Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-09
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BY THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
the Presidents Latest Book. "A Square Deal"

matter is of such vital moment to our whole peoPe 40 '0
wv welfare of the wageworkers. If the farmer and the wage
worker ire well of, it is absolutely certain that all DINERS
will be we'll off too. 1t is therefore a matter for hearty congratulauon
that, on the whole, WAGES ARE HIGHER TO-DAY IN HE
TNITFD STATES THAN EVER BEFORE. The standard of
living is also higher than ever before in our history and far higher
than in any other country. Every effort of legislator and admins
traitor should be bent to secure the permanency of this condition OF
things and its improvement wherever possible. Not only must our
labor be protected by the tariff, but it should also be protected SO far
as it is possible from the presence in this country OF any laoorepS
brought over by contract or of those who, coming freely, YET hLr.
RESENT STANDARD OF LIVING so DEPRESSED THAT
THEY CAN UNDERsELL OUR MEN IN THE LABOR MAX
|KET AM DRAG THEM TO A LOWER LEVEL
AMERICAN wAeEwoRkERs WORK WITH THEIR HEADS As WELL
AS THEIR HANDS. MOREOVER, THEY TAKE a KEEN PRIDE IN
WHAT THEY ARE DOING. so THAT INDEPENDENT OF THE re.
WARD, THEY WISH TO TURN OUT A PERFECT JOE. THIS is THE
GREAT SECRET OF SUCCESS IN COMPETITION WITH THE LABOR
or FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
When all is said and done, the rule of brotherhood remains as the
indispensable prerequisite to success in the kind OF national ne or
which we strive. Each man must work for himself, and unless he 50
works n o outside help can avail him, but each man must remember
also that he is indeed his brothers keeper and, while no man who
refuses to walk can be carried with advantage to himself or any one
else, that each at times stumbes or hahs, that each at times needs
to have the helping hand outstretched to him. TO BE PERMA-
NENTLY EFFECTIVE AID MUST ALWAYS TAKE The
FORM OF HELPING A MAN TO HELP HIMSELF
HOW TO SECURE FAIR TREATMENT ALIKE FOR LABOR AND
FOR CAPITAL, HOW TO HOLD IN CHECK The INSCRIPTIONS
MAN, WHETHER EMPLOYER OR EMPLOYEE, WITHOUT WEAKEN
ING INDIVIDUAL INITIATIVE, WITHOUT HAMPERiNe AND cRAMP-
ING THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT or THE COUNTRY IS A.
PROBLEM FRAucHT WITH GREAT DIFFICULTIES AND ONE WHICH
1T s OF THE HIGHEST IMPORTANCE TO SOLVE ON LINES OF
SANITY AND FARsloHrEp COMMON SENSE AS WELL AS OF DE-
voTioN TO THE RIGHT.
ChdCt as uolucN IOu hmu tOy Ahuop OANA "Vn lug S"FN
rations and as it is a constant tendency of these corporations to grow
larger, so it is often necessary for laboring men to work in fedora
tons, and these have become important factors of modern industrial
life. Both kinds Of federation, caphaistic and labor, can do much
good, and, as a necessary corollary, they can both do evil.
OPPOSITION TO EACH KIND OF ORGANIZATION
SHOULD TAKE THE FORM OF OPPOSITION TO WHAT
EVER is BAD IN THE CONDUCT OF ANY GIVEN COR
PORATION OR UNION, not of attacks upon corporations as
such nor upon unions as such, for some of the most farreaching be
inefficient work for our people has been accomplished through both cor
porahons and unions. Each must refrain from arbitrary or tyran-
nous interference with the rights of others. Organized capital and
organized labor alike should remember that in the long run the inter
ests of each must be brought into harmony with the interest of the
general public, and the conduct of each must conform to the funda-
mental rules of obedience to the law, of individual freedom and of
Justice and fair dealing toward all.
EVERY EMPLOYER, EVERY wAeEwoRKERs MUST BE GUAR
ANTEgD HIS LIBERTY AND HIS RIGHT TO DO As He LIKES
WITH HIS PROPERTY OR HIS LABOR so LONG AS HE DOES NOT
INFRINGE UPON THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS.
1t is of the highest Importance that employer and employee alike
should endeavor to appreciate each the viewpoint of the other and the
sure disaster that will come upon both in the long run if either grows
to take as habtual an attitude of sour hostility and distrust toward the
other. = = y We can get good government only upon condition
that we keep true to the principles upon which this nation was
founded and JUDGE EACH MAN NOT AS A A OF A
CLASS, But UPON HIS INDIVIDUAL MERITS.
All that we have a right to ask of any man, rich or poor, whatever
his creed, his occupation, his birthplace or his residence, is that he
shall act well and honoraby by his neighbor and by his country. We
are neither for the rich man as such nor for the poor man IS such.
We are for the upright man, rich and poor.
The consistent policy of the national government, so far as it has.
the power, is to hold in check the INSCRIPTIONS mar whether m
ployer n employee, but to refuse to weaken individual initiative IF
to hamper or cramp the industrial development of the country. We
recognize that this is an era of federation and combination. in which
great capitalishc corporations and labor unions have become factors
of tremendous Importance in all industrial centers. Hearty recooni-
ton is given the farreaching benefcent work which has been accom-
plshed through both corporations and unions, and the line as be-
I tween different corporations, as between different unions ia drown
on conduct, the effort being to treat both organized capital and organ
lied labor alike, asking nothing save that the interest Of each shall he
brought into harmony with the interest Of the general public AND
THAT THE CONDUCT OF EACH SHALL, CONFORA To
THE RULES OF OBEDIENCE To. TAW
OF INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM AND OF JUSTICE AMI
FAIR DEALING TOWARD ALL.
Whenever either corporation, labor union or individual dIsrorords
the law or acts in q spirit of arbitrary and tyrannous interference with
the rights of others, whether corporations or individuals then uboro
the federal government has jurisdiction it will see 10 n tbo+ AZ -.
conduct is stopped, paying not the slightest heed to the nosn;on III
power of the corporation, the union or the individual hut 81 =
vital fact-that IS the question whether or not the conduct of the
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