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self-restraint, we can work out the solution along 

 the lines that I have indicated. Thus, the first thing 

 is to give the National Government the power. All 

 the power that is given, I can assure you, will be 

 used in a spirit as free as possible from rancor of 

 any kind, but with the firmest determination to make 

 big man and little man alike obey the law. 



What we need first is power. Having gotten the 

 power, remember the work won't be ended it- will 

 be only fairly begun. And let me say again and 

 again and again that you will not get the millen 

 nium the millennium is some way off yet. But 

 you will be in a position to make long strides in ad 

 vance in the direction of securing a juster, fairer, 

 wiser management of many of these corporations, 

 both as regards the general public and as regards 

 their relationship among themselves and to the in 

 vesting public. When we have the power I most 

 earnestly hope, and should most earnestly advocate, 

 that it be used with the greatest wisdom and self- 

 restraint. 



The first thing to do would be to find out the 

 facts. For that purpose I am absolutely clear that 

 we need publicity that we need it not as a matter 

 of favor from any one corporation, but as a matter 

 of right, secured through the agents of the Govern 

 ment, from all the corporations concerned. The 

 mere fact of the publicity itself will tend to stop 

 many of the evils, and it will show that some other 

 alleged evils are imaginary, and finally in making 

 evident the remaining evils those that are not 



