Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-08-28
TOUR OF THE PRESIDENT.
He Arrived at Willimantic, Conn.,, Sat-
urday, and Made Speech Of The
Prosperity of the Country.
HEARTY SEND-OFF AT HARTFORD
Outpouring of the Citizens of
< Many Towns!
ASSEMBLAGES ALL ALONG THE LINE

Willimantic, Conn, Aug. %. --PresN +
dent Roosevelt. after spending TIN.
night at the home OF John Z. Robin
son, at Hartford, today resumed his
journey throughout New England. His
train left that city promptly at 8
o'clock, but the early 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 tc
the station IN an open carriage, accom-;
panied by Senator Platt the crowd
cheered and the President responded
| by raising his hat. The floral horse
| shoe presented to the President by the
workingmen Of Hartford was, at his
| request, placed on the engine.
All along the line the small towns
| turned out their entire population, each
apparently anxious to ehare III the
welcome which Connecticut is extend
ing.
When Willimantic was reached, the
President was driven to the public
| square, where he delivered an address
from his carriage. He said in part
We are passing through a period Of great
material prosperity, and such period Is as
sure as adversely itself to bring mutterings
of discomfort AT a time when most men
| prosper somewhat, II always happens that
few men prosper greatly; and II Is as true
now as it was when the tower of SLOAN fell
| upon all who were under IL that good fortune
| does not come only to the just, nor bad
fortune only to the unjust. When the
| weather is good for crops, 1t is also good fol
weeds. Moreover, not only do the wicked
flourish when the times are such that most
men flourish, but, what is worse, the spirit
/ of envy, jealousy and hatred springs up In
the breast of those who, though they may b.
doing fairly well themselves, yet sec other
who are no more deserving doing far better
Wise laws and fearless and upright ad
ministration OF thu laws can give the op
/ portunity for such prosperity as that we SCI
about Us. But this is all that they can do
When the conditions have been created
which make prosperity possible, then eact
individual man must achieve it for himself
by his own thrift, intelligence, energy. in
dustry and resolute purpose. II when people
wax fat they kick, as they have been prone
TO do since the days Of Jeshurun, they will
speedily destroy their own prosperity. II
they go into wild speculation and ioee thaii
heads, they have lost that which no lcgisla-
tion can supply, and the business world will
| srtor in consequence If in a npirit OF
sullon envy they insist upon pulling down
those who have proflted most by the years
of fairness. they will bury themselves in the
crash Of The common disaster. IL is difficult
TO make our material condition better BY
the beat laws, but IL Ia eass enough by bad
laws to throw the whole nation in to ar
abyss of misery.
Now the upEiiot of all this is that It il
peculiarly incumbent upon US in a time Of
| such material well-being, both collectively
as nation and individually. each ON his
own account, to show that we possesa the
| qualities OF prudence, 6elf-knowledge niit
self-restrajnt. In our government we need
above all things stability. tixity of economic
policy, while remembering that this fiRjt
must not be fossiiisation, that there mus
not be inability to shape our course anew
} to meet tho shifting needs OF the people as
these needs arise There are real and greal
evils in our social and economic life, and
these evils stand out with ugly badness dur
ing good times, for the wicked who prosper
are never pleasant sight. There is every
need of striving in all possible ways, indi.
vidually and collectively, by combination
among ourselves in private life and through
the recognized organs of government, TOT
the cutting out of these evils. Only let us
be sure that we do not use the knife with an
, ignorant zeal, which would make itmor
dangerous to the patient than to the disease.
One of the features of the tremendous
industrial growth of the last generation haf
been the very great, increase in large private
and especially in large corporate fortunes.
/ We may like this or not, Just as we please,
8 but it is a fact nevertheless and as far az
| we can see it is an evitable result of the
h working of various causes, prominent among
f; | which las been the immense importance
steam and electricity have assumed In
: modern life.
Ii is not true that the poor have grown
r poorer, but some of the rich hive grown SO
r very much richer that where nultitudes OF
] | men are herded together In a limited space
r the contrast strikes the onlooker as mora
I violent than formerly. On the whole our
Q people earn more and live better than ever
before, and the progress of which We are SO
proud could not have taken place had 1t not
been for the great upbuildinR of industrial
centres, such as our commercial and manu-
, featuring cities. But, together with the
I good, there hns come measure OF evil.
I Life Is not SO simple as 1t was, and surely
q both for the individual and the community
, the simple life is normally the healthy life
a There is not In tho cities the sane sense OF
a common underlying brotherhood which
there is still in country localities, and the
q lines Of social cleavage are far more clearly
marked.
/ For some of the evils which have at
tended upon the good of the changed condi-
tions we can at present SEQ no complete
remedy. For others the remedy must como
by the action of men themselves In their
' private capacity, whether merely as indi-
: yiduals or by combination one with another.
For yet others some remedy can be found
t, in legislative and executive action, national,
d State or municipal. Much of the complain.
against combinations is entirely unwar.
, ranted. Under present day conditions II Is
as necessary to have corporations In the
: business world as It Is TO have organization
| to ask in each case that they shall do good
and not harm. Exactly as labor oIganiza-
lions, when managed intelligantly and in
y spirit of Justice and fair play, arc OF very
= great service not only to tho wage-workers,
but to the whole community, ar the history
n of many labor organizations has conclu-
> sively shown, 80 wealth, not merely indi-
vidual, but corporate, when used Alright, Is
II not merely benefit 10 the community ms
q whole, but Indispensable to tho upbuilding
: of the country under the conditions which
at present the country has grown not only
TO accept, but to demand as normal. This
is 80 obvious that 1t seems trite even to
state it; and yet, II We are to judge from
n some of tho arguments advanced against
Y and attacks made upon wealth as such, II
Is fact worth keeping in mind.
f. A great fortune, il not used Alright,
10 makes it's possessor in a peculiar aense q
menace to the community as whole. Every
=, man of power, by the very fnct of that
Il power, is capable of doing damage TO his
Neighbour, but we cannot afford to dis
a courage the development of such men merely
q because 1t Is possible they may use their
!, power TO wrong ends. Good, not harm,
- normally comes from the piiing up of wealth
through business enterprises. Probably the
most serious harm resulting to us, the
people of moderate mems, Is when We
"a, harm ourselves by letting the dark and evil
. vices of envy and hatred towards our fellows
eat into Our natures.
vt Fire in Cecil County.
Elkton, Md, Aug. 25.--A large barn and
tulxI h., F..