Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-20
IOWA MN H0NORED
Goyernor-Elect Cummins Deliv-
ers Address Before Cham-
Der OF Commerce.
New Workers Enthused With Flo.
quence From an Optimist
From Iowa.
Fayors Reciprocity-.More Mark
cts Abroad and More Com
petition at Home.


New York chamber of commerce this
evening Albert B. Cummins, repub-
!lican governor elect of Iowa, delivered
/; toast as follows:
Mr.. Toastmaster and Gentlemen:
What we have been-what we are--and
what we ought to be, all in the space OF
fifteen minutes, will furnish an exhibit
ton of compressed air more curious
than the freaks of frozen atmosphere
With which modern science now amuses
itself. There is way in which the sub
ject can be successfully treated in a sim
gle sentence. | am just from political
campaign and ss the headnote for my
discourse upon this occasion has been
the text of some three score speeches of
recent delivery. i might with brevity
and accuracy, if not with propriety, say
If The Present Prosperity of the Re-
public--What are the Essentials to its
Continuance" Mckinley brought IT.,
Roosevelt will keep it; republicanism
achieved it, and republication will con-
tnue it; or. indulsing in glitterfng
generality. it sprang from good govern
ment and will continue with good gov
eminent
Recognizing however. that this is a
non-partisan injecting, appreciate the
necessity of presenting what l have to
say without a label, and / perfectly I'M
derstand that a diplomatic paraphrase
of the plain statement already made is
required.
LET us first attend to definitions.
Prosperity Isl comparative term, and
does not imply the furious pace of the
last three years Twenty-Five years un-
der existing conditions would bankrupt
every country in Europe and make the
United States the industrial and flnan-
cial master of the world. Confident as
am of the superior quality OF Ameri-
can brains and the greater potency of
American energy, am not prepared TO
predict the absolute extinction of our
hdversarIea in the commercial war, the
lines of which are now for the first time
clearly drawn Therefore, when speak
of prosperity. I have in mind a reason
able. moderate, but constant advance
/ that will keep US we'll a the head of the
! march, but will not completely exhaust
our competitors in their efforts to re-
4 main in the procession.
+ Looking into the future, it may be
/ said with the utmost certainty that If
1 we hold the commanding position we
| now. occupy and broaden our influence
/ in the worlds affairs. we must retain
/ the exceptional manhood of the repub
/! lie. II is at once cause and effect. Our
men are unique in the society of the
/ earth: but / remind YOU that to keep
/ them SO. natural conditions will do less
/ and good laws must do more with each
recurring day. In the depth and breadth
of character in the volume of hope and
ambition, in the universally of know
+! ledge. in reverence for law and order;
/ In the beauty and sanctity Of our
/ homes. in sobriety, in respect for the
| rights OF others, in recognition of the
duties OF citizenship and in the ease
and honor with which we tread the
myriad paths leading from rank to
rank in life. our people surpass all their
fellow men. Prosperity. whether moral
or material in the years TO come. will
DEPEND upon the maintenance of those
noble distinctions.
While there has hitherto been an &C.
casional note of discomfort, the great
body Of the people have felt that the
government has accomplished in high
yanized. They have felt that substan-
/ tial Justice has been done among the
I citizens of the republic Poverty. adver-
4 sity and misfortune, with and without
! fault have always existed, and always
| will. Hardship will be borne with pa
/ thence and patriotism so long as it Is be-
! lieved that the government neither Gre
ates nor perpetuates it. The magnifi-
T. hos Nu -a1
upon the American republic, and the
unequaled opportunities of pioneer
period have greatly simplihed the pro-
cesses Of organized society with the
people of the United States: but 1T IS
/ easysto see that we are rapidly passing
into another phase of national exist
ence, one in which we must not only
concern ourselves with our relations to-
ward other nations, and our trade with
other lands but must look with increas-
Ling care toward those laws which are
INTENDED to control the relations which
! our people bear to each other. The Won
derful, evolution of society, the marvel
ous variety of industry. the magical
development of wealth, all warn us that
the government, If 1t would continue to
discharge its duty, must be In harmony
with the times. Somewhere between
the obsolete theory that the government
I.is a mere policeman, and the visionary
dream that ii must absorb all the func-
tions of industrial life there lies the
true boundary of its usefulness. 1t is
mot a stationary line, but moves hither
and thither to compass the changing
needs of organized society. We have
found that 1t is easy to create wealth,
but the problem which relates to dts
Just distribution is one which will tax
to it's uttermost our most Christian yir-
tue and our most patriotic strength. Do
not understand that / fear for the flu
ture; on the contrary, / have an abiding
faith that if it be true that sufficient
unto the day is the evil thereof it is
yet more true that sufficient unto the
evn is the day thereof This faith. how
ever, arises from belief that we will
turn our faces resolutely toward our
public duties and that whatsoever
ChrlstianiZeG man can do toward max
ing the government the instrument of
Justice, that he will do. 1t is not per-
mitted me at this time to either praise
mestic regulations desire. however
to leave with you one thought. 1t is a
wonderful tribute to the genius of man
that our constitution has endured with
out substantial change in the respects
of which am speaking thru the trans
formations of more than century. L
believe of it as Gladstone once said, 1t
;c tla most wonderful ever Of rI,ck off "a 4