Arizona republican., 1910-04-24

must not merely be- Is there to be peace or war? The question must be-
 Is the right to prevail? Are the great laws of righteousness once more to be fulfilled? And the answer from a strong and virile people must be, Yes" whatever the cost. Every hon. orable effort should always be made
 to avoid war. just as every honorable effort should always be made by the
 individual In private life to keep out of a brawl to keep out of trouble: but
 no self-respecting individual. no self
 respecting nation. can or ought to submit to wrong.
 RACE SUICIDE.
 Finally. even more important than ability % work. even more important than ability to fight et need. Is 1t to remember that the chief of blessings for any nation Is that it shall leave Its seed to inherit the land IL was the crown of blessings ln biblical times: and if k the crown of bless lngs now. The greatest of all curses
 is the curse of stetility. The first essential ih any civilization Is that the man and the womaIi shall br the father and mother of healthy children. so that the race shal Increase and not decrease. If this is not so. if through no fault of the society there is Failure to increase, it is a great misfortune. If the failure is due to deliberate md willful fault. then 1t is not merely a misfortune. lt is one oi those crimes of ease and self indulgence, of shrink
 ing from pain and effort and fisk. which in the long run Nature pun- ishes more heavily than any other. If N.e of the great republic. if We. the fee people who claiIn tr have eman- cirat.d ourselves fror. the thralldum of wrong and error. bring down Cn our heads the curse that comes upon the Wiilfully barren, then Il will he an idle waste of breath t1 prattle If bur achieN ements. to hbaS. "f all that we have lone No ref icinen5 of lie, n" delicacy of taste. n material pr''- gress. no did heap,ds ":. ps riches. no sensuous development of art and 'i'erature can in arv way ''npe' Salc I''' the ss cf the great fundamental vitrues; and of these great fundamen
 t,l virtues. tn, greats;t is the races
 over ',.letu,,c the race
 Character must show itself in the mans performance both of the duty he owes himself and of the duty he owes the state The mans fo' ''m.. duty is owed to himself and his fam lily; and he can do this duty only by earning money. by providing what is essential to material well-being; it is only after his has been done that he can hope to build higher super structure on the solid material foun- dation; it is only after this has been done that he can help in movements for the general well-being He must pull his own weight first and only after this can his surplus strength be of use to the general public It is not good to excite that bitter laughter which expresses contempt. and con tempt is what we feel for the being whose enthusiasm to benefit mankind is such that he is a burden to those nearest him: who wishes to do great things for humanity in the abstract. : but who cannot keep his wife in com fort or educate his children. 9 Nevertheless. while laying all stress | on this point, while not merely ack- but insisting upon the l fact that there must be basis of | well being for the individual as for the nation. let us with equal | emphasis insist that this material ! well being represents nothing but the | and that the foundation, .hough indispensable. is worthless un- ess upon it is raised the superstruc- lure of higher life. hat is why | | decline to recognize the mere multi the man of mere wealth. is an asset of value to any country. | and especially as not an asset to my own country. If he has earned or uses his wealth in q way that makes Jim of real benefit of real use-and such is often the case.why, then he loes become an asset of worth. But { is the awy in which it has been armed or used and not the mere fact If wealth. that entities him to the ,redit. There is need in business. IS in most other forms of human ac- ivity, of the great guiding intelli .ences. Their places cannot be sup ,lied by any number of lesser intelli- ,ences. IL is good thing that they hould have ample recognition, ample eward. But we must not transfer ur admiration to the reward instead f to the deed rewarded: and if what