The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-08-29
The People of Hartford, Conn.,, Gave
Him a Hearty Early Morn
ing Send-0h.
ADDRESS DELIVERED At PROVIDENCE.
~. rr. Of National Prosperity ana
Inevitable Conditions Accom-
p.nying DETERMINATIONS OF Cap
t,ni and the Duty Of the state 70
Control Them.

the city promptly al eight O'Clock put
~ earlv hour set for his departure
did not deter the people from turning
out in force and giving him a hearty
send-off. As he drove up 20 the sta
lion in any open carriage accom-
pap,ed by senator Platt, the crowd
cheered. and the president Responded
hy raising his hat. The horal horse
shoe presented TO the president oH
The workiumen of Hartford. Friday,
was by his request placed on the en-
CINE. All along the line the small
towns turned out their entire populA-
ton. each apparently anxious TO
share in The welcome which Connec-
ticut Is extending.
When Nilliamantic was reached.
the president was driven 70 the pub
lie square. where he delivered an ao-
dress from his carriage
Later the president and party pro-
ceeded 70 Providence. r. l., where. IN
the afternoon he was received with
great ovation and delivered the fol-
lowing address:
President Rooseveirs speses.
I'VE are passing through period o.
great material prosperity. and Sisn Z -
mutterings Of disccntent ~ time Wien
most rner prosper somewhat II away
happens that few men prosper sreA.iss.
and 1, Is as true now a. u VAS when ne
Tower OF Sloan fell upon al VINO were
under it, that good fortune does not come
only 20 the Just: nor pad ioriune oh.s ~
for crops IL u also good for we-1S
MOREOVER rot only do the wicked rourlzn
when the times are such that most men
ii0uf Sh but. what T. worse, the spirit z
envy aul jealousy and hatred springs Lp
IN he breasts ~ those who. tnO4sn tA~y
may 49, cCiuE fairly well themselves set
sc. Cthef-. WAo are no more deserving
dosn2 far better.
.Nise laws and fearless and upright
administration q the laws can give the
opportunity for such rpsiefl,y a. tn1t
We See about IS But this Is all that they
can 10. When the conditions have De- 2
created which mack prosperity Soss4n-t-
then each indy idual man must achieve II
for himself by his own thrift. tltelll-
gence. energy. industry and rsS0lute pur-
pose. IL when people wax lat they kick
= they have been prone 20 90 since me
days Or Jerusalem. they vii speedily de-
strcy their own prosperity. tnty 30
into wild speculation and lose their neAds.
they have lost that which no legislation
can supply and the business world VII.
suffer IN consequence. ~ = spitt 2.
those who have pronted most BY the
years OF fairness. they will bury them
selves In the crash Of the. common disas.
ter IL Is difficult TO make our material
condition better by the best laws. but II ID
easy enough by bad laws 70 throw the
whole nation into an abyss Of misery :.
Now the upshOt OF all this Is that u -
peculiarly incumbent upon Us IN time
Of such material well being. both coiiec-
lively as a nation and individually. each
on his own account 10 show that We pos
sess the qualities OF prudence. self-krDwl-
edge and seif-restraint- IN our govern
met We need. above all things. stability.
NJ ~ "a
lerinc that this nxity must not be fOs-
silizatiou. that there must not be Ina
the shifting needs OF the people as these
needs arise. There are real and great
evils in our social and economic life, ar-If
these evils stand out with ugly s1.dness
during good times. for the wicked who
prosper are meyer a-.s..llscasant sight There
- every peed of striving In all possible
individually and collectively, Dy
life and through the recognized organs
OF government. for the cutting cgt OF
these evils oniy. let rs be sure that Ne
do not use the knife with an iTu9ranc
zeal which would make II more danger
Gus 10 the patient that 70 the disease.
--one OF the dangers - the trernend9us
Industrial growth 81 the last generation
has feen the very great increase IL large
private. and especially In large cospor2ts
1--WE may like this Or not. Just as -
please, but IL T. fact. nevertheless ans
a. far we can see. u - an tneg tao .'
prominent among which rms been the i'm
mense Importance steam and electric. y
have assumed in modern llfe. Urban pop
ulatfon has grown In this rJIntrw. as Il
all civilized countries much faster thar
the population as whole during the ia=
century, and where men are gathered -
gefher IN great masses IL inevitably re
suits that they must work Tar more large
Is by means az ordinations among tn. n
selves than when they live isolated fror
one another. NOW. | suppose that mos
OF US prefer On many accounts The oil
conditions OF life. under which the nv
erzge man lived more TO himself AMI b
himself when the average commurit
was more seif-dcpencent. and where eve
though the standard Of comfort was low
sr on the average: yet there w1s isss !. Z
tons which We now see IN our great CT
les.
grown poorer. but some or the rich hav
grown so very much richer that wheT
multitudes OF men are nerded togethe
n Limited space ,ne , Sgt,as ,h,n sri -,
merly. On the whole. our people ear
more and live better than ever besor'
proud counld not have taken place had
not been for the great upbIilding Of Il
dustriai centers. such as our commercts
with the good there has come a ncasur
OF evil Life Is not 50 simple as n wa
and surely both for the individual az
the healthy life There Is not in the CT
les the same sense Of common unferiyir
brotherhood which there IL still in cour
try localities. and the lines u social cleas
age are FAR more clearly marked.
For some OF the evils which have n
tended upon the good OF the changed col
ditiors. we can at present see no con
piete remedy. For others the renec
must come ny the action OF men then
selves IN their private capacity. whetn'
merely as individuals or BY combinatic
one with another. For yet others son
other remedy can be found IN Legislative
and executive action, national. state
municipal. Much OF the complaint again
the combinations n entirely unwa
rented Under present conditions IL II
necessary TO have corporations I'm Il
business world as n n TO have organiz
tion among wage workers But we ha'
right 20 ask In each case that they sha
DO good and not harm Exactly as lab
organizations. when managed Intelligent
and IN spirit OF justice and fair pla
are Of very great service. not only to u
wage workers but TO the whole con
munity. an the history OF many labor o
sgani1ations has conciusiyeiy shown
wealth. not merely individual but CO
porate. when used Alright. r. not merely
benefit TO the community as a VINO
but Indispensable 10 the upbuildlng u Il
country under the conditions. which
present the country has grown TO accey
but 70 demand as normal This Is 50 D
~tous that IL seems trits even 70 eta