Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-10-11


/ dispute as they will over principles
and policies, but there can be no dis
1phto with reference to the demand
that public interest. and that public
officers shall regard only the public
interest inFthe administration OF gov
crnment
~ Selfish Cry Out of Date.
"The cry Every man for hlmsslf''
Is out OF date. The demand of the
future will be Every man for the pco-
pie" No one can he permitted to
put private interest above the public
advantage And thus i'm recognizing
| the necessity of giving fair opportun,.
! ~ for Individual success. of protect
ing thrift and the rewards of indus.
try, and mt the same time in insist.
ing upon fidelity to trust upon the
| rights of the community and upon tho
supremacy of law representing the
will of the people. in endcavorInr to
call the most efficient to the service
OF the State and In discharging the
duties of public office with sole re-
gard to public interests. shall we dh
fuso the blessings OF prosperity. max
ing 1t servant to the happiness of all.
we In New York should rejoice i'm
the opportunity which Is afforded us
by the very difficulty of the problems
with which We are confronted. In
tracing the history OF the past We
IND abundant reason for encourage.
ment The capacity of American
manhood in each generation to den,
successfully with the conspicuous
evils of its day has been abundantly
demonstrated.
Better Than Ever Before.
Isx we are far better off In the En-
pire State than we have ever boen
before. A resistless force of pubI,c
opinion is directed against wcll.nigh
every abuse. There is not New
Yorker here who from his own exper
renee cannot recount the tale of nro
gress. We are well-disposod and u
genial people. We are not given over
10 bitterness or consciousness. Scur
rilous denunciatlon has but limited
vogue In every department of Off
cial life there are men endeavorlnp
TO serve the State to the best of their
ability. and the people are ready 10
give credit TO faithful service But
they are also ntolerant of faitblcss
ness Throughout the State arc man
llold evidences Of determination that
the Just rights of property shall no
protected. that the public rights shall
De conserved and that those who re.
present the people shall be held
strictly to account for the manner In
which they discharge their trusts.
The State of New York Is eouall
+ 10, Its task. 1t daily gathers strength
from all the Union. In its success
all the States may Justly claim n |
shar9: Steadily 1t gains in popnla.
tion In wealth. in the diffusion Of han.
piness. and. attaining and still seek
ing TO attain aiming always at high,
ier levels of achievement. It's watch
"ordSwlll ever be Excelsior
y IA 7f President schurman.
I lndividualism in business rs we'll
as ndividualism in politics is what
New York stands for In the opinion
of President Jacob Gould Schurman
|ofTCornell University as expressed In
his address Mt the New York Day ex.
ercises.
+ I'VE recognize that politics is one
thing and business another" said he.
r ana we have profound conviction
that II politics is injected into bush
ness the result will be either corrup-
tlon or bankruptcy or possibly both
W y iO uNltilDl, therefore,, tOl
appropriate for public uses, by means
OF sexorbitant taxes. the vast fortune
which our merchants and financiers
accumulate. We give them freedom
to make their fortunes and freedom
to dispose Of them And in spite of
many discouraglng phenomena. on th,
whole, no fairminded Judge can doubt
that experience justifies our proceed
urc.
( SOnr two richest men are giving
away millions Of dollars by tens and
even by hundreds of millions of dol
lars for Libraries. schools. colleges anG
churches all over the country. A
third who spent life in accumuat-
ing money left vast fortune to his
widow, who, with the aid of experts
now is using 1t to improve the living
conditions of the poor. I know we
have self-centercd citizens without
public spirit who merely accumulate
and hoard and transmit all that they
have boarded to their families. But
we recognize that even without their
conscious intention. their fortunes
have blessed and will continue TO
bless multitudes to whom they have
paid, and must continue to pay, wages
or profits In the vast enterprises of
which they constitute the working
capital
CIRCULATION Laws.
Il do not mean. of course that we
have no laws in New York regulating
the conduct of business. Ny mean.
Ing Is that we have as little legisla-
ton and as much individual freedom
as 1t is possible for a community sub.
iect to the preceipts of the moral Law
and the requirements of the public
welfare.
1T is on these principles that the
State of New York has enacted law