Document a: “excerpt from public papers of governor theodore roosevelt”
our laws should be so drawn as to protect and encourage corporations which do their honest duty by the public and discriminate sharply against [regulate] those organized in the spirit mere greed, for improper speculative purpose.
-- theodore roosevelt (1900)

1. what did theodore roosevelt say should be done to corporations that operate with little or no consideration for the public good? how do you think we could do this?

2. what does roosevelt suggest should be done with corporations that do their honest duty by the public? what’s an example of a company that does this in real life?

3. who was the intended audience for this idea? who would governor roosevelt want to hear these words most?