The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-10

men free. Address, Lynn, Mass.
ton, yet it is the merest truism to say
that its absence means ruin. We need
to build a higher life upon it as
foundation; but we can build little in
deed unless this foundation of pros
perity is deep and broad. The well-be-
ing which we are now enjoying can
be secured only through general bust
ness prosperity, and such prosperity is
conditioned upon the energy and hard
work, the sanity and the mutual respect
of all classes of capitalists, large and
small, of wage workers of every de-
gree. AS is inevitable in a time of
business prosperity, some men succeed
more than others, and it is unfortun-
ately also inevitable that when this is
the case some unwise people are sure
to try to appeal ito the envy and jeal-
ousy of those. who succeed least 1t is
a good thing when these appeals are
made to remember that while it is
difficult to increase prosperity by law,
it is easy enough to ruin it, and that
there is small satisfaction to the less
prosperous if they succeed in over
throwing both the more prosperous and
themselves in the crash of common
disaster.
The Industrial Problems.
Every industrial exposition of this
type necessarily calls up the thought
of the complex social and economic
questions which are involved in our
present Industrial system. Our as
founding material prosperity, the sweep
and rush rather than the mere march
of our progressive material develop
ment, have brought grave troubles in
their train. We cannot afford to blink
of them we can afford to accept as
true the gloomy forebodings of the
prophets of evil. There are great prob
lens before US. They are not insolu-
BILE but they can be solved only if we
approach them in a spirit of resolute-
fearleSsness, of common sense, and of
honest intention to do fair and equal
justice to all men alike. We are certain
to fail if we adopt the policy of the
demagogue who raves against the
wealth which is simply the form of
embodied thrift, foresight, and intelli-
gence; who would shut the door of OPP
portunity against those whose energy
we should especially foster, by penal
iZing the qualities which tell for sue
cess. Just as little can we afford to fol-
low those who fear to recognize injus-
tice and to endeavor to cut it out be-
cause the task is difficult or even-if
performed by unskillful hands-dan-
gerous.
Must Supervise Corporations.
This is an era of great combinations
both of labor and of capital. In many
ways these combinations have worked
for good; but they must work under
the law, and the laws concerning them
must be just and Wise or they will in
evitably do evil; and this applies as
much to the richest corporation as to
the most powerful labor union. Our
laws must be wise, sane, healthy, con-
ceived in the spirit of those who scorn
the mere agitator, the mere inciter of
class or sectional hatred; who wish
justice for all men; who recognize the
reed of adhering so far as possible to
the old American doctrine of giving the
widest possible scope for the free ex-
ercise of individual initiative, and vet
who recognize also that after combina-
tions have reached a certain stage il
is indispensable to the general welfare
that the Nation should exercise over
them, cautiously and with self-re-
straint, but firmly, the power of SUI
pervision and regulation.
Above all, the administration of the
government, the enforcement of the
laws, must be fair and honest. The
laws are not to be administered either
in the interest of the poor man or the
interest of the rich man. They are sim
ply to be administered justly; in the
interest of justice to each man, be he
rich or be he poor-giving immunity to
no violatcr, whatever form the viola
ton may assume. Such is the obliga-
ton which every public servant takes,
and to it he must be true under pen
atty of FORGETTING the respect both of
himself and of his fellows.
At the conclusion of the Presidents
speech President Wagner announced
that the friends and admirers of Maj.
jenkins in South Carolina wished to
present sword to Maj. Jenkins on this
occasion as the most fitting testimonial,
and presented ex-Gov. Thompson to
the audience.
The former Governor was greeted
with enthusiastic applause as he step
ped forward.
Mr. Thompson said:
Ex-Gov. ThompsOn's Introduction.
"Mr. President: On behalf of South
Carolina friends of Maj. Micah Jenk-
ms, l have the honor to offer you their
greetings and to ask that you will
present a testimonial of their regard
and esteem to your gallant comrade
in arms in the war with Spain. That
war was worth all that il cost in
blood and treasure if for no other rea-
sin than that it aroused spirit of
patriotism which cemented anew the
bonds of union among our once divid-
ed people When the smoke of the
hattie cleared away. and honors and
rewards were distributed, the people
of south Carolina saw with just pride
that Micah Jenkins had won the laurel
laof and that in recognition