Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-05-02

dent Roosevelt delivered the opening
address at the exposition yesterday.
He greeted NE representatives of
the foreign governments who had
come to ass st in celebrating the
birthday of the nation. Particularly
happy was he in this and especially
to the representatives of Japan TO
whom he said:
In particular let me express a word
OF hearty welcome to the representa-
tives of the mighty island empire OF
Japan; that empire, which, in learn
ing from the west, has shown that it
had so much, so very much, to teacn
the West in return.
TO all of you here gathered / ex-
press my thanks for your coming,
and | extend to you my earnest
wishes for the welfare of wour sew
eral nations. The world has moved
so lar that 1t is no longer necessary
to believe that one nation can rise
only by thrusting another down. All
far-sighted statesmen, all true patriots,
now earnestly wish that the leading
nations of mankind, as in their sew
eral ways they struggle constantly
toward a higher civilization, higher
humanity, may advance hand in hand,
united only in a generous rivalry TO
see which can best do it's allotted
work in the world. l believe that
there is a rising tide in human
thought which tends for righteous in
ternational peace; tide which it
behooves us to guide through rational
channels to sane conclusions; and all
OF us here present can Well afford to
take to heart st. Pauls counsel: IT
1T be possible, as much as lieth in
you, live peaceably with all men,"
The president reviewed the strug
gle OF the early settlers, of their
hopes and fears; of the English cav
alier and Puritan; of the Frenchmen
the Spaniards, the Swedes and the
Dutchmen who helped to swell tho
tide OF pioneers. The Irishman, too,
! and the German and the Scotchman
each was given proper place in the
estimation Of the American people
for the virtue of their contributions
to the national growth.
Passing in review the later history
OF the nation the president came to
our own time and said:
In industrial matters our enorm-
GUS prosperity has brought with 1t
| certain grave evils. 1t is our duty
to try to cut out these wills without
at the same time destroying our we'll
being itself. This is an era Of COM
bination alike in the world of cap
ltal and in tue world of labor. Each
kind of combination can do good, and
yet eaca, however powerful, must be
opposed when it does ILL., At the mo-
ment the greatest problem before us
is how to exercise such control over
the business use of vast wealth, indi-
vidual, but especially corporate, as
will insure its not being used against
the interest of the public, while yet
permitting such ample legitimate
profits as will encourage Individual
initiative. 1t is our business to put
a stop to abuses and to prevent their
recurrence, without showing a spirit
of mere vindicitiveness for what has
been done in the past
Laying stress upon the duties
which the people owe to each other
and especially to the industries of
the nation and declaring that prac-
1 tjca1 y,,ora1stv chnuld hola n h,rhor
place than abstract truth, Mr.. Roose-
welt said that the country should
move to the reform of abuses Of cor
porate wealth. The wrongdoer, the
man who swindles and cheats,
whether on big scale or little one.
shall receive at our hands mercy as
scant as II he committed crimes Of
violence or brutality We are unal-
terably determined to prevent wrong
doing in the future: we have no in
tention of trying to wreak such an IN
discriminate vengeance for wrongs
done in the past as would confoun.l
the innocent with the guilty. Our
purpose is to build up rather than to
tear down. We show ourselves the
truest friends of property when we
made 1t evident that we will not toll
craze the abuses OF property We
are steadily bent on preserving the
institution OF private property: we
combat every tendency toward re.
ducing the people to economic servi.
tude: and we care not whether the
tendency is due to a sinister agitation
directed against all property, or
whether 1t is due to the actions of
those members of the predatory
classes whose anti-social power Is
UNNECESSARILY increased because OF
he very fact that they possess wealth.
above ALL" said the president, I'VE
insist that while facing changed con-
ditions and new problems. we must
face them. in the spirit which our
forefathers showed when they
founder and preserved this republic.
The cornerstone of the republic lies