The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-07

lation Of the great highways of commerce
so as to keep these roads clear on fair
terms to all producers in getting their
goods to market-these laws are in the in
terest not merely Of the people as whole,
but of the propertied classes. For in no
way is the stability Of property better
assured than by making 1t patent to our
people that property bears its proper share
of the burdens OF the state; that property
Is handled not only in the interest of the
owner but in the interest Of the whole
community. .-s"'
What Is Good LeesIatIon7
In other words, Legislation to be per-
manently good for any class must also
be good for the nation as a whole, and
legislation which does injustice to any
class is certain to work harm to the ma
ton. Take our currency system for ex-
ample. This nation is on a gold basis.
The treasury Of the public Is in excellent
condition Never before has the per capita
of circulation been as large as it IS this
day, and this circulation, moreover, 10
Of money every dollar Of which is at par
with gold. Now, our having this sound
currency system IS Of benefit to banks,
Of course, but 1t IS Of infinitely more bene-
fit to the people as a whole, because of
the healthy effect on business conditions.
In the same way, whatever is advis-
able in the way of remedial or corrective
| currency 1egislation-and nothing revolu-
tionary is advisable under present condi-
| tions-must be undertaken only from the
standpoint of the business community as
a whole, that is, of the American body
| polite as whole. Whatever is done, we
cannot afford to take any step back
ward or to cast any doubt upon the GER
| tain redemption in standard coin Of every
| circulating note.
I Among ourselves we differ In many
qualities Of body, head and heart; we are
Eunequa1ly developed. mentally as well as
physically. But each of us has the right
Ito ask that he shall be protected from
wrongdoing as he does his work and car
ries his burden thru life. NO man needs
| sympathy because he has to work, be-
cause he has burden to carry. Far and
away the best prize that life offers is
the chance to work hard at work worth
doing, and this is a prize open to- every
man, for there can be no work better
worth doing than that done to keep in
health and comfort and with reasonable
advantages those Immediately dependent
I No Room FOR IdIers.
! There Is no room in our healthy Ameri-
can life for the mere idler, for the man
or the woman Swhose object it is thruout
life to shirlx the duties which life ought
to bring. Life can mean nothing worth
meaning unless its prime aim is the doing
of duty, the achievement of results worth
achieving. A recent writer has finely
said: After all, the saddest thing that
can happen to a man is to carry no bur
dens. To be bent under too great a load
+ is bad, to be crushed by it is lanentabIe
but even In that there are possibilities
that are glorious. But to carry no loaG
at aH--tflere is nothing in that No one
seems to arrive at any goal really worth
reaching IN this world who does not
come to it heavy laden
Surely from our own experience each one
Of us knows that this IS true. From the
greatest to the smallest, happiness and
soul, and the joy Of life Is won III fits
/ deepest and truest sense only by those
ilwho have not shirked LIES burdens. The