The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-08


 to take whatever steps are necessary in order to prevent the exceptional members of his class from doing harm, 1t is wicked folly to let ourselves be drawn into any attack upon the man oe wealth merely as such. Moreover. such an attack Is in itself an exceptionally crooked and ugly tribute to wealth. and therefore the proof of an excep- tionally ugly and crooked state of mind in the man making the attack. Ven omous envy of wealth is simply another form of the spirit, which in one of It's manifestations takes the shape Of crirging servility toward wealth, and in another the shape of brutal arro- gance on the part ct certain men or wealth. Each one of these states CT mind whether 1t be hatred, servility, or arrogance. Is in reality closely akin to the other two: for each of them springs from Enthusiastically twisted and exaggerated idea of the importance of wealth as compared to other things The clamor of the demagogue against wealth, the snobbery of the social col lumns of the newspapers which deal with the doings of the wealthy. snd the misconduct of those men of wealth who act with brutal disregard of the rights of others. seem superficially to have no fundamen- tai relation; yet in reality they spring from shortcomings which are funda- mentally the same: and one of these shortcomings Is the failure to have proper ideals.
 The failure must be remedied in large part by the actions of you and your fel- low-teachsrs. your fellow educators this land. By your lives. no less than by your teachings. you show that while you regard wealth ns good thing. you regard other things as still better. It Is absolutely necessary to earn a certain amount of money; 1t is a mans first duty to those dependent upon him to earn enough for their sup port; but after a certain point has been reached money-making can never stand on the same plane with other and mo- bier forms of effort. The -olI of Amer lean worthies numbers men like Wash inEton and Lincoln. Grant aud Farra- gut. Hawthorne and Poe, Fulton and Morse. St. Gaudens and Mac Monnies. 1t numbers statesmen and sol diers, men of letters. artists, sculptors. men of science. inventors, explorers. roadmakers. bridge builders. phflan- thropists moral leaders in great re- forms: 1t numbers men who have de- served we'll in any one of countless fields of activity, but of rich men it numbers only those who have used their riches alright. who have treated wealth not as an end. but as means. who have shown good conduct in &C., quiring 1t and not merely lavish gem erosity in disposing of 1t.
 Thrice fortunate are you to whom 1t Is given to lead lives of resolute en- deavor for the achievement of lofty ideals, and, furthermore. to instill. both by your lives and by your teachings. these ideals into the minds of those who in the next generation will. as the men and women of that generation, deter mine the position which this nation will hold in the history of mankind.
 As President Roosevelt had finished speaking John R. Kirk, President Of the State Normal School. Kirkville. Mo. made a response.
 Miss Catherine D. Blake. principal of public school number 6. New York City. also responded to the President
 Alter leaving the auditorium Presi- dent Roosevelt re-entered the carriage and proceeded to the foot of Ocean Pathway where he spoke standing in the carriage.
 The President EuIosised.
 Responses to the Presidents address were made by John R. Kirk. President of the State Normal School at Kirks- vile, Mo, and Miss Katherine G. Blake. principal of public school No. 6. New York City. Miss Blake's response was a notable effort. She pronounced an eloquent eulogy on the President. con- cluding with these words:
 He Is a greater teacher than any among us. We are teachers of chill dren; he is a teacher of men, teacher of nations He Is not only the Presi- dent of the United States. but also the best loved man in all the world"
 As the President shook hands with Miss Blake at the conclusion of her address the audience rose to its feet and cheered her nearly a minute. It had been the Presidents intention to make another address outside the audi torium, but his time was so short he could stop only long enough on the ocean Drive way to greet the crowd, which had assembled. and to express his pleasure at the reception accorded to him. He left immediately for Oys- ter Bay. =