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and industry of the country from the
domination of those who were building
up their power by selfish and unfair
methods of competition.
They have supplied those who
wished to conduct their business in
conformity with the spirit of the laws
with friendly guidance and delivered
them from nervous fear of the courts.
They have released our foreign
trade from the shaclles Of tariff con-
trived In the interest of special groups
of favored producers. and have created
a Tariff Commission intended to sub
stitute public for private influences.
facts for theories and pretenSions. III
all future legislation with regard to
duties and restrictions on imports.
'They have mace provision for the
Immediate and systematic development
Of our carrying trade on the seas
'"They have at last supplied the
means by which the nation may be
bound together, materially and spirit
ually, by a network Of good roads
upon which both commodities and
sympathies may move freely from com
munity to community.
''They have put the farmer upon =
footing of perfect equality with bust
ness men and men Of all other call.ngS
in respect to his access to cGmmeTcis!
credit: have placed a great bureau Of
the Government at his service in seek
ing and finding his best markets: have
protected him by the establishment OF
definite standards in the sale of bis
products, and have put the scientific
knowledge of the world at his disposal
by practical demonstration at the ex
pense of the Government upon the
farms themselves.
Have Emancipated Labor.
"They have emancipated the labor
! ers of the country from the un justified
! restraints which the courts had put
upon them by mistaken applications o:
| old law to new circumstances and con
ditions.
"They have released the children of
the country in large part from hurtful
labor; have sought to safeguard the
lives and the health of our lahorerS In
dangerous occupations: and have PIT
agencies of the Government itself a.
the service of those who seek employ
ment And most of these things have
been done within the brief limits OF a
single administration.
"And still the great work is rot finish.
ed. 1t can never he rounded OF AM con
! cluded so long as circumstances hanGe
and the fortunes and relations of men
shift and alter. The question You have
| to decide one week from next TEeStla,
! is whether it shall be prematureIy III
! terrupted. perhaps for a generation to
come, and I'll the generous forces of
| the age and of the world thrown back
upon themselves in diScoura cement anG
| confusion
"The programme rem naming is as erea
as the programme accomplished. TIL,
procedure Of our courts is antiquatec
and hindranee, not aid. in the JUS
administration of the law. We must
simplify and reform it aS other en-
lightened nations have done. md make
courts of justice out of our courts o.
law. We must seek and find the means
Of bringing capital and labor to clear
| understanding Of their common inter
ests, which are no other than the in
terests of the nation itself as a COM
munity. We must release our great
undeveloped natural resources upon
some sensible plan of use and conser-
vation.
Need Votes of Women.
1--WE must recruit the votes of for
ward-looking men by the votes of wo-
men so that we may have a fresh in
sight in all matters of social reform
and move more certainly and more
promptly in the solution of the many
new problems of society with which the
law must henceTorth deal. We mus
unite the Americas. North and South
in new sympathy and cooperation.
1--WE must seek justice ard the RICH:
through every channel that Offers: and
we must put America IN all its .Orce
in all its wealth alike of physical pew
er and spiritual enthusiasm. al I'll,
service of the ether nations Of the
world When peace cones Oh Tie othe,
side of the seas. TO make thai peace
permanent by establishing it ar tht
everlasting foundations of riy!it. co
operation, equality and justice. Thes,,
things we must dc and all else thai
may serve mankind.
"And our motto must be CO. OPERA
TON, the Gnton, not the hosti!s rival
ry, of the forces of society within the
nation and within the fa*.,i!y OF nations.
The interests of mankind can ueve.
again be served by aggression: the in
terest of no nation or group o. nations
can ever again be served by ;tSgreS
sion. The contests OF jealousy ale il
bitter and as dangerous as the contests
of arms
1.-THE world must hencetorth see,
the means of accomnl Adation. not the
means of arreStins quarrels merely
The nation we love and serve must be
among the first and foremost of those
that rise to the new ideals with spiril
and well-direuted force Our own re
forms, our own actions in the iuteres.
Of Justice and humanity must he the
earnest Of our spirit and purpose in the
affairs Of the world outside our OWL.
borders.
"Such is the prospect, such is the pro
| Sranllne, my feliOW-clt1ZenS. to which
we look forward. to which it is ouI
purpose to move forward with enthu-
sfasm and irresistible ardor We will
not pause In the midst of our task. We
know that we stand at one of the mos;
critical junctures in the history Of the
world when all hopes hang in the bal
ance.
"We will suffer no man, no body o,
men, through timdity or fear or zeal
ousy, to delay or hinder or embarrass
US. Reaction can have no place of toi
erance amongst Us when all the worl..
waits upon those who plan justice and
I progress.
Il summon you. not only to sustain
but to swell the hosts that have thei:
faces now set towards the light. theiI
eyes lifted to the horizons where the
/ dawn OF a new age begins to brighten
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