Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-05
TALKED TO YORK FOLK
PRESIDENT MADE TRITE AD-
DRESS YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.

President Roosevelt stopped off in York
yesterday on his return to Washington
from the Harrisburg dedication ceremonies
long enough to deliver short extempora-
neOuS address at the fair grounds He
spoke. in part, as follows:
Mr.. Congressman, Mr.. Mayor, and you,
Mr.. Fellow Citizens, men and women of
the great keystone state:
1T is peculiar pleasure for me to have
the chance Of saying a few, words to you
today here in this old historic city-a
peculiarly American city in a peculiarly
American portion OF our country. 1t was
in this city that FOR a considerable time
during the darkest days Of the revolution
airy war the national government had its
seat. Here those men assembled who won
our independence, who then constituted US
into that perfect union. 4 failure to cOnsti-
tute which would have meant that the
struggle for independence itself was an
empty victory. and from here went forth
by the hundred your sons to preserve the
Union which their forefathers had founded
We of this day, of the younger genera
ton. have not the Sane terrible trials to
undergo, have not the sane terrible prob
lens to meet but We haze our trials and
our problems. and we going to be
judged as worthy unworthy of our fore
fathers, according to the way il which we
meet these trials and solve these problems.
and no generation can afford to sit back
and merely siorify the past. An excuse
for not doing It's duty in the present. We
must be moved to meet our problems to-
day partly by our pride in the deeds of the
men who in the dark years from CT to 90
rose level TO the needs of the nation; but
we must not plead these deeds as an excuse
for not doing our work. On the contrary.
they must serve as spur To make US do
work letter.
What we have 70 demand. II We arc true
to our principles OF citizenship here in this
country, of or ncigh5ors is not as to
whether they rich or poor, whether
they 1.-Two In tho c.:y or the country, the
north or the south. the cast or the west:
but whether they are decent. Woodworking.
law-abidiug Americans, trying t. do their
duty as light is given them to see their
duty. II they fulfill those requirements.
then they have right To claim comrade-
ship with US and a right to challenge our
support.
''The first factor I'm winning In our ma
tionsl life must always remain the indf-
vidual character. The man has to help
himself first. Remember that there is moth
or the government: you need not apply the
same principles 70 It that you do In your own
life among your friends and neighbors.
which one is 1t that wins success; the man
who does his best with the tools at hand.
or 'tI!y man who Is always sitting down
and thinking that come one should give
him a push along. No government can
help that man who Is always sitting down.
Each one of us stumbles at times. and
shame on any one of US who will not reach
out helping hand to his brother who
stumb,es Help him in the only way that
any real help can eve: come: help him to
help himself. But il he lies down. 1t is of
no use 10 Try 20 carry bint
Immense Industrial Success.
Our immense Industrial success. the very