The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-05-21

phenomena. to secure for them inc best
results VIII tax tu the utmost tine rDHOur.
ces or tne statesman, The rcuf9miat ana
the soci3l reloriner There has ie9 un
immense relative growth OF urban Ionul..
tiun. Hnd iu consequence an Immense
growth of The body of wage workers Sos
fortunes which more and more teld 90 tX.
press their power thfonHh groIl corpufa-
tluns that are themselves guided hv suIu
master mind of the business world As
able series Of pcruieXing problems; with
which it d. absolutely necessary tn Deal.
and set with which fl is not merely tsc-
loss hut in the highest degres uuwise
insight and soli restraint
There arc certain truths which are $50
commonplace as 90 no aNiomatic. and yet
$50 important that wc cannot Keep them
too Nividly before our minds The true
welfare of the notion is uniiaolu1ly
bound with the welfare of the farmer and
the wageworter; of the man who tiils the
soil. and of the mechanic, the handicrat-
man, the lahOrcr. IN We can insure the
prosperity Of these two classes. we need
rot trouble ourselves about the prosperity
OF the rest. for that Will follow as "a mat
ter ~ course.
on the other hand it is cquali- true
that the prosperity Of any of us can best
Doe attained 10y measures that win proc
mote the prosperity of all The poorest
motto upon which gh American can act
is the motto of some men down and
up a good deal can and ought To be
done hy laws for Instance. the state. and
lf necessary the nation should 10y law as
sumo ample power of supervising and res-
can be hut its crclturel and generally
OF those Immense business enterprises
which exist only because of the safety
and protection tp property guaranteed hy
our system of government Yet is is
equally true that. while this power should
exist To should Doe used spari1gly and
winth self-restr8iut Modern industrial
competition is very keen between nation
ana nation. and now that car country is
stridiug forward with tnv pace of gtIut
to make The leading position in the timer
ware how We fettcr our limbs, how we
cramr our Titan strength While striV-
Ing 60 prevent Industrial. injustice at home
We must not brlng upon ourselves indus
which We need the fines liabilities of the
statesman. the student, the patriot and
the far seeing lover of mankind IT is "a
task in which we shall fail with absolute
certainty ~ we approach 10 after having
surrendered ourselves TO the guidance Of
the demaguEuc of the doCtrinairc, OF the
we'll meaning man who thinks feebly or
of the coming self seeker who eudeav-
ors 90 rise by committing that worst Of
crimes against our peOplc-th9 crime of
inilaming brother against brother one
american against his fellow Americans
My fellow CouutryL ~, bad laws are evil
things. good laws are necessary. and a
clean. fearless, common sense adm!nistra-
tion OF the laws is even more necessary: :
but what we need most of an is 90 look
to our own selves TO see that our con-
sciences as individuals. that our collective
national conscience, may he instant To rec
sp0nd 10 every appeal Tor high action and
lofty and generous Cudcavor. There must
ana shall Dee no falling of in the national
traits of hardihood and manliness: and
we must keep ever bright the love OF JUS
tice, the spirit OF strong brothcrly friend
ship for ones fellows. which we hope and
believe Win hereafter stand ass typical
Of the men who make up this, the might
lest republic upon whlcn the san has
ever shown.
Emilio De GOgossea sang the pronlgue
from IL Paglacc.w and Senator Lodge
was presented