The San Francisco call., 1907-06-11

tyranny and those, whether Christian or Jew,
who sought liberty for conscience sake.
PROUD OF ANCESTRY
II was a high and honorable beginning; and
am proud indeed of my Georgian ancestry. and
Of the fact that my grandfather's grandfather.
Archibald Bullock. the first governor,
the title then went. president of the state,
when the continental congress, of which he
also member, declared that the IS states had
become a new and independent nation. Since
then Georgia has grown at a rate even more
astounding than the rate OF growth of the
nation as whole; her sons have stood high
in every field OF activity, intellectual physical;
and rapid though her progress has been in the
past II bids fafr to be greater In the
wonderful new century which has now fairly
opened.
Perhaps the very fact that am half southern
and half northern In blood. and that Tor many
years was brought into peculiarly close asso-
citation with the life of the great west makes it
natural for me 10 feel with intensity the strong
sense Of kinship with every portion OF our great
common country. which should be the birthright
OF every true American. Since hate been
president have visited every state and terri
tory within the borders OF the union, save such
as can only be reached by sen. l have travelled
from the Atlantic TO the Pacific. from the great
lakes to the girlf. have spoken at country
faars; 10 colleges, to commercial and business
organizations, to associations of professional men,
70 labor organizations TO men of every creed and
parentage. The thing that has struck me most
has been the essential oneness. the essential
In the fundamentals I have found American
citizens to be Just about the same everywhere
In vslleteyers locality of the country we live,
sghafexer, our fortune or occupation In life there
exist just about the sa me essential good Qualities
ana much the same shortcomings in any gather
Ing Of our citizens.
.s.s,,=. 80 FIELDS FOR REFORM
Of course each commllaity has its especial
tempfstions. its, esneciaL Shortcomings: and if Ii
is wise each community will try 70 cure itself
Hrr 80 s..-.t
stde shortcomings of sister community There
sfs ample sheid sfot the reform energies of every
one OF ~ns IN bis or ier particular sphere Of
bone and neighborhood activity,
= Not only is sll this true as between one COM
munity and another, but il is just as true be-
tween one class Of our citizens and another
Nsw and then we meet well meaning people
who, have a genuine horrorsand dread of all rich
sElta' and. think lc{ them being set apart by
peculiar vice and. iniQuity. Now and then we
meet equally well meaning rich men who have an
style sGabor feadsrs. . In each case I think
the hostility is in large part due to a want
of sympathy. caused by complete Ignorance OF
the men who arouse such distrust or anger As
matter Of faet, II we take a given number of
men OF. large fortune and q like number OF wage
workers. we find that in their essential human
mature they are All alike. 10 each group we
ind men as wise and as foolish as good and as
.ss d. ash IN : ther other group such being the
g sestt is certainly well TINT so far as possible
when the mea sof5s given group. as whole act
N wag that we deem contrary 10 the public
interest, We should treat the action as a wrong
20 2 be sretnedfed rather than as wrong
TO be avenged. We ought not to tolerate wrong
1t is a sign OF weakness to do so. and in It's
ultimate effects weakness Is often quite as bad
as Fiekedness. But in putting stop TO the
wrong we should, far as possible avoid
getting into an attitude OF vfndictiye hatred
howard The wrong doerF He may be morally 10
iiz ne- ana afts may be necessary 70 punish HIM
bat on the other hand the wrong he has Com
{apien nag simply be dHe TO the existing eondi-
lion Of things. 10 conditions under which he has
been brought up; and In such case. while we
mist apply the REMEDY and see that there is
10 further c1ianCe Of harm to the community
IL is neftheE just nor far sighted exact revenge
for what has been done.
TIES OF CITIZENSHIP
- ID short friends let us realize that in very
.tEith We are knit Together in ties OF brother
:hcod.a and that white 1t is proper and neces-
saJF. that We shouid insist upon our rights we
should yet be patient and considerafe in hearing
with one another, and in trying. so far as in us
lies, each TO look at the problems that face us
from bis Brothers standpoint as well as from
his oEn.s
During the iast1qusrter of a century this ma.
tienl has made astounding strides 10 material
progress and in ether section has this
progress been more noteworthy than In The
south While her agriculture has grown faster
than ever before, there has also been new
grewth of her manufacturing indhstries-indeed
there has. been growth OF every kind. But OF
eourse there ~s ample room for further growth
Abr pDuIu VIII DE HI tHe -Detltr lIOr new 1mri-
grants OF the right type, and hope to see
steamship lines carrying such immigrants es-
tablisheds at ports like Savannah and Charleston.
-justss II hope to see ports like New Orleans
connected by lines Of steamers with the South
American continent. the continent with Which
our relations should grow ever closer and rnu-
tually more advantageous, In the SOUTH as
everywhere through the Union we need TO see a
good education given free to all children no
mafter what may be their race or color Nor
can we wisely permit this education to be of
q merely literary type. More and more we are
growing TO realize that there must be an edu-
cation Of the hand as well as Of the head.
TECHNICAL SCHOOLS NEEDED
There must be agricultural and industrial col
leges and, above all, schools In which there can
be elementary preparation for agriculture and
industry. These schools for technical training
viii hold great place in the future In fitting
our citizens for doing their economic duties In
the best possible shape In the south there is a
population peculiarly fitted to profit by them,
population which has. been generally referred
20 as .'poor white" a population OF splendid
capacities, and almost purely OF the old native
stock. which simply lacks the opportunity to
develop degree Of industrial efficiency IN
Surpassed elsewhere on this continent
1t is matter OF congratulation that there A
such steady increase of interest in the southern
states in everything pertaining to children. This
has already markedly shown ITSELF and / hone
will still more markedly show itself in the fu-
ture. in warning against the evil Of child labor
In factories. The factory is very poor place
indeed for child; indeed. personally think the
factory a poor place for woman--certainIy for
A married woman, for an unmarried woman
for more than avery few years. In any COM
munity organized on really healthy lines the
average woman win hare quite enough to do in
her own home, whether she is rich or Door and
nowhere else can she do work of such value TO
the nation a whoie-and by work I mean
her housework. her work SIS housewife and
mother. and not so called "home industries ;,
As regards children. II Is rs essential to look
after their physical their mental training
We can not afford to <let children. grow up ir
norant; and II they are sent TO school they can
not, while young. also work hard outside with
out detriment. physical, mental and moral
There is urgent need for the health authorities
TO increase their care over the hygienic condI-
tions and surroundings Of children of tender
years. and especially to supervise those in the
school.
NATIONS CHIEF ASSET
It is good thing TO try to reform bad chill
dren 10 try 10 build up degenerate children: but
it is an even better thing to try to keep healthy
in soul. body and mind those children who are
now sound but who may easily grow up unsoupd
if is taken of them. The nations most
valuable asset is the children; for the children
are. the nation of the future. All people alive
to the nations need should join together to work
for the moral. 'spirifusf~ and physical welfare
Of the children ia all parts OF ouk land. 1 am
glad that there has been founded national So
ciety of public school hygiene and I wish II
and all its branches. we'll In every way
There is increasing need that the welfare of