The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-11-12
PEACE ABROAD And HOME
ROOSEVELT ADDRESSES N. 7.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
Friendly and UuseIh.h Attitude OF the
United States fn international Affairs
Proven by the Treatment of China
Peace at HOme-Careful Thought
Needed

Peace at HOme-CarefuI Thought
Needed
New York. Nov. 1.-THE dedicatory
ceremonies of the magnificent new
building of the chamber of commerce
of New York were honored to-day by
the presence of the president of the
United States, Former President Cleve-
land Prince Hans Heinrich of Pless,
the personal representative of the Ger
man emperor ambassadors of foreign
powers, delegates from all the great
chambers of commerce in Europe and
host of other distinguished persons.
The oration Of the day was delivered
by Former President Cleveland after
which brief address of greeting to the
guests of the chamber was made by
President Roosevelt. The ceremonies
of the day We're brought to a close by
brilliant banquet at the Waldorf AS
toria, at which the principal address
was delivered by President Roosevelt.
The president said in part:
The chamber of commerce, it is no
idle boast to say, stands in a pre-emi-
nent degree for those qualities which
make the successful merchant, the sue
cessful business 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 bring with it the
scared soul-the success which is
achieved by Woltish greed and vulpine
cunning-the success which makes hon.
est men uneasy or indignant in its
presence. Then there is the other kind
of success--the success which comes as
the reward of keen insight. of sagac-
ity, of resolution, of address, combined
with unf1inching rectitude of behavior,
public and private. The first kind Of
success may, in a sense-and a poor
sense at that-benefit the individual,
but it is always and necessarily a curse
to the community; whereas the man
who wins the second time, as an Incl
dent of its winning becomes a bene-
ficiary to the whole commonwealth.
Throughout its history the chamber Of
commerce has stood for this second
and higher kind of success. 1t is there
fore fitting that should come on here
as the chief executive of the nation
to wish you well 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 building up that
marvellous prosperity which the entire
country now enjoys. The continuance
of this prosperity depends in no small
measure upon your sanity and common
sense, upon the way in which you COM
bine energy in action with conservative
refusal to take part in the reckless
gambling which is so often bred by,
and which so inevitably puts an end
to prosperity. 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 re-
sponsibility Well and faithfully have
you met this responsibility in the past.
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to what you will do in the future, and
it is therefore with sincerity that | bid
you Godspeed this evening and wish
for you in the name Of the nation
career of ever increasing honor and
usefulness.
This body stands for the triumphs
of peace both abroad and at home.
We have passed that stage of national
development when depreciation of other
principles is felt as a tribute to our
own We watch the growth and pros
perity Of other nations, not with hatred
or jealousy but with since and friendly
ly good will | think l can safely say
that we have shown by our attitude
toward Cuba, by our attitude toward
China, that as regards weaker powers
our desire is that they may be able to
stand alone, and that if they will only
show themselves willing to deal hon.
estly and fairly with the rest of man
kind we on our side will do all we can
to help, not to hinder, them. With
the great powers of the world we de-
sire no rivalry that is not honorable to
both parties. We wish them well. We
believe that the trend of public spirit Is
ever toward peace, not war; toward
friendship not hostility, as the normal
international attitude. We are glad in
deed that we are on good terms with
all the other peoples of mankind, and
no effort on our part shall be spared to
secure continuance of these relations.
And remember, gentlemen, that we
shall be potent factor for peace large
ly in proportion to the way in which
we make it evident that our attitude is
due, not to weakness. not to inability
to defend ourselves, but to a genuine
repugnance to wrong-doing-a genuine
desire for self-respecting friendship
with our neighbors. The voice of the
weakiing or the craven counts for moth
ing when he clamOrS for peace, but the
voice of the just man armed is potent
We need to keep in a condition of pre-
paredness, especially as regards our
navy. not because we want war; but be-
cause we desire to stand with those
whose plea for peace is listened to with
respectful attention.
"In1portant though it is that we
should have peace abroad. it is even
more important that we should have
neace at home. You. men of the Cham
ber of Commerce. to whose efforts we
owe so much of our industrial we'll
being. can, and 7 believe surely will, be
influential in helping toward that in
dustrial peace which can obtain in So
oio+x1 only whar. in their VariO11c ra1o