an place
before the mechanic the assured fact that the performance of his
duty means success in life, and that his nonperformance means
failure; when you can show him that this law is immutable, you
have made of him a useful citizen and have instilled into his
mind a firm belief that the freedom and liberty of which we
boast is not an inchoate substance to be dreamed of and not
enjoyed.

But this desired result can not be secured if combinations of
capital, which produce the necessaries of life cheaper and
better, are assailed as the enemies of mankind. There is always
a mean between those who seek only a fair recompense and return
for that which they produce and those who seek undue advantages
for the few at the expense of the many. The laws which have been
enacted, if properly executed, are sufficient in their force and
effort to encourage the one and to punish the other, but in our
condemnation let us not forget that with the expansion that has
come to our country an expansion of our business relations is
also necessary.

This growth has brought us into intimate contact with the
markets of the world, and in the struggle that is always before
us the competition of trade, if we are to hold our own among the
world's producers, we should encourage, not hinder, those who,
by their energy, their capital, and their labor, have banded
together for the purpose of meeting these new
conditions--problems which our individual efforts alone can not
solve, but which require the concentrated force and genius of
both capital and labor.

Incentive for good citizenship would indeed be lacking if these
were taken from us--the opportunities for development, the
opportunities for the young man to follow in the footsteps of
those who have written their names in the history of our country
as the great captains of industry.

Success will always follow perseverance and genius. Every
heresy, every doctrine which would teach the young man of this
country differently, is an insult to the intelligence of our
people, and is in the direction of building up a dangerous
element in American society which in time would threaten not
only the peace and prosperity we enjoy, but our very
institutions themselves.

When you have placed before the young man all of his
possibilities, you ha