The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-03

| i' hlilCV WITH the SrCatHS
sharpness where his actions con-,
into collision with the interests OF tn,
community he lives in.
There have been timcs-I will not
specify them, but there have bccr
timCs-whcn the field looked free. b,t
when there were favors received frolr
the managers Of the course, when
there were advantages given, inside
tracks accorded, practices which
would block the other runner. rulo,
which would exclude the amateur
who wanted tn get in THAT may be
free field, but there is favor, there
is partiality. there is preference. there
is covert advantage taken of some
body, and while it looks very well
from the grlndstand. there are mc,
whom you can find who were not al
lowed to get into the track and .os;
their powers against the other men
who were racing for the honors OF
the day.
II think II is serviceablc figure.
IL means this, that you are not going
to be barred from the contest because
you are big and strong and you ere
not going to be penalized because You
are big and strong, but you are going
to be made To observe the rules of the
track and not get in anybody's way
except as you can keep out of his
way by having more 'vigor and sKiIl
than he has. 1t is the spirit of true
sportsmanship that ought 20 get into
everything, and men who when they
get beaten that way squeal, do not
deserve our pity.
Some men are going to get beaten
because they have not the brains:
they have not the initiative; not the
skill; they have not the knowledge.
they have not the same capacity that
other men have. They will have TO
be employees; they will have to be
used where they cam he used. We not
need to conceal from ourselves that
there are varieties of capacity i'm the
world. Some men have heads, but
they are not practically furnished.
There are, therefore, 1 suppose
certain rules of the game. 1 will
mention what seem to me some Of
4 thOm Eiret Of oI &c hn ,,,lo
publicity, not doing anything under
cover. letting the public know what
you arc doing and judge of it accord
Ing as it is. There are q great many
businesses i'm this country that have
fallen under suspicion because they
were so secretive when there was
nothing 20 sccrcte that was dishorcy.
able. Publicity, which is required ;r
sport, Is required in business lets
sec how you are running tn, gara,
Then in the second place. G..rc
is a tuli equivalent Tor the money you
receive, the full equivalent in service;
not trying to skimp in the service In
order to increase profits above a rea-
sonable return. but trying to make
the profits proportioncd to the satis-
faction of the people that you serve.
There is not any more solid founda-
tion for business than that.
Then, in the third place, this game
requires something more than ordi-
nary sport. 1t requires q certain kind
OF conscience in business, q certain
feeling that we are, after all, in this
world because we are expected to
make good according to the standards
OF the people we live with. That, af-
ter all. gentlemen. Is the chief com
pulsion that is laid on all OF us.
Then, the fourth rule, as it scems
TO me, is the rule of the spirit OF SCR
vice. | know men i'm this city--thorc
arc men in the scientific bureaus cf
this government whom / could cite
who could make very big salaries,
but who prefer the satisfaction of
doing things that will serve the whole
community and doing them just RS
we'll as they possibly can be done. l
for one am proud of the scientific bu-
rcau of this government"
Concluding with reference to his
belief in freedom of speech the pres
idcnt said:
81 have been subjected to free
speech myself, and it is hard to en-
durc sometimes. because the Offices of
the president seem to be the clearing
house for original ideas. | am brought
more original ideas per diem, / dare
say than any other person in the
country, ana therefore pay the rcn-
atty of freedom of speech"
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