The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-20

in the memories of the past, we must re- member ever to keep these memories, not as excuses for failing to do well In the present.. but as incentives to spur us on to action. In life every victory won in- evitably brings us face to face with new struggle. The men of one generation have to do their allotted task. If they fall
 to do 1t, 1t yet remains true that the men who come after them must do ther
 tasks in turn. It Is just as 1t Is with you, my escort, the men of the Nationai Guard, the artillfrymen. the infantrymen. If there comes a war I know l can count on you. and those like you, be- cause the memory of what your fathers did will make you ashamed not to rise level to the demands of the new time, as they rose level to the demands of their time. (Appiause.)
 ''So in civil life. Each generation has its problem. The tremendous Industrial development of the past half countrywide development which has produced cities such as this-has brought great problems with 1t, problems connected with corpora tions, problems connected with labor. problems connected with both the accum- ulation and the distribution of wealth. The problems are new, but the spirit In which we must approach their solution ls old. We must face the work we have to do as our fathers faced their work if
 
 of organizations-the organization Of cap ital. the organization of labor.
 Keeps Justice Alive.
 Each type of organization should be welcome when 1t does good and fearless lv opposed when 1t does evil Our main object should be to strive to keep the reign of justice alive in this country, so that we should above all things avoid the chance of ever dividing on the lines that separate one class or occupation from another. The men who would teach either wage-worker or capitalist that the other Is his foe, Is a bad citizen and faithless American. We can afford to di- vide along lines that would represent honest difference of opinion, but we can not afford to divide on the fundamental | lines of cleavage that separate good cit | izens from bad citizens; and we must | remember that if we intend to keep this 1 republic in it's position of headship among the nations of mankind, that we 1 can never afford to deviate from the old | American doctrine of treating each man | according to his worth as man-of pay l ing heed not to whether he Is rich or ! poor, but heed only to whether he acts | as decent citizen. or If he Is decent man in his domestic life, an honest man ] in business-a man who in good faith | tries to do his duty by his neighbor and | by the state.
 No Patent Device for Good Citizen. | And now. my fellow citizens. remem- | Der there Is no patent device by which you can achieve good citizenship There Is | no patent device by which you can ac- | complsh good government. The good citizen is the man who Is a good father | and a good husband, the man who be- | hayes himself tapplause), the man whom you can trust in trade and whom you good citizen. and the man whom the pub l lie confides in. and he who does well in | the state is the man who applies in deal | ing with his fellows in the mass just those same qualities that make good cit | izenship in the individual
 And now I have got to say goodbye. ! I can not tell you how I enjoyed my trip through this state, marred though 1t has | been by the lamentable death that rem
 dered the governor unable to come with me, and for which I feel profound re- gret and sympathy with the governor. 1 And now in saying goodbye, I want | to say to you men and women that
 have been immensely impressed with
 North Carolina-wlth her agriculture with her industries. but that the crop ! that I like best is the crop of children | (applause). and I congratulate North 1 Carolina. I congratulate North Carolina 1 on the fact that, to all appearances, the {, children seem to be all right in quality
 and in quantity (more applause)"
 | Here the President held up a little girl | In his arms saying:
 | Here Is the best product"