Newport weekly independent., 1902-08-29
The People of Hartford, Conn.,, Gave Him Hearty Early Morn-
 ing Send-Off.
ADRRESS DELIVERED AT PROVIDENCE,
The Era @f National Prosperity and the Inevitable Conditions Accom- panyinE rt-CombinatiOns of Cap- ttaI anG the Duty of the State to Control Them.

Williamantic, Conn.,, Aug. 23-Pres- ident Roosevelt, after spending the night at the home of John T. Robin son, at Hartford, resumed his journey through New England. His train left the city promptly at eight o'clock, but the early hour set for his departure did not deter the people from turning out in force and giving him hearty send-off. As he drove up to the sta tion in any open carriage accom- panied by Senator Platt, the crowd cheered, and the president responded by raising his hat. The floral horse shoe presented to the president by the workinmrn of Hartford, Friday, was by his request placed on the en- zine. All along the line the small towns turned out their entire popula- ton, each apparently anxious to share in the welcome which Connec- ticut is extending.
 When Williamantic was reached, the president was driven to the pub lie square, where he delivered an ad- dress from his carriagc:
 Later the president and party pro- ceeded to Providence, E. l., where, in the afternoon he was received with a great ovation and delivered the fol lowing address:
 President RooseveIts Speech.
 we are passing through period of great material prosperity, and such a pc riod is as sure as diversity itself to bring mutterings of diSContent. At time when most men prosper somewhat 1t always happens that a few men prosper greatly, and 1t iS as true now as It Was when the Tower Of Sloan fell upon all who were under it. that good fortune does not come only to the just, nor bad fortune only to the unjust. When the weather is good for crops it is also good for weeds. Moreover. not only do the wicked flourish when the times are such that most men flourish, but, what is worse, the spirit of envy and jealousy and hatred springs up fin 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 fearless and upright administration of the laws can give the opportunity for such prosperity as that we see about us. But this is all that they can do. When the conditions have peen created which mack prosperity possible, then each individual man must achieve IL for himself, by his own thrift, intelil- gence, energy, industry ana res1lute ,liuL Pu[-
 
 as they have been prone to do since tne aa days of Jerusalem, they will speedily de- stroy their own prosperity. IT they go into wild speculation and lose thelr heaos, they have lost that which no Legislation can supply and the business world Will suffer in consequence. If In a spirit ol sulen envy they insist upon t puitihS E, ooTn thn those who have protited most oy the years Of fatness, they will bury them selves in the crash of the common dlsas, ter It is difficult to make our material h,r hpS easy enough by bad laws to thro" lhe whole nation into an abyss or misery; i,
 Now, the upshot of all this Is that LIS IL IS peculiarly incumbent upon us III d Ii Iilne of such material well being, potn colleC lively as a nation and individually, each al on his own account, to snow tnaI we dpm,1 puI- edge and self-restralnt; III our STTiIIitt tSohiIitv ment We need above all things; s%tapli.S, % fXity of economic policy, While IehieIn e bering that this fiXity must not De ! ioo- siliZation, that there must not be ma bility to shape our course anew to lhecl the shifting needs of the people as t Ineat needs arise. There are real ana 6ledi evils in our social and economic lldes nrs ano these evils stand out with ugly pal %pli''ilJsa @ during good times, for the wicked Mno prosper are never a pleasant slght, JiitIe ibIe is every need of striving in, all possible pie ways, individually and collectively, og combinations among ourselves Tn prlNate life and through the recognli%ee on3 or of these evils. Only let us pc sure tllat or w / do not use the knife with an ignorant zeal which would make it tha more Gisease aamse'-
 'One of the dangers of the treleln.jon treiieIiuGjon industrial growth of the last geiiei It, ron has been the very great lncrSase rnnrafe in tr. # private and especially in large corporale fortunes. .4 . IVA
 We may like this or not, just as we we please, but it is fact, nevertn hi n as far as we can see, 1t Is an lheN@ltante @ result Of the working of various CduS?sS prominent among which mas petli litotr;citv ttr mense importance steam ana rito,e S Ion: have assumed in modern lile. Cl ., n,,i ,s rO in ulation has grown in this country, a9 m III all. civilized countries, much idS'cL 'i,s innt the population as whole uulInS o1 tmC to century and where men are SatnSiS@u gu o u eether in great masses it inevitably re- suits that they must work Tar n nolc tbt tha6o- 5o ly by means of combinations anotS 'Fr frnn, selves than when they i've isoia.nt rnOrt one another. Now, l suppose thaI lhoII oiS of us prefer on many accounts @ tnc oTl ot,' conditions of life, under WHICH taie and nv craze man lived more to hlmsell anu p! ', himself: when the average comm Iuiiien , was more self-dependent, ana Wnele , Io IoH- u.l though the standard of comfort "dS iIs, no " of CT on the average, yet there MnS M5 ion iondi the glaring inequality in worluly CoilIt Ut tions which we now see in our great '-' les. ~ oor have grown poorer but some of the rich nave grown so very much richer tii"t "ttorsther multitudes of men are herueu 'o5 rit-es the onlooker as more violent than TOT merly. On the whole, our PeopiI afora more ana live better than ever DeIore, proud counld not have taken Plae Plaaee nSu nf in. not been for the great uppuliul.IS, o, j n and Misunderstanding cities. But together eti,rt with the good there has come a a. ntASTiS it was and s,,relv hoth for the Individual ana the community, the simple life IS norInSi;y 9Li .;f the healthy life. There IS not ll llddrivIne LnJ ies the same sense of common m uhuei % ',n IS r1r7 brothexhood which there IS sun lh 1o,t Joust try localities and the lines or Sociai SiS"' age are far more clearly mafksu;; ;a,o at
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