The country was fortunate, too, in having a strong president, a man of high principles and undaunted courage who had already shown his capacity to deal with the critical situation.

America was lucky with her presidents.

Picked out by the great political parties as mere figureheads, sometimes they deceived their sponsors, and showed themselves men and patriots.

Such a president was Theodore Roosevelt.

After beginning vigorous warfare on the Trusts, attacking fearlessly the most rascally of the band, the chief of the nation had sounded the slogan of alarm in regard to the multi-millionaires.