The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-09-09

RETIREMENT
Theme Of President R0oseYelt's ed.
dress at the Syracuse Fair
HITS AT GLASS GOVERNMENT
President Urges Necessity Of Reeow-
nizing National Community 81
Enterest-Appeais 10 Wage Work.
or and Capitalist to Join Hands.

Syracuse. i. H.. Sept. SIN speech
delivered BY President Roosevelt on
the occasion Of his visit to the state
fair the president drew attention to the
progressive betterment alike Ia the
condition Of the tiller Of the soil and In
the condition Of the man who, by his
manual skill and labor, supports him
self and bis family, and continued:
Side by side with this Increase ii the
prosperity Of the wage worker and the
tiller Of the soil has gone on d great In
crease IN the prosperity among the busi-
ness men and among certain classes Of
professional men, and the prosperity Of
these men has been partly the cause and
partly the consequence Of the prosperity
of farmer and wage worker Speaking
1 broadly, Il Is true that Il prosperity comes
at Of US tend 70 share more or less there
/ In ana that il adversely comes each Of
Us, 70 q greater on less extent. feels the
tension. Unfortunately III this world the
| innocent frequently ind themselves oblig-
Cd to pay some Of The penalty for the
misaeeas ot the guilty and 50 IL hard
times come. whether they be due TO our
own fault or 70 our misfortune. whether
they be due 10 some burst Of speculative
frenzy that has caused a portion Of the
business world to lose it's head--a loss
which no legislation can possibly supply
or whether they be due TO any lack OF
wisdom IN q portion of the world IF la
/ hor-iu each case the trouble once started
Is felt more or less IN every walk Of life
II is all essential 10 the continuance OF
our healthy national life that we should
/ recognize this community Of interest
among our people The welfare Of each
nf US IS dependent fundamentally upon
the welfare OF an 81 us and therefore ia
public life that man IS the best repre-
sentative of each AZ as who seeks b. DO
other words whose endearor Il Is not tq
represent amy special class and promote
merely Tint class selfish interests But "a
represent an true and honest men Of ell
sections ana all classes and Cd work fer
their interests by working Tor oHr common
country a healthy republican govern-
ment must rest upon individuals not up-
on classes or sections As soon as II be-
/ comes government By 9 class 81 BY Sec
ton i departs from the oid American
ideal
National Requisites
Many Qualities are naedod hy a people
which would preserve the power of self
governments n fact as well as IN name
Among these qualities ere f8reth0aGht
sbrew1ncss SER restraint the courage
which refuses to abandon one own
rights and the dislnterested and kindly
I good sense which enables one % do JUS
tlee to the rights of others The good
citizen 81 che man who whatever hia
wealth or his poverty, strives manfnlly e
do his duty 20 himself g his famliy. g
I his neighbour to the states who Is iHeana-
/ hlo 81 flle hasen6ss which manifests itself
either ID arrogance sc iu envy bat wle
4 while demaudiug 3asliea for himself Is Ne
I less sprupgloNs Is do Justice g others u
I IS because the average American citizen
rich of poor Is 81 iust this ispe that we
I have cause for CRr profound faith q the
/ future Of the republic
I ours is D government 0f liberty hr
I Through and under the law Lawlessness
] and eannlvanee at iawhreaklng whether
/ the l8Mbreaking take the form Ell A
( crime 81 greed and cunning On &c crime
81 violence are destructive not only al
/ order. but Of the true liberties which can
ony come through order II alive e
/ their true interests rich and poor alike
4 will SEQ their faces Ike aint against tna
/ spirit which seeks personal advantage by
overriding the laws, without regard 6
/ whether this spirit shows itself im tha
/ form 81 bodily violence by one SET 81 men
OF iu the form OF yulpine cunning hg ans
other set Of men.
LET she Watehwurds Of AT 8er pe5pla re
/ the old familiar watchwords of honesty
4 daoaneY. fair dealing ard common sense
| The qualities denoted ~ these words arr
essential 10 ali of as, rs we deal With the
I complex industrial problems IF today the
I problems affecting not merely the ae-
I eumulation. but even more. the wise Dis
/ tfbutlon Of wealth
Men sincerely interested IN the due proc
| lection Of property and men sincerely
! interested ii seeing that The fust rights of
labor are guaranteed should alike remem=
/ Der not only that in the long ram neither
4 the capitalist nor the wage worker can be
I helped IN healthy fashion save by helpHg
i the other. but also that 20 require either
/ side to obey the law and De is full duty
4 toward the community Is emphatically g
4 that sides real interest.
Legislation TO be permanently good for
any class must also be good for the na-
ton as a whole and legislation which
I does injustice to any class Is certain ta
work harm 10 the nation Take Our cGr-
| reney system for example This nation
| Is on a gold basis The treasury of the
4 public Is ii excellent condition Never
before has The per capita of circulation
been as large as it is this day, ard this
I circulation moreover IS Of money every
dollar Of which Is at par WITH gold Now.
our having this sound currency system Is
/ Of benefit to banks az course hut Il Is uf
Infinitely more benefit 10 the people as q
| whole because Of the healthy effect on
business conditions.
IN the same way whatever Is advisable
/ in the way Of remedial or corrective cur
rency legislation and nothing revolution
| airy Is advisable under present conditions
must be undertaken only from the stand
1 point OF the business community as a
| whoie-that Is. Of the American body
| polite as a whole Whatever is done we
| cannot afford 10 take any steep backward
or to cast amy doubt upon the certain re-
demption in standard coin Of every eircu-
latng note.
We must treat each man on his worth
and merits as a man We must see that
each is given a square deal because he Is
| entitled to no more and should receive no
less Finally we must keep ever il mind
that q republic such ais ours can exist
only II virtue of the orderly liberty which
comes through the equal domination af
the law over all men alike and through
its administration ia such resolufe and
fearless fashion as shall teach all that no
man is above It and no man below IL
After viewing the labor parade, in
which 5000 men and women took part,
the president was driven to The state
fair, where he made his speech He
returned q the city ID the evening and
viewed the parade OF the National AS
sociation Of Letter Carriers, at the con.
clusion Of which he was driven to the
| home Of State Senator Frank TIiscock,
where lie had dinner