New-York tribune., 1907-10-11
NEW YORK. DAY AT FAIR
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carly English settlement not as visitors TO ,,e
! strange commonwealth but as fellow cltlZehs
! of their brothers in Virginia Ihey Ieet ~, Dy
I virtue of their national relationship direct III
| terest in the events which led to the settlement
/ of the Old Dominion and rejoice in their IN IN,
hertance of the benefits of the services when
washington and jefferson, Madison and Marshali
gave to our common country.
! SENTIMENT AND ADMINISTRATION.
While this is so, it is fortunate that we re-
! tain just pride in the history, achievements
| and prosperity of our respective states. II Is
! well that this should be fostered Tor upon tnls
sentiment to a large degree will depend the
! efficiency of state administration. AS the range
| of community of interest widens 1t Is ineVltaoe
! that the burden of national administration
| should increase and that the cares necessarily
| committed to the national government should
/ multiply. But cannot expect to have that
! competent and vigorous administration In ma
! tional concerns which is essential 10 our con
tinued peace and prosperity If our citizenship Is
indifferent to the problems of administrator
| which confront them in their several comnunl-
ties. State and national citizenship reside IN
the same persons, and they cannot be ehectNe
/ as sources of national power and at the same
! time be lax corrupt in local administration
! Fortunate it is that we are not cohlpelleu 10
create arbitrary divisions for the purpose OF
! appropriate local government. but that we nave
| autonomous communities which have been ue-
/ velOped naturally and the citizens of which en-
| Joy the advantages of historical and sentmehtdi
! dissertations In state interest and state pride
! we find the hope of the proper conduct or the
affairs appropriate to the states, and IN the de-
velopment of the sense of civic obligation winch
/
sure of that quality of cltlzenShP WIilcn w Nm -,
/ secure the interests of national administration
and national progress.
! ! rejoice in its wealth and its resources mate
! rial and moral. l shall not attempt an III
| Ventory of its possessions, nor shall recount
| TO Won the munificenCe of its provisions for
! education, the extent OF its chartable fouhud-
! tiOns, the wide scope of its large pubic uI'9el
| takings With these you are familiar. Ana at
the mention of the State of New YORK you
i the OF that state, gathered mere III I lIs
/ honor at once have presented to your minds
| an imposing commonwealth COMPRISING one I
| tenth of the population of the United states,
justly termed by reason OF its riches ana It's
/ power the Empire state.
! II has been my good fortune to become closely
! acquainted with its citizenship and 10 attest
! the high standards and noble qualities of its
| neopIe To every line of activity it has con-
tributed leaders of thought and acton; It's
citizens alert and energetic. ana IN no
community in the land may be found "A higHer
/ level Of civilization, more moral power, more
strength Of character, more happiness ana
/ prosperity.
But il is world i:l itself II presents the
most complex problems Of our modern times
It exhibits striking contrasts. It has the great
| est wealth and the most abject poverty. SIDE
| by side with thrift and education and virtue
may be found the depths Of squalor. ignorance
! and vice. While in rural communities ana sIndl
/ cities may be found American life at its best
I in the Congested quarters of the great metropo-
! lis humanity huddes in poverty, distress ana
shame. Government, state and municipal iS
/ put to the severest tests. And to the thought
full mind the emotions of just pride and the
/ thrill of pleasure at our material ana moral
/ advances must stimulate the sense or obliga-
! ton and Of the most serious responsibility. II
! is in New York. where In SO large a degree Is
found the clearing house of the nations COM
/ merce and where riches have been accumu-
I lated beyond the dreams Of n generation past
J that we must devote ourselves most sedulousy
70 the realization of the ideals or democracy
and set ourselves most determinedly to over
/ come the subtle temptations and narrowing in
! fuences Of prosperity.
| NO ONE INDEPENDENT OF HIS FELLOWS
| First of all we must overcome the temptation
| to Indifference as to the condition and stand
ards of less favored brothers in tho COM
| munity. The fool who said that his barns were
! full and that he might take his ease has his
counterpart in those who through material sue
| cess would erect little citadels Of independent
| strength where they may intrenCh themselves
| in calm indifference 10 the needs OF their less
| fortunate brethren. In this country no one is
| independent OF his fellows. and the security Of
| every must ultimately depend on the op-
portunites and well being Of others. Intelligent
! and sympathetic consideration OF conditions in
| our great cities is the duty OF every good cti
| zen. The condition Of those who enter our
state forming virtually foreign communities in
our cities Is d problem to which as citizens Of
the state we must give heed. We must endeaVor
10 determine what can be done TO improve
standards of living, 10 protect these newcomers,
largely helpless. from being victimized To ac-
| quaint them rapidly possible with the
| meaning of American institutions. to utilize
their economic value, TO protect the state by
promoting the diffusion of the American spirit
and reverence for law and order through fair
! and impartial administration
! We rejoice in the numerous efforts of philan-
I thropy, in the large contributions that are made
! In personal service; but what has been done and
IS being done covers but a small fraction of the
need; we must have a quickening of the sense
or obligation and keener recognition Of the
TACT that union is more than a name that r.
IS not a union Of theoretical entities but a
UNION or human beings-a union of lVes-that
for better or worse we are bound together bv
lndissoluble bonds and that Indifference to the
condition of our fellow man is Indifference 10
the safety OF the state.
As prosperity Increases we must be the more
|ealouS 10 maintain our early ideals of work
and or service. 1t is of the essence of democ-
racy that man should have opportunity for the
exercise e or ms talent; that he should have q
ialr~ opportunity to display his ability, and TO
win the just rewards Of his efforts. that he
should be secure i'm the results Of his Ia bors
won almost invariably through sacrifice and
| self-denial.
OPPORTUNITY IS NOT LICENSE.
1t is also Of the essence of democracy that no
I man should construe his opportunity to mean
license TO exploit his fellow men and untustly
profit himself at the expense OF their equal
chance. II is of the essence of democracy that
community rights should be safeguarded and
that to which the public is entitled should be
vigorously compelled. The ambition which
knoWs no law but that of selfish achievement
must be bound by the inexorable demands of
public service and the limits necessarily i'm
posed for the equal protection of all citizens
He most surely attains the highest success and
the greatest happiness who in the Jealous ex-
ercise OF his talents finds the path OF service,
and whose achievements benedictIon TO
mankind.
But what is most needed in a particular
sense in the interest Of good administration OF
government and of the welfare of the COM
munity is a stricter insistence upOn fiduciarv
responsibility. This can be obtained in part by
the enforcement Of law, and in part must be
gained through public sentiment and the cul-
tivation of higher standards of conduct 1t is
an extraordinary perversion to suppose that the
owner of 01 per cent OF the capital stock of a