Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-04-14

/ WTt8nI OI IeUuebueo. ~ - tuOS0AoI0 III
sx-Confederate who now sta nds a. the
| exponent Of this government and this pso-
pie in that great group of islands In the
! eastern seas over which the American
flag floats. General Wright has taken a
leading part In the work of steadily bring
| ing order and peace out OF the bloody
chaos In which we found the islands He
is now taking a leading part not merely
| In unfolding the honor of the flag by max
/! ing 1t respected as the symbol of our pow
I err but seill more in unfolding its honor
| by unwearied labor for the establishment
| of ordered liberty-of law creating, law
| abiding civil government-under Its folds
| The Progress Under Wright
The progress which has been made UNI
| der General Wright and those like him
| has been indeed marvellous. In fact. a
letter of the general the other day SEEM
| ed to show that he considered there
| was far more warfare about the Philip
| pines in this country than there was war
| fare in the Philippines themselves! 1t is
an added proof Of the completeness of the
| reunion of our country that one OF the
| foremost men who have been instrumental
| In driving forward the great work for
| civilization and humanity in the Philip
pines has been a man who in the civil
war fought with distinction in uniform
Of Confederate gray.
You have made a particular effort In
your exhibition to get into touch with the
West Indies. This is wise. The events G:
the last four years have shown us that the
West Indies and the isthmus must In the
future occupy far larger place in our
national policy than in the past. This Is
proved by the negotiations for the pur-
chase Of the Danish islands, the acquisi-
don of Porto Rico. the preparation for
building an isthmldn canal and finally by
he changed relations which these years
hav. 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 and at home
have insisted that We never intended to
leave the island. But on the Goth of next
month cuba becomes free republic, and
We turn over to the islanders the control
OF their own government. 1t would be
very difficult to find parallel in the con-
duct of any other great state that has &C.
cupied such position as ours We have
kept our word and done our duty, just as
an honest individual in private life keeps
his word and does his duty.
Be it remembered. moreover. that after
our three years occupation of the island
we turn It over to the Cubans in better
coalition than 1t ever has been in all the
centuries of Spanish rule. This has d.
rect bearing upon our own welfare. Cuba
is so near to US that we can never be in
different to misgovernment and disaster
within it's limits. The mere fact that our
administration in the island has minimiz-
ed the danger from the dreadful scOurge
of yellow fever, alike to Cuba and to our
selves, is sufficient to emphasize the COM
munity of in, crest between us. But there
are other interests which bind us together.
Cuba'S position makes 1t necessary that
her political relations with us should differ
from her political la.ions with other
powers. This fact has b IN formulated by
us and accepted by the Cubans in the
Plat amendrleItS It. follows as a corol
larry that where the Cubans have thus as
sumed position OF peculiar relationship
to our political SYSTEM they must SINH
larly stand in a. peculiar relationship to
our economic system.
We have rightfully insisted upon Cuba
adopting toward us an attitude differing
politically from that she adopts toward
any other power. and in return. as mat
ter of right, we must give to Cuba a diff
ferent--that Is. better-position econom-
ically In her relations with US than We
give to other powers This Is the course
dictated by sound policy. by wise and
farsighted view Of our own interest and
by tho position we have taken during the
past four years. We are wealthy and
powerful country. dealing with a much
weaker one. and the contrast in wealth
and strength makes it all the more our
duty to deal with Cuba, as we have al
ready dealt with her In spirit of large
generosity.
Causes Of Prosperity.
This exposition Is rendered possible be-
cause of the period Of industrial prosper
ity through which we are passing. While
material we'll being is never all sufficient
to the life OF a nation, yet it Is the merest
truism to say that its absence means ruin.
We need to build a higher life upon 1T as
a foundation, but We can build little in
deed 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 upon the
energy and hard work, the sanity and
the mutual respect of all classes of CAPT
talists. large and small of wage workers
of every degree. AS is inevitable in /,
time of business prosperity, some men
succeed more than others, and 1t Is UNI
fortunately also inevitable that when this
is the case some unwise people are sure to
try to appeal to the envy and Jealousy of
those who succeed least 1t is a good
thing when these appeals are made to re-
member that while 1t Is difficult to in
crease prosperity by law 1t Is easy enough
to ruin It and that there is small salts
faction to the less prosperous If they sue
coed In overthrowing both the more pros
common disaster.
This Is an era of great combinations
both of labor and of capital. In many
ways these combinations have worked for
good, but they must work under the law,
and the laws concerning them must be
just and wise or they will inevitably do
evil. and this applies as much to the rich
est corporation as to the most powerful
labor union. Our laws must be wise, sane,
healthy, conceived in the spirit of those
who scorn the mere agitator, the mere
meter of class or sectional hatred, who
wish justice for all men. who recognize
the need of adhering so far as possible to
the old American doctrine of giving the
widest possible scope for the free eXercis
of Individual initiative and yet who recog
nize also that after combinations have
reached certain stage it is Indispensable
to the general welfare that the nation
should exercise over them cautiously ard
with self restraint, but firmly, the power
OF supervision and regulation.
Above all, the administration of the gov
eminent, the enforcement of the laws,
must be fair and honest The laws are
not to be administered either in the inter
est of the poor man or the interest of the