The Detroit times., 1910-04-25


mere fact OF wealth. that entities him
10 the credit There les need In bust.
ness. as I'm most other forms OF hu-
man activity, of the great guiding IN.
telligences Their places cannot be
supplied by any number OF lesser in
telligences. II is a good thing that
they should have ample recognition,
ample reward. But we must not
transfer our administration 10 the re-
ward instead OF 10 the deed rewarded;
and ii what should be the reward
exists without the service having been
rendered. then admiration will come
only from those who are mean OF soul.
We are bound in honor 10 refuse
10 listen 10 those men who would
make us desist from the effort TO do
away with the inequality which means
injustice; the inequality OF right. OF
opportunity, OF privilege We are
bound in honor To strive 10 bring ever
nearer the day when. as far as Is
humanity possible. We shall be able
10 realize the ideal that each man
shall have All equal opportunity TO
show the stuff that is in him by the
way In which he renders service.
IT e,-s ay-tAat- the -thriftess, the lazy,
the vicious, the incapable, ought to
have the reward given 10 those who
are farsiehted. capable and upright.
As 10 say what is not true and cannot
be true.
"One of the genuine fundamentals
of government by the people, for
the people and OF the people is to see
that every man has fair show. And,
In "a
OF one man in particular He is the
man who appeals 10 his fellow ciu-
zens TO support him on the ground
mat he is hostile TO 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 -fePtiblie-IL makes no differ
ence whether he appeals 10 class
hatred OF class interest. 10 religious
or anti-religious prejudice
We can just as little AFFORD 20 fO,-
low The dOctrinaires OF an extreme in
dividualism as the doctrinaires OF an
extreme socialism Individual. initia-
tive. so far from being discouraged,
should be stimulated: and yet we
should remember that. as society de-
yelcps and grows more complex, We
continually find that things which
once il was desirable 10 cave 10 in
dlvidual initiative can. under the
changed conditions be performed
with better results by common effort
lndividualism Should Be Destroyed.
Il am a sort OF individualist by per
sOnal habit, inheritance. nd conYic-
ton; but it is a mere matter u com
mon sense 10 recognize that the state,
the community, the citizens aclIng TO-
cether can do z number of things be-;
ter than If they were left TO individual
action The individualism which finds
its expression in the abuse OF ; hysical
force was checked very early in the
growth OF civilization, and we II today
should in our turn strive 10 shackla
or destroy that indiyidualism which
tiiumphs by greed and cunning, which
exploits the weak by craft instead OF
ruling them by brutality We ought
r. 20 with any man in the effort TO
bring about justice and the equality OF
opportunity. 10 turn the tool user more
and more into the tool owner, 10 shift
burdens so that they can be more
equitably borne. The deadening effect
on any race Of the adoption OF a logi-
cal and extreme socialistic system
could not be overstated: it woula 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 ABORT cer-
tain of the principles professed by
some given set OF men who happen
To call themselves Socialists: TO BE
a ~ n no In oil
mark OF weakness on our part
Even more important than ability
to work. even more important than
ability TO fight at need. is to remem
Der that the chief OF blessings for
any nation IS that il shall leave its
seed 10 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. If through
no fault OF the society there Is fail
ure 10 increase. 1t is a great misfor
tune. II the failure is due 10 DELHI
crate and willful fault. then IL is not
merely a misfortune; II is one OF
those crimes OF ease and selfindul-
geHce. OF shrinking from pain and
effort and risk. which in the long run
nature Furnishes more heavily than
any other
Selfishness 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
moral sense. then the more efficient
he is, the worse he is, the more dan.
gerous 10 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 20 the rights OF others The
hOtnefy Ivy II ttes-9t household
ordinary wOrkaday virtues which
make the woman a good housewife
and householder, which makes the
IN an hard worker good husband
and father, a good soldier at need
stand ~ the bottom OF character.
But, OF course, many others must be
added thereto. The closet phiiosu.
pher the refined and cultured lndi
vidual who from his library tells how
men ought TO be governed under ideal
conditions Is OF no use m actual gov
ernmental work; and the one sided
farGtic. and still more the mob
leader, and the insncere nan who TO
achieve power promises what by no
possibility can be performed. are not
merely useless but noxious The Citi-
Zon must have high ideals. and set
he must be able TO achieve them in