The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-01-22


| they are little dwelt upon. The right
70 the pursuit Of happiness ls the right
whose presence or absenre Is most
likely to bg felt IN daily lie. In what
ever Il has accomplished or failed %
accomplish the administration whicA
Is Just drawing toa close has at least
seen clearly the fundamental need of
freedom Of opportunity for every citl-
zen We have realized that the right
OF every man 20 live his own life, pro
vide Tor his family and endeavor, nc,
cerding to bio abilities. 20 secure fof
himself and FOR them a fair share ~
The good things OF existence should he
subject TO one limitation and 20 no
other Tho freedom OF the individual
should be limited only by the present
and future rights. interests md needs
Of the other individuals who make up
the community We should do an In
our power to develop aud protect indi-
yidual liberty Individual Initiative. but
subject always 70 the need Of presery-
Ing and promoting the general good.
when necessary the private right must
Yield, under due process Of law and
with proper compensation 70 the wei
faro 0f The cswmonwealih, The man
who rcrves the community greatly
should be greatly rewarded BY the
community As There Is great Unequal
lty 81 service, so there must he great
inequality df reward, but no man ane
no set Of men should be allowed to
play the game OF competition with
loaded dice
an this is simply good common sense
The underlying principle Of eonscrva
tIon has been described as the appli-
cation of common sense to common
problems for the common good n the
description IS correct, then conservn-
ton IS The crent Fundamental basis for
nAtional efficiency In this stage OF
the world'a history to be fearless, 10 be
Just nnd to be efficient are the three
great requirements Of national life
Administrator Aims Defended.
This administration has achieved
some things, II has sought. but has
rot beeu able, to achieve others. 1t
( Inns doubtless made mistakes, but all
Il has done or attempted has been IN
the single. consistent effort to secure
and enlarge the rights and opportnnl-
I ties Of the men and women Of the
United States. We are trying to con-
serve what ls good IN our soclal sys-
tenn, and we are striving toward this
end when we endcavcr 70 do away
/ With what Is bad Success may be
made too hard for some II II Is made
i too easy for others. Tho rewards Of
common industry and thrift may be
too small II the rewards for other and
on the whole less valuable qualities
are made too large, and especially II
the rewards for qualities which are
really, from the public standpoint, un-
desirable are permitted 10 become too
large.
The unchecked existence Of monep-
oily Is incompatible with equality Of
opportunity. Tho reason for che exer-
else Of government control over great
monopolIcs Is to eQuallze opportunity
We are flghtlng against privilege. L
i was mada unlawful for corporations to
contribute money for election expenses
IN order TO abridge the power Of spe-
cial privilege at the polls. Railroad
rate control Is an attempt 10 secure an
equality Of opportunity for all men af-
fcctcd hy RAN transportation, mud that
means al cf u.s. The great anthracite
coal strike was settled and the press
lne daneer Of coal famine averted
because we recognized That Che con
troll Of q public necessity Involves a
duty to the people and that public
Intervention ia thc affairs OF public
service corporation Is neither 10 be
resented as usurnatlen nor permitted
as q privilege By the corporations, but,
on the contrary, 10 be accepted rs n
duty and cSereiaed as right by the
government Ia ihe interest Of All the
people The efficiency OF the army
and the navy has been increased so
that our people may follow IN pence
the great work 81 making this country
better place fer Americans 20 I've in.
and our navy was sent round the world
for The sarge ultimate purpose, AL the
acts taken hy the government during
the last aayen years and alI the poll
.eles now being pursued by the govern.
ment ct IN as pnrls Of a consistent
w.s,c,
Measures Fer ceuntry's Coed.
Our public land policy has for its
aim the use Of the public land SO that
It win promote local development by
tAesettiemcnt u homemakers, The pol.
icy we champion Is 10 serve all the
people lcgilimately and openly instead
Of permitting The lands 20 be convert.
ea. iileellimately aud under cover, 10
tho private benefit Of a few. Our for.
est policy was established SO that We
might use the public forests for the
permanent public good, Instead ng
merely FOR temporary private gain.
The reclamation act under which the
desert parts Of the public domain are
converted to higher uses for the gen
efal heeent. whe passed I'd that more
Americans might haze aomes 90 the
land
These policies were enacted into law
ara hare Justified thcif enactment.
others haye failed SO far to reach the
nnInt OF nnilnn. Among Ruen Is the