The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-14

trial centres have ~,.ooperated, and bach
Of them all has stoo d the government as
renreeenfing all the l,eople, seeking to aio
only legitimate inter ests ana TO rehaei
assistance to every S ate ana every sec
ton.
Nov that the fnan, .lal storm appears
to be subsiding we shot ID turn our atleh-
tion more and more to the relle1 OF 1ne
country at large. In the South ana west,
and on the Pacific Goa; Vt, and in othef
s~ectjons. there are heav.V demands upon
all available funds for tile movement OF
our crops, for the continuance OF othel
mercantile undertakings, and what we
must not for a moment forget, Tor lhe
employment of labor. One OF the mose
gratifying Incidents of our recent trouble
has been the prompt and pa trlonc Response
ri many of our great labor oreanizations
to the appeal of employers Tor thehr CO
operation. This cooperation in most cases
initiated by them. should be avalle9 Oh
Everywhere by employers and should pe
generously recognized rs a d2stlnct seep
tow ard a better understanding between
employer and employed.
t.DuTinp periods of anXety ana unrest,
tba President and his advisers are ap,
healed 70 from all quarters with susgessea
ramedies for existing evIs. some are
worthy of serious consideraLPn' b bat c ma ssii..
Nration,54 A case in point ART; the sugses-
ffof1s of various kinds tina are now maui
for currency reform. This snPJeet a nnd II
~ ornat concern to every Citizen ana II
must have the fullest and most careLui
eansideration n. We must not be hurried m
h T-considered legislation. PANE IN iegIs-
Ia4ion is wors te even than panic. N BUSINESS,
FOR # strikeA at the foundations Oh the
s.sTha varions plans advocated for cur,
rency reform must be ut2scte cit,z o Of
svary section shall be fairly treated, tnelr
needs and nsqglirements oonsulieu AM,
above all, that whatever acIlon Is ns
taken. it shall be, so sound and wnoIeso,,e
~ enhance olm commercial standing
among the natiofE of the world
IA a people. we have tnLs ana nhoi ma sas
luton will not be n thing of a month or a
,saaT We must approach them win the
determination to EXERCISE fAspasslonate
judgment and to seek as n od man
'"sIn the great field Of legislation. what
we need are fewer and better laws any
better enforcement of then; Amehameihas
ia existing statutes adj nittedlt defectlve
xSUl 40 much to point out limitations anu
define liability. We should have more Go TO-
nr,eration in business, WHISTLER among ne
hanks or among mercantile esta plisnmen.s
and other undertakings, each to operatc
ii lie own field, controlled or resulalee by
law TO the extent that Will 1ulV salesunlu
the interests of the people an tpa av he
saadv At all times to unite with others,
w gbbes danger threatens, for the protection
of credit, for the stability OF business ana
FOR fine maintenance of national honor.
ssHowever serious our problems ana cspe,
c,aiIv however keen may be the hna1ci
enbarrassments of these recent occur
setback to stay cur progress or OR proso
nerlfv we may well recall, as we are
recoyering from this one, what n great
President of the past mas sald: b.,
a TRANSPORTATION will not be promoted o.
recrim,nation. The distrust of the present
will not g Il. owed by a dlstrusI o. the
future. A patriot makes a better cltizen
than a pessimist. The country is not
going backward, but forward. Ameri-
can energy has not been destroyed by
the storms of the past. 1T Will yer
triumph through wise and benefcenf
: 1--WE NAV well reca too. this wise coun-l
sci from his successor, whose message of
congratulations and good VIII delivered
to you but a few moments ago:
"sLet us go ON with the work or the
material upbuilding of this country, and
at the same time remember that, vital
though 1t is to have a good foundation or
Foundation, and upon 1t must be built the
s,1perstructure of the moral and spiritual
higher life Of the nation
"And, finally. we may well recall, as
neculiarlv applicable to present condi-
tons, the sensible words OF "a recent edi-
forlal in one of our great newspapers:
!" This is not the time to assail credit
but to give II confidence; not the time
10 hold other men less worthy and less
natrlotic than ourselves. The need OF
the hour is to sink prejudice and par
jtisanship for the national good. We must
restore confidence in men, confidence IN
methods, confidence in business. That
means prosperity 49,
"Your association has accomplished a
great deal on the lines Lard down when 1t
was organized. You have achieved re-
suits highly creditable to yourselves, ana
of great benefit to his community. You
have Initiated methods, stimulated trade,
and have been one OF the bulwariSs of com
merciaI honor. The opportunity was never
greater than at present for the employ
fnent If YOUR resources and the cOlsecra-
tion of your activities in worthy service.
/ believe what you have already done Is
the indication but not the measure or
what you will yet do for the important IN
terests you represent.
John w. Griggs, former united
states Attorney-General, was among
the other speakers.