The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-12-06

To the Senate and House OF Representa-
tives We still continue In period OF
NOT .he erehtTre Of law bnt undpsbtseiy
the laws under which We work have been
instrumental In creating the coraitions
which mace It possible, and By .uLwise leg
islation IL would be easy enough TO destroy
II. There will undoubtedly be periods OF
depression. The wave will rtceoe; but the
tiae will advance. This nation Is seated on
a continent nanked by two great oceans.
1t Is composed OF men the descendants OF
pioneers, or In a sense, pioneers them-
selves: OF men wlnrowed out from among
the nations OF the OLD world by the energy.
boldness, and love OF adventure found In
their own eager hearts. Such ration, so
placed. will surely wrest success from for
tune.
As a people we have played a large part
in the world, and We are bent upon making
our future even larger than the past. In
particular the events Of The last four years
have definitely decided that. for woe or
for veal. our place must be great among
the nations We may either fail greatly
or succeed greatly: but we carnot avoid
the enCeavor from which either great fall
ure or great success must come, Even II
II we woa Should Ia t ran ali that WouIe tpiiow
would be that We should play large part
ignobly and shamefully.
Causes of Prosperity.
No country has ever occupied higher
at the present moment. This well-being
Is due to no sudden or accidental causes.
but to the play of the economic forces
in this country for over century. TO
our laws, our sustained and continuous
policies; above all. TO the high individ-
ual average Of our citizenship Great
have taken the lead In this phenomenal
Industrial development. and most of these
fortunes have been won not by doing
evil. but as an Incident to action which
has benefited the community as whole.
Never before has material well-being
been so widely dffused among our peo-
pie. Great fortunes have been accum-
ulated. and yet In the aggregate these
fortunes are small indie ed when COM
pared to the wealth OF the people as a
whole. The plain people are better on
than they have ever been before The
insurance companies. which are prac-
tically mutual benefit socleties-especial-
ly helpful to men of moderate means
represent Accommodations OF capital which
There are more deposits In the savings
banks. more owners OF farms. more we'll
paid wage workers In this country now
than ever before in our history. or course,
when the conditions have favored the
growth OF so much that was good. they
have also favored somewhat the growth
OF what was evil 1t Is em!nently neces-
sary that we should endeavor to cut out
this evil. but let US keep a due sense OF
proportion: let us not In fixing our gaze
upon the lesser evil forget the greater
them them are menacing. but they are the
outgrowth. not OF misery or decadence
but OF prosperty-of the progress OF our
gigantic Industrial development. This
Industrial development must not be
checked. but side by side with II should
diminish the evils. We should fail in
evils. but we shall succeed only II we
proceed patiently. with practical common
sense as well as resolution, separating
the good from the bad and holding on to
the former while endeavoring to get rid
Of the latter.