The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-28
right road. But if he lies down, make
up your mind you cannot carry him.
Not Worth CARVING.

!. right road. But if he lies down, make
up your mind you cannot carry him.
Not Worth Carrying.
! II he won't try to walk himself he is
not worth carrying. That is so among
your you: nelghbors; that is so in your fam
Ines. Every father of a large family
and, being an old-fashioned man,
beieVe in large families-knows that
IL ne mas to do well by his children he
must try to do we'll by himself Now,
haven't you in your own experience
known men--and, I am sorry to say,
even more often women-who think
that they are doing a favor to their
chlldren when they shield them from
any effort? When they let the girls set
at ease and read while the mother does
all the hOuSeWork2 Don't YOU know
cases like that? / do; yes, when a
boy will be brought to be very orna-
mental and not useful? Don't you
Know that, too? Exactly. Now, those
They are foolish fathers and mothers.
they are not being kind; they are
simply being silly.
The only way by which in the long
run any man can be helped is by teach
ing him to help himself. Of course.
there may come sudden cataclysms,
where you have got to extend helm
immediate need; not of the ultimate re-
suits. OF course, new conditions will
arise mere and there, especially in the
complex Industrial life of great cities,
where you must shape legislation of
the country on a new basis to meet
the new conditions. But fundamentally
IL is true thatnthe only permanent bet
terment i'll the condition of any nation
is to raise the standard of Individual
citizenship throughout that nation"
Old American Spirit.
Speaking at Bangor. President
Roosevelt said:
During theicentury that has closed.
the growth of industrialism has nee
essarlly meant that cities and towns
nave increased in population more rap
idly than the country districts. And
yet 1T remains true, as it has always
been, that in the last resort the coun-
try districts are those in which we are
surest to find the old American spirit.
the Old American habits of thought and
ways OF living. Conditions have
changed in the country far less than
they have changed in the city, and in
consequence there has been little
breaking away from the methods Of
life which have produced the great
majority of the leaders of the republic
in the past.
remain to peculiar degree typical of
life In the country, life on a farm,
IN a numbering camp, on a ranch.
Neither the farmers nor their hired
hands can work through combinations
as readily aS the capitalists or wage
workers of cities can work.
In the domain of government, the
department of agriculture since it's
foundation, has accomplished results
as striking as those obtained under any
other branch of the national admins
tration.
Same Fundamental characteristics.
after all, we are one people with
the same fundamental characteristics,
whether we live in the city or in the
country, the West, East, North or
South. Each of us, unless he is con-
tented to be slumberer on the earth's
surface, must strive to do his life's
work with his whole heart. Each must
remember that while he will be noxious
to every one unless he do his duty, he
must also strive to do his duty by his
fellow.
"The aim to, set before ourselves
in trying to aid one another is to give
that aid under conditions which will
harm no mans Self-respect, and which
will teach the less fortunate how to
help themselves as their strongest
necessary not only to possess the right
kind of heart, but also the right kind
OF head. Hardness of heart is a dread
full quality, but it is doubtful whether
in the long run it works more damage
than softness of head. At any rate both
are undesirable.
"The man who lives simply and just
ly and honorably, whether rich or poor,
is a good citizen. Those who dream
only of idleness and pleasure, who hate
others and fail to recognize the duty
of each man to his brother, these, be
they ricls or poor, are the enemies Of
the state. The misuse of property is
one manifestation Of the same evil
spirit which, under changed circum-
stances, denies the right of property
because this right is in the hands Of
others.
Material Prosperity the Standard.
'In a purely material civilization the
bitterness of attack on another's posi-
ton is only additional proof of the ex-
traordinary Importance of being re-
garded as a valuable foundation on
which happiness may with wisdom be
built Alike by those who enjoy such
prosperity in slothful or criminal ease
and by those who in no less evil man
ner rail at, envy and long for it, pow
erty is held as shameful, and money,
whether well or evil gotten, to stand
for merit.
Nov all this does not mean condem-
nation of progress. 1t is mere folly to
try to dig up the dead past, and scant
is the good that comes from asceticism
and retirement from the world. But let
us make sure that our progress is in
the essentials as well as in the incl
dentals. Material prosperity without
the moral life toward righteous means
a diminished capacity for happiness
and a debased character. The worth of
a civilization is the worth Of the man
at it's center. When this man lacks
moral rectitude, the material progress
only makes bad worse and social prob