Show if IS NO l IDLE BOAST Monroe Doctrine leans r Exactly Ex-actly What It Says UNCLE SAM WILL BACK IT l President Roosevelt Talks Upon the Subject to the People of Vermont It Is Not nfl Aggressive Doctrine But It Is a Doctrine of Peace a Doctrine of DefenseIt Will Bo Respected ac Long as the United States Has a TirstClaas Efficient Navy 1 East Northflcld Mass Sept 1 President Roosevelt today concluded his tour through Vermont at Brattle boro and is spending the night here In Northflcld The reception accorded him at Brattlcboro was among the most enthusiastic he has received In his tour of New England Upon arriving ar-riving at the station he was met by a company of Infantry headed by a band and 1 escorted to the Common where he delivered a brief nddresn In which he spoke of Abraham Lincoln an the manor man-or the hour In the great Civil wur Ho feelingly referred to the venerable ex Governor Holbrook who was on the platform and who accompanied the President ri hort distance through the state as being one of the few men who had received the distinction of being be-ing J a war governor CONTINUOUS OVATION The Presidents progress through Brattleboro war a continuous ovation On the line of march his carriage was stopped In front of the leading hotel and from the balcony men women and children showered flowers upon him At the Common where ho delivered bin address ad-dress the pavilion nteps were strewn with flowers by little girls who were drawn up on both sides upon his arrival ar-rival HOLIDAY CROWDS EXTEND WELCOME WEL-COME Labor day was generally celebrated throughout the state and wherever the train slopped holiday crowds were out to extend the President a welcome The heat was excessive but the President seemed to sufler but little from Its effects ef-fects His remarks on the subject of labor were confined mostly to a tribute to the people of Vermont and he expressed ex-pressed his pleasure at being greeted by the representatives of organized labor la-bor because ho said the typical Amer lean is the man who works MANY STOPS MADE The President began the days journey Jour-ney at Burlington reaching that city from Shelburnc the home of Dr W Seward Webb After a drive about the city the presidential train started southward stops being made at Ver gennes Mlddlebury Brandon Proctor Rutland Ludlow Bellows Falls Chester Ches-ter and Brattleboro and his Vermont trip was ended 1 lie crossed into Massachusetts Mas-sachusetts In the early evening and went to Northlleld to remain tonight as the guest of Wm R Moody son of the noted evangelist The President will go to Round Top in the morning to visit vis-it Mr Moodys grave ADDRESSES WERE BRIEF The President spoke at every stop today to-day but most of his addresses were brief That of greatest import was the one delivered at Brpotoj the home of Senator5 Proctor wherein ho defined his Idea of the Monroeid6ctrlne Senator Proctor introduced i the President say Inir I nPROClOR PROCTOR INTRODUCES PRESIDENT Neighbors and 1 Frlcndy For the third I time a President of the United l State honors us with hIs presence and he will speak from ihlg platform I do not expect ex-pect to have the honor and the pleasure u of Introducing another President but I do expect to have the pleasure of Intro ducing this one three or four yours hence when he IB serving his second term PRESIDENTS ADDRESS After thunklng the people for their greeting the President said We believe I In the Mdnroa doctrine not aa a means I of uggrcslon at all Jt does not mean that wo are aggressive toward any power Il means merely lint us thu biggest powor on this continent wo remain steadfastly truo to tho principles first formulated un tier the Presidency of Monroe through I John Quincy Adams tho principle that this continent must not bo treated as such for political colonization by any European Eu-ropean poWer DOCTRINE OF PEACE As I say that Is i not an aggressive I doctrine It Is I a doctrlm of peace A doctrine of dcftiiue a doctrine to secure the chance on this continent for the United I Stntoif hers to develop Peaceably alon > thclr own lines Now wo have formulate that doctrine If our formulation consists simply of statements on the stump or on paper they arc not worth the breath that utters them or the paper on which thoj are written Remember that the Monroo doctrine will be respected ay long 115 we have a llrstclnes efficient navy and not very much longer NO NEED TO BRAG In private life hq who asserts some I thing Huya what ho Is uolng to do and docs not back It up IB i always a contempti ble creature and us a nation the lust thIng we can afford to do Is to take a position po-sition which we do not Intend to try to make good Bragging and boasting In private pri-vate lifo are almost always the signs of a weak Jinan and n nation that 1 III strong docs not need to have Its public nici hcrnsl or brig on Its neeount l cast of all does a aulfrcspecllng nation wish Its public ropresentatlves lo I threaten or me lace or Insult another power ATTITUDE TOWARD POWERS Our attitude toward all powers must he one of such dignified courtesy and re sheet as we Intend lhat thcv shall silow us In return Ve must be llllng to give the friendly regard that we explct froii them We must no more wrong them than we must submit to wrongdoing by I them but when we take a position let us ro mombor that our holding It depends upon ourselves depends upon our showing tha we have the ability to hold l It PREPARED 10 BACK UP WORDS After speaking of the part Vermont has Played In the countrys history through Admirals Dewcy and Chirk the President continued Shame to us If we assert tho Monroe doctrine and If I our assertion ehal be called In < jin < tilon show that wo have only made an Idle boost that we are not prepared to hnck up our words by deeds GREAT CROWD AT RUTLAND Rutland was the next stop lie was greeted by a crowd of GOOD people am from a stand In the square delivered a brief address The stop hero wan for twenty minutes The President aald SPEECH AT RUTLAND There In no holiday which should he more typically American no holklm which should make our people think morr Hcilounly of their privileges and thol lr rights and their duties than this holiday of Labor day The imiiorla side of our civilization Is very Important but ll Is I Important he causp of the nil who rtind behind It Lxactlv ao In battle tho Important hung lo I not the gnu but the mm behind the sun so In our civil life It I the man In the shop the ins ii on the farm the man In the factory U on whom for well or for III our whole civilization ultimate depends It Is not an easy tauk always for n man lo remember bin duties Bill less Is I It an e ey tusk for him always to do them but he muM kcop them In mind he must strive faithfully to perform them or he becomes a Door citizen THE GREAT TEST ThP great test to upi oh my friend and fellow citizens Is not as to what work tho man IK encaged In but un to the spirit In which he does It If he Is I a square and honest mnn If he trlc to do his bent by hltmvlf and his family anti occasionally remembers his duty lo his nclchhor then htther hn be capitalist or wriReenrnor he In I a good citizen and entitled to thc respect of good citizenship ij bo comas abort 11 dither respect If he I shirks his work 1 If he employ hln power malevolently or with utter dlsre Iard and carilpysnem of the rights of there be ho rIch or poor he Is I bad cltl zen and has forfeited all right to the reject re-ject of his fellow countrymen DO O1 PLAY ALL TIME Tho law of auccem In natural life Is l he life l of work Piny when the chance come and when you do play play hard b ut do not rank of t hC pin C business Get nil the Ge nl enjoyment you legitimately can by all means hut remember that that t CHI only be an Interlude to a hell Iny and do not let It Interfere with the c erlous work of life And Jet ua remember that while the conditions n Koelal life chan while In he external there coma Huh changes as t o necessitate a different attitude of ours award t Home of those conditions yet l1 I f uidninerilally the great basic principle hroii = h which succccs and failure cornea h ave not el1n dUST d-UST MEET NEW CONDITIONS Our complex Industrial civilization rrcans Hint we cannot rely as wo formerly for-merly could upon such slmnle nicthofl I ia BUfflee while men are brought close i ogellier with their relations Inextricably ld l iiUrvoveii Ure must meet the nev conditions con-ditions here nccci irv meet by loglfUu ion and If legislation einnnl forve Inn meet them by combination nmons our i elves nIt yea here bonrlnc the banners In t his procession have met them tL Much good can COn by Huch asflocla lOIS something ean be done through wine legislation 1 but do not force gen tlcmrn In the last 1 resort yoi canniL find a subBtUUh for 11 mans own enero s kiii 1 eourage and honcity Work through nRclo lion In common with your fel 1 ai i ow hut do not under any circumstances ct l any man loae his capacity for Ill i IClD UNSCHEDULED STOP Bellows Falls was reached at 230 oclock An unscheduled s op was made at Ludlow the home of Clbv Stlckney where the President delivered deliv-ered a short address A two minutes stop was also made at Chester and the President spoke from the ear platform At part Bellows Falls the President said In TRIBUTE TO UNIONISM A great deal can be done by associations associa-tions among ourselves such associations flu you represent here today Associations ouch u as will teach us practically In tho beat way toni a lesson can he taught by applying It that not only moot each work for himself but that each must work for nil We can accomplish by mutual sclf help much and there yet remains an Immense Im-mense amount to be done by Individual selfhelp GREETING AT BRA TTIl ORO The train made a quick run from Below Falls and on arrival at Brat lleboro was greeted heartily At the depot wan drawn up a company of tho Vermont National Guard as an escort oC honor The President was taken lo the common where he piadc a short speech from a platform AT MT HERMON SCHOOL President Roosevelt came directly from Brattleboro to Mount Ilermon school East Northflcld being met at the station by W K Moody the head of time Northllold school the Northflold Selectmen and bj Senator Lodge At the Mount Herinon school the President held a sfibrt reception to the trustees in lort recepton the vestry of the Moody Memorial chapel When the President appeared In the audienceroom of the chapel he war greeted by the students with prolonged pro-longed cheers In the course of his remarks re-marks he said I think they teach here tho csesnllalx of godd citizenship that 131 that a man Is no Good who docs not mow how to work with his hands aa welt as his head l headWhen When he concluded the President was driven to the Hotel Northflcld where he took dinner SPEAKS AT NORTH FIELD This evening the President spoke In the Northileld Auditorium which was completely filled In the large choir gallery were the Mount Hermon boys and directly in front of the platform were the veterans of the Civil war v > hue on the platform were Senator Lodge the trustees of the Northflcld schools and many citizens prominent In political life Congressman Gillette presided The President aid ADDRESS AT MOODY SCHOOL In such n school which Is to equip young men to do good work to show both the desire for the rule of righteousness lad tho practical power to give actual effect to the desire It seems to me lucre arc two texts specially worthy of cmplm sin 1 One Is I Be ye doers of the word and not hearers only and l the other In 1 Be not slothful In business but fervent In spirit serving the Lord A republic of tree mea Is preeminently I community In which there Is I need for the actual exercise and practical application appli-cation of both the milder and stronger virtues Evury good quality every virtue and every grace has Its place and 1 A of use In tho great scheme of creation But It Is u mere truism to nay that at certain times und In certain places there Is l preeminent pre-eminent need for I given sot of virtues But virtue by Itself Is not strong enough or anything like enough Strength must be added to It and the determination lo UHQ Krcncth Tho good man who Is Ineffective In-effective Is I not able to make his goodness of much account to the paoplc as a whole No matter how much a man hears the word small la I the credit attached to him If he falls to bo a doer also In serving the Lord he must remember that he needs to avoid sloth In his business as well as to cultivate fervency or spirit At the close 0 his address the President Presi-dent was presented with a large bouquet bou-quet by the local Grand Army post |