Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-06

Rui1ding Up ~ouhITS oOA IA
~. Poorer than Formerly, but the
at Are Much Richer-Men of Lit
/. :. Wealth Ought Not to Rail at
o.hers from Envy.
pros;8pnt Roosevelt defined his position
-np trust question before $4,000 per-
l.. in Providence, r. l., after having
ada triumphal journey from Hart
Il Conn, By trusts he explained that
mnsnt the great combinations that en-
20 in business in various States and
1 in the nature Of monopolies. Such
limitations, he said, should be under
/ control Of the general government.
tho laws were insufficient new ones
,cnJd he made If it was impossible to
10 laws to control the combinations
b. +be constitution of the nation should
changed so as to enable the enacting
1 the necessary laws.
hBa President denied that the poor
Sbnc we're becoming poorer, but he said
H. Of the rich were getting to be SO
" wealthy that the amassing of wealth
HI ont more plainly than in the earlier
4 Of the nation. He severely criticised
Is who rail at corporations or wealthy
In merely from motives of envy. Calm
kgmpnt devoid Of rancOr was neces-
4y in settling the trust question, the
Aoe solution of which he could not yet
AEbom. lie wanted the people to cid
j President and Congress in the eff
B rs being made to that end. When all
Il been done that law could do there
.slId still remain the necessity for char
Ter and fair dealing among individuals
lore the country would be rid Of the
ger Of the trust evil.
n ovation which lasted five minutes
the Presidents greeting when he
IS to speak He said:
ID are passing through a period of great
HHeral prosperity, and such a period is
bure as adversely itself to bring NUT
ngs Of discomfort At a time when most
8 prosper somewhat it always hap
"a that a few men prosper greatly, and
q rs true now rs it was when the Tower
Sloan fell upon all who were under
That good fortune does not come only TO
just nor bad fortune only to the unjust.
Rn the weather IS good for crops 1t Is
id good for weeds. Moreover, not only
rs The Wicked flourish when the times are
Mo- that most men flourish, but, what IS
Be- the spirit Of envy and jealousy and
led springs up in the breasts of those
though they may be doing fairly well
bSelyeS yet see others who are no
ia deserving doing far better.
Se laws and fearless and upright ad-
Strati0n Of the laws can give the OPP
unity for such prosperity as we see
~ US. But this Is all that they can do.
Rn the conditions have been created
81 make prosperity possible, then each
ak dual man must achieve it for himself.
RS own thrift, Intelligence, energy, in
~ and resolute purpose. If when peO-
wax fat they kick as they have been
e TO do since the days Of Jeshurun, they
speedily destroy their own prosperity.
lfey 60 into wild speculation and lose
~ heads, they have lost that which
kSSl2tl0n can supply, and the business
Will suffer in consequence. If in
OF Sullen envy they insist upon pull
down those who have profted most
ne years OF fairness, they will bury
serves IN the crash of common disas-
J.. Is u'tArult to make our material
IONS better by the best laws, but it is
enough by bad laws to throw the
Nation Into an abyss Of misery.
jue upShot of all this Is that 1t is
"1Hf INCUMBENT upon us in a time of
material well-beiug, both collectively
u0uoA ana individually, each IN his
account, to show that we possess the
"eS OF prudence self-knOwledge and
SSgduJ. In our government we need
al 'HhES stability, ftXity of economic
Nu"e remembering that this fixity
'o1 Ne lnAhulty to shape our course
~ meet the shifting needs of the peo-
y1tSe needs arise. There are real
sr T," evils In cur social and economic
'"g'e is every need of striving in all
WAYS individually and collectively,
o ,-g .-.@l,IoAS among ourselves in private
~-0 "EoQEh the recognized organs of
~I 0rr1iJ, for the cutting out of these
Ga2 let us by sure that we do not
N.'le or the ignorant zealOt, which
F-.SNg II mora dangerous to the pa
,4~2 to the disease.
accumulation of Fortunes.
lra' ,,ro,,., 1I"''-'SS or the tremendous
the 5 SsTE, s-, OF the i last generation has
and e~no,i -.y,' g., increase l In large pri-
Ne s> I,a,. NY IN large corporate, for
l.. brt t I,Tl , IKE mis- or not, just as we
w., ms Is n fact, nevertheless; and
The "" wo yER see e, IL is an inevitable re
among WITH ii has nf 6Se5 f fSa imm nf9m
IN y, S,'am and electricity have as
III modern life
b p5S-s sue .aat the poor people have
So very m gS. some rIoS,, Of tn, the rich have
5 Of mem l'g ara T L,n,r, that where mul,
space the ror rr-, St togethe T; IN
hole. onr r '...Got than formerly. On
than crar rS I,s,- earn more and live
hicb va g r, |r'2Ie' and the progress
place had f. ~ rI pEo [ could not have
roma,e-,ia,' "~ .,,4 centers, such as
ogcrEr- ', NTH Snd manufacturing cities
2Sura 81, ".,n Inc good, there has come