Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1902-12-02

Washington, Dec. 2.--The annual
message of the president was trans
luitted to congress today. In part it is
as follows:
To the Senate and House of Represen-
tatives:
bounded prosperity. This prosperity is
not the creature of law, but undoubted-
ly the laws under which we work have
been instrumental in creating the con-
unwise legislation it would be easy
enough to destroy it. There will un-
doubtedly be periods of depression The
wave will recede; but the tide will ad-
vance. This nation is seated on a con-
tinent flanked by two great oceans.
1t Is composed of men the descendants
of pioneers, or, in a sense, pioneers
themselves: of men winnowed out
from among the nations of the old
world by, the energy, boldness, and
love of adventure found in their own
eager hearts. Such nation, so placed
will surely wrest success from fortune.
AS a people we have played a large
part in the world, and we are bent up
on making our fortune even larger
than the past. In particular, the events
of the last four years have definitely
decided that, for woe or for veal, our
place must be great among the nations.
We may either fail greatly or succeed
greatly; but we cannot avoid the en-
deavor from which either great failure
or great success must come. Even II
we would, we can not play a small
part. If we should try, all that would
follow would be that we should play
large part ignobly and shamefully.
IRON IN THE BLOOD.
But our people, the sons of the men
of the Civil War, the sons Of the men
who had iron in their blood,
rejoice in the presently >and face the fu-
ture high of heart and resolute of will.
Ours is not the creed of the weakling
and the coward; ours Is the gospel of
hope and Of triumphant endeavor. We
do not shrink from the struggle before
us. There are many problems for us to
face at the outset of the twentieth GEN.
tury-grave problems abroad and still
graver at home; but we know that we
can solve them and solve them well,
provided only that we bring to the So
luton the qualities of head and heart
which are shown by the men who, in
the days Of Washington, founded this
government, and, in the days of Lin
coin, preserved it.
No country has ever occupied high
er plane Of material well being than
ours at the present moment This we'll
being is due to no sudden or accidental
causes, but to the play Of the economic
forces in this country for over a GEN.
tury; to our laws. our sustained and
continuous policies; above all, to the
high individual average of our citizen
ship. Great fortunes have been won
by those who have taken the lead In
this phenomenal Industrial develop
ment and most Of these fortunes have
been won not by doing evil but as an
incident to action which has benefited
the community as a whole. Never be.
fore has material well-being been 30
widely diffused among our people.
Great fortunes have been accumulated,
and yet in the aggregate these fortunes
are small indeed when compared to the
wealth Of the people as a whole. The
plain people are better of than they
have ever been before. The insurance
companies, which are practically mu-
tual benefit societies-especially help.
full to men Of moderate means-repre-
sent accumulations Of capital which
are among the largest In this country
There are more deposits in the savings
banks, more owners of farms, more
well-paid wage workers in this coun-
try now than ever before in our his
tory. OF course, when the conditions
have favored the growth Of SO much
that was good, they have also favor
ed somewhat the growth IT what was
owl. 1t is eminently necessary that
we should endeavor to cut out this
evil, but let US keep a due sense Of
proportion; let us not in liking our