The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1901-05-22

republic are doing, and face substantial
ly the same problem that we also face
Yours is the world of the merchant, the
manufacturer aud mechanic, the farmer
the ranchman. and the miner; you arc
subdung the prairie and the forest. till
ing farm land, building cities, striving
to raise ever higher the standard Of right
to bring ever nearer the day when true
justice shall obtain between man and
man; and we wish Godspeed to you and
yours, and may the kindliest ties Of good
will always exist between us.
ITO you Of the republics south Of us ]
wish TO say a special word. | believe
with all my heart in the Monroe doctrine.
This doctrine is not TO be invoked for the
aggrandizcment Of any one Of us here on
this continent nj the expense of anyone
else on this continent. II should be re.
garded simply as great international
Pan-American policy, and ought to have,
and must ever have, only the desire to
see her sister republics in the Western
Hemisphere continue TO flourish, and the
determination that no one world power
shall acquire new territory here on this
western continent.
Instead OF any one Of us com.
mitting the criminal folly Of trying to
rise at the expense OF our neighbors, we
shall all strive upward in honest and
manly brotherhood, shoulder TO shoulder.
Reasons For American Pride.
"A word now especially to my own fel.
low countrymen. | think that we have
all Of us reason to be satisfied with the
showing made, in this exposition as in
the other great expostions of the past, Of
the results OF the enterprise, the shrewd
daring. the business energy and capacity,
and the artistic, and, above all, the won
derful mechanical skill and inventiveness
Of our people. In all OF this we have le-
gitimate cause to feel a noble pride, aud
n still nobler pride in the showing made
OF what we have done in such matters as
our system Of widespread popular educa-
tion, and in the field Of philanthropy
especially in that best kind OF phian-
thropy which teaches each man to help
lift both himself and his neighbor by
joining with that neighbor hand in hand
in a common effort for the common good
1T is easy to say what we ought to
do, but il is hard to do it; and yet no
scheme can be devised which will save
us from the need Of doing just this hard
work. Not merely must each Of us strive
TO do his duty. in addition il is impera-
lively necessary also to establish strong
and intelligent public opinion which will
require each to do his duty. Ii any man
here falls short he should not only feel
ashamed himself. but In some way he
ought also to be made conscious Of the
condemnation Of his fellows, and this nc
matter what form his shortcoming takes.
Being our duty is of course incumbent On
every one Of us alike; yet the heaviest
blame for dereliction should fall on the
man who sins against the light, the man
to whom much has been given and from
whom, therefore. we have a right to ex-
pect much in return. We should hold to
peculiarly rigid accountability those
men who in public life, or as editors Of
great papers, or as owners Of vast for
tunes, or as leaders and moulders OF opin-
ion in the pulpit, or on the platform, or at
the bar. are guilty Of wrongdoing, no
matter what form that wrOngdOing may
| take.
"In addition. however, TO the problems
which under the Protean shapes are yet
fundamentally the same for all nations
and for all times. there are others which
especially need our attention, because
they are the especial productions of our
present industrial civilization. The tre-
mendous industrial development Of the
nineteenth century has not only conferred
great benefits upon us Of the twentieth,
but it has also exposed us to grave dan
gers. This highly complex movement
has had many sides, some good and some
bad, and has produced an absolutely
novel set Of phenomena. To secure fol
them the best results will tax to the ut
most the resources of the statesman, the
economist and the social reformer. There
| has been an immense relative growth
of urban population, and in conse-
auence an immense growth of the
| body of wagewOrkers, together with
| an accumulation of enormous fortunes
| which more and more tend to express
their power through great corporations
| that are themselves guided by some mas
ter mind of the business world. As re-
suit we are confronted by a formidable
series of perplexing problems, with
which it is absolutely necessary to deal
| and yet with which il is not merely use
less but in the highest degree unwise ant
| dangerous to deal save with wisdom, in
sight and self-restraint.
What the Nation Needs.
"There are certain truths which ar,
so commonplace as to be automatic; anI
yet SO important that we cannot keel
them too vividly before our minds
The true welfare of the nation is in
dissolubly bound with the welfare of thu
farmer and the wagewOrker: Of the MAJ
who tills the soil, and of the mechanic
the handicraftsman, the labOrer. Ii W,
.an insure the prosperity Of these TIVE
classes, we need not trouble ourselves
about the prosperity Of the rest, for tha
will follow as matter Of course.
"While striving to prevent industria
Injustice at home, we must not bring upol
ourselves industrial weakness abroad
This is a task for which we need the fin
est abilities Of the statesman. the stu
/ dent the patriot and the far-seeing love
of mankind. Ii is task in which w
shall fail with absolute certainty if w
approach it after having surrendere,
ourselves to the guidance of the demn
gogue or the doctrines Of the well
meaning man who thinks feebly, or of tn
cunning sef-seeker who endeavors t
rise by committing that worst Of crime
against our people-the crime Of inflam
ing brother against brother, one Amer
lean against his fellow-Americans My
fellow-countrymen, bad laws are evi
things: good laws are necessary; and
clear, fearless. common-sense administru
tion Of the laws is even more necessary
but what we need most of all is to loo
TO our own selves to see that our cor
sciences ms individuals. that our collectiv
| ..ta,,aI ,o,sc;anca may la instant tO re