Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-11-24
IDEALS OF BROTHERHOOD.
President Roosevelt Emphasizes One
Of the Needs Of the Time.

OF tne Nce0S OF inc tFnc.
Kansas City Star: The address OF
President Roosevelt on brotherhood"
at Philadelphia WAS appropriate and
timely. 1t came with especial force
rom Mr. Roosevelt Just after his i'm
presslvc denomination of his belief
in the principle by his Interference
10 end the suffering resulting from.
The Goa strike II was opportune In
following that prolonged struggle In
which the ideal of brotherhood has
been ignored with many lamentable
results But as that struggle was one
Of the symptoms OF the times. the ads
dress was of more than temporary
significance. The president did not
oxaggerata when he said that the
great Industrial and social problems
NJ today could not be solved without
he applying OF the lesson OF broth
srhood"
Fcw persons seem to realize what n
critical period IN American history the
next few years will be. when plenty
OF land was accessible and opportuni-
ties were approximately equal the
country got on well with a crude code
Of social ethics that encouraged each
man TO care supremely for his own
interests without much regard to
hose Of his neighbors. But the social
life has become TOO complex oppor
tunltics too restricted and chances too
unequal for the old code to be suc-
cessful The manager Of big cor
pofntion who manipulatcs It's stock in
his own interest may find himself Jus
tiied by former standards but he Is a
dangerous person to the modern com
munity The obsolete code must give
way Ia one founded on the idea of
brotherhood n the new order Is TO last.
LEGISLATION can do something to
remedy the abuses that arise with the
development Of material civilization.
Rut 10 long as laws 10 not register
The wishes of sincere public sentiment
hey will be evaded and fall OF their
purpose Prohlbtory legislation Is in.
effective where people want liquor
Laws AGAINST some form Of Industrial
oppression can accomplish little un-
less the majority OF the business mon
certain remedy for the injuatices that
are developing In the Industrial order
lies In the spirit OF brotherhood Up
On the spread OF this ideal depends
the stability of the whole system.
The period II critical. too. on the
side of individual as well as public
ethics There was time when the
threat OF accommodation from the
church was powerful weapon to en-
force certain standard of conduct.
Belief in future system of rewards
and punishmonts has continued to the
present day TO exert strong influence
for morality But this belief is weak
ening. and fear ms n motive for right
conduct Is becoming Ineffective. uu-
less the idea Of brotherhood can take
It's PAIGE the breaking down OF the old
sanctions viii lead to moral anarchy.
The great religious teachers have rec
ognized the importance OF this Ideal
Christianity Ia founded upon It, It's
absence from the Greek and Roman
systems led to the deterioration of
those civilizations and left them an
easy prey to the barbariHns. History
has proved the profound wisdom OF
the Injunction to love thy brother az
lhyself by showing that the Ideal ol
brotherhood among the citizens is
essential to n nations self preserva-
lion.
In emphasizlng "the lesson of broth
ethood" President Roosevelt showed
his appreciation OF the great need of
the times. His address was Inspired.
not by emotion. bnt by good. hard
SENSE The pressing problems OF to.
day are to be solved only through
the spread of the brotherhood ideal.