The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-11-14
)RREsT CITY ARK FRIDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER A. 1902

cesSity he an element of weight in thu
commercial and industrial welfare cf
the entire people. New York is the
great port of entry for our country
the port in which centcrs the lalk
of foreign commerce of the country
ard her welfare is therefore no mat
ter of mere local or municipal, out of
national concern.
We have passed that stage of ma
tionai Development when DEF feciatio1
cf other people is felt as Il tribute L
our own. We watch the growth and
prosperitY of other nations. not with
hatred or jealousy. bat with sincere
and friendly good will. think | can
say safely that we have shown by our
attitude toward Cuba. by our atti-
| tlje toward China, that as regards
/ weaker power our desire is that they
may he abte t6 sand alone. and that
/ it they will only show themselves
/ willing to deal honestly and fairly
/ with the rest OF mankind. - on our
, side will do all we can to help. not
to hiuder them.
with the great powers of the
world We desire no rivalry that is not
honorable 10 both parties. We wish
them we'll We believe that the trend
Of the modern spirit is ever stronger
/ toward peace. not war; toward friend
Ship, not hostility. as the normal in
ternational attitude. We are glad. in
/ deed. that we are ON good terms
with all the other people of mankind,
and no effort on our part shall be
spared te secure continuance Of
these relations. And remember. gen.
tlemen. that we shall be n potent
factor for peace largely in proportion
to the way in which we make it evil
dent that our attitude is due not %
weakness. not to inability to defend
/ ourselves. but to genuine repugnance
TO wrongdoing, a genuine desire for
sclf-respecting friendship with our
Ieiehbofs.
1T is no easy matter to work out a
system or rule IF conduct. whether
with or without the help of the law
giver. that shall minimize that jarring
and elashing Of interests in the indus
- iiti - ~ 1T - iitNi Vi b0'H ~ Iiiut-fl III
diyidual irritation and suffering at the
present day. AMI which at times
threatens baleful consequences to the
large portions of the body polite. But
the Importance of the problem can not
be overesti1nated, and it deserves 10
receive the careful thought of all
men. such as those whom | am ad-
inc iobt Il. t,,
no yielding, no wrong, but there
should most certainly be not only a
desire to do right. but Il willingness
of each to Try to understand the view
point of his fellow. with whom. for
veal or for woe, his own fortunes are
indissolubly bound.
NO patent remedy can Le devised
for the solution of these grave prob
lens 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
if we strive TO keep out of the solI-
tion some OF the most familiar and
most undesirable of the traits 20
which mankind has owed untold
degradation and suffering throughout
the ages. Arrogance, suspicion, brutal
envy of the Well-to-do, brutal indif-
ference toward those who are no.
we'll to do, their hard refusal to con
Sfder the rights of others. the fool
ish refusal 10 consult the limits Of
beneficent action, the base appeal to
the spirit of selfish greed, whether it
take the form Of plumber of the for
tGnate or OF oppression of the un-
fortunate-frem these and from all
kindred vices this nation must be
kept free if it is to remain in its
present position in the forefront Of
the peoples of mankind. On the other
hand. good will come. even out Of the
present evils, if we face them armed
with the old homely virtues; if we
show that we are fearless of soul
cool of head and kindly of heart if
without betraying the weakness that
cringes before wrongdoing. we yet
show by deeds and words our knowl-
edge that in such n government as
ours each of us must be in every
truth his brothers keeper.
AT a time when the growing com
pleXity of our social and industrial
life has rendered inevitable the in
trusion of the state into spheres Of
work wherein it formerly took no
part, and when there is also a grow
ing tendency to demand the illegiti-
mate and unwise transfer to the gov
ernment of much of the work that
should be done by private persons,
singly or associated together, it is a
pleasure to address a body whose
members possess to an eminent de-
gree the traditional American self-re-
lance of spirit which makes them
scorn to ask from the government,
whether of state or Of nation, any
thing but a fair field and no favor
who confide not in beinp heInpd nv