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THE SCR ANTON TRIBUTE-VJ'
iNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1902.
5
n
Meaning of the
President's Message
From a Recent Lecture bu Professor Gcornc Gunton.
social venom, class suspicion and din
trust could bo poured, crcntlng a senti
ment among the masses verging on
revolution. It stimulated every abnor
mal sentiment of social nnd economic
revolution that 'existed In tbo country.
Nothing but the extraordinary pros
perity of the last few years prevented
the Inflamed and perverted propagan
da on this question from sweeping the
country with a demand for suppress
ing corporations, and the Introduction
of a l evolutionary policy which would
Inevitably have disrupted our domestic
Industries, nnd piobably have given us
(i panic compared with which even that
of "03 would have been a pigmy.
ROOSKVELT'S METHOD.
Compare the statement of President
Roosevelt on this subject with what I
have just read:
Tlii! crow 111 of cities Lai gone on beyond com
parl'on fulcr lli.m ihe Krovvtli of tin.' country,
iiml I lie upbuilding of (lie nrf.it Industrial c. li
te rj ha meant .1 iLirtlliiR incrchc, not merely
In Hit' iigfrrrgati of uudlli, but in the number
ot cry larjti 1 1 h 1 K i 1 1 1 .1 1 , unci especially of xery
torero corpor.iti', fortunes. The crratlon of these
Kiwit c-orporato fortini" liai not lifcn duo to the . t,,, . ., .,
tarllf nor to any othor iroxcrmnnital action, Imt ! chnrjecl against corporations. There
to natural cjiihw In the liu-iinc-d noild,
iter
ating In other countries in they operate In our
own.
The proc-cs has f.iomed much nnt t;roiiumi, 11
Itirat pait of which is wholly without warrant. It
U not true; that .11 iho rich hac Kioun richer
the poor have grown oorcr. On the contrary,
never before has the average nun, the wage
worker, the fanner, the small trailer, been to
well oli in this country a-i at the, present time.
There lime been abu-scs connected vvtili the no
cumulation of wealth; jet It remains true that
a fortune accumulated m legitimate Inuincw c an
be accumulated by thj person ("peelally bencfl'.i'il
only on condition of conferring immense inci
dental benefits upan olhers. Succcsstul entir
pric, of the t.vpc i.lilih benefits all inanlelnl,
can only exist if (be conditions are such as to
oiler great prizes as the rewards of success.
The captains of industry who liavc driven the
iailwas swenw across this continent, who have
Inge of President
exceptional state
jssage ' from the
n generation hns
Ih universal praise
libroad. This does
lbody agrees with
lelt has said, but It
ybody realizes the
message Is a live
'c man.
end It Is a frank,
lly earnest dlsctts-
llons. There Is no
class or censure
appeal to popular
j partisan motives.
imi)lc of the eain-
aracterlstle of Mr,
like a live current,
passage, There Is
litis or perfunctory
krngrnph contains a
vlng been written.
Itrnordlnnry because
Ircumstnnces under
It came to the presi
ding ushered Into
lull tragedy, he be
lt time when the na
new, Important and
lis. Among the un-
Ivvhlch now confront
leader of public nf-
llko trusts and cor-
Itlon, the labor qucs-
Ind our foreign com-
Istlons are all of far-
significance. They
liestlons which tempt
play with the pas-
and make the con-
lin tlinld. Tet, with
lot trumpet-sounding
ident Roosevelt has
Is fearlessly discussed
Ises of nil these ciues-
done It In a broad J
from the point of
llfare, wholly untnlnt-
lir party claims. This
rndltlonnl presidential
lumounts to a depar-
setting up a new
papers.
JNAL FEATURE.
policy of presidents,
everything in such
to be susceptible of
that either friend or
; upon It, and entirely
llrect discussion of a
Ililch had not already j
mil or disapproval of j
to which the presi
de absence of all this
loosevelt's message is
ligly exceptional fea-
Ijst ai-iiroprlate refer- '
Iredy which removed '
In the presidency, and '
limendation that steps
rent an Influx of an-
country, he takes up
Ions of national con- '
vlth corporations and
It that has been touch
presidents and candl-
Isldenoy, and it is in
ure the tone, the man-
and the coniprehen-
If the subject by Mr.
Ir. Cleveland, for ex-
thls trust question Is
lltlclans have tried to
cal by appealing to the
lasses. It very seldom
rson who Is dependent
tpon popular approval
r fair on this subject.
ays a speciui pleader , would sav all corporations are mull-
other. The prejudice i nlnuslv conceived: that their nurnosL-
and the laborers re- ' M m omirer.s the nubile, make slaves of
s such that frankly to . loborers and destroy the citizenship of
al merit In the tend- frPW men: because overv limn of affairs
knows that such a statement is not
true. I
as everybody clso will assume, that
honest corporations will have no objec
tions to this, and those thnt are deal
ing In unfair discriminations arc the
very ones who need It.
PAIR DEALING IS REST.
The effect of such a policy would un
doubtedly be wholesome In many re
spects. It often happens with rnll
loads, as It docs with legislators nnd
officeholders, that they would prefer to
act squarely with everybody, but se
vere pressure can som. times lc brtugit
to bear that makes It very costly to
refuse favors. But If they could bo so
safeguarded that the evil proposition
could not be made, they would hall It
with delight. The policy of publicity
and Intelligent supervision would re
move the temptation nnd also the de
fense for railroad and other quasi
public corporations to discriminate un
justly In favor of one set of customers
against another. It Is more than prob
able, therefore, that the moral effect
of the fact that they were subject to
putnicity would piactically remove
nearly all the unfair relations that are
are only a small number In any class
that desire to be unjust. The great
bulk of business concerns are honest
and prefer to be honest, and they will
hall with delight anything which shall
make it dlfilcult or Impossible for the
small majority of the less scrupulous to
indulge In Improper methods.
IN REGARD TO LABOR.
On the matter of labor he Is equall"
liberal and comprehensive. He takes
the following very sound and philo
sophic position:
With the fole exception of the firming In
Iciest, no one matter Is of such vital moment
to tbo whole people as the welfare of the vv.ne
workers. If the fanner and the wage-worker me
well olf, it is nhtolutcly certain that all others
will be well off too. It is therefore a nutter for
, n. ill,- "... "(- vii vi. iwi ai if uieiciuic a maun lor
bul t up our commerce, who bale developed our, i,.,, .,i,i ,i, ,. ,
, , , ., , , , . ' Jicartv congratulation trat on the wnole xvukii.
,':'n,Ua.d"..'' 2. .;.l l 'W.r toJay In the Unite,. States than eter
T"i : '""' , 1 ., "(before in our h story, and far h gher than in
di'xelopment of which we aie so Jutly proud
could never have taken place,
Moreoxei, it cannot lie too often pointed out
that to stitke with ignorant xlolence at the
interests of one set of men :ilr o.st inevitably
endangers the inten&ts of all. The fundamental
rule in our national life the rule which under
lies all otbeis is '.bat, on the whole, and In
the long run, we shall go up or down together.
There are exceptions; and in times of prospeilty
porno will piospcr far more, and in limes of
aiheisily some will Miller fir more, thin otitis;
but- fpcaking generally, a period of good timed
meaiH that all i-haro more or s in llicm, and
In a period of hard limes all feel the strevs to
a gi eater or less degiec.
The iiiechaui.-lu of modem business is sw
delicate that extreme care must be taken "rot
to intcrfcie with it in a spit it of l.ishness or !g
noiatice. Msny of tlinoo xvlio haie nude it their
vocation to denounce Iho great indiistriil com
bmitions xihicli aro populatl.v, althougli xxih
technical inaccuracy, known as "trust'.," ap
any other country. The standard of living is
also higher than ever before. Uvcry elfort of
legislator and adiuinistratoi should be bent to
secure the permanency of this condition of things
1 and its impioveinent wherever possible. Vot
t only must our libor lie proticted by the taiilT,
i but It should also he protected, so far as it is
I possible, from the presence' In this country of
I any laborers brought over by contract, or of
those who, coming freclv, jet represent a sfind
ard of living so depressed tlut they ran under
sell our men in the labor market and diag them
to a lower level
No student of the labor question or
leader of labor unions could more com
pletely stiite the renl case of labor In
its relation to national progress than
this. And, In pursuance of this Idea,
he recommends the re-enactment of the
law excluding Chinese laborers, and
that It be strengthened xvherever neces
peal especially to bitted and fear. Th?se ate sary to mnlie Its enforcement entirely
Picclscly the two miction-', partiuilaily when
combined xvith ignoianie, which untlt men for
the i.xeieife of cool ami ft ady judgment. In
facing new Industrial icndllions, the whole his
tory of the world shows tint legislation will
gitieiilly be both unwise and ineffective unlcs
undeitaken after cal.11 inquiry and with sober
self-restraint.
How different this presentation of the
case! It Is not a special pleading, but
a statement of the facts that every per
son of sense and experience knows Is
true. Neither Mr. Clevelund, Mr. Bry
an nor the most passionate trust hat
ers who have followed them, could take
exception to the truth of this xvholo
statement. The moment one sees such
a frank statement of the facts coiitl-
dencc is Inspired In the recommenda- 1
tlons. Sensible men would shrink from I
the recommendation of a man xvho '
wporatlons Is to incur
It he populace. So that
us well as conscience
liuestlon in a preslden-
a way that shall rep
ts of capital and large
xvell as the evils that
ed In connection with
SVELAND SAID.
ind's last annual mes-
ls, Dec. 7. 1890. he nro-
Ict as follows:
DEFECTS, EVILS AND REMEDY.
It Is a commonplace to say that the
muln purpose of large corporations Is
to produce dlx'idends, and It is an
economic fact which nil competent stu
dents and observers are familiar with
that, as President Roosevelt says, they
cannot continuously bo successful with
out the whole community sharing di
rectly or indirectly in their benefits.
Rut, having made this Intelligent and
effective. , He Is equally dolinlte and
unqualified in his utterances on the
matter of convict lalfor and the eight
hour lax On this subject he says:
The national government should demand the
highest tuality of seixko from its employe ;
and in Hun it should be .1 good employer: If
possible legislation rhould be pissed, in connec
tion with the interstate commerce law, which
will render cllcctive the ctTorts of d.fferrnt
states to do away with the competition cf con
vict labor in the open labor market. &o far a.s
practicable uider the conditions of government
work, provision should be made to lend.-r the in-force-mint
of the Mgnt-hour law- e.t-y and cer
tain. In all industri"!, cairiiil on direct 'y or in
directly foi the United States government vvo
men and chlldieti slunk! be protected from ex
cessive bonis of lab-ir, night woik, and hum
work imdT unsauitaiy conditions.
The most vital problem witli which this loan
try, and for that mattir the whole clvilved
world, has to deal, N the problem which has I
for the one side the betterment of social condi
tions, moral and physical, in large cities, and
for unotlirr side the effort to deal with that '
tangle of fir-rcnchlng intention which we gioup '
together when we 'peak of 'labor.' The clt'cf
factor in the succesi of each man wage-wotker, j
firmer and capitalist alike must ever be the
mini total of bis own Individual qualities and
abilities. Second only to this conies the power
of acting in cotnblnat'on or association with
otlirrr". Very great (.nod has been and will bu
accomplished by association of unions of wage1
Workers when manured with forethought and '
vvli'n they lotubine insl'tencc upon their own
lights with law-abiding le.-pect for the rights of
others. '
This Is more pronounced recognition
of directing public policy In the Inter- ,
est of labor than ever h?fore nppeared
In a president's message since the re-
tlment about this country being tho
asylum for the oppressed of all man
kind, but lie expresses the sturdy prin
ciple thnt the duty of this country is
tp promoto the progress nnd welfare of
our own country; that It Is neither
good ethics, good economics nor (rood
statesmanship to permit any foreign
Influences to operato which will tend to
lesson or In any way prevent tho prog
ress nnd prosperity of our own people.
There will be ever so much halr-spllt-tlng
opposition to the practical enrry
Ing out of the president's recommenda
tion on this subject, but every true
protectionist, every friend of labor, ev
ery believer In. tho principle that the
wily to mnke tho most of our own In
fluences Is to protect nnd everywhere
enlarge tho opportunities for social Im
provement nmong American citizens,
should support this recommendation.
Wo have dawdled with tho Immigra
tion question long enough. The at
tempt nt law-making on this subject
has been to run with the hounds nnd
hide with tho hare. It has been to
mnke Immigration laws In response to
the populnr demand, but to make them
so that they should have the minimum
restricting effect on tho Importation of
cheap labor. If wo are really to have
the principle of protection endorsed nnd
established for our industries, afford
ing them the opportunity of maximum
development, consistency demands that
the same protection should be nfforded
to the laborers against tho compotl-'
tlon of the drag-down and pestilential
Inllucuces which our present tide of
Immigration Is Introducing Into our In
dustrial life, especially In our large
cities.
PROTECTION AND RECIPROCITY.
On the subject of protection and reci
procity the president Is equally definite
nnd intelligible. He has correctly esti
mated the efforts to use President Mc
Klnley'n last utterance on reciprocity
as a means of extending free trade by
the Increase of the free list, and with
a clarion note he declares In favor of
"our turlff, system as a national policy,"
and truly says: "The first requisite of
our prosperity Is tho continuity and
stablllttyof this economic policy. Noth
ing coiitll be more unxvlse than to dis
turb tH' business Interests of the coun
try bylsjiy general tariff change at this
time." "Und, while entirely friendly to
reclpro llty, he declares:
It muPi bo treated as the liand-tnalden of pro
tection, 'four first duty is to sec that the pro
tection giLintnl by 'he tarltr In every case where
it is tiealed is maintained, and that the recip
rocity bt sought for so far 11s it can safely lie
done without injury to our home industries.
He then lays down the sound econo
mic principle upon xvhlch all tariff re-
. adjustments and reclprqclty treaties
should be governed, namely, tho cost
of production In the United States, re
membering always, he says, "That ev
ery application of our tariff policy to
meet our national needs must be con
ditioned upon the cardinal fact that the
duties must never bo reduced beloxv
the point that will cox-er the difference
between the labor cost here und abroad.
Tho xvell-belng of -the xvage worker is
a prime consideration in our entire
pulley of economic legislation."
This states the true American as xvell
as the sound economic policy on both
protection and reciprocity. Tho presi
dent here lays down a clear scientific
principle xvhlch Is easy to understand
and !L thoroughly feasible bas's of
practical policy. If congress will follow
this line, tin iff adjustments may be
progresslx-ely accomplished xvith com
parative economic accuracy, xxlthout.
disturbing the industrial conditions of
the country.
MEANS A NEW REGIME.
If tho .spirit and character of the
president's message regarding the vital
subjects of industrial and national xvel
fare are honestly made a part of our
public policy, a practically nexv regime
xvlll have begun. The attitude toward
corporations xvould change from that
of blind prejudice and envious antag
onism to one of Intelligent recognition
of the economic right freely to use all
the Influences of Invc"flon and organi
zation to Improve and ..tcrease the pro
ducth'e capacity of every dollar of In
vestment and ex-ery ounce of labor en- 1
ergy. It xxould also infuse into the
public policy the lecognltlon of the fact
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IT WAS one New Year's Day In the
seventies, before the Hut of Dame
Grundy had gone forth to the ef
fect "that It was 'bad form' to be
'at home' to one's men friends the first
day of the year," that Mrs. Klngsland
Coxvles stood before the great mirror
between the windows of the long draw-
that labor, not merely as an indefinite ' "-"". surrounded by an animated
item in a nat'on's population and econ- I ?i ttC"""e., " JL
omy, but Iubor a.s a distinct Interest
side, almost unnoticed, except for a
has a right to recognition and political ' few terotyped, though well meaning
consideration. It would recognise the "'"' .".-.. wm .
principle that all groups of society ler, stood Carol, the youngest daughter
have their .usefulness, and make thei; , f the house. To her mother this daugh-
speciul contribution to the nation's te' V". "Ti" BUlst un l'n"
xintfnrn ,,,i thnt iw ,hih ic solved riddle. A belle and beauty in her
good for one group is directly or in- V1' a"d 8t,U .". hana,sme a"d at
wlilth our people rightfully u.ccur:ito nrescntatlon of the cornorn. ....uin ,. aaMiiiiith.i rci,i
t 111.1 no here Lrlclly con-, tion caBe. he nroceeds nt once to nolnt i,io-thr, fnt ti,t it nr nniin..i i..
t!om ;1f cinltai tlT'obil-ct ' out the ,ufects aml evlls and suggests portance that the interests of labor re-
iiie monopoly 01 some par-1 4 ..- . ceixu ciil-viui lun.imi'muuii, 11 ruciig-
Mdo, industry or commerrc All this Is true; and jet it is also true thnt
Ie6unio competition. When ' theie arc real nml Ki.ue evils, one cf the clilif
III Id Ufually on the mxiund ui'In oxi'i-iapltallrallun, heeause of In many
incise piunis iney n:&u ie uiuiui cone'iiueiieei; nnu .1 leolute and prac- ,
111.1 lienent the puli le. It thai ilrmt mvot he ni.ide to correct these exlls. I
. Iioucxcr, tlut a reduction 't'hcie h 11 xvldesiuv.ul conviction in the miiula 1
file li not one' of the ra uV of the Amotion people that the creat corpora
.illations, nor Is ihclr ten. tlons knuxxn .11 truiLi i.ie .11 ccruin of tiier
Unit direction. If It otiun 1 fentuica and tendencies hurtful to the uennal
nlzes In complete and frank fashion
tho right and the usefulness of labor
organizations,
IMMIGRATION.
A part of th's same problem of labor
In its practical nnd sociological sig
nificance Is tho matter of Immigration.
directly good for all, although each
group may need special application to
Its special conditions. It xvould recog
nize the principle that organization of
both labor and capital Is a legitimate
necessary feature of the productive
capitalistic state of Industry.
Therefore, while protecting capital
from undue foreign competition, and
gunrdlng every Influence to tho do- I
velopment of machinery and economic
opportunities that tho conditions of our 1
domestic market may afford, It xvould
also recognise that, concurrently xvith
this economic development nnd prog
r
tractive xx'oman the ciulet, unostenta'
tious prettlness and entire xvant of
magnetic power, ns far as the sterner
sex xvns concerned, In Carol were a con
stant source of anxiety and xvonder to
the ambitious Mrs. Klngslnnd-Cowles.
Her older daughters had followed In
) their mother's footsteps In beauty and
dnsh, and were safe in the matrimonial
fold before their second -senson was
over. Nearby, in the dining-room, they
were holding their court, surrounded by
their ft lends and admirers, xvho, It xvas
safe to say, xvould make their long
est visit of this day at the Klrgslunrt-
It N only iwcauw it atcuu'j Molfuie. Tins rnrin. from 110 wilrlt of emv or President Roosevelt recognizes the )m
l-t-- f a 4. an a . - ainuviiiinn fn 4hn nnHAmil II v a0 .1 n t
wr inicri'sia ci uiete uuiuj'
uncliaritiililcncas, nor Ink of pride In ilia great
I111lustrl.1l .lehitum.'nti that liaxc placed this
countiy at tho head of thu nation itrulfrK
for roiiumicl.il fiipiem.iiy. It does not ut t i n
u lack of intclUxi'iit appreciation of the lie
iclty of incctinir h.inifliirf und ilunsed ton l.
tton ot tniue wltli new methuih, nor upjii Ik
suits fall far tlwrt of torn.
Ihle ev'U cliargeil to the .'
iiiiiiopDii 'llieir lriul"iir
liviilu.il IniUpcndence and to
lie fiee uw of human faeub
Ivtlopmi'M of huinaii cli.r.ic
the firmer, the aitisan, und In tho effort to atco.upllsli Kie.it Ihluzs U iiccea.
in ihuiKcr of dlolodKincnt trcm ' siry xxlicn the nw!d piOKre demands '.hat
portance to the national life of doing
everything feasible to lift the social
standard and wage level of the laboring
class, And to this end ho clearly rec
ognizes that tho Immigration Into this
country of the poor, Incompetent, men-
ess, the opportunities for social 1m- I V" m ""u,a,u"- , x ",a w'" '' ,rul,a
- I fnni'Mi n ttnn n?,l Alra Tv ImalnnM-
provement ami equipment ns intelligent ' " , , ,, , , , "'"
citizens should bo vouchsafed to the CowleB held up her hands In horror
laborer This Involves a shortening ;vhe,n she thought of the reproach that
of tho workday; educational advant- 1,av "K, a" old maU1 ln, th fam
ages for children; sanitary 8U1T0Uiu1. . would br tig upon. An unheard-of mis-
ings for the workshop and the home, fol,tu",0 u, )v tnnt ono, of ,,er Bb".
nml. in short, tin, mnm kin,i nf Rno,.int , tern should linger so long unclaimed
riniinv to sneuro n.i.i pninrm, nil ti.o nn. " t'e "ancestral timber," and so to
the next xvlnter? Do you remember
the walks xve had, and our discussions?
Ah, then, Carol, I determined; to xvork
hard to xxin the right to speak certain
xvords I xvished to say to that girl,
xvords xvhlch I hope she xvlll listen to
xvith patience during the coming year.
I had sufficient control not to tell them
to you that summer; my prospects in
life did not give me the right to ask
you to xvalt for me even If you had been
inclined to have given me a gracious
hall in tho opposite direction from
xvhlch the dining-room xvas situated.
She shook off Carol's detaining arm,
saying in a severe xvhisper: "Keally,
you must go upstairs if you cunnot con
trol your feelings better; you are posl
tixrely disgracing yourself and me."
Half -blinded xvith tears the girl made
her xx-ay toward the door, not noticing
a gentlemun xvho had entered the room
until she almost ran Into him, and look
ing up for a moment, stopped still xvhera
she stood, with a gasp of fright, then
turned and folloxx'ed him to her mother's
side.
He met Mrs. Kingslan-Coxvle's look
of astonished Incredulity with a low,
hurried
"I have to beg you forbearance for
the most unforeseen and unpardonable
Intrusion of my brother, my twin
brother, xvho came here a fexv weeks
ago, I do not impose you xvere axvaro
of his existence' before. I have never
spoken to you of him; it is not a re
lationship I boast of, I am sorry to
have to say. It is because xve are so
alike that I came to the east; xve xvero
alxvays being taken for ono another.
and it xvas ruining my career. He
answer, and then, too, I xvas too mucn
of a coxvard. I did not dare put my ( came hero two days ago on his way to
fate to the touch, you seemed so un
conscious of my admlrution,x so frankly
oblivious to the fact that I could be
anything but a friendJust such a
friend as another xvoman xvould be.
So I have waited. Really," xvith a
grave smile, "I beliex'e this five years'
xvaitlng has rather unsettled my equ
able disposition. I am degenerating
into quite a cross-grained person so
my clerks xvlll tell you, no doubt. But
now the time has come xvhen I feel I
dare sue for the prize I have been only
llx'ing to gain. Carol do you think
there Is any hope of my gaining It?"
But ns. he took her hand and bent
his head some one had called her name,
she had pulled her hand axvay In con
fusion and had hurriedly gone to seek
the person xvho xx'anted her, AH tho
evening she had carefully avoided him,
why she could not tell, for inclination
dragged her the other way, except from
a feeling of pride xvhlch demnnded that
she must not lift a finger even to help
her lover on tho load to her heart. So
she stood on Nexv Year's, day by her
mother's side, her mind far from tho
throng In the draxvlng-room, uncon
ot neing li:s onn nia.tir,
, toucliet hU cnuiitrv'a mnj.
li hai an liulhldu.il lot, ind
Iclplul cltlzemhlii
lfi:ei mat eueh it the in
mats ami monopolies U duo
it uccP'Dcateu popular mir
I arc held and the not unrca
I hat, whatever may be their
advantages, their general
111 character. pro-iicoU aul
otherwise than injurious,
a statement xvhlch Is
It beginning to end xvith
largo corporations. The
artisan, and the small
I that the object of cor
iluloilgo thein from tho
of being their own
lake them mere appur.
treat machine, xvith no
passive obedience. In
le corporations nro de-
lisiWa citizenship and
lior i practical slavery,
tjneo such a passage In
I'ssago could have is to
ngs of the ignorant, the
partisan throughout
ilnst corpoVatlons, and
the effect, it xvas the
llsan press of the coun-
(he ant rust cry, and
successor of Mr, Cleve-
Itttidldate for the presl-
Ihls an issue Into which
1101.11.re of tho fact that lumhlnitlon of capital dlennt classes from I3uroo Is nil Injury
10 vuo t-ociai ute, sanitary conditions
nnd economic opportunities of Ameri
can laborers. Ills Interpretation of
the principle of protection Is that It 1
should be extended to anything and I
everything xvhlch is Important to tho 1
welfare of Ameilcau laborers. On this
subject he says; 1
Our presirt inimlirration la aro unsatisfac
tory, vu need every Lonmt und iflleiuit iuiti.i
great things he time. It ii b.iod upon olncne
conviction that lomhlnatlon ami com cntr.it on
alutiiM lie, n.it prohibited, hut. tupeivisid and
at affctts the advantages ot ulthln reasonable limits tontiollcd; and in my
iiu 14 u laciur, 10 uu reie judgment, mis couviciuu is rini.
I a mere arniirtenance to a .. .. . . ... 1
li little free will, with no Il uien l'roceeus to outline the policy
'passive obedience, and v.itli which he thinks should be pursued. !
tunity of ruimr in the alo Ills purpose is not to suppress an Ima-
. ........ nu .... ..... w.,- llllUKh III MIC Ml IV,, lllti-l UU1II, U1II.W11-
portunltlts for tho porsondl and social " 8" ""u uermmea 0 ueep uaroi 1 sclousIy pumng f,.om tlmQ t0' tlme the
Improvement of the laborers that Is "cm ,L',' """"" """ " - ' peUlia from the BrPat uuncl, of wllte
extended to cap'tnl in tho shape of op- WRB ac.ul!lf m ner yount'et3t powers . r08C8 wh,ch g,je carrIerti Waiting only
portunltles for expansion of profitable or ontertalnJiiB. , . . for the sight of the ono face, the sound
uuiXMHUiy Bt',U.,x.-. iiiuuBi. euu. ,u- ; Qf Uj0 Qne yoco , tne wor,d f(). ,)(;r
111C11V UCllJIlllUla 111UIU VUAVU, IIIU lllulllt;!-
notlced the girl's entire absence of In
business,
TRULY AMERICAN.
In short, the president's message rep
resents a truly American stntesinan-
tercstj In the guests that camo and
i xvent
Suddenly nn undefined something
made her look up, and the roso petals
fell like snow ns the grasp of her
ship xvhlch recognizes as fundamental r,0"v cmld she tcU from ner rtaUBh. trembling hands tightened on them
the principle that under republican In
Australia, and has been indulging hla
xyeakness for drink ever since he nr-i
rived. This morning he escaped from
my aurvelllance, unfortunately xvith
my visiting list, and I have been fol
loxvlng him all day, my search fruit
less until noxv. I met him in your hall
with Small, who xvas trying to per
suade him to eave. My man has taken
himo home, and I must follow him,
but before I go I xvlsh to express, to
you my overwhelming grief and mor
tification that this annoyance should
have come to you through me, though,
indirectly."
Tho hostess, full of smiles and kind
ness, ln a fexv well-chosen xvords sought
to put the emburressed brother at ease
before she turned to a guest who' had
Just entered, then left him to follow
her daughter to the piano, where she
stood nolsely touching the keys.
"Carol,", xvas all that he said, but hla
tone spoko volumes. She looked up, her
eyes suspiciously bright,
"I am very glad It xx-as not you: I
thought It xvas," she answered plt
eously. "And you cared?"
Vov a moment tho ' deslro to tense
fought xvith her love 'of 'truth!' She
paused a moment, then suddenly 'oatchi
Ing sight of tho nvorrled,' anxious 'iex-1
presslon his face wore, she a,nsxveri)(J
quietly: . .,, ,
"Yes." , , , , ,
' "Last night, xvhen I spoke to, you of
my 'love, I thought', you we're, trying, In
ter'a calm exterior that her heart beat ' Through the doorxvay, and toxvard her as kind axvay us possible, to let mo aeo
glnary monster, not to set tho people grant fitted to U-cvmo an American cltljen, ev
against corporations ns public evils. On try immigrant who comes hero to ttay xvho
tho contrary, bis policy la based upon ,,rl"t' l11'"-' stronjbody, .tout heart, a gu:d
the Intelligent recognition that the de- ' licacl' a"a ?Jluto purpose to do h!s duty well
velopment of largo corporations Is a " ee. W"J' a,"ll,01 ,,,ri!ff u'' ,U, ',,1,lr' '
nnrtnf th nn,Lv Bin..h Af ,i 1-iw-obid njr and ( od.ff.rlnir meinbcM of the
,-.. w .... .,.v,w.,.rf awl W. tHl
f,UtlU!?'f fn,VVlen lh b0t,,m; . 1'ard as each noxv face appeared at the ' "i'"e'- with unsteady gait, dishevelled
that the foundation of safey, xvelftire , ? n CQUld sh0 te ,h t f0 Cn,,0, dress and vacant smile advanced ap-
ern Industry, and that tbo remedy for
tho evils connected xvith them and
there are some Is to eliminate tho evils
Without Injuring the usefulness of tho
corporations. This is a true states
manlike attitude, Recognizing that
blind ignorance disqualifies anybody
from Intelligent action, President
Roosevelt recommends as the first step
In this direction that congress, within
tho realms of Its Jurlsdlctlpn, securo
publicity of the doings of all corpora
tions engaged In interstate commerce,
In other xvords, ho recommends that
measures be tuken to glx-e the govern
ment the means of ascertaining the es
sential facts relating to their methods
of doing business, cspeclnlly ln their
treatment of different customers und
competitors. The knpxvledge of this hi
place of Inflamed sentiment and mis
representation is the real basis for in
telligent action. And xvho can question
t? He recommends that a supervision
be Instituted similar to that which Is
now exercised over banks. He assumes,
community. Hut tluru thouhl be a imprclicn. I
slvo law enacted with the object of wcikln a
throe-fold Improvement 01 or our present tyatcm. j
I'list, ira should aim to cucludu absolutely not I
only all persons who tro Known to be believer
in anarchistic principles or lucmbera uf anaieli
l.tlo societies, but also all person v. ho are) of!
a low moral tendency or of unaayoiy reputation.
a
Tho second objtct of a proper Immi
gration law ought o be to secure by a careful
ami' not merely pcrfui ctory educational tut
some tntcllljcnt capacity to oppreclae American
Institutions and act tanely at AJneilcan citizen..
finally, all pcrwiw ihould he excluded
who are below a certain standard of ccoiioruo
fitness to cn.ter our Industrial Ik-Id as. compel'
itora wltli American labor. There should bu
proper proof of p.'rjal capacity to cam (in
American living and enough money to Invurc
a decent start under American coudit'om. This
would stop the influx of cheap labor, f nd the re
sulting competition which given rise to so much
cf bltlerneis in American industrial life; ami It
xvould dry up the springs of the pestilential so
cial conditions in our guit cities, wheiu anarch
tstic organliitlon9 have their greatest possibility
ol tirowtli.
Here, again, the president is both
frank und practical, No maudlin sen
tinel progress of tho nation, material,
political and ethical, rests upon the
permanence of Industrial prosperity
and social Improvement among tho la
boring class; becauso from the welfare
of tho masses comes tho xvelfnro 01 the
xvltole community. They furnish the
market xvhlch determines tho success
of the factories; they furnish the votes
xvhlch determine the character of the
government. And any policy xvhlch Ig
nores that Ignores the vital element In
tho nation's progress. All these econo
mic und ethical truths have for the
first tlmo been Intelligently and unmis
takably recognized in a message of the
president of the United States,
A Trip to California or Florldn.
Those contemplating such a trip need
but to call on the local ticket agent of
tho Lackawanna railroad and ho will
arrange every detail, including trans
portation, berths, reservations and
checking of baggage tt.rough to desti
nation; also xvlll furnish rates, folders,
descriptive literature and any other Int
formation desired . on the subject.
Through sleepers and day coaches to
Chicago. Only ono change of cars to
California.
life had moved to a merrier strain all
this xvlnter, that every concert, dance or
reef ptlon had been a success or a fail
ure in Just bo far that a certain person
xvas present?
How could the mother knoxv that last
evening, xvhen, at a, friend's, they hud
been xvhlling axvay the time xvith danc
ing before they must say good-bye to
the old year, that this mysterious he
had led Carol to one of the xvludows,
opened It a trifle so they might hear
tho Gruco church chimes the more dis
tinctly, and wbllo they stood there In
the moonlight he had seemed to her the
only other human betm; In a most
beuutlful star-lit xxwld?
"This day ffVe years nco," Jte had
said, "I came east, a Hti-tiggllng young
laxvyer, and today I look back upon the
year's xvorlc und find I have succeeded
beyond my xvildest hopes. On this last
day of the year I um my oxvn master
at last. I Bee my name ut tho head of
my II rm,
"Do you remember one day years
ago It seems to me now when you s's
ter'a husband brought me to his coun
try home for a month'B vacation, and
I met there a certutn young girl xvho
expected o come out; Into the xvorld
parently the man to xvhom Bhe had ac
credited nil noble attributes.
Like a child she clung shivering to
you did not cure for me, and I did notj
Intend to xvorry you further xvtth my
Importunities but for this unfortun
ate brother of mine I should UQt biY?,
come hero today; but my heart speaks, ,
her mother's arm, while for a moment louder than my reaqn, I cnjipot ,go,,
Airs, umgsianit-uowies jooiteu cioxvn at until I ask you to teji mo in xvoras
ner nnu, guessing ner ciaugniers secret, h.0xv you feel toxx'nrd me, indeed,"
forgot her self-possession nnd almost
turned her back on the coming guest.
"So sorry I could not got here be
fore," ho began, a trifle unintelligibly,
"So sorry, so sorry, but " Here hp
stopped us f all Ideas hud suddenly de
serted him, but laughed cheerfully and
noisily, us If to muke ui for nil conver
sational deficiencies by mirth.
Mrs. ICIngslund-Coxxies shook the
proffered hand frigidly, h,er Ideus of the
Illness of things shaken by the half
suppressed sob from the girl at her
side, ,
"You xvlll go Into the dining-room
with. Mr. Small, xvon't you?" turning to
one of her attendant cavaliers, Inr
structlng him xvith u glance and a half
concealed gesture, "and let Marlon give
you some refreshment," she suld, ttnxi
lous to have the unwelcome guest de
part ut any mice before her foolish
daughter made a scene; hud she sighed
with relief as slit) saxv her xvlse emis
sary lead the young man out Into the
With a little laugh, "I think you jnlghf
comfort mo a trlllo for my brothef'a
crime by tnklng mo under considera
tion nt least." 1 J
A smllo broke oyer Carol's palo. face,
"I muy," she said, "If you assure. me
that tlmugh being n twin you do npt
have to have the. same sjns i aa your
brother." And so th'o'reprpiiclV'o'f liaV
ing an old maid In the fninlly' was fori
ever lifted from the house of-"Kin's
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