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least MS we'll of as, and 1 possible better
prosperity Of tie wago.worker ana tho
filler OF Tho soil has gone on g great In
crease In the prosperity among tho busl..
professional men, and the prosperity Of
these men has been pnrtly the cause and
partly the consequence Of THO prosperity
q farmer ad Worke.r HI cannot Pc
In the long run. ,wc all Of US tend 70 go
up OF. 90 down together. n tho average
of well-being ID high, It means that tho
sye1as4 Sa s @ are nj
alike we'll OFF. If the average shrlnks,
there Is not one OF these classes whlol,
vii not feel the shrlnkage. It e allies !.
national I l. lifo tnat wo should recognize
this community Of interest among our
4 POWER or SELF a GOVERNMENT.
we can keep ayr Goysrnment on "a zane zane
our social system what It should be- only
Of; condition Of Judging, zach man. MT Ct
as n member Of class, but on his worth
American life, and Fundamentally trehch.
Gus to our institutions to apply to an,
man any test save that Of his person a
worth or TO- Orgy besWeen, ~ VIZ sets o.
OF conduct, the distinction that marks or
those who d2 well and wisely from those
who do illand fooiishy. There are good CT.
In every locality, and the attitude OF
decent people toward great public and so
c!a questions should be determined, not
m M t'e or ui locality, But BY those deep-set
principles which represent the lnnerfnost
souls of men.
g E1'efi III fact as wel as n name,
slrendnesa. seif-rost ratnt, the courage
which refuses to abandon ones oW,
good sense which enables one TO- DO JUS.
tIco to tho rights OF others. LACK OF
strength and lack Of courage nnht men .a
and on the other. brutal arrogance, envy,
in short. any manifestation of the spirit
OF Selfish Disregard, whether OF ones own
duties Or Of the rights OF others hers are
Again and again IN the republics Of {, an q 7.
and medieval Flanders. this tendency
was shown 5Rd -" end HEWITT
final result it mattered not ona whit
whether the movement was IN f a,'t oon OF
fell into the hands Of wealthy ollgarchy
which exploited THO poor or Whether II
fell under the domino ton OF, turbulent
mob which plundered the rich. ,85. u J,
The death knell Of the republic had
rung as soon as the active power PC
lodged IL In the sea etzens
rich and poor alike but TO stand Tor one
special CLASSY and for its interests as ops
posed to thejnterests Of others. 80
hsss 5ed sSs M5yo Hot u tasi FuT L
uineiy skilled in and fitted for self-gov
eminent. and, therefore, VIII spurn the
+ this feroclous and foolish class antagon-
ism. The average American knows not
only that he himself Intends to 40 ABOUT
what Is right but that his average EEL
low-countrymxn has the same intention
and the same power to mako HIS lnten-s
Etion effective. He knows. whether he be
business man. professional man, farmer.
mechanic, employer, or wage WORKER, that
q he welfare OF each Of these men istbound
up with the welfare of all the others: that
each is neighbor5to the other. is actuateo
damentally the same ideals. and that all
alike have much the same virtues and
the same faults :, -ljs II, B
ever lis wealth or his poverty, strives
Emanfullv to do his duty to himself, to
his family. TO his neighbor, to the state
who IS capable OF the baseness which
Emanifests itself either in arrogance or In
envy. but who while demanding Justice
for himself,sis no less scrupulous to- 40
Justice to others, It is because the aver
lust this type that We have cause for our
profound faith In the future Of tho re-
public.
through is e and Under Under the law. Lawlessness
and connivance at ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ther
the law breaking take the form OF a
crime Of greed and cunning or o. not
only Of order, hut OF the true Liberties
which can only come through order. ~
Let the watchwords Of all our people I; y
esty. decency, fair-dealing and common
sense The Qualities denoted by these
words are essential to all of u.s.. MS we
deal With the complex ndustral prob
tho wise distribution OF wealth
Men sincerely interested in the due
Interested in seeing that the just RI hta
Of labor are guaranteed, should alike re-
member not only. that in the long run
neither the capitalist nor,the wa ge-Yors-
er Can be helped In healthy fashion save
by helping the other. but. also that to
require either side to obey the law and do
its full duty toward the community is en-
phateslIy te that s!de,s real inteTest'
There is no worse enemy Of tho wage
worker than the man who condones mon
violence in any shape OF, who breaches
class hatred; and surely the slightest ac-
Quaintance with our industrial history
should teach even the most short-sis SIS e,
people as a whole. the times when busl-
ness is stagnant, and capital suffers from
shrInkage and gets no return from its
investments are exactly Y the : tines mes Of ,I
among the poor, II all tho existing in
slumentaltfes OF wealth could be J, a a9o !.
would come among those Of us who are
least we'll off at present. The, wage.
worker is well OFF only when the rest
Of the country is we'll off: and he can
| hest contribute to this general well-belnE
| by showing sanity and a firm purpose "a
| 10 Justice to others, .
In his turn the capitalist who is really
| n conservative, the man who has forc,
| thought as well as patriotism, should
or otherwise. which has tor IT'S object t.
secure fair dealing by capital. corporate
or Individual. toward the public and TO-
| ward the employe. ,,.
Whatever is advisable in tho, way OF
| remedial or corrective currency. lcris!a-
| tion-nnd nothing revolutionary Is advis-
| ntia ,,nder nresent COndltiOnS--muSt BIO