The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-06-11

be the birthright of every true
American. Since | have been presi-
dent | have visited every state and
territory within the borders of the
union, save such as can only be
reached by sea. / have spoken at
country fairs, to colleges, to COM
mereial and business organizations,
to associations of professional men,
to labor organizations, to men of
every creed and parentage. The
thing THAT HAS STRUCK ME-
MOST HAS BEEN THE ESSENTIAL
ONENESS, THE ESSENTIAL UNITY
OF OUR PEOPLE.
'In the fundamentals | have found
American citizens to be just about
the same everywhere. OF course,
each community has its especial
temptations, its especial shortcom-
ings; and If it is wise each commu-
nifty. There is ample field for the
to cause heartburnings by railing at
the shortcomings of sister commu-
nifty. The re is ample field for the
refrom energies of every one of us
7 in his or her particular sphere of
home and neighborhood activity.
Not only is all of this true as be-
tween one community apd another,
but it is just as true between one
class of our citizens and another.
Now and then we meet well-meaning
people who have genuine horror
and dread of all rich men and think
of them as being set apart by peculiar
vice and iniquity. Now and then we
meet equally well-meaning rich men
who have an equally irrational dread
= CttrIN a1ut tAnIt lna H..
ers.' AS matter of fact, If we take
given number of men of large
fortune and like number of wage
workers, we find that in their essen
tial human nature they are all alike.
Such being the case, it Is certainly
we'll that, SO far as possible, when
the men of given group, as whole,
act in a way that we deem contrary
to the public interest, we should treat
the action as wrong to be RENE
died rather than as wrong to be
avenged. We ought not to tolerate
wrong. 1t is a sign of weakness to
wrong. 1t is a sign of weakness to do
so, an dinits ultimate effects weak
ness. The South will be all the bet
ter for new immigrants of the right
type, and | hope to see steamship
lines carrying such immigrants es-
tablished at ports like Savannah and
Charleston, just as | hope to see ports
like New ORLEANS connected by lines
of steamers with the South Ameri-
can continent, the continent with
which our relations should grow ever
closer and mutually more advan-
tageous. In the South, as every
where through the Union; we need to
see a good education given free to all
children, no matter what may be
their race or color. More and more
we are growing to realize that there
must be an education of the hand as
we'll as of the head There must be
agricultural and industrial colleges,
and above all, schools in which there
can be elementary preparation for
agriculture and industry.
''It is a matter for congratulation
that there is such steady increase
of interest in the Southern states in
everything pertaining to children.
hope this will still more markedly
show itself in the future, in warning
against the evil of child labor in fac
tories. The factory is a very poor
place, indeed, for child; indeed,
personally | think the factory poor
place for a woman. In any commu-
nifty organized on really healthy
lines the average woman will have
quite enough to do in 2 her own
home.
"As regards children, it is as es-
sential to look after their physical as
their mental training. There is ur
gent need for the health authorities
to increase their care over the hy-
gienic conditions and surroundings
of children of tender years, and es-
pecially to supervise those in the
schools. THE NATIONS MOST
VALUABLE ASSET IS THE CHILL
DREN; FOR THE CHILDREN ARE
THE NATION OF THE FUTURE.
All people alive to the nations need
should join together to work for the
moral, spiritual and physical wefare
of the children in all parts of our
land. l am glad that there has been
founded national society of public
school hygiene.
"T acre is increasing need that the
welfare of the children should be eff
fectively safeguarded by govern
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