The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-04

So great as now. Industrfally speak.ngs{
The South IS IN Its infancy. and organized IL
labor ~ rule is most expert and in-st
teIHgent We need to Increase this inte.-z
Iigence as applied to manufacture and
arts. Again, let me be concrete. We are
getting from six to seven cents a pound
for cotton sold to Europe, where 1t Is
there manufactured into various products
and returned and sold among us for three
and four dollars a pound. Why can't
we In the South finish this product and
save to our people this enormous differ-5f
ence? What is true of cotton. IS true OF I
iron, wood. marble and other raw materials
with which this State. in common Win neg
sister States of the South. is so abundant
" supplied. Therefore. let the labor or
carnations OF our South take the lead-in
educating workers 10 make upon our own
soil the very finest finished Hanu1ackuEsu
products. ~ marvellous industrial aesan,
taxe must come from such educatlonats
training, and beg e. suggest lnas s ssa
organizations will find this a subject pro,
foundly worthy of your best thought and
energies.
affecting most vitality the labor OF our
country One might be meutioneo-.he
trust. Tt stands to-day as an Impending
menace to the livelihood and progress OF
the people This industrial monster is
snecies of socialism. 1t strikes at the
very structure Of our government, AMI
irnpairs a vital principle OF our civiliza-
tion-tfnt competition is the life of trade.
It must limit the number OF local nome
markets, and thereby the number OF TABOR
ers and the amount of wage. as well as
production and consumption but 1
respectfully warn you to rely little upon
government. The least government is gen
orally the best. Mr.. Tittleoat Titmousess
bill in the English Parliament. entitied
a bill .to give everybody everything, can
find no place upon the legislative calendars
of our country Individual Initiative, Self
reliance, energy, and ambition are the
touchstones of our Industrial civilization
Reliance upon self, upon government
this is the transcendant feature OF our
progress and glory. Let US enthrone the
people. not governments; and 70 enthrone
! the people each individual must make MS
own contribution of patriotism. lntei9-E
gence, and morals.
Yet, notwithstanding this warning.11 urge
your closest scrutiny of governments.
government officials. and party officials.
A great voice from the old State of Massa-
chusetts has recently said in cold type that
the tone of political morals IS lower to-day
than at any period of American history
No intelligent observer can controvert tins.
and affirm with truthful sorrow my
belief in this statement. This is the age
| at the polls and in legislative halls 1t
| is the carnival day of the political boss.
! the ring and the machine Will the
| laboring man awake to this impending des-
potism through forms of political n1anfpu-
j Iationg Should not the whole people more
carefully study the lives and capacities OF
those seeking political offices? Is 1t not
as important to know men as to Know
measures?
Civilization can survive an economic or
governmental mistake. but with the ener-
gy of my being I would maintain that no
civilization can survive the decadence OF
the morals of its people righteousness
exalteth nation. but Sin is reproacn to
any people" And so honesty and Jus
tice in the lives of public officials. and ca
pacity for the discharge OF official du-
ties, can alone prevent the decay Oh
any form of government
The problem of capital and labor is easy
| of solution Justice. old-fashioned even
! handed justice between man and man, is
the solvent And when this imperial VIZ
tue is coura geously applied to the conflicts
between capital and labor the clouds
| of these conflicts will roll away and disap-
! appear and the sun of peace and prosperity
will light up the lives and pathway Oh our
people.
So let us be patient. never losing nope
Improvement in society is always slow One
day we gain ard the next day we lose. Out III
the long run the evolution OF human socie-
ty is making for the betterment OF man.
| The bonds that make Tor the pioen
hood Of our race are tightening and
strengthening occupation and ars casnss
are giving less and less social ptecetAsnss
one over the other. We are seeing tl1o'e
and more man in property and not prop
erty in man. Individual virtue and intel
ngence of every man makes for MN man an
| honorable place in life Equality anens
| new viii never obtain and it is we'll that
It it,. should not: for unless there be here
and there men of exalted character anu
| greatness what standards nave you anu ~
s.ri1,a forq n is the greatness and glory
Of a few who give to you and to me me
idea ana hope of better condition ono, 1or
our race. So then, let US never z noSpla.
that he who trea6s the pathway i; OF
life life, with the energetic step an in.slig zen
hand and heart will vii mot nt G thsr ' the
| the end worth striving Tor. pu. . ma s e.
| journey itself will be full OF nope ana sat
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