The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-10-12


ny. daughter and applau~el don't
AK that the lazy or the vicious man
Shan have the chance that the hard
working. decent man has Al AK -
that we try. - far a. is possible. to So
cure e1uaHty of opportunity for each
man 10 DO the hcst he can FOR himself.
That il the square deal. that i trying
each man on has merits "A voice IN the
crowd. -Hurr,h FOR the man that h. for
the iahoring man.
Vow I appreciate that that il meant
as a compliment. / am for the
laioring man. "A voice. That right
Now. just wait second. my friendi 1
am for the laboring man. but I am for
the business man. and the rich man,
too am Tor the iahoring man II he is
.tr.irht n hc il not stuight / ann not
for him ann for thc dcccnt man,
whether he h a townsman or conn
tr,1nan. whether he lives in the north
or the south. or the east or the west.
don't care what party he prufss-''~ or
what church ho belongs o. if hc - a
eood straight American. who doses his
work fairl, and -luarely. then l ana for
/ him (Applausel But ann against fhe
crook And now. if You strike a Labor
q ing man who is "a crook 1 am against
4 hmm lApplau-cl And if YOU strike
rich man who is "a crook. / ann against
g lhim There il iu~t this difference.
h. People have commented upon what
u lhave said. and said. Mr. Roosevelt at
t. tack. always the hig business man the
/, man of wealth who gce@ crooked j
,, ldon't do ANYTHING of The kind know
,e perfectly well as AL of YOU know. that
u, among your friends the line that -cIar-
IN atas neople of go,.l conduct from people
n. Iof l,d conduct do,~ not run parallel
d. with any lime that divides men into u,-.
ro curation~ or csistes II you VIII draw
l. the lime between honest and dishonest
p, men. vou will find bankers on one side
1eI and banker. on the other. and ycu VIII
,,, fnl hrickiayers on one side and brick
.be LAYERS ON the other and carpenters. and
nae la,yvers. and farmers. and trldeSpcople
You viii find that the lime of conduct
runs at right angles to tho lines that
divide CLASSES The reason is that We
iudae men los their conduct. Vow. that
men beinr 3d. 1 know that there are cr,nk
eri. ed little men. just as there are croukcl
Nr mon and that there are crooked
b De- small men in business just as there are
my crool,,.d hig mcn in business Now. here
ioy- il the difference. a crooked small mar
aore 3 IN business We can leave to hiS own im
cn mediate neighbors IL "a grocer cheats
ev- we can safely leave him o. the peopl
2 toI with whom hc deals and the ucighhoT
.rodt right around him. hat when you get
ions. man with "A hundred million dollar
k to then be- is "A ncighbor Of all of us and i
ngly il becomes the affair of AN of u- % 5.
our that he manages his business honest
and and straighty. Now isn't that "A T.
, cor fectly legitimate distinction
toat Vow. that is the spirit OF the q,
re- Of trine Of the new nationalism. l belle
b has that. in the interest of all of rs
cad "a have Co exercise a far closer supervise
" the than ever before Of the business use
great wealth The neighbOrs- the p
Is, All ole in his own locality perfec
al, So handle any problem that comes up
p this connection with the little store keep
a land but the people Of his own locality "a
has a h,ndle the problems that arise in G
' / ucCllon WIN TIC man VINO NlulitN@
his business whether il Is railroads
there oil. in coal or just in securities on v
eak oi sfreet-a hundred millions OF doll
what he is too big for the neighbors by th
SIMPLY selves 70 tackle. And - / want 20
d NOR Uncle sam put his hands on him.
is All Gle sam Is big enough to do il. 1 "
10 see Uncle Sam protect him IN
ded ON rights Il it an outrage 20 oppreSs
80 far man-iust as much 80 10 oppreSs "A
secure. that Is rich as a man that is poor.
nen. / want TO see Uncle sam see tba
ze such doesn't oppress the small man. / (
e % the want TO have American people trns
nocracy the good nature Of the very big
ureably ness man 20 do right hope he vi
words, good natured and do right-but
political doesn't / want TO see that he
no speci- I.aughter.l | want 70 get such ?
ali have that We sban't have 10 ask decent
hat Is IN duct on the part Of the man of
ilege for nous wealth as a favor. but .
special mand IL as a right-t0 say. II
'e-) behave. well and good: we are gl
70 ms IT. As long as You behave well
moment viii be protected; and II yen don
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