Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-03
GOV. ROOSEVELT
AVOIDS POLITICS
Discusses Labor's Duty in Address
ing Labor Unions,
EFFORT FOR COMMON GOOD.
This IL the Otzen's DUTY, Rich or
Poor Extremes are folly Main
taiuing Rights of Selfand Others,

Chicago, Sept. S,--After the great
parade this afternoon, organized labor
Ia Chicago was addressed by Governor
Theodore Roosevelt Of New York. He
began his speech at p, m.
IMPORTANCE OF LABOR CUES
TION.
Governor Roosevelt said IN part:
by FAR the greatest problem, the most
| far-reaching In It's stupendous import
ance. Is that problem or rather that
group of problems which We have
grown 10 speak OF as the labor Cues-
/ ton
The foundation Of our whole social
structure rests upon the material and
moral Well-be.ng the intelligence the
| foresight, the sanity the sense OF duty,
and the wholesale patriotism Of the
wage worker This is doubly the cause
now, for IN addition 10 each mans in
diyidual action, you have learned the
great lesson of acting In combination.
u would be impossible to oyer-estimate
the far-reaChing influence Of. and on
I"
| through our associations In address
Ing YOU. the one thing that l wish TO
avoid is any mere glittering generality.
any mere hIgh-sOunding phraseOlogy,
and above all, any appeal whatsoever,
made In a demag0gic spirit, or In a
spirit OF mere emotionalism.
KINDLY COMMON SENSE.
When we come TO dealing with our
social and industrial needs. remedies,
rights and wrongs ton Of oratory Is
not worth an ounce OF hard headed,
kindly common sense. The fundamental
law Of healthy political life In this
great Republic Is that each man shall
In deed. and not merely In word, be
treated strictly on his worth as q man;
that each shall do full justice TO his
fellow and in return shall exact full
justice from him. Each group of men
has It's special interests; and yet the
higher, the broader ami deeper inter
ests are those which apply TO all men
alike for the spirit Of brotherhood In
American citizenship when rightly un-
dorstoOd and rightly applied, is more
important than aught else
Let us scrupulously regard the pOliti-
cal interest Of the wage worker. the
farmer. the manufacturer and the
merchants, giving % each man his due.
and also seeing that he does not wrong
his fellows. but let us ever keep clear.
~ before our minds the great fact that
where the deepest chords are touched,
the interests Of all are alike and must
be guarded alike,
HATRED TO BE AVOIDED,
We must beware Of any attempt 10
make hatred IN any form the basis OF
action Most emphatically each OF US
needs TO stand up for his own rights
all men and all groups of men are
bound 10 retain their self-respect, and
in demanding this same respect from
Others 10 see that they are not injured
and that they have secured TO them the
fullest liberty OF thought and action;
but TO feel that a grudge against 9TH
ers, while II may or may not harm
them, is sure in the long run TO do in
nntely greater harm TO the man him
self.
The more a healthy American sees of
ones fellow men the greater grows his
conviction that our chief troubles come
from mutual Misunderstanding from
failure to appreciate one another's
point of view. In other words, the
great need is fellow feeling, sympathy,
brotherhood. and all this naturally
comes by association. II is therefore
OF vital Importance that there should
be snCh association.
DISADVANTAGE OF CITY LIFE.
The most serious disadvantage in
city life is the tendency Of each man to
keep Isolated iu his own little set and
TO look upon the vast majority OF his
fellow citizens ndiuerently, so that he
soon comes TO forget that they have the
same red blood, the same love and hate,
the same likes and dislikes, the same
desire for good and the same perpetual
tendency, ever needing TO be checked
and corrected, to lapse from good into
evil. il only our people can be thrown
together where they act on COM
mon ground with the same motives and
having the same objects, we need not
have much fear OF their failing to ac-
quire genuine respect FOR one another;
and with such respect there must
finally come fair play for all.
UNION WITH WISDOM.
In the country districts the sur
roundings are such that a man can
usually work out his own fate by him
self 10 the best advantage. In our
cities, or where men cOngregate in
masses, IL Is often necessary 20 work
in combination, that is through
associations by trades unions.
OF course, II managed unwise-
~. the very power Of such union
or organization makes il capable Of do
ing much harm, but on the whole, Il
would be hard 10 oyer-estimate the
good these organizations have done In
the past. and still harder 10 estimate
the good they can do in the future, II
handled with resolution, forethought,
honesty and sanity
Ii is not possible 10 lay down hard
and fast rule, logically perfect, as 10
where the state shall and where the
and unhelped.
REGULATING HOURS OF LABOR.
We have exactly the same right TO
regulate the conditions OF life and work
IN factories and tenement houses that
We have 10 regulate fire escapes IN our
houses. IN certain communities the
existence OF a thoroughly efficient de-
lAA AlA'NA va WI AnNHNAAANA ~ lAEN
as essential as the estimate OF a fire de-
partment How far. we shall 90 IN
regulating the hours Of labor, or the
liabilities Of employers, Is a matter OF
cXpedlenCy, and each case must be de-
tcrmined on It's own merits, exactly as
1t is q matter OF expediency 70 deter
mine what so-called public utilities"
the community shall itself own, and
what ones Il shall leave 20 private or
corporate ownership, securing 20 itself
merely the right 10 regulate. Some
times one course Is eXpedient, some-
times the other.
WHEN WORK Is a BLESSING.
In addressing an audience like this.
I do not have 20 say that the law OF
life is work, and that work In itself. so
Tar from being any hardship. Is a great
blessing. provided always that Il Is
carried on under conditions which pre-
serve a mans sef-respect and which
allow him 90 develop his own character
and rear his children 50 that he any