Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-04-12

Charleston, April 10. "A brilliant pro-
cession, with the President of the
United States at its head. II arched
| through CharlestOn's streets yesterday
| to the exposition grounds. where The
days celebration cuminateil in il terest-
ing exercises. the feature of which was
f, the presentation by the president OF u
handsome sword to Major jenkins, n
former member o! the famous Rough
Rider regiment.
Addresses were made by Captain T..
w. Wagener, president of the South
Carolina Interstate ana West ImGian
Exposition company; Governor Nc
Sweeney of South Carolina; GoNcrnLr
Aycock of, North Carolina, Mayor
Smyth of Charleston and the President
of the United States.
President Roosevelt. in. his spec ch
said that the' wounds caused by the
Civil war were alr healed. and pre-
ceeded to review the work of the south
in the Spanish war. Continuing, lie
said:
''lf ever the need comes In the future
the past has made absolutely evident
the fact that from this time on north.
erner and sOutherner will in war know
only the generous desire to strive how
each can do the more effective sclN ice
for the flag of our common country.
The same thing is true in the endless
work Of peace. the never-endiIi@ work
Of building and keeping the marvellous
fabric of our industrial prosperity.
1.-The upbuilding of any parr Of our
country Is a benefit to the whole. and
every such effort as this to stimulate
the resources and industry of particu-
lar section is entitled to the hcarticst
support from every quarter of the
union. Thoroughly good national
work can be done only if cach of us
works hard for himself, and 1T the same
time keeps constantly in mind that he
must work in conjunction with oilers
"You have made, n. particular effort
in your exhibition to got INTO touch
with the West Indies. This il wise.
The events Of the last four yen rs have
shown us that the West Indies and the
isthmus must in the future Orcllpy n
far larger place in our national policy
than in the past This is proved Ly
the negotiations for the purchase Of
the Danish islands, the acquisition of
Porto Rico. the preparation for build
ing the isthmian canal. and. finally,
by the changed relations which these
years have produced between us and
Cuba.
AS nation we have an especial right
to take honest pride in what we have
done for Cuba. Our critics abroad ana
at home have Insisted that WE never
intended to leave the island. But IN
the 10th of next month Cuba becomes
/. free repubic,.and wa tnr,, over to- The
islanders the control of their own gov
ernment.
We have rightfully; insisted ubon
cuba adopting toward us an attitude
differing politically from that sb,
adopts toward any other power: aud in
return. as matter Of light. we must
give to Cuba a dif'erent-tllat is. bet
Ter. position economically in her re-
iations with us than we give to other
powers. This III the course dictated
by sound policy. by wise and far
sighted view of our own interest. and
by the position we have taken during
the past four years We are n wealthy
and powerful country. dealing with
much weaker one; and the contrast III
wealth and strength makes II all the
more our duty to deal with Cub, rs we
have already dealt with her, in Il spirit
of large generosity. ~. ~ I
This exposition is rendered possible
because Of the period of industrial pros
perity through. which we are passing.
While material wen being is never
all-sufficient to the life Of nation, vet
it Is the merest tr,lis n to say that its
absence means ruin. We need to buill
a higher life upon it as a foundation;
but we can build little indeed unless
this Foundation of prosperity is deep
and broad The well-being which we
are now enjoying can be secured only
through general business prosperity.
and such prosperity Is conditioned up-
on the energy and hard work. the sanity
and the mutual respect of All classes
OF capitalists, large and small, OF wage
workers of every degree.
Every Industrial exposition of this
type necessarily calls mp tile. thought
of the complex social and economic
questions which are involved i'm our
present industrial system. Our as.
founding material prosperity. the
sweep and rush rather than The mere
arch of our progressive material do
velopment. have brought grave troubles
in their train. We cannot AFFORD to
blink these troubles, any more than