The Portland daily press., 1896-08-26


pie which make up the Great Republic
the opportunity to labor means more
than to all the world besides. 1t means
| the development of resources great be-
yond the comprehension of any mortal
and the diffusion among all of riches to
which the glories of the Arabian Nights
are but the glitter of the pawn-shop and
to which the sheen of all the jewels OF
this earth are but the CLEAN of the
glow-worm in the pallor of the dawn.
10 deyelope our great resources it is
the one prime necessity that all oul
people should be at work, that all the
brain and muscle should be in har-
monious action, united in their endeav-
ors to utilize the great forces of nature
and to make wealth out of senseless
matter and out of all the life which be-
gins with the cradle and ends with the
grave, and out of all the powers which
ebb and flow in the tides of the ocean. in
the rush of the rivers, and out of the
great energies which are locked up in
the bosom of the earth.
Man alone has mastery of the earth
and sea and sky and by him alone can
the hidden treasures be poured into the
light of day.
But each individual man is weak and
poWeriess. only by combination each
W Witn lhe otner can great results be had.
No more strlklng proof OF TINS can any
Mueie % Iound than IN that complex
uliion ol men which makes up the mod
oln natioh ana modern society. But
MHile hl9h must De united Tor great enter
Piises tne nature OF man Graves also
a.oSiCy anu lndlVlouallty. Modern union
anu .ne complex, wonderfully complex
Ionultion OF modern society has draw
"a PACKS ana Sc sorrows which are completely
hsS 1us pwn' me sachems OF New England
lm mau no nnanclal troubles, no strikes.
Ine currency question was as simple as
stllng Of Wampum. In central Africa
looay 9anKs never break and checks are
nevel olshonored; Tor neither banks nor
unuHAs nau;4A @1e eeeulul Ior ther KIND ofpros-
Poiioy. before Ihe factory system rem
ueiou t1sa conoinallons OF Workmen needtul
1leIe was less dlscontent but almost no
progress, and there was no sharing by
lile tollers OF the profits and the pleas
ures.
Du1 Il you Delleve as l DO that the
Moria Is petter than 1t was and that all
sne ulseom1orIs OF modern life are but a
lalr price pald ior a h1gher civilization
giowlng ever higher, then you must
viii patience Try TO understand the tenn
porary evils ana seek In good temper to
iecIl!y wrongs py good sense.
NeiLher loud Indignation nor Howery
Speech, Heltner great promises nor Wild
liatanSues VIII nelp any man out OF dis
a as.ei OF any natlon out OF hard times.
Ioihpef VIII not even untie shoe string
anu cne harder you push rope the
more IL VIII not go any whittier.
w nat are the causes OF prosperity, and
Wnat are the causes OF panlcs? Are they
mysterious thlhgs beyond human ken?
II you Will analyze you Will lind that
MhateVer tne remote causes are, and
Gney are dllerent every Tune, the lmme-
9lale cause OF prosperity IS the confl-
..onIe ~, y. all .iie people IN eacn other ana
~ "a tne SITUATION ana IN the future. When
lne.peopie all WORK together, when they all
nave 1altn IN each other, then prosperity
relgns; After prosperity relgns for some
tal9 slln9' longer OF snorter, men thlnk That
nafd tlmes are permanently done away
Wilh' ana &, get WIG, and over-prosperity
sels II: Ihen some wise men earlier
liian otIerS see IhaC bhe world cannot
ABSORB all that IS made, cannot perman-
eniy support az the enterprises winch
uhe Ia ;; over-conhdence h OF men has set in
moGlon, ana Degln 10 doubt, to refuse
y -
nalt 70 speculation. Ihen the dlstrust
spreads and panic ana hard times follow.
Ine4 we SET TO WORK TO Gimp out OF our
lrouDles ana tne process IS slow. While
we are ehmolng out we suffer. What
lovely period that climbing out season
IS 1or quack doctors IN finance and pro.
lessons OF ofatory! HOW they swarm
aaven 2 you ana seen them IN this very
2eale ol Malne, IN TINS very county OF
! 1aHo, oIK! low @ tney old pour IN upon US
1h II le.n;, w ha5 great career Professor
wy Wy nlier naa unaer tnese very SKIES.
W ners - Fro!. Leo Miller now! HIS
naine nas perlsned from on the earth,
anu WIN MN nave passed INTO OBLIVION
many @ nunureus VI st9ut orators VINO
es4 eeAeo Ihe ar WIN Ine cry that
nal money alone could save this
au.hea run natloh. we were saved without
naI money tnen JUST as we shall oe saved
he huwt ~ noe ~ ea orators OF professors, put
n;s, 1y .ne sounu sense OF an honest natlon'
u;s unese Inihgs are noe withouI paraliei.
III naseoay - nui1 ol Jus. sucil SITUATIONS as
VIZ T. ,in1 1oos oui1eas5o Tanioa u nuM' hoI e
Ii 1910 England nad one OF those
faroAysins thro,,yyh 1 IKE lne one we are passing
t1oo., ~ tousn nom. Lsoiy onins enele Iii mao