PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S OUTLOOK.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXIX, Issue 89, 18 April 1906, Page 2

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S OUTLOOK.

GRAVE SOCIAL EVILS

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NEW YORK, April 15. of w 5• °P! nin S °fa Public building 3t Washl"gton ' P^^dent Roosevelt dwelt on the necessity for the sternest war. against grave evils besetting the body politic. An epidemic of TndhV criminate assaults on 'characters of even decent public men had seared the public conscience and constituted the worst sign of a great unrest in social, political, and industrial problems. He advocated a progressive tax on the transter or enormous fortunes, preventing an individual inheriting beyond^ certain amount; also the national supervision of inter-state corporations, in order to prevent overcapitalisation. The nation must strive to secure a broader economic opportunity for all.

™ ~ NEW YORK, April 16. I resident Roosevelt is accused in some quarters cif advocating advanced Socialism.