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us during the past six years. Thus we have kept 

 every promise made in 1896 and 1900. We have a 

 right to be proud of the memories of the last six 

 years. But we must remember that each victory only 

 opens the chance for a new struggle; that the re 

 membrance of triumphs achieved in the past is of 

 use chiefly if it spurs us to fresh effort in the pres 

 ent. No nation has ever prospered as we are pros 

 pering now, and we must see to it that by our own 

 folly we do not mar this prosperity. Yet we must 

 see to it also that wherever wrong flourishes it be 

 repressed. It is not the habit of our people to shirk 

 issues, but squarely to face them. It is not the 

 habit of our people to treat a good record in the past 

 as anything but a reason for expecting an even bet 

 ter record in the present; and no Administration, 

 gentlemen, should ask to be judged save on those 

 lines. The tremendous growth of our industrialism 

 has brought to the front many problems with which 

 we must deal; and I trust that we shall deal with 

 them along the lines indicated in speech and in ac 

 tion by that profound jurist and upright and fearless 

 public servant who represents Pennsylvania in the 

 Cabinet Attorney-General Knox. The question 

 of the so-called trusts is but one of the questions we 

 must meet in connection with our industrial sys 

 tem. There are many of them and they are seri 

 ous; but they can and will be met. Time may be 

 needed for making the solution perfect ; but it is idle 

 to tell this people that we have not the power to solve 

 such a problem as that of exercising adequate super- 



