Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-06-09
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while. II is an evil and dreadful thina
TO be callous TO sorrow and suffering. and
blind to our duty to do all things possible
for the bettcrment of social conditions.
But II is an unspeakably foolish thing TO
strive for this betterment by means so
destructive that they would leave no So
cial conditions TO better. In dealing with
all these social problems. with the inti-
mate relations OF the family, with wealth
In private use and business use. with la
Dor, with poverty, the one prime neces-
sity Is to remember that. though hard
ness OF heart is great evil. IL is no
greater an evil than softness of head.
But IN addition to these problems the
most intimate and important of all
which to larger or less degree affect all
the modern nations somewhat alike, VS.
OF the great nations that have expanded,
that are now In complicated relations with
one another and with alien races. have
special problems and special duties os our
own. You belong to a nation which pos
sesses the greatest empire upon which the
sun has ever shone. ! belong to a nation
which is trying. on a scale hitherto unex-
ampled. to work out the problems of gov
eminent for. Of. and by the people. while
at the same time doing the international
DUTY OF great power. But there are
certain problems which both Of us have
TO solve and as to which our standards
should be the same The Englishman. the
homes across the seas, and the Ameri-
can, both at home and abroad, are
Drought into contact with utterly alien
peoples. some with a civilization more an
Client than our own. others still In, or
having but recently arisen from. the bar
parism which our people left behind ages
ago. me problems that arise are of we'll
nigh Uncomfortable difficulty. They cannot
be solved by the foolish sentimentality OF
stay-at-home people, with little patent
recipes, and those cut-and-dried theories
or the political nursery which have such
limited applicability amid the crash Of
elemental forces Neither can they be
solved by the raw brutality of the men
who, whether at home or on the rough
frontier of civilization, adopt might as
the only standard of right in dealing with
other men. and treat alien races only as
subjects for exploitation.
NO hard and fast rule can be drawn as
applying TO all alien races. because they
differ from one another far more wide
ly than some of them differ from us. But
there are one or two rules which must
not be forgotten. In the long run, there
can be no justification for one race man
aging or controlling another unless tho
management and control are exercised in
the interest and for the benefit of that
other race. This Is what our peoples
have In the main done, and must con-
tnue In the future In even greater de-
gree to do. In India, Egypt. and the Phil
ippines alike. In the next place, as re-
CARDS every race. everywhere, at home
or abroad, we cannot afford to deviate
from the great rule of righteousness
which bids us treat each man on his
worth as man. He must not be senti-
mentally favored because he belongs to
a given race; he must not be given Inn
munity in wrong-doing, or permitted to
cumber the ground, or given other privi-
leges which would be denied to the
vicious and unfit among themselves On
the other hand, where he acts In a way
which would entitle him to respect and
reward II he were of our own stock, he
Is just as much entitled to that respect
and reward IL he comes of another
stock, even though that other stock pro-
duces much smaller proportion Of men
OF his type than does our own. This has
nothing to do with social intermingling.
with what is called social equality. It
has to do merely with the question Of do
Ing to each man and each woman that
elementary justice which will permit him
or her to gain from life the reward
which should always accompany thrift
sobriety, self-control, respect for the
rights OF Others and hard and intelli-
gent work to given end To more than
such just treatment no man is entitled,
and less than such just treatment no man
should receive.