The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-09-08
President Roosevelt Makes Labor
Day Address to Immense
Crowd at Syracuse, n. Y.
FOR INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM.
Courtier and Demagogue, He
Says, Are of the Same Type,
Though They Are Developed
Under Different Condi-
tons

SAoNNStf Az - ~ SSiNcA
Roosevelt was to-day heartily received by
the citizens of his own State.
From the moment of his arrival in this
city this morning at $50 O'clock, until he
stepped aboard his special train at lO:sC
tonight to begin his return trip to Oys-
ter Bay, he was the object of a continual
ovation.
Syracuse never before held such a
throng az assembled here to-day to greet
the President. Fully 10000 persons from
all sections of New York State tested the
carrying capacity of the various lines of
railroad and many additional thousands
came from the country contiguous TO the
city.
Everywhere in the city, and at the
grounds of the New York Fair Associa-
ton the President was received with not
able enthusiasm. As he drove through
the streets the tens of thousands of per-
sons banked along the sidewalks, greeted
him with cheers. Business houses and
residences were ablaze with bunting and
the American flag foated in the breeze
from almost every window.
Syracuse rose to the occasion. Not a
hitch occurred to MAJ the perfection of
the arrangements. The great throng was
handled admirably by the local police and
militia, and 10 serious accidents were re-
corded.
DAY WELL FILLED.
It was a busy day for the President. as
well as a day full of interesting Incidents.
In the morning soon after his arrival. he
reviewed from a beautifully decorated
stand in Hanover Square a great parade
OF the labor organizations of the city.
He then went to The State Fair Grounds.
where he delivered before 5000 persons
an address on good citizenship ana the re-
lationS of labor and capital to the State
He was the principal guest at a lunch
con a: the clubhouse on the ~g-ounds-a
luncheon which was attended by every
State Official except Governor
Onell, VINO could not be present on account
of a previous engagement; reviewed a fine
paraCe of the National Letter-Carriers'
Association and fraternal bodies of the
city, and was a guest tonight OF former
United States Senator frank A Hiscock
at a dinner which was ATTENDED by about
thirty persons, invited to meet the Pres
ident. In his speech at the State Fair
Grounds, the President sad:
I'm speaking on Labor Day at the annu-
al fair Of the New York STATE Agricultural
Association, ii IS natural to keep especial
ly in mind the two bodies who compose the
majority OF our people and upon whose
welfare depends the welfare Of the entire
State. 80.
eff circumstances are such that thrift,
industry and ~forethought enable
the farmer. the tiller CT the. soil. on the
one hand;-and the wagewoyfSf on the 9TH
er, to keep themselves, fheir wives and
their children in reasonable comfort, then
the State is well off, and We can be as
sured that the other classes in the COM
munity will likewise prosper.
'On the other hand. If there is in the
long run a lack of prosperity among the
two classes named. then all other pros
is sure to be more seeming than
real.
COOP FORTUNE.
1T has been our profound good fortune
as a nation that, hitherto. disregarding
periods of depression and tie
normal and inevitable fluctuations. there
has been, on the whole. from the BEGIN
ming of our Government to the present
4 progressive betterment alike in the
Of the tilIer of the soil and in
the condition of the man who, by his man
lal skill and labor, supports himself and
MS family, and endeaVoTs to bring up his
so that they may be at least as
we'll off as. and II possible better of than.
he himself has been.
There are. of course, exceptions. but,
as n whole, the standard of living among
the rme of our country has risen from
generation TO generation. and the wealth
represented on the farms has steadily in
elsed; while the wages of labor have
risen, both as regards the actuai
4iIuSy paid and as regards the purchasing
power which that money represents.
Side by side with this Increase in the 4
prosperity of the ~wageworker and the TIL
er of the soil has gone on a great increase
n the prosperity among the business men
md among certain classes of professional
men; and the prosperity CT these men has
'een partly the cause and partly the con-
of the prosperity of farmer and
1T cannot be too often repeated that in
his country, in the long run, We all of
Is tend to go up or go down together. II
the average w~ageworker, the aver |
farmer and the average business nan
re all alike well off. II the average
thinks, there Is not one Of these classes
will not feel the shrinkage.
of course. there are always some men
rho are not affected by good times. Just
= there are some men who are not af-
ected by bad times. But speaking broad |
y, it Is true that. IL prosperity comes, all
Il us tend to share more or less therein, |
nd that. II adversely comes, each of US
Ion |
Unfortunately in this world the limo
'ent frequently find themselves obliged to
the guilty: and. 80, il hard times
ONE, whether they be due to our own
iault or to our misfortune. whether they |
'e due to some burst of speculative fren-
~ that has caused u portion of the busi- |
less world to lose its head-a loss which
10 legislation can possibly supply-or
whether they be due 10 any lack of wis |
n each case, the trouble once started is
cit more or less in every walk of life.
NATIONAL LIFE.
TT IS all-essentiaI to the continuance
II our healthy national life that we should
.ecognize this community Of interest
lmong our people.
The welfare of each of us is dependent |
fundamentally upon the welfare of all of |
IS. and. therefore, in public life that man |
s the best representative of each OF US
Tho seeks to do good to each by doing |
rood to all; In other words. whose en-,
ieavor it is, not to represent any special
lass and promote merely that class's sell |
ish interests. but to represent all true
md honest men of all sections and an
,lasses and to work for their interests bv
orkin for our common country.
w can keep our Government on a
iane and healthy basis, we can make and
Ieep our social system what it should he
'nly on condition of Judging each man
lot as a member Of a class, but on his
worth as a man.
american life, and Fundamentally
to our institutions. to
lpply to amy man any test save that |
# his personal worth, or to draw be-
ween two sets of men any d~istfuc-
lon save the uistihction OK
he distinction that marks or those
do well and wisely from those
do III and foolishiy.
There are good citizens and bad citi-
ems in every class, as in every locality,
nd the attitude of decent people toward
public and social questions should
,e determined, not by the accidental qaes-
ions Of employment or locality. but BY
hose deep-set principles which represent
innermost souls of men,
THE failure in public and private life |
huS IN treat each man on his own merits