The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-09-08

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rst of the whole community.
In other words, legislation to he per-
uianently good for any class lauSt also
be good for the nation as a Whole. and
legislation which does injustice 10 amy
class is certain To work harm 10 the na-
tion, Take our currency system for
cxamlle. This nation is ON n gold
basis. The treasury of the public Is IN
excellent Soudltiou. Never before has
the per capita of circulation hecn AS
large us it is this day: and this circula-
tion. moreover is OF money every dollar
of which is at par with gold, Now, our
having this sound currency system Is
cf benefit 20 banks, of course, but II Is
of infinitely more benefit 10 the people
as u whole. because OF the healthy et-
feet ON business conditions,
In the same way,whatcver is adrisa-
BILE in the way of remedial or corrective
currency legislation--and nothing rero-
lutionlry Is advisable under present
conditions-must be undertaken only
from the standpoint of the business
community as whole. that is, of th'
American body polite as whole,
Whatever is done we cannot aftdNa to
take any step backward or to east amy
doubt upon the certain redemption IN
standard coin of every circulating note,
Among ourselves we differ In many
Qualities of body, head and heart; we
are uuadrllly developed, mentally as
well as physically. But each of Ms has
the right to ask that he shall be protect
I'd from wrongdoing rs he dos his
work and carries his burden through
life. No man needs sympathy because
he has to work, because he has bur-
den 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 do
'ng> than that done to keep in health
and comfort and with reasonable adj
yantages those Immediately dependent
upon the husband, the father, or the
son.
There is no room in our healthy Amer
lean life for the mere idler, for the mar
or the woman whose object Il is
throughout life to shirk 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.
y recent writer has finely said After
all, the sad1est thing that can happen
to a man Is to carry no burdens. To be
bent under too great load is bad; tn
be crushed by ii Is lamcntable; but
even In that there are possibilities that
are glorious. But to carry no load ut
all-there 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 usefulness are largely found IN
the same soul, and the joy of life Is won
in It's deepest and truest sense only by
those who have not shirked life's bur
dens. The men whom We most delight
to honor in all this land are those who,
in the iron years from 81 to 65, bore ON
their shoulders the burden Of saving
the Union. They did not choose the
easy task. They did not shlrk the diff
ficult duty. Deliberately and Of their
own free will they stroye for an ideal,
upward and onward across the stony
slopes of greatness. They did the hard
est work that was then to be done;
they bore The heaviest burden that any
generation Of Americans ever had to
bear; and because they did this they
have won such proud joy as 1t has fall
lon to the lot OF no other men to win.
and have written their names forever
more on the golden honor roll Of the ma
tion. AS it Is with the soldier. 80 II
Is with the civilian. To win success In
the business world, it becomes first
class mechanic, a successful farmer an
able lawyer or doctor, means that the
man has devoted his best energy and
power through long years to the acheiv-
ment Of his ends. So 1t Is in the life
Of the family, upon which In
the last analysis the whole well
fare Of the nation rests. The man
or woman who as bread winner and
home maker, or as wife and mother,
has done all that he or she can do, pa |
tiently and uncomplaingly, is to be hon
ored; and is to be envied by all those |
who have never had the good fortune
to feel the need and duty of doing such |
work. The woman who has borne, and
who has reared as they should be rear
ed, family of children, has in the |
most emphatic manner deserved well of |
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