ROOSEVELT ON SOCIALISM.
Per, Press Association—Oopyi ight. New Yobk, June 11. President Roosevelt, in a speech at Norfolk, in Virginia, earnestly hoped that tho country’s superbly self-reliant individualism would never be exchanged for deadening socialism. He advocated legislation whereby the burden of compensation of workmen shall , fall on employers, who by increasing tho price of products would pi ice it on tho general public. There was no sound economic reason for distinction between accidents due to negligence and those unavoidable, and the law should make payment automatic.
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 8836, 12 June 1907, Page 2
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87ROOSEVELT ON SOCIALISM. Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 8836, 12 June 1907, Page 2
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