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THE HOOD RIVER NEWS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1910
Lane &
Confectionery, Cigars
Fishing Tackle
Spaalding'sjporting Goods
All Kinds of SoftjOrinks
Oak St.. oppotit Smith Block. Huod River. Ore.
National Life Insurance Co
of U. S. A.
Established 1868
Over 400 Policyholders in
Hood River County
DEATH CLAIMS PAID PROMPTLY
For rates or Information apply to
J. M. Scbmclizcr, or C. D. Culkrl
sob & Company
Local'Representatives
A. B. COMBS
State Manager, Portland
Grubbing Outfits
Wanted
Prefer Faultless No. 2 but
No. 1 will do if price is right.
State condition and price.
Address J. 0. Goldthwaite,
R. D. R. No. 2. 'Phone
Odell 8X2.
A. W. ONTHANK
NOTARY PUBLIC
Dealer in CITY PROPERTY
Legal Papers carefully drawn.
Money loaned on First Mortgages
Fire Insurance in best Companies.
Surety Bonds of all kinds.
Stenography and Typewriting.
Business promptly attended to.
305 Oak Street
Hood River
W. J. BAKER
Real Estate
Loans
Insurance
APPLE AND STRAWBERRY
LAND A SPECIALTY
Correspondence Solicited
For Sale Cheap
Faultless No. 2
Grubbing JVIacrnne
complete with lines, chokers,
plow, etc. Used few weeks;
almost new. Apply
P. A. Smith
R. D. 3, telephone 1913K
L E. Foust
MACHINERY COMPANY
Automobile and Bicycle
REPAIRING l
Gear Cutting and Fitting.
All kinds of Machine work
done. Prices reasonable.
811th and Columbia Street. Phone 109-x
Taft Transfer Go.
Draying. . .
Wood Yard
HAY, FLOUR and PEED
For Sale
Office Phone 2S Keaidence 232-M
y
Spray and
Garden Hose
Plumbing
K. P.SUMNER 3
Opposite the fist Office
Hum Phn 20
CITIZENSHIP
IN A REPUBLIC.
Colonel Roosevelt Tells the
French Why We Succeed.
HIS VIEWS ON SOCIALISM.
Again Asks For Largs Famiiist In
Address In Paris Talks of Man's
Chisf Duty, Danger of Class Hatred
and Appeals For Putriotio Spirit.
No Room For 8lighters.
Tarts, April 23. Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt delivered tbe following ad
dress on "Citizenship In a Republic" at
the Sorbcnne:
Strange and Impressive associations
rise In tbe mind of a man from the
new world who speaks before this au
gust body lu this ancient Institution
of teeming. Before his eyes pass tbe
shadows of mighty kings and warlike
nobles, of grout masters of. law and
theology. Through the shining dust
of the dead centuries be sees crowded
figures that tell of the power and
learning and splendor of times goue
by, and be sees also the Innumerable
host of humble studeuts to whom
clerkship meant emancipation, to
whom it wss well nigh tbe only outlet
from the dark thraldom of the middle
ages.
Today 1 shall speak to you on the
subject of Individual citizenship, tbe
one subject of vital Importance to you,
my hearers, and to me and my coun
trymen, because you and we are citi
zens of great democratic republics. A
democratic republic such as each of
ours an effort to realize in its full
sense government by, of and for the
people represents the most gigantic
of all possible social experiments, the
one fraught with greatest possibilities
alike for good and for evil.
Tbe success of republics like yours
and like ours means tbe glory and our
failure tbe despair of mankind, and
for you and for us the question of tbe
quality of tbe Individual citizen Is su
preme. To Succeed Bo Good.
With you bere and with us Id my
own borne, in the long run, success or
failure will be conditioned upon tbe
way in which the average man, tbe
average woman, does his or her duty.
first lu tbe ordinary, everyday affairs
of life and next In those great occa
sional crises which call for tbe heroic
virtues. The average citizen must be
a good citizen If our republics are to
succeed.
Let the man of learning, the man of
lettered leisure, beware of that queer
and cheap temptation to pose to him
self and to others as the cynic, as tbe
man who has outgrown emotions and
beliefs, tbe man to whom good and
evil are as one. Tbe poorest way to
face life Is to face It with a sneer.
There Is no more unhealthy being,
uo man less worthy of respect, than he
who either really holds or feigns to
bold an attitude of sueerlug disbelief
toward all that Is great and lofty,
whether In achievement or In that no
ble effort wblcb, even If It fall, comes
second to achievement.
Shame on tbe man of cultivated taste
who permits reQuement to develop into
a fastidiousness that unfits him for
doing tbe rough work of a workaday
world. Among the free peoples who
govern themselves there Is but a small
field of usefulness open for tbe men
of cloistered life who shrink from con
tact with their fellows.
No Room For Slightors.
Still less room is there for those who
deride or slight what ' done by those
who actually bear tbe brunt of the
day nor yet for those others who al
ways profess that tbey would like to
take action if only the conditions of
life were not what tbey actually are.
Tbe man who does nothing cuts tbe
same sordid figure Id tbe pages of his
tory, whether be be cynic or fop or
voluptuary.
It Is war worn Hotspur, spent with
bard fighting, be of the many errors
and tbe valiant end, over whose mem
ory we love to linger, not over the
memory of the young lord who "but
for tbe vile guns would have been a
soldier."
Tbe good man should be both a
strong and a brave man that is, be
should be able to fight, be should be
able to serve bis country as a soldier
If tbe need arises. There are well
meaning philosophers who declaim
against tbe unrighteousness of war.
Tbey are right only If they lay all
their emphasis upon tbe unrighteous
ness. War Is a dreadful thing, and
unjust war la a crime against human
ity. But it is such a crime because it
b unjust, not because it Is war.
Tbe choice must ever be in favor of
righteousness, and this whether tbe
alternative be peace or whether tbe
alternative be war. Tbe questlorl must
not be merely. Is there to be peace or
war? Tbe question must be, Is the
right to prevail?
Are tbe great laws of righteousness
once more to be fulfilled? And the an
swer from a strong and virile people
must be "Yes," whatever tbe cost
Every honorable effort should always
be made to avoid war, Just as every
honorable effort should always be
made by tbe Individual In private life
to keep out of a brawl, to keep out of
trouble, but do self respecting Indi
vidual, do self respecting nation, can
or ought to submit to wrong.
Finally, even more Important than
ability to work, eveu more Important
than ability to fight at need. Is It to
remember that tbe chief of blessings
for any nation Is that it shall leave Its
seed to Inherit the land. The greatest
of oil curses Is the curse of sterility,
aud tbe severest of all condemnation!
should be that visited upon willful
sterility.
Tbe first essential lu any civilization
Is that the man aud tbe woman shall
be father and mother of healthy chil
dren, so that the race shall Increase
and not decrease. If this Is not so, If
through no fault of the society there
Is failure to Increase, it Is a great mis
fortune. If tbe failure Is due to de
liberate and willful fault, then It Is
not merely a misfortune; It Is one of
those crimes of ease and self Indul
gence, of shrinking from pain and ef
fort and risk, which In the long run
nature punishes more heavily than any
other.
If we of tbe great republics, If we,
tbe free people who claim to bave
emancipated ourselves from tbe thral
dom of wrong and error, bring down
on our beads the curse that comes
upon tbe willfully barren, then It will
be an Idle waste of breath to prattle
of our achievements, to boast of all
that we have done.
No refinement of life, no delicacy of
taste, no material progress, no sordid
heaping up of riches, no sensuous de
velopment of art and literature, can in
any way compensate for the loss of
the great fundamental virtues, and of
these great fundamental virtues the
greatest Is tbe race's power to per
petuate the race.
Man's Chief Duty.
Character must show Itself In the
man's performance both of tbe duty
he owes himself and of tbe duty he
owes tbe state. Tbe man's foremost
duty is owed to himself and his fam
ily, and be can do this duty only by
earning money, by providing what is
essential to material well being. It
is only after this has been done that
he can hope to build a higher super
structure on tbe solid material foun
datlon. It Is only after this has been
done that be can help la movements
for tbe general well being.
It Is not good to excite that bitter
laughter which expresses contempt,
and contempt Is what we feel for tbe
being whose enthusiasm to benefit
mankind Is such that he Is a burden
to those nearest him, who wishes to
do great things for humanity In the
abstract, but who cannot keep bis
wife In comfort or educate his chil
dren.
I decline to recognize the mere mul
timillionaire, the man of mere wealth,
as an asset of value to any country,
and especially as not an asset to my
own country. If he has earned or
uses his wealth In a way that makes
him of real benefit, of real use and
such Is often the case why, then he
does become an asset of worth. But
It la tbe way lu wblcb It bas been
earned or used and not tbe mere fact
of wealth that entitles him to tbe
credit
There Is need In business, as In most
other forms of human activity, of the
great guiding intelligences. Their
places cannot be supplied by any num
ber of lesser Intelligences.
It Is a bad thing for a nation to raise
and to admire a false standard of suc
cess, and there can be no falser stand
ard than that set by tbe deification of
material well being in and for Itself.
The power of the journalist Is great
but h Is entitled neither to respect
nor admiration because of that power
unless It Is used aright. lie can do,
and he often does, great good. lie can
do, and he often does, Infinite mis
chief. All Journalists, all writers, for
the very reason that they appreciate
tbe vast possibilities of their profes
sion, should bear testimony against
those who deeply discredit It. Of
fenses against taste and morals, wblcb
are bad enough lu a private citizen,
are infinitely worse if made Into In
struments for debauching tbe com
munity through a newspaper.
Mendacity, slander, sensationalism.
Inanity, vapid triviality, all are po
tent factors for tbe debauchery of tbe
public mind and conscience. The ex
cuse advanced for vicious writing, that
the public demands It and that tbe de
mand must be supplied, can no more
be admitted than If it were advanced
by the purveyors of food who sell poi
sonous adulterations.
Virtues of the Household.
Tbe homely virtues of tbe household,
the ordinary workaday virtues which
make tbe woman a good housewife
and bouse mother, which make tbe
man a bard worker, a good husband
and father, a good soldier at need,
stand at tbe bottom of character. But
of course many others must be added
thereto If a state Is to be not only free,
but great
Good citizenship is not good citizen
ship If exhibited only In the borne.
There remain the duties of the Indi
vidual in relation to the state, and
these duties are none too easy under
tbe conditions wblcb exist where tbe
effort is made to carry on free govern
ment In a complex Industrial civiliza
tion. Ferhaps tbe most Important thing
tbe .ordinary citizen, and, above all,
the leader of ordinary citizens, bas to
remember In political life is that be
must not be a sheer doctrinaire.
Woe to the empty phrase maker, to
the empty Idealist, wbo. Instead of
making ready the ground for tbe man
of action, turns against him when be
appears arid hampers blm as be does
tbe work!
Moreover, tlie preacher of ideals
must remember bow sorry and con
temptible Is the figure which be will
cut how great the damage that he
will do, If he does not himself Id bis
own life strive measurably to realize
the Ideals that be preaches for others.
Let blm remember also that tbe
wortb of the Ideal must be largely de
termined by the success with which it
can lu practice be realised. We should
abhor the so called "practical" men
whose practicality assumes tbe shape
of that peculiar baseness wblcb finds
Its expression lu disbelief In morality
and decency, In disregard of high
standards of living aud conduct Such
a creature Is tbe worst enemy of tbe
body politic. But only less desirable
is a cltlzeu Is bis nomiual opponent
and real ally, tbe man of fantastic
vision who makes tbe Impossible bet
ter forever the enemy of the possible
good.
The 8lave of Names.
Much of the discussion about social
ism and Individualism Is entirely point
less because of failure to agree on
terminology. It Is not good to be tbe
slave of names. I am a strong Indi
vidualist by personal habit. Inherit
ance and conviction, but It Is a mere
matter of common seuse to recognize
that the state, the community, tbe
citizens acting together, can do a num
ber of things better than if tbey were
left to Individual action.
Tbe Individualism which finds Us
expression lu tbe abuse of physical
force Is checked very early In the
growth of civilization, and we of today
should In our turn strive to shackle or
destroy that Individualism which tri
umphs by greed and cunning, which
exploits the weak by craft instead of
ruling them by brutality.
We ought to go with any man In
tbe effort to bring about justice and
tbe equality of opportunity, to turn tbe
tool user more and more Into the tool
owner, to shift burdens so that they
can be more equitably borne.
Tbe deadening effect on any race of
the adoption of a logical and extreme
socialistic system could not be over
stated. It would spell sheer destruc
tion. It would produce grosser wrong'
and outrage, fouler immorality, than
any existing system. But this does not
mean that we may not with great ad
vantage adopt certain of tbe principles
professed by some given set of men
who happen to call themselves Social
ists. We are bound In honor to refuse to
listen to those men who would make
us desist from tbe effort to do away
with tbe Inequality which means In
justice, tbe Inequality of right of op
portunity, of privilege. We are bound
in honor to strive to bring ever nearer
the day when as far as Is humanly
possible we shall be able to realize the
Ideal that each man shall bave an
equal opportunity to show tbe stuff
that Is In blm by the way In which be
renders service.
There are plenty of men calling
themselves Socialists with whom up
to a certain point It Is quite possible
to work. If tbe next step Is one wblcb
both we and they wish to take, why,
of course, take It without any regard
to the fact that our views as to tbe
tenth step may differ. But, on tbe oth
er band, keep clearly In mind that
though It bas been wortb while to
take one step, this does not In tbe
least mean that It may not be highly
disadvantageous to tuke tbe next.
It Is Just as foolish to refuse all
progress because people demanding It
desire at some points to go to absurd
extremes as It would be to go to these
absurd extremes simply because some
of the measures advocated by the ex
tremists were wise.
Persecution is bad becacse It Is per
secution aud without reference to
which side happens at the moment to
be the persecutor and which the perse
cuted.
Danger of Class Hatred.
Class hatred Is bad In Just the same
way and without any regard to the
Individual who at a given time sub
stitutes loyalty to a class for loyalty
to tbe nation or substitutes hatred of
men because tbey happen to come In
a certain social category, ior juugmeui
awarded them according to their con
duct
In a republic to be successful we
must learu to combine Intensity of con
vletlon with a broad tolerance of dif
ference of conviction. Wide differ
ences of opinion In matters of religious,
political and social belief must exist If
conscience and Intellect alike are not
to be stunted. If there Is to be room
for healthy growth.
Bitter Internecine hatreds, based on
such differences, are signs not of ear
nestness of belief, but of that fanati
cism wblcb, whether religious or anti-
religious, democratic or antl-democrat-Ic,
Is Itself but a manifestation of the
Kloomy bigotry which has been the
chief factor in the downfall of eo
maDy, many uatlons.
Good Patriot First.
I believe that a man must be a good
patriot before he can be, and as the
only possible way of being, a good cit
izen of tbe world. Experience teaches
us that the average man who protests
that his International feeling swamps
his national feeling, that be does not
care for bis country because be cares
so much for mankind. In actual prac
tice proves himself the foe of man
kind; that the man wbo says that be
does not care to be a citizen of any
one country because be Is a citizen of
tbe world Is Id very fact usually an
exceedingly undesirable citizen of
whatever corner of tbe world h,e hap
pens at the moment to be In.
Nearly seven centuries ago Frols-
sart, writing of a time of dire disaster,
aid that the realm of France was
never so stricken that there were not
left men who would valiantly fight
for It Tou bave had a great past
I believe that you will bave a great
future. Long may you carry your
selves proudly as citizens of a nation
which bears a leading part In the
teaching and uplifting of mankind.
WHEN YOU WANT
Manufacturing and Repair Work
OF ANY AND EVERY DESCRIPTION .
We are prepared to do It In our large and well equipped Manufacture
Ins and Repair Establishment.
We would be pleased to have you call on us.
FINE HORSESHOEING
SNOW & UPSON
Shops HI-HJ-H5-1 47 Fourth St., Op. Gilbert-Vaughan, Hood Rlver.Or.
CRATES
We are irwi position to giveour easterners the
best of service throughout the Strawberry Reason
In our canvas of the valley we missed a few grow
ers and would be pleased to have these call at arr
early date and give us an estimate of the number of
crates Jhey will need.
HOOD RIVER
Tf Vol! 3dant your lame and interfering horses
- . carefully attended to, come to
The Turf Horseshoeing Shop
First Street, Between Oak and State
Peter Shively, Proprietor
Phone 305M - Hood River, Ore.
Stranahan & Clark
Potash
Nitrate of Soda
Bone Heal
Ready Hixed Fertilizers, Kanit, Land Plaster,
Lime, Cement.
STRAWBERRY GROWERS
a Of Hood River Valley a
fore you
The Apple Growers Union will ship
berries this year, and with its splendid stor
age equipment and shipping facilities will
be in position to help you get the best possi
ble returns for your crop.
We want your business, and in favoring
us you will also help yourselves by building
up an institution that is owned and controll
ed exclusively by growers of Hood River frail.
APPLE GROWERS UNION
QPPER YALLEY kANDS
160 Acres Improved
Other Improved Tracts
Several 40 Acre Tracts
Smaller Tracts
Timber Tract
This Property is All Listed H
Right and Sold at List Prices
W. H. MARSHALL
DEC,
PHONE 175
BOX CO.
AVE
Tankage
Blood Heal
Super Phosphate
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TN A FEW WEEKS, almost be
know it, the BERRY
SEASON will be at hand,
and from all reports the crop
will be a large one.
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