Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-05-15

great work for tas material prosperit,
of this city, OF this state. fully ap
preciate. as every sensible man must
the great. the vital Importance Of tina
work We must have a basis OF ma
terial prosperity before any commu
nifty. whether state, municipality, OF
nation. can develop itself, can rise
in any degree. There must in the
community. as in the individual, bs
first as a basis the material prosper
ity; but woe to the community. wot
to the individual. that accepts sucf
material prosperity as the be-all and
end-all OF its life. (Applause.)
I'm the world at large, and espec
tally we of this nation have been
passing through an era OF material
ism. 1t has had its good side, and II
has had its poor side; and we OF this
| country will never rise level to the
standard that snould be set here un
til we not only understand but apply
the doctrine that would teach us that
material prosperity is only the foun.
datiou, and that its worth depends
| entirely upon the kind Of moral sup
| erstructure Of good citizenship that
We build upon 1t, (Applause.)
mo wealth, no material well being,
shall avail the nation where class
on his brother with envy and hatred
or with arrogance and contempt, ac-
cording to his position, where the
average man fails to understand that
the supreme good for any man is the
granting him the opportunity and
training him to the power to do serv.
ice to the community at large ZAP
plause)
II believe in material well-being. OF
course. | should be fool II did not
| believe in material well-being; / be.
lieve in those who have built 1t up;
but I believe also that It is curse II
it if not accompanied by the lift to-
ward higher things.
We OF this country: we who have
enjoyed the marvellous prosperity
that this country mas possessed in a
degree pre-eminent above all other
nations of earth, must in the future
show our understanding of that doc
trine or we shall fail to make of this
republic what 1t must and shall be
made-an exampler for all the ma.
tons Of mankind. tApplause.)
do not misunderstood me; do NOT
ihink | fail to understand the vital
Importance of our material well-being
I 70 u,it oil
heart that 1t is the center OF the
great mining and livestock interests.
II is of enormous consequence to all
our people that any section Of this
country should do well. Do not for
get that. So far from its being
hurt to any one section to see anoth-
er section prosper. we can on the con-
trary count 1t as certain tnat II a part
in this country prospers. much the
rest of the country will feel some
good effects from the result OF the
prosperity. (Applause)
.'As Senator Patterson was just
saying to me, when three years ago
we succeeded in getting through that
law, which I am so very proud should
have been enacted during my admin
istrarion the law by which the ma
ton undertook TO do its share In the
great work of reclamation of the arid
lands OF the West; when we got
through that law there were certain
short-sighted people representing as
they believed the interests Of the non
arid Eastern lands, VINO objected to
the passage of the law on the ground
that it would help build up their riv-
ais; whereas, they ought to have seen
that whatever built up the inter-moun-
tain states would add to the prosper
ity of all the United States. zap
plause)
There is just one safe motto for
Americans to act on; that is. the mot
to of all men up and not some men
down. (Applause)
''In very small way ! am trying
to help build up an industry for the
benefit of the whole country; but we
are starting 1t here in Colorado.
Through Secretary Wilson Of the de-
partment of agriculture in connection
with your Agricultural college, r
think we are starting the develop
ment of breed Or American norses
which you might call the general utll-
ity horse, l want to say that II
have any influence with this admin
lstration | am going to get them to
continue that work. Also, incident
ally, want to say II any Of you have
come from Vermont you will appre-
ciate tnis. | want to try and take
and develop the old breed Of Morgan
horse which is an AL horse. because
we have in the Morgan horse type
which is not, in my belief, surpassed
in any country for the purpose to be
served by the breed OF horse most
important for us to develop. l do not
think that the perpetuation OF that
fine old stock should be left to private
breeders. think the government
should take part in it. The reason
we have started this horse breeding
by the government here in Colorado
is that we find for reasons that am
not wholly able to explain, tnat the