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SPEAKS At BANQUET.
President Roosevelt Addresses New
York Business Men.
Rg4sER OF COMMERCE AT DINNER.
~pnt Eeusws Dedication of It's New
1A11S During the Day, Mt
HpAlah Ex-President CIevs-
+ lanA II the Orator.

lARA II the Orator.
New York, Nov. 12.-The days cer-
afAslass IN connection with the dedi-
eattsn Of the new home Of the Cham
Der sf Commerce were brought to a
sRss Tuesday night by banquet
kbsAtly tbs chamber in honor OF the
nsats Of the occasion. Among the
HHssts of honor were President
roosevelt, Prince Hans Heinrich Won
1Jssa, the representative of the Ger
saaa emperor; Sir Michael Henry
Aybsrt, the British ambassador; M.
36jss Bambon, the French ambassa-
as1; Secretary of War Elihu Root,
gss1stary of the Treasury Leslie NJ.
hhaw, Maj. Gen. Macarthur, Gov.
Benjamin b. Odell, Mayor Low and
Dear Admiral Albert S. Barker. A
1shg1am of regret was received from
0O1Dt Eassipi, the Russian ambassa-
SoJ.
The President Speaks.
after congratulatory cablegrams
had been read by Morris x. Jesup,
The president of the chamber, Presi-
cent Roosevelt delivered the princi-
pal address of the evening. The adj
dress OF the president was followed
with close attention and frequent
applause and at its close the assem-
bly, arose and cheered. President
Roosevelt said in part:
This body stands for the triumphs
OF peace both abroad and at home.
We have passed that stage of ma
Nonal development when deprecia-
aion OF other peoples is felt as tri-
butte to our own. We watch the
growth and prosperity of other ma
lions, not with hatred or jealousy,
but with sincere and friendly good
win. think can say safely that
we have shown by our attitude to-
ward Cuba, by our attitude toward
China, that as regards weaker pow
e1s our desire is that they may be
able to stand alone, and that if
they will only show themselves will
ing to deal honestly and fairly with
the rest of mankind we on our side
will do all we can to help, not to
hinder, them. With the great
powers of the world we desire no
rivalry that is not honorable to
both parties. We wish them well.
We believe that the trend of the
modern spirit is ever stronger to-
wa1d peace, not war; toward friend
ship, not hostility, as the normal in
Sensational attitude.
On Good Terms with All.
1--WE are glad, indeed, that we were
on good terms with all the other
peoples of mankind, and no effort on
our part shall be spared to secure a
continuance, Of these relations.
And remember, gentlemen, that we
Bfrall be potent factor for peace
lh1eely in proportion to the way in
which we make it evident that our
nti1tn1e is due not to weakness, not
% Inability to defend ourselves, but
- Q genuine repugnance to wrong
0Ctng, genuine desire for self re-
ppesttng friendship with our neigh
ons. The voice of the weakling or
khe craven counts for nothing when
he s1amors for peace; but the voice
81 She just man armed is potent. We
Dssdf5b 'heep in a condition of pre-
,Yaredness, especially as regards our
navy, not because we want war, but
1esanse we desire to stand with those
whose plea for peace is listened to
with respectful attention.
Must Have Peace at Home.
Important though 1t is that we
1AsRa have peace abroad, it is even
mere important we should have
4sass at home. You, men of the
AhambeT OF commerce, to whose eff
.3sSts we owe SO much of our indus
1sial Well-being, can, and I believe
nJely viii, be influential in helping
howard that industrial peace which
san obtain in society only when in
1heir various relations employer and
employed alike show not merely in
eistence each upon his own rights,
Bat also regard for the rights of
sthsrs, and a full acknowledgment
OF the interests of the third party
the public. 1t is no easy matter to-
work out system or rule of con-
dset, whether with or without the
help of the law giver, which shall
minimize that. EARRING and clashing Of
Interests in the industrial world
which causes SO much Individual irri-
Dalton. and suffering at the present
aay, and which at times threatens
balsful consequences to large por-
3ions of the body polite. But the
Importance Of the problem cannot
Be oyerestimated, and it deserves to
seseive the careful thought of all
men, such as those whom I am adj
RSsssing tonight. There should be
no yielding to wrong, but there
should most certainly be not only
SssiEe to do right, but willingness
each TO try to understand the view
Dsint Of his fellow, with whom, for
SseaD or for woe, his own fortunes
eye indssolubly bound.
Only Way of Solution.
'sNo patent remedy can be devised
Boz the solution of these grave prob
asms in the Industrial world. But we
may rest assured that they can be
solved at all only if we bring to the
solution certain old-time virtues,
and II we strive to keep out
Of The solution some of the most
Samiliar and most undesirable of the
tSaits to which mankind has owed IN
told degradation and suffering