The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-04-17
THE MAN WITH
THE MUCK RAKE"
President Gets a Text
From Bunyan's Pill
grim's Progress.
SANDER WILL REACT
Over Censure of the Unjust Finally
Results in Their Favor. Critics
Must Stick to Truth and Not
Practice Exaggera-
ton.

.. .-!IIII2iDii, - -, AfIH ll-rOl
BE- laNs the paDerS have cen stat
fu#t President Roosevelt would
.*It AXE It soeech ON '"rhe Man
The Mack Rake" in vhich he
.uj roast The men who have been
.Iu" the Senators and other pub
utI. His speech on that subject
uudr today when he delivered the
.."..-s ut the laying of the corner-
..... uf the new Congressional Build
near the Capitol. 1t is a much
...,.4 building and will provide Of
.... for members of Congress-. AT
...tt, unless It member of the House
.u.irman of Il committee, he has no
...- where he can see his constitute
-..- who ONE to Washington or
..... Inc and his secretary can work,
... uIust rent ut his own expense "a
...uI somewhere in the city, 81 he
... dO his work in his own Dom.
HH|s elegant new building Will give
.a..tr quarters for members of Con-
..n
instead of a roast for the maya
.., writer's. Mr.. Roosevelt commend
r. Those WhO do not eN0ggefate, but
...-frd' those WhO wrote ISLANDERS or
.H.. n\rG-cenSured the unworthy pub
Fl. ul"u. His speech was as follows:
President i~toose.elts Address,.
"rlvrr a century ago Washington laid
'u. cornerstone Of the Capitol in what
..~ ,tlen little more than a trace of
ao0!cI wilderness here beside the Pc
toaaJy. We now find it necessary TO-
|uru.ulr by great additional buildings
Tot fhe business OF the Government.
THiF growth in the need for the
housing of the Government is but a
nnuul and example Of the way in
which the nation a grown and the
.ut.r, of action of the National Gov
eminent has grown. We now admin
-Nl "a -, = a. 49, III
The extraordinary growth of popula-
tlJt has been outstripped by the
growth of wealth and the growth In
emflrX interests. The material
lroh.rms hat face US today are not
sIr4 as they We're in Washington's
rH.u but The underlying facts of hu-
ulu nature are the same now as they
We're then. Under altered external
john we war with the same tendencies
o#Iri evil hat We're evident in
Westinghouse time. and are helped by
the same tendencies for good. It is
about some of these that | wish to
say IL word today.
"Iu Bunyan's Pilgrim Progress you
NIFTY recall the description of the Man
With the Muck-rake, the man who
e"Ul1 look no way but downward, with
'o muck-Tate in his hand; who was
o~t1rrt3l a celestial crown for his muck
Uno. but who would neither look up
um. rugard the crown ne was offered,
hat continued to rake to himself the
tlth Of the floor.
I'm Pilgrims Progress the Man with
'M- Muck-rake is set forth as the
example of him whose vision is fixed
ol euruul instead of on spiritual
lungs. Yet he also tVpities the man
#i-o IL. this life consistently refuses
H. ~to aught that is lofty, and fixes
ts "2~s with solemn intentness only
"- ilat which is vile and debaSing.
N".. il L. very necessary that we
-."".5 mot Inch from seeing what Is
.'." aHd debasing. There is filth on
..r "u.r, and it must be Scraped up
.Ha the muck-rake; and there are
."u- alni places where this service IS
'a. a-"St needed of all the services
..uE. cam be performed. But the
H.s. who never Toes anything else,
..e urErr thinks OF speaks or writes,
. ,t his feats With the muck-rake,
-. ".|aE becomes. not q help to so
''. uot an Indictment to good, but
" tAc most potent forces for evil.
lN,rr ar i'm the body polite eco
'..ltr ami social. many and grave
and there is urgent necessity fol
.." ...flrst war upon them. There
-" ..J ip relentless exposure of II
. . HIuu every evil man, whether
"u coy business man, every evil
.'. whether in politics, in bust
I'M social life. h1Il as Il !
... ..t5r every writer or speaker,
.. 4utn who. on the platform. or
...... luag4Zine. or newspaper, With
ftp. .- severity makes such attack,
... .I.I uInavs that he in his turn
.... ..3.rs that the attack is of use
..r.f il ahsoIutelv truthful. The
na whit better than the thief.
..s. his takes the form
... ...I.r hn NAV he worse than most
.. q .nnts a premium upon
.... uutruthfrllv to attack an
.. .. .Ha0. nr even with bv hysteri-
.~.-.tr3tfon 10 assail = bad mar i
".trufh. An epidemic of in
.....nata aes9ult mon character
... .u. w,,l hut yarv great harm.
FL. .Hf. of every is glad