The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-07-10

governmental agencies Of municipal. state
and nation. Especially great. especially
dtmcult are the problems caused BY the
growth and concentration Of great in
dividual. and above all, great corporate for
tunes. V
''It is immensely for the interests Of the
country that there should be such in-
dtvtdtual and corporate wealth as long AZ It
10 used right, and when not used right then
1t becomes serious menace and danger.
The instruments and methods with which
We are to meet these new problems must
In many cases, themselves, be new, but
the purpose lying behind the use of these
methods.of those instruments must, II we
are to succeed. be now. as in the past. sim
ply In accord with the immutable laws Of
order, of justice and of right. We may,
need, and in my belief will need. new legis-
latton, conceived in no radical or revolu-
ttonary spirit, but In spirit of common
sense, common honesty and resolute de-
sire to face facts az they are. We will
need, then, new legislation, but while laws
are important 1t Is Infinitely more impor.
tant that they should be administered in
accordance with the principles that have
marked honest administration from the be.
ginning Of recorded history.
Character L. Needed.
"oh. my fellow countrymen. as. we face
these infinitely difficult problems let 0s
ever keep in mind that though we need the
highest qualities of the intellect in order
to work out practical schemes for their So
luton, yetwe need q thousand times more,
what counts for many, many times as much
as ineffective need character. Charac-
ter, that compound of honesty and courage.
and common sense, will avail us more In
the long run than any brilliancy on tho
stump or any advising legislative means
and methods. The brilliancy Is good. We
need the intellect; we need the best In
tellect We can get: we need the best In
telligence, but we need more still, charac-o
ter. We need common sense, common hon
esty and resolute courage. We need the
character that will refuse to be hurried into
any unwise or precipitate movement by
any clamor, whether hysterical or dema-
gogic, and on the other hand, the character
that will refuse to be frightened out Of the
movement which he thinks it right to UNI
dertake, by any pressure, still less by any
threat, expressed or implied.
Must he Solved by Degrees.
Gentlemen. we have great problems.
We can only solve them by degrees. We
particular bit Of work as 1t comes up for So
luton. Much can be donetalong the lines
of supervision and regulation Of the great
industrial combinations which have be-
come SO marked feature in our civiliza-
or thnmeht withont nTone. c.ntio, - a
ton much We shai ~ nnthsnr ~ a,sa M
shall worl, ruin that will he felt most
acutely among those Of our citizens who
are most helpless. It is no easy task to deal
with great industrial tendencies. To deal
with them in spirit of presumptious and
"a rash FOLLY, and above all to deal with them
Would be to invite disaster f1isaster which
would be so widespread that this country
would reGk its foundations. The Misstssip-
fiood IF von c ce aam = anu ston t ny
floods, you can regulate them and control
them by levees. You can regulate and
the current; you can elmni a. It's
by studying what a current is and what
your own powers are. 1t is just exactly so
IN II, , dealing with the great tendencies Of our
hacI TIC whaais ~ nr we c af a .uLd
it would mean the absolute destruction of
Just such industrial centers as this. We
- e striv az VI we WI 10 oa ian az.
possible. - >'S $50
But that fact does not excuse US for fall
u oa, 10 strave 10 GO wnat rs POSSIBLE spe
lation must come through municipaitties.
some through states, some through the ma
si9nai government. but above and beyond
" ne ,aws M a thar e ara an
the statute books. Honest and fearless
ae a1ha OF those laws m the interest
poor man as such, but in the interest Of ex-
act and equal justice to all alike"
President ON Way to Oyster Bay.
Harrisburg, Pa, July IA special
train carrying President Roosevelt and
party from Pittsburg reached Harris
burg at 9:35 Saturday morning, en-
route to Oyster Bay, l.. I. During the
~ ohaaas 70. $500 ~ e,e on.on s'a.1on
ident and Attorney General Knox
walked constantly up and down the
PLATFORM. A large crowd OF railroad
men and spectators gathered and to
these the president smiled and lifted
his hat.
A party of secret service men was
with the president and carefully
guarded him and Mr. Knox from tine