Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-05-20
ROOSEVELT
Opens The Pan-Ams1ica1
Exposition With
an ADDRESS
Welcomes People From Every
where to United States

Buffalo, May 20.-The Pan-Ameri.
can Exposition was formally opened
here today, the principal feature OF
which occasion was the address OF
Vice President Roosevelt. His re.
marks were OF an economic nature ex.
planning the duties which the men,
bers of the human race owe to each
other.
He said in part: -"Today we for
mally open this great exposition by
the shores OF the mighty inland seas
of the north where all the peoples Of
the Western Hemisphere have joined
to show what they have done in art,
SCIENCE and industrial Invention, what
they have been able to accomplish
with their manifold resources and
their infinitely varied individual and
national qualities. Such an exposi
tion held at the opening Of this new
century, inev tably suggests two
trains Of thought. 1t should make
us think seriously and solemnly of our
several duties to one another as citi-
zens of the different nations of this
Western Hemisphere: and also of our
duties each to the nation to which he
personally belongs.
"During the last century we have
on the whole made long strides in the
right direction; but we have very much
yet to learn. We all look forward to
the day when there shall be nearer
approximation than there has ever
yet been to the brotherhood of man,
and the peace Of the world. More and
more we are learning that TO love ones
country above all others is in no way
Incompatible with respecting and wish
ing we'll to all Others, and that, as be-
tween man and man, so between ma
ti0n and natioE, there should live the
great law of right.
"There are certain truths which
are so commonplace as to be axiom
attic and yet so important that we
cannot keep them too viyidly before
our minds. The true welfare of the
nation is indissolubly bound with the
welfare of the farmer and wagework-
er, of the man who tills the soil, and
| Of the mechanic, the handicraftsman,
the laborer. If we Can insure the
prosperity of these two classes, we
| need not trouble ourselves about the
prosperity of the rest, for that will
follow as a matter of course.
"On the other hand, it is equally
true that the prosperity of any of US
can best be attained by measures that
will promote the prosperity of all.
The POOREST motto upon which an
American can act is the motto Of
"some men down. and the safest to
follow IS that of "all men up" A
good deal can and ought to be done by
law. For instance, the State, and if
necessary, the nation, should by law
assume ample power of supervising
and regulating the acts of any corpo-
ration (Which can be but its creature)
and generally OF those immense busi-
ness enterprises which exist only be-
eau ,e of the safety and protection to
property guaranteed by our system Of
government. Yet it is equally true
that, while this power should exist, it
should be used sparingly and With self
restraint.
Modern industrial competition is
very keen between nation and nation,
and now that our country is striding
forward with the pace Of giant to
take the leading position in the inter-
national industrial world we should be-
ware how we fetter our limbs, how
we cramp our Titan strength. While
striving to prevent industrial injus-
tice at home we must not bring upon
industrial weakness abroad. This Is a
task for which we need the finest
abilities Of the statesman, the student,
the patriot and the far.seeing lover Of
mankind. 1t is task in which We
shall fail with absolute certainty If we
approach it after having surrendered
ourselves to the guidance of the dem
agogue or the doctrinaire of the wei
meaning man who thinks feebly or O
the cunning self-seeker who endeavor
to rise by committing that worst o
crimes against our people-the crim'
Of inaaming brother against brother
one American against his fellow
Americans.
"My fellow countrymen, bad law
are evil things; good laws are neces
sary, and clean, fearless, common
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