The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-23

way in which he renders service.
To say that the thrittess, the lazy
the vicious, the incapable. ought 10
have The reward given 10 those VINO
are far-sighted, capable and upright
Is 10 say what is not true and cannot
be true.
"One of the genuine fundamentals
of a government by the people ior
the people and OF the people IL TO see
that every man has fair SHOW Anu
in this connection. We must beMaIe
OF one man In particular lie Is the
man who appeals TO his fellow clu-
zens 10 support him on the ground
mat he is hostile 10 other citizens,
that he will secure for those who
elect him. IN one shape or another
profit AT the expense OF other citizens
OF the republic II makes no diner
ence whether he appeals 20 class
hatred or class interest, TO religious
or anti.religious prejudice
We can Just as little AFFORD 10 to'
] low the ooctrinaires OF an extreme IN
diyidualism as the doctrinaires OF an
extreme socialism,. lndividua. initia-
tive. SO far from being discouraged
should be stimulated. and yet we
should remember that. as society de
yelops and grows more complex. we
! continually find that things which
once IL was desirable to cave 10 in
diyidual initiative can. under the
changed conditions be performed
with better results by common EFFORT
I lndividuaIsm Should Be Destroyed.
II am a sort OF individuallst by per.
4 al q gph n.
ton. but IL is mere matter OF com
mon sense 10 recognize that the state.
the community the citizens acting TO-
eether, can do number OF things bet
ter than II they were left 10 individual
action. The individualism which finds
( its expression in the abuse or physical
| force was checked very early In the
growth Of civilization, and We II today
should In our turn strive 10 shackls
or destroy that individualism which
tliumphs by greed and cunning. which
exploits the weak by craft instead or
ruling them by brutality. We ought
u 20 with any man In the effort TO
bring about justice and the equality or
opportunity. 10 turn the tool user more
and more into the tool owner, 10 shift
burdens so that they can be more
teQtitabiy borne. The deadeniug effect
on any race Of the adoption OF logi-
cal and extreme socialistic system
could not be overstated, Il would spell
sheer destruction II would produce
grosser wrong and outrage foule-
immortality. than any existing system.
But this does not mean that we may
not with great advantage adArt GER
tain OF the principles professed by
some given set OF men who happen
10 call themselves Socialists; TO be
afraid TO do so would be TO make 4
mark OF weakness on our part.
Even more important than ability
10 work. even more important than
ability 10 fight at need, Is TO remem-
Der that the chief of blessings for
any nation is that il shall leave It's
seed TO inherit the land. The first es-
sential IN any civilization IS that the
man and the woman shall be father
and mother Of healthy children. so
that the race shall increase and not
decrease II this is not so. II through
no fault OF the society there Is fail
ure 10 increase. II is a great misfor
tune. II the failure is due 10 DELHI
crate and willful fault, then IL is not
- Is Ouc VI
those crimes OF ease and self-indul
gence, OF shrinking from pain and
effort and risk, which in the long run
nature Furnishes more heavily than
any other
Selfshness Is AbomInable.
Character must show itself in the
mans performance both Of the duty
he owes himself end of the duty he
owes the state. II mans efficiency
Is not guided and regulated by a
moral sense. then the more efficient
he is, the worse he is. the more dan
gerous TO the body polite Courage,
intellect. all the masterful qualities,
serve but 10 make a man more evil II
they are used merely for that mans
own advancement, with brutal indif-
ference To the rights OF others. The
homely virtues of the household. the
ordinary workaday virtues which
make the woman a good housewife
and householder, which makes the
man a hard worker a good husband
and father, good soldier at need.
stand at the bottom OF character.
But, OF course, many others must be
added thereto. The closet phiioso-
pher, the refined and cultured indi-
vidual who from his library tells how
men ought TO be governed under ideal
conditions, Is OF no use IN actual gov
ornamental work: and the one-sided
faratic, and still more the mob
leader. and the insincere nan who 10
achieve power promises what by no
possibility can be performed. are not
merely useless bur noxlous. The citi-
zen must have high ideals. and yet
he must be able 70 achieve them In