AMERICA'S SEARED CONSCIENCE.
GRAVE POLITICAL EVILS. PBKBIDE.VT ROOSEVELT'S PROTESTS. Recoivcd Hi, 8.4S p.m. . .li'kw Yoiik, April 15. - At the opening of a public building at Washington, President Roosovelt dwelt on the necessity of the sternest war against the grave evils besetting a greai body of politicians, An epidemio of indiscriminate assaults on the characters of even decent public inon, he said, had seared the public conscience, and constituted, in his opinion, the worst sign of the great unrest in the social, political and industrial problem. He advocated a progressive tax on the transfer of enormous fortunes, and preventing an individual inheriting beyond a certain amount; also a national supervision of inter-State corporations, in order to prevent overcapitalisation
The nation must strive, lio concluded, to secure the broadest economic; opportunity for all. ACCUSED OF ADVOCATING SOCIALISM. Kccoivcd 10, 9 p.m. New Yobk, April 16. President Roosevelt is accused in somo carters of advocating advanced socialism.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8086, 17 April 1906, Page 2
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154AMERICA'S SEARED CONSCIENCE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8086, 17 April 1906, Page 2
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