says shek nows because she has tried them and sheb rought eight pairs with her. Madamew on’t tell who makes them as she is not going to allow other near-fat artists to look sylph like at her expense. - The corsets, according to Madame, are collapsible. They go on easily enough and then all that is necessary Is to touch a spring and they “peench and peench” until the fat person be comes tall and thin. RED CROSS STAMP BOOTHS. (New York World.) No longer will the bibulous extend the Invitation: “Come In and have a drink.” In future they wijl say enticingly: “Come in and eat a little whiskey,” or "chew some beer,” or “let a gin cocktail melt in your mouth.” For, as The Wolrd told yesterday, no less an* authority, than Commis sioner Cabell of the Internal Revenue Bureau says that some genius in the prohibition state of Kansas has solidi fied whiskey, brandy, lager beer, gin and other beverages more or less alco holic. Commissioner Cabell knows, because the inventor, who doubtless will fill a niche In the Hall ot Fame next to Nobel, who Invented dynamite, wants to learn if his solid booze must pay a revenue tax. Whether or not it profits Uncle Sam It certainly has many advantages over the bottled, barrelled and kegged re freshments of today. It Is understood that the eatable “drinks” can be pre pared in any size from that of the worth monument to that of a homeo pathic pellet. When tabloid toddy is put on the market a man can fill his coat pocket with whiskey straight and without leaving his chair In the thea tre, take one whenever he ieels the need of a stimulant. He may not be able to go away from there when the final curtain falls. But he has not an noyed everybody near him in the en tr’actes, has not mussed back htiir, nor fallen over women’s feet, nor trod on gouty’s men’s toes. When there is solid feed beer there will be no more “growlers;” a man can carry home the equivalent of a gallon in a shawl strap. There will be no need to wink at druggists in temper ance towns; you will simply buy an innocent looking box full of brandy pellets. Appropriately, the cafes will hang out signs like that of your “uncle;” ^ . How miserable will a hobo be when he discovers that he Is,stealing a ride on a car filled with cakes of rum! The altruistic doctors who try to take away a man’s thirst will have to watch out or their patients’ friends will be shoot ing Mghballs down their throats. The most perfect lady will be enabl ed to carry a boboniere full of pousse- cafes. At the autumn festivals ih tje beer gardens a shaft of lager will be set up Instead of the accustomed one of fruits and vegetables. What a de lightful sight it will be to observe dear, innocent little Gretchens and Hanses with their mouths full of ponies of beer bitten from the pedastal of the monument. - And at certain picnics a huge block of gin—oh! fo’ de lawd’s sake! Dat sho’ly will be scrumptious. opposrre of sim VJHEN-HLONe CoMES a susT or wiNP JiTsr^ as s/tiTH-Ha- (the ujcky cuss HE HLWaVS SEEM^^ to ee.riKRLSri at THE Lasr noMSNrr li 3 'WELLaUYKaW^ HBUO-HEFIE’S/Ar ^ CPiR.- so-LONG OLD SPORT- It-LTELL THE STORY SOME OTHER. nriME-rr^ a CORKER^/ EXCUSE m'-i DEi^TH PREDICTION IN WILL. Fearing Son Cannot Live, Mother Leaves Him No Legacy. Philadelphia, Nov. 16.—In one of the most remarkable wills ever offer ed for probate here Mrs. Eliza Peber- dy. In bequeathing an estate valued at $27,000, wrote: “I omit to give or devise any part of my property to my oldest son, George Edv/in Peberdy, not because of any lack of affection or considera tion for him, but solely because of the fact that he is now stricken with an illness which I believe will, be fore long, prove fatal to hfm. “He may die before me and should he not, at the utmost he cannot sur vive me long.” Theb ulk of the estate is bequeath ed to younger sons. George Peberdy declared today he was in-'thorougn accord with the terms of thew ill. NEW TOURIST HOTEL FOR ASHEVILLE. Contains the true elements From wheat and barley— Including the phosphates (Grown in the grain) R.eQUired by Nature in |ration which of great sl*e and very Rebuilding the tissue Broken down by | as amply to safecnard the interests of the whole public, including pro ducers. consumers and wage work ers. This control should, If necea- sary, be pushed in extreme cases to the point of exercising control over monopoly prices, as rates on railways are now controlled; altboufh this it Sale Will Be Allowed This Year In Postoffice Buildings Washington, Nov. 16.—Red Cross Christmas stamps will hep laced on sale in all cities about December 1, according to the plans announced by Secretary Charles L. Magee, of the American Red Cross Society. For the first time sale of the stamps will be permitted this year in all postoffices. Secretary of the Treasury MacVeagh sent a bulletin order today to custodians of all post- office buildings to permit installation of booths. Postmaster General Hitchcock also is aiding the stamp sales by au thorizing their us# on the backs oi all letters and other mall matter. Only use of the stamps on the front of letters is prohibited. There was a fire in a Kensington {>hoe factory the other night, and over 2,000 soles were lost. It is just as well to remember that a woman’s shoelaces are almost as easily broken as her heart strings. Only One **BROMO QVmiNE/* tb«t is Bromo Quinl&e CareM^oSMiBOneDey, Grip m 2 Dayt Daily wear and tear. *'There’s a Reason Postum Cereal Company,v Limited. Battle Creek. Mick. tf Saloon Keeper Shot. 6y Associated Press. New York, Nov. 16.—Peter L®* nane, a wealthy saloon keeper, was shot to death early today on the threshold of his place of business. The police arrested Robert Harris, whom they said they found beat ing Lenane over the head with tlie butt of a revolver when they arrived. Three witnesses say that Harris fir ed the fatal shots. According to wit nesses Harris was ejected from tne saloon Shortly before the shooting. At the station house Harris insist ed'that it was “all a put up job. He was locked up on a charge of homi cide. Special to The News. Asheville, N. C., Nov. 16.—If present plans do not miscarry and there is no present indications that they will, this city will have within the next twelve months another up-to-date tourist ho tel to cost $250,000. According to the present plans this Is to be built by Dr. B. W. Grove, of Asheville and St. Louis, with the aid of the banks of the city. The-hotel is to be built on the side of Sunset Mountain just behind the Country Club golf links and will command one of the finest landscape views in Western North Carolina. The site for the building is on a plateau containing about 30 acres of land on the new aiitomobile road that leads from Charlotte street to the summit of Sunset Mountain. ThfatoCsmwO* Bates, the man wbo •dvertises Mother’s Jot and Gooae Greaie I,iiiinieiit, two of the greatest thinars knows to Billy—“Huh! I bet you didn’t have a good time at your birthday party yesterday.” Willie—“I bet I did.” , ^ Bill—“Then why ain’t you sick to day?” The quarrelsome man should bear In man that a chip on the shoulder never won a jackpot. A POSITION FOR YOU! You wll be paid 150.00 per montt out of a capital of 1300,000.00 if our greai system of 48 collejSes does not secure a good position for you the day yw quaUfy In either college ihentioaed below. Write at once tor Urge catalog. We supply help in 48 big Southern oltles. ’PRACTICAL RAUGHON’S CAmtBenna KING’S GRADUATES are above par in the business world because of their Ihcrough traiaing and superior qualifications. 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