Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-08-30
Men Of Character Wanted,
Says President Roosevelt

great material prosperity and such a
period Is as sure as adversely itself 70
bring mutterings Of discomfort At a
time when most men prosper some
what II always happens that few men
prosper greatly, and it is as true now
as 1t was when the Tower of Sloan
fell upon all who were under it, that
tgOud fortune does not come only to
the just, nor bad fortune only to the
unjust when the weather Is good for
crops il is also good for weeds. More
over. not only do the wicked flourish
when the times are such that most mea
flourish, but what is worse the spirit
Of envy and jealousy and hatred
springs up in the breasts OF those who,
though they may be doing fairly well
themselves yet see Others who are no
more deserving doing far better,
Wise Laws and Prosperity.
| Wise laws and fearless and upright
administration Of the laws can give
the opportunity for such prosperity as
We see about us. But this Is all that
they can do. when the conditions have
been created which make prosperity
possible, then each individual man
must achieve II for himself, b yhis
own thrift, Intelligence. energy. indus
try and resolute purpose. II when
people wax fat they kick, as they have
been prone to do since the days OF
| IaCh hn, uyill
their own prosperity. II they go into
wild speculation and lose their heads,
they have lost that which no legisla-
ton can supply. and the business world
suffer in consequence. If In spirit of
sullen envy they insist upon pulling
down those who have profited most by
the years Of fairness. they will bury
themselves in the crash of common dis
aster. II is difficult to make our ma
terial condition better by the best
laws, but it is easy enough by bad
laws to throw the whole ration into
an abyss of misery
Qualities Of Prudence.
Now, the upshot of all this Is that
1t Is peculiarly incumbent upon us in
a time of such material well-being
both collectively as nation and indi.
lvidually, each in his own account. IL
show that we possess the qualities OF
prudence. self-knowledge and self-re.
strainL In our government We need
above all things stability hXity OF
economic policy. while rcmCmbCring
that this fxlty must not be inability
to shape our course anew to meet the
shifting needs of the people as these
needs arise. There are real aud great
evils In our social and economic life.
There Is every need. Of striving In all
possible ways, individually and collec-
lively, by combinations among our,
selves In private life. and through the
recognized organs Of government. for
the cutting out of these evils. Only
let us be sure that We do not use the
knife of the ignorant zcalot which
would make ii more dangerous to the
patient than to the disease.
Danger in Wealth.
"One of the dangers of the tremen.
dous industrial growth Of the last gen.
GRAFTON has been the very great in,
crease in large private. and especially
IN large corporate. fortunes We may
like this or not, just as we please, but
this is a fact, nevertheless. and as fal
of the working of various causes
prominent among which has been tn,
immense Importance steam and eleCtri,
city have assumed in modern life.
1T Is not true than the poor people
have grown poorer, but some of the
that where multtudcs of men ar,
herded together in limited space tn,
I contrast strikes the OnlOOkor as NOR,
| violent than formerly On the whole
! our people earn more and live bette
' than ever before, and the progress o
which we are so proud should not hav,
taken place had il not been for tn,
great uphuilding of industrial Centers
such as our commercial and manufac
turing cities. But. together with tn,
good, there has come a measure of evil
g., Life is not so simple as II was. an,
''''N's !''h wi 'll' ill'llNlhhdl anu TIT
g community the simple life Is moral,
the healthy life. There Is not in th
|. cities the same sense of common under
q lying brotherhood which there Is still
l. In country localities, and the lines .
O social cleavage are far more clcarl.
y marked.
q Some Necessary Combines.
II For some of the evils which hav
attended upon the changed condition
n. we can at present see no complet
ia remedy, For others the remedy mus
If come by the action OF men themselve
in their private capacity, whethe
t. merely as individuals or by combina
I. ton one with another. For yet Others
t. some remedy can be found in legisla
tive and executive action, natiOna
T.. state or municipal. Much OF tho CON
SO plant against combinations Is entir,
n. ly unwarranted Under present da
10 conditions, it Is as necessary to hay
IN corporations In the business world q
II is to have organization anon
= wage workers. But We have a right I