Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-12

of us finds ready to hand; and, furthermore,
that in doing his work he shall SHOW not
only the capacity for sturdy self-help, but
also self-respecting regard for the rights of
others.
THE chamber of commerce, 1t is no idle
boast to say. stands In a pre-emlnent de-
gree for those qualities which make the
successful merchant the successful bust
ness man, whose success Is won in ways
honorable to himself and beneficial to his
fellows. There are very different kinds of
success.
There is the success that brings with it
the scared soM-the success which is
achieved by wolfish greed and vulpine cum
ning-the success which makes honest men
uneasy or indignant in It's presence. Then
there is the other kind of success-the sue
cess which comes as the reward of keen in
sight, of Sagacity, of resolution, of address,
combined with unflinching rectitude of be-
havior. public and private. The first kind
of success may, in a sense-and a poor sense
a that-benefit the Individual, but it is al
ways and necessarily a curse to the COM
munity; whereas the man who wins the
second kind as an incident of it's winning
becomes beneficiary to the whole COM
monwealth. Throughout it's history the
chamber of commerce has stood for this
second and higher kind of success.
1T is, therefore, fitting that | should come
on here as the chief executive of the nation
to wish you we'll IN your new home; for you
belong not merely to the city, not merely to
the state, but to all the country, and you
stand high among the great factors in build
ing up that marvellous prosperity which the
entire country now enjoys. The continu-
ance of this prosperity depends in no small
measure upon your sanity and common
sense, upon the way in which you combine
energy in action with conservative refusal
to take part in the reckless gambling which
is so often bred by and which so inevitably
puts and end to prosperity.
Men of Might.
"You are men of might in the world of
American effort; you are men whose names
stand high in the esteem of our people; you
are spoken of in terms like those used in
the long gone ages when it was said of the
Phoenician cities that their merchants were
princes. Great is your power, and great
therefore, your responsibility.
well and faithfully have you met this
responsibility in the past We look forward
with confident hope to what you will do in
the future, and it is, therefore, with sin
cerity that bid you godspeed this evening
and wish for you, In the name Of the nation,
a career of ever-increasing honor and use
fulness.'
The address of the President was followed
with close attention and frequent applause
and at its close the assemblage arose and
cheered
Speeches also were made by Ambassador
Cambon Sir Michael Henry Herbert Sir
Albert X. Rollit, NJ. P. Prince Henry of
Pless, Mr. Hickman, vice president of the
Berlin chamber of commerce; w. P. Wood,
president of the London Corn Trade Asso-
citation, and Mr.. Hugot, representing the
French chamber of commerce, who, in clos
ing, said:
at Is in his own name that a delegate of
Paris thanks you, the representatives Of
American commerce, for the support you
have given to work dear to our hearts.
After uniting the Mediterranean to the In
dian ocean, France now sees with pleasure
that it is her sister republic, America, who
takes upon herself the task of completing
the great enterprise of the Panama canal.
1.-THE time Is not far distant when the Pa
cific will equal the Atlantic by the magni-
tude of its commerce. The American re-
public, which has opened the first railway
in Panama, is faithful to her traditions in
completing the canal which will unite the
two most frequented seas of the globe, and
in the long lapse of ages the names of the
United States and France will be insepara-
bic in the memory of future generations"