The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-04-12

--~
reunion Of our country that one OF the
foremost men who have neem york
for civilization and humanity IN NE
philippines has been a man VINO, III ~
civil war, fought with distinffio ener the
need comes in the future tne pas hhaass
made ~abundantly evident the iact init
from this on northerner an anarous desire
70 strive how each can do the more el-
fectiye service for the flag OF our cow IN
mon country. The same MN tbe never-end-
ing work of building ana keepins mo
marvellous fabric Of our industrial Pl pnr
perity. The upbuilding OF any any Whole and
every such effort as this to stihruiaic c,iar
resources and industry OF a par,icula
section is entitled to the hear.e ion PPbor.
oughly good national work can pe un
only ii each of us works hard 1or niiiseha
at the same time keeps cons.am rction
mind that he must WORK ia
with others. fiji
You have made a particular effort with
your exposition to get into t3nch wp rtn
OF the last four years have shown us that
the West indies and the isthmus VII, IN IN
the future. occupy a far larger piao This
our national policy than in the past. ms
is proved by the negotiations for the pur-
chase of the Danish islands, the acquisi-
ton of Porto Rico, the preparation Ior
Dull1lTR III lStDlliiah una 49,.
by the changed relations which these
years have produced between us anu
Cuba. AS a nation we have an especlal
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 tne
10Th of next month Cuba becomes q free
republic, and we turn over to the lslan9
the control of their government; 1t wouio
be very difficult to find a parallel IN tne
conduct of any other great state that nas
occupied such a 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 1t remembered. moreover, that after
| our three years occupation of the island
we turn it over to the Cubans In a PETER
condition than it ever has been in all the
centuries of Spanish rule. This has a d-
rect bearing upon our " welfare. CUBA
is so near to us that we can never be IN
within its limits. The mere fact that our
administration in the island. has MINI,
mixed the anger from the dreadIui
scourge of yellow fever. alike TO Cuba
and to ourselves, is sufficient to en-
phasize the community of interest be-
tween us, But there are other interests
which bind us together. Cubas position
makes it necessary that her political re-
lations with us should differ from her
political relations with other powers rms
fact has been formulated by us and ae-
cepted by the Cuban in the Plat amend
ments. 1t follows as a corollary that
where the Cubans have thus assumed a
DoSlllol III peculiar ItldllollNlllP " OoA
political system they must similarly
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 a
matter of right we must give to cuba a
economically in her relations with us
than we give to other powers. This is the
course dictated by sound policy, by a wise
| md fl r.citrhfoA Nfnuy nf mn npyn interest.
and by the position we have taken during
the past four years. We are a wealthy
and powerful country. dealing with a
much weaker one; and the contrast in
wealth and strength makes II all the
more our duty, to deal with Cuba as We
have already dealt with her, in a spirit
of large generosity.
This exposition is rendered possible be-
cause of the period of Industrial prospect
ty through which we are passing. While
material Well-being Is never all-sufficient
to the life of "a nation, yet 1t is the mer-
est truism to say hat its absence mean;
ruin. We need to build a higher life up.
on 1t as a foundation, but we can builC
little indeed unless this foundation o.
prosperity Is deep and broad. The we'll
being which we are now enjoying can b,
secured only through general business
prosperity. and such prosperity is condi-
toned upon the energy and hard work
the sanity and the mutual respect of a
classes of capitalists, large and snail, q
wage. workers of every degree. As Is Ia
evitable in every period of business pros
perity, some men succeed more than 9th
ers, and it is unfortunately, also, inevita-
BILE that when this Is the case some un
wise people are sure to try to appeal t.
the envy and jealousy of those who sue
coed least. 1t is a good thing when thest
appeals are made to remember that whit
IL is difficult to increase prosperity b,
law, 1t is easy enough to ruin 1t, and tina
there is small satisfaction to the les
prosperous If they succeed In overthrow
Ing both the more prosperous and them
selves in the crash of a common disaster
Every industrial exposition of THU
type, necessarily calls up the thought o
the complex social and economic ques
tons which are involved in our presen
Industrial system. Our astounding ma
rather than the mere march of our pro
gressive material development hav,
brought grave troubles In their train. w,
can not afford to blink at these troubles
any more than because of them We cal
AFFORD to accept as true .1e gloomy fore
bodings of the prophets OF evil. There ar,
great problems. before us. They are no
insoluble but they can be solved only l
we approach them in a spirit of resolutl
fearlessness. of common sense and o
justice to all men alike. We are certain
to fail If we adopt the policy of tn,
dema who raves against the wealtl
which is simply the form of embodied
thrift, foresight and intelligence; VIII
would shut the door of opportunit
against those whose energy we shoul,
especially foster, by penalizing the quail
ties which tell for success.
Just as little can we afford to folloy
those who fear to recognize injustice an,
~endeavor to cut II out because the tasl
Is difficult of even-if performed by un
! skilled hands-dangerous.
This is an era of great combinations
both of labor and capital. In many way
these combinations have worked 70
good; but they must work under the law
= and the laws concerning them must b
just and wise or they will inevitably d
, evil; and this applies as much to tn
! richest corporation as to the most power
Z full labor union. Our laws must be wise
: sane, healthy, conceived in the spirit G
, those who scorn the mere agitator, tn
, mere inciter of class or sectional hatred
a who wish justice for all men; who recog
: nize the need of adhering, so far as possI
BILE. to the old American doctrine of civ
ing the widest possible scope for the FIRE
q exercise of individual initiative, and VI
: who recognize, also. that after combine
. lions have reached a certain stage, II
. Indispensable to the general welfare tina
a the nation should exercise over then
. cautiously and with self-restraint, bu
firmly. the power of supervision and regu
lation.
n Above all, the administration of tn
g government, the enforcement of the law
must be fair and honest. The laws al
not to be administered either in the ir
- taraGt of tho ,nnar ~ ~ g., tLn $500