Milford chronicle., 1902-11-14
ROOSEVELT ON PEACE
Discussed Industrial Question Before
N. Y. Chamber of Commerce.
DEAcEAT HOME MosTIMPoRTANr

President Said Problem of Industrial
Peace Cannot Be overestimated, and
Deserves the Careful Thought Of All
Men.
New York, Nov Yesterdays GER
emonies in connection with the dedi-
cation of the new home of the Chamber
of Commerce were brought to a close
last night by a banquet given by the
chamber in honor of the guests of the
occasion. Among the guests Of honor
were President Roosevelt, Prince Hans
Heinrich Won Pless, the representative
Of the German emperor; Sir Michael
Henry Herbert, the British ambassa-
DOR M. Jules Cambon, the French am
bassador; Secretary of War Elihu Root,
Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M.
Shaw, Major General Macarthur, Gov ]
ernor Benjamin B. Odell and Major
Albert S. Parker. A telegram of regret |
was received from Count Cassini, the |
Russian ambassador.
After congratulatory cablegrams had |
! been read by Morris K. Jessup, the |
president of the chamber, President
Rooasxeit delivered the principal adj
dress Of the evening. After paying a
tribute to the integrity and business
methods of the members of the New
York Chamber of Commerce, President
Roosevelt spoke of maintaining a pow
eJful navy to insure peace with the
great powers of the world Continu-
ing, the president said: Important
though it is that we should have peace
abroad, It is even more important that
we should have peace at home. You
men of the Chamber of Commerce, to
whose efforts we owe so much Of our
industrial well-being, can, and believe
surely will, be influential in helping
toward that industrial peace which can
obtain in society only when in their
various relations employer and en-
ployed alike show not merely insist
ence each upon his own rights, but also
regard for the rights of others, and a
/ full acknowledgment of the interests
, Of the third party-the public. 1t is
, no easy matter to work out system
1
without the help of the lawgiver, which
shall minimize that Earring and clash
+ ing of interests in the industrial world
which causes so much individual irri-
tation and suffering at the present day,
and which at times threatens baleful
consequences to large portions Of the
body polite. But the importance OF
1 -, i
= and it deserves to receive the careful
Z, thought of all men such as those whom
am addressing tonight. There should
be no yielding to wrong; but there
should most certainly be not only de.
> sire to do right but willingness each
: to try to understand the viewpoint Of
his fellow, with whom, for veal or FOL
woe, his own fortunes are indissolubly
bound.
mo patent remedy can be devised
for the solution of these grave prob
lens in the industrial world; but w
may rest assured that they can b
solved at all only if we bring to tn
a solution certain old-time virtues, an
- if we strive to keep out of the solution
some of the most familiar and most un
:. desirable traits to which mankind ha
: owed untold degradation and sufferin
i, throughout the ages. Arrogance, sus
- picion, brutal envy of the well-to-dC
n brutal indifference toward those VIII
are not well-to-do the hard refusal t
- consider the rights Of others, the foo
: ish refusal to consider the limits {
benefcent action, the base appeal to tn
- spirit of selfish greed, whether it TAX
- the form of plumber of the fortunate {
of oppression of the unfortunate-frOl
- those and from all kindred vices tn
- nation must be kept free if it is to n
ia main in it's present position in IL
~ forefront of the peoples of mankini
he On the other hand, good will com
~ even out of the present evils, if we fat
10 them armed with the old homely vi
~ tues; if we show that we are feaTlei
- of soul, cool of head, and kindly
10 heart; if, without betraying the veal
ness that cringes before wrong-doin
- we yet show by deeds and words OF
not knowledge that in such a governmel
M as ours each of us must be in vel
80 truth his brothers keeper"
+bo The address of the president w
aro followed with close attention and fr
NO quent applause, and at its close the a