The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-09-04

The most serious Disadvantage in city
life is the tendency OF eacn man "
keep isolated In his own n,tle T., 1 Ne
fellow citizens indifferently. so ma, he
soon comes to forget that they nave ~
same red blood. the same love aI,n . nusv,
desire @ for good, ana the same perpetua,
Tendency. ever needing 10 be checked anu
corrected. to lapse from COCO my, .ov eytl
er where they act on common grounu,
with the same motives. and nave .ns
same objects, we need not nave mIea
resnect for one another and with such
respect there must finally come iair
play for all.
In Country and city.
IN the country districts the surround-
ings are such that man can usuhliy VIZ
out his fate by himself 10 'ne pes' az
cnnrregate In masses. II is often neces-
sary to work in combination, tnat ~;
through associations or trade unions. ~,
course, II managed unwiscly me very
mower 81 such union or organization
makes 1t capable OF doing mucn naftn,
bur. on the whole. It would be hara 70
overestimatc the good these organizSSo,ot ~
estimate the good they can do in the w.
ttre. II handled with resolution, Tore
Thought. honesty and sanity.
and fast rule. logically perfect, as 70
where the state shall and where the IN,
dIvidual shall be left unhampered ana
unhclped.
ulate the conditions Of life and work IN
factories and tenement houses mat we
have 10 regulate FIRE escapes ~ our
houses. In certain communities the ex-
istence OF thoroughly efficient depart
ment Of factory inspection IL just as cs-
senfial as the existence OF a. fire depart
ment. How. far we shall 60 IN Ieguiating
the hours OF labor or the liabilities OF em-
pioyers, Is matter Of expediency, ana
each case must be determined on It's own
merits. exactly as II is matter Of expe-
diency 70 determine what socalled public
utilities" the community shall itself own.
and what ones II shall leave to private or
corporate ownership, securing to itself
merely the right TO regulate. Sometimes
o Other course = 'pe
Law Of Lite IL work.
I'm addressing an audience like this.
DO not have TO say that the law ~ Ire
n work. and that work In itself. 80 FAR
from being any hardship, is great bless
ing, provided always that 1t is carried on
under conditions which preserve mans
self-respect. and which allow him TO de-
children 20 that he and they. as well az
the whole community OF which he and
they are ., part. mav steadily march on.
ward and Upward. The idler, rich or poor,
aus member Of the community. To whom
much has been given. from him much II
riGhtfuily expected: and n heavy burden
OF responsibility rests upon the man OF
means. 70 justify by his actions the social
conditions which have rendered II possfs
bic for him or hs forefathers to accumu.
late and to keep the property he. enjoys.
He - not to be excused u he does not
render full measure Of service to the state
and community at large.
There are many. ways. In which this
service can be rendered: In art In liter
aturc. In philanthropy. as statesman
and orator. but In some way he n In hon
or bound 70 find It so that benefit may
accrue 70 his brethren. who have been
less favored by fortune than he has been.
In short, he must work not only for him
self but for others. II be does not work,
he fails not only to do his duty to the
naIly in his duty to himself There Is no
need OF revIling the idle We can AFFORD
70 treat them with impatient contempt:
for when they fail e do their duty. they
keenest pieasure that life can give.
To 90 our duty. that IL the summing
1p OF the whole matter: We must DO our
duty by our neighbour
Industrial Problem.
Before us loom Industrial problems.
vast In their Importance and their COM
plcxity. The last hall century has been
ono q extraordinary social and Industrial
changes nave
reaching. some Of them for good. ana
snmd of them for evil. II L. not given to
the wtsest 81 as to see into. the future
with absolute clearness. No man can be
certain that ne has found the entire So
luton OF this Infinitely great and Intricate
pronlem. and yet each man OF us. II he
would do his. duty. must strive manfiillv
70 far ~ IN him lies, 20 help bring about
IN il not possible to say what shat,
ue the exact limit of influence allowed
,ne state, or what lirnl. shall best serve
mat right OF individual Initiative 40
dear 70 the hearts OF the American peo-
pie All We can do IL TO need be shown
one action 81 the people IN their coec.
matters. that In other matters much can
De done BY associations OF different
groupe % individuals. as in trades unions
and similar organizations. as that In other
matters 4 remains now az true az ever
that nnal success win be for the man
wh9 trusts IN the struggle only Ia his
r r, neal, ~, brave heart and his strong
the state can properly act. and sphcres
N which n comparatively free field must
oe given 70 Individual Initiative.
Elemental virtues.
,,nour trials Of life have grnwn 80 pun
1nnk " Their compiexity, though the
changes have been SO vast. Vet We may
remain absolutely sure OF one thtnw tbst
new ms ever II the past ana Il viii
~Nti ne VA the future. there can be no
sunsutnte for the elemental virtues for
thg elemental qualities 10 which w. All.
Jude when we spcak OF a man rs moi
Only good man, but as cmpha,icany a
man We can build tho standard 81 in
cividual mtixenshin and Individual well.
being We can raise the national stan
dsfd and make u what 4, ran and ahali
e made only ~ each " us steaAfastiy
VerrinE In mind that there haa hasn M
substitute for the world-nid hundrllr, com,
mon place qualities. ~ truth. Justice ana
courage. thrift. industry. eommon sense
anu genuine sympathy. with a feltew. se.l-
Ina for others ''"'-
The one fac, which all 81 ~ mead "a
keep steadily before cur ewes 4 the nasa
!hat performance shall square with prosn'
ire, " good work II 10 10 done vhAthar
IN the Industrial or the political as,rlt
Taxation of rraacsi.r..
The success 81 the law fer the ,ax..
ton 81 Franchises recently snactn9 ~
New York state Offers a strong eo,fr, !,
u the present breakdown ~ fhe .es..iss
~ crude and violent antitrust l.sts,a.
uop which has NeNn - often aftgr,nss
and Which always failed because M ia
very crndeunss and violence * rAake atv
impression upon the real ana danwegens
lar resentment; f'f""
I'VE shall al 10 up or dawn together