The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1901-12-06
Roosevelt rs INCOME.
HE HAS NEVER HAD TO LIVE IN POv.
ERTY ST YLE.


1t Is not difficult to make me believe
anything good OF President Roosevelt
and l want to believe what / read of
him In friendly newspaper the other
day. That is the statement that up
to his becoming President his income
was only 5000 a year His wife's
similar income was also mentioned,
which seemed to me, both irrevelant
and in bad taste. Truly. dear fellow
scribes we ought to draw the line
somewhere, and the inner edge OF the
line ought to be a mans hearthstone.
l want to believe that the President
lived on el00 a week all his life, be.
cause 1t Is creditable to him, and it
would convey to US that our new pres.
ident Is one Of the simplest and most
modest OF the great men Of our gener.
alton. But I have a private and
most excellent reason for believing
that his income was larger. And l
have another reason besides, which
is that he could not possibly have
managed on the sum stated.
The President inherits a quarter OF
million OF money, which
at per cent would return him $4,000
a year income. That would not be
nearly sufficient for him to maintain
the tastes, the comforts and the posi-
tion 10 society to which he was born.
For our president was not born to
rude or primitive conditions, but he
came into the world member OF
proud stock in a great capitol possess.
ing-in those days especially-an ex-
elusive and elevated society. From
his majority until now lie has main.
tained his place in that circle with a
town house much OF the time and a
country house, with the minor ele-
gances, the books the companions and
the amusements called for by his
training.
Far from there being tinge of
snobbishness about him or his circle,
the facts are such that there can be
no right. minded man in the country
who Is not thankful that so well.bred
and highly polished gentleman oc.
cupies the chair at the head Of our
national table, especially now that it
is laden with the rich fruit of bound.
less prosperity, which flows from a
nation whose outstretched arms reach
out over half the surface OF the entire
globe.
Whatever has been President
Roosevelt's income, the nature OF his
necessities has made it very small,
and In truth he has been obliged to
live as thriftily and modestly as il it
we're true that he enjoyed but the 10.
come Of well.paid clerk. What q
man has 10 this world is not what it
costs him to live decently. What he
has is what is his over and above his
absolute necessities. A private mans
means is like a business mans profits
they are "what is left over" That is
the true view Of the case, and 10 that
light the President has ever been a
poor man.
In addition to his small income
from his estate he has enjoyed oc.
casional short seasons under salaries
for public service-small salaries al.
ways. But this source Of his revenue
has been less than what he has earned
with his pen. Fortunately for all Of
US who read books and fortunately fol
his fame and for his capacity To-
making books he has been Obliged Il
turn into literature almost everything
he has known and done. He ba
written his ranching experience as
hunter, he has cashed his knowledg
Of his native city in the form of bis
tory, he has turned his hours of pleas
ant study into new literature in sucl
forms US his life Of Cromwell, he ha
even made book OF his short an
spirited experience as soldier. Hi
necessities and his literary gift join
ed hands in forcing him to do this
And It was we'll for US that 1t was th'
case.
| Thus has Theodore Roosevelt,
rounded out this much Of an active
useful and exemplary life. He ha!
given us the benefit Of his good brit
and strict training whenever he ha.
had one. He has set our young meE
Of means sn example In choosing q
public career. He has emphasized
in exchanging the civil for the mill
tary service when war was afoot. HI
has done everything that was good
true and worthy, but be has nevel
done the impossible. He has not livet
on 1000 q year.--Julian Ralph.
The oldest man in the world hal
been located 10 Moscow, Russia. H,
10 aged ls8 years. The oldest woman
has seen III summers and lives .
Battle Creek, Michigan. OF course
under these circumstances she cam
be said 70 be young, but she Ia not Z
old - the man anyway. as a
The Aberdeen Examiner sayI
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