Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-09-06
ADDRESSED BY ROOSEVELT.
Speaks II. Chicago Labor Day Gee
brntion.

Speaks at Chicago Labor day Geo
bration.
Chicago, Sept. 3-Governor Roosevelt,
in his labor day ADDRESS, said in part;
BN far the greatest problem. the most
far-rcaclling in its Stupendous import
ahce. is that problem, or rather group of
problems, which we have grown TO speak
OF as the labor question. The tounultlon
OF our w.lo.e SOCIAL structure rests upon
the material and moran wen being irlel-
ngehcc, 1c1eslgnt, SANITY, sense vi auty
ana wnoiesonle PATRIOTISM OF the, wasc
workers. rms Is douDIy the case nov,
lor, IN ;tduitlon TO cacn maA indlviuu;tl
aclion, you nave learned the great lesson
oil actlng in compnation. II mould Dc.
possible 10 oNcr-csllm;tte the iar-l etcnlllg
innuence o. AND on tine who.e. inc
amount of good uonc through your assocl-
dliUlls.
make hatred IN amy form the OASIS on ac-
ton. most especially eacn u us needs
TO stand UP Tor ms even risnts; All men,
an 81 cups oI lnen. are puulu to RETAIN
selt-rcspect, ana In demanding Tins re-
spect nom Others to see liial tncy are
hot mJuleu AID that tney nave secured
to them the 1ulleSt nDellY, OF tnougnl and
action. i5ut 10 1eel Il gruasc against oth-
ers, While III may or may not n.,iln Them,
Is sure IN tiie ions run to DO Infinitely
greater harm to tne man hllnsell.
Now lar we shan go III regulating the
hours OF l,bor, or the llubiltes OF EN-
ployeIs, is II matter OF expectancy. hacn
merits, exactly as 1T Is II matter of eX-
peulencN TO determine what SO-called
'puDIlc utiilties II community shui Itself
own, what ones ii shan lc.lNe to private or
corporate ownership, securing to itself
mercy the night to regulate; sometimes
one course Is cNpedient, sometimes 9th
erS.
Work, so far from being Il hardship,
is II great blessing, provided Always it is
carried on under conditions which pre-
serve man S Seit-respect, which allow nm
to develop his own character, rear his.
children he and they, as We'll as the
Whole community of winch he or they are
part, may Steadily march onward and up
ward.
The idler rich or poor, ut best is a
useless and generally obnoxious mcmb +
OF the community. TO whom much has
been given, from him much is rightfulIy
expected. "A heavy burden oil RESPONSE
biiity rests upon the man OF means TO
justify BY his actions the social condi-
lions which have rendered ii possible for
him or his fore1athers TO accumulate and
keep the property he enjoys. He is not
to be excused if he does not render full
measure OF service to the state and COM
munity at large.
Ito do your duty, that is the summing
up Of the whole inter. We must do our
duty by ourselves, we must do our duty
by our neighbors.
One fact which all of us need to keep
steadily before our eyes, is the need that
performance should square with promise
if the good work is to be done. whether in
the industrial or political world. Nothing
does more to prompt mental dishonesty
and moral insfncerity than the habit of
either promising the impossible. or de-
manding the performance of the impos-
sible. or finally failing to keep promise
that has been made; and 1t makes not
the slightest difference whether it was a
promise made on the stump or off the
stump"