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and for the man of small means who IN his
the feeling Of mean and base envy for those
who are better off The two feelings. envy
and arrogance. are but opposite Sides o, the
the same spirit Fundamentals, the pn-
scrupulous rich man who seeks to exploit
and Cypress those who are less well of is in
spirit not opposed to, but Identical with.
TO plumber and Cypress those who are better
developments of the same type under differ
ent conditions. each manifesttng the same
serv,l, spirit, the same desire to rise by
ars ,S pn1' b sSnp
and the, other to power in the shape OF a
multitude SO lkewts" the man who wishes
be contrasted not with the man who likewise
wishes to do wrong. though to a different
set of people. but with the man who wishes
10 do Justice to all people and to wrong none.
GOOD AND BAD CITIZENSHIP
The line of cleavage between good and
bad citizenship lies, not between the man
@ wealth who acts sQuarcly by his fellows
sand the man who seeks each days wage
doing his duty by his neighbor nor vet does
this line OF cleavage divide the INSCRIPTIONS
wealthy man who exploits Others in his own
ss and env as bens Who wSss to
attack all men OF property. whether they do
well or III, On the contrary, the line, OF
CltaVupP between ROOu rlIlZfnSnlp ana ONu
citizenship separates the rich mar, who does
well from the rich man who does i'll. the poor
man of good conduct from the poor man Of
bad conduct. This line OF cleavage lies az
division as that separating one class from
another. one locality from another or men
with certain de gree OF property from those
OF a less degree of property,
The good citizen Is the man who, what
ever his wealth or his poverty. strives man
fully. to do his duty to himself, to his family.
tn To tbnS taf. b.,t 10 Is
OF tn" basrnesS which mnnifests ttss y either
in arrogance or in envy. but who while de-
handing Justice for himself is no less scrup-
ulous to do justice to others. 1t is because
the average American citizen. rich or poor.
is of just this type that we have cause for our
profound faith in the future of the republic.
LAwLEssNEss DESTRUCTIVE OF TRUE LIBERTY.
Ours is a government of liberty, by. through
aa adsf as afs
breaking take the form Of crime of greed
and cunning or of a crime Of violence are
Ss1ts not b Sy a Sf o S5de n of the
and poor alike wilt set their faces like flint
against the spirit which seeks personal, adj
regard to whether this spirit shows itself
in the form Of bodily violence by one set Of
men or in the form of vuipine cunning by
'" Lei ~ the watchword- of all our people be
the old familiar watchwords Of honesty.
derency, f1ir-dealing ana common sense
The qualities denoted by these words are
essential to, all Of, US. az We deal with the
complex industrial problems OF to-day. the
problems affecting not merely the accumu-
Of we wealth, We ask no man. permission
when we require him to obey the law, neither
the permission OF the poor man nor yet Of
great wealth afford to break the law, even
is his prop and support. and i! Is both foolish
and s ss4y se o HIN to oN
law law only. alike FOR the rich and the poor S Tor
great and TIE in III. d.
terested in seeing that the Just as,, rights Of
be2 are ony that IN the ns xe psIe
helped he'll ed IN healthy fashion save BY helping
sde obey the s and do % full dny toward
the community Is emphaticdlly TO that sides
real interest.
THE WORST ENEMY OF THE WAGE WORKER.
There Ia no worse enemy OF the wage
worker than the man who cOndones mob
ha tired: and surely the slightest Acquaintance
with our industrial history should teach
Of m most St. suffering Tor our people as a whole,
the times when business is stagnant. and
capital suffers from shrinkaHe and gets no
TeNlTn 1TOW llS investments, are exactly IuA
times Of hardship and want and grim disaster
among the poor. II all the existing instrl-
ment1lities Of wealth could be abolished.
the first and severest suffering would come
among those Of us who are least we'll of at
present The wage worker is well off only
when the rest Of he country Is well OF: and
he can best contribute to this general we'll
being by showing sanity and a firm purpose
to do Justice to others
In his turn the capitalist who is really
a conservative. the man who has forethought
as we'll rs patriotism. should heartily well
come every effort, legislative or otherwise,
which has for its object TO secure fair dealing
by capital. corporate or individual. toward
the public and toward the employee. Such
laws as the Franchise Tax law in this state
which the Court o. Appeals recently unani-
monsly decided constitutional law
as that passed In Congress last year for the
purpose of establishing "A Department Of
Commerce and Labor, under which there
should be bureau to oversee and secure
publicity from the great corporations which
do an interstate business-such a law Ms t
passed at the same time for the resll ~ =
of the great highways Of commerce 80 ~ 10
keep these roads clear on fair terms to all
producers in getting their goods to market
these laws are in the interest not merely Of
the people as whole, but Of the properted
classes For in no WY is the stability Of
property better assured than by making 1t
patent to our people that property bears it's
proper share OF the burdens of the State that