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Newspaper
The Joliet Weekly News
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1908
Page
5
The president urges replacing broad prohibitions with targeted public interest laws. He backs stronger interstate commerce oversight of railways and telecom, tighter securities controls, and透明 publicity. He warns against overreaction to wealth and supports balanced regulation to protect workers investors and shippers.
A political piece argues public oversight of corporations is essential to prevent ruinous privilege, while condemning demagogy that attacks wealth without addressing wrongdoing by all parties. It emphasizes defending workers and property owners against misconduct across the economic spectrum.
The speech argues that national power must regulate interstate wealth and railroads, opposing unfettered individualism. It defends centralized federal control, warns against state fragmentation, and calls for public accountability, publicity, and broad legal reforms to curb corporate power.
A sweeping address urges steady reform of labor conditions, broadening worker ownership, and stronger protections. It calls for nationwide and District of Columbia measures on workers compensation, old age pensions, child labor limits, shorter hours, and liability laws, with focus on securing rights for wageworkers.
The piece criticizes organized labor leaders for attacking the judiciary to push sweeping reforms. It argues such tactics threaten trial by jury in contempt cases and would empower class privilege. It warns that class-based appeals divide citizens and harm justice, urging workers to resist these aims.
A commentary notes that political power is dispersed among secretive actors whose names are unknown to citizens. It argues power exercised openly by elected leaders is not in peril, as such rulers must answer to the people periodically.
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