The advocate., 1890-07-23

One Of the Heaviest 6Bmches Delivered.

Alliance and Industrial Uni1l 0f tho United
States N M
Lddies and Gcntem1i and ByOLhsiB Of me ,l4t
dHCC NJ KdasGs, ~
desire RrsttO e4rflgs my wot2und aYt
probation Of the di lguished ADr con-
ferred upon me thrOd the kind OF tho
secretary and manaq 6f this 3mbly,
who have afforded mG a ORpOrtuuff Which
have go long aOugl an 'OppO nity "
visit the great and ent6fprising stat8O Of Kan
sns, and meet and mingle with its intolli-
gent, industrious and plucky people, As
has bean iniimat0d ~ REnthor Gl0G0rf Y 9m
physicGIlf nht bo 10 Gro u2u,o Nhiq4 tfy4
resent on myself Justice On bhi5 OccahOn.
am here, however, In obedience 10 that call
20 which have never yet turned dear ear.
beg your indulgence In view Of the labor
iOus task imposed upon me by my cold, and
ask that you be patient and give your attsn.,
ton 10 the few rambling remarks which /
propose TO submit 10 you. / hear, In all my
travels from one end OF tho country 20 the
other. expressions of appreciation OF tho fu-
ture Of this country. / confess TO you that
when look on one side of the picture,
those apprehensiOns all disappear. When
70 from one Of the great cities TO another IN
this country and SEQ the mammoth 6ntor-
priseB, / see evidences Of growth ana imam
cal prosperity. When / witness the rapid
strides we are making, and the material ad-
vancement when 20 10 our capital City at
Washington and look No those grand gov
ernment buildings with their magnificent
and perfect architecture, and look at that
massive building, the capitol, and look 40
the machinery OF the government, feel
that we are a great people, and, perchance,
"A great destiny awaits uB. but when leaVe
the scenes OF opulence and wealth ana 90
into the country and Visit the Christan
family-the patriotic father, the gOdlg
mother surrounded by their helpful, bright
and happy boys and girls, and listen TO their
words OF wisdom gained by their cOnserya-
tive course in life, and look no that type Of
Christian manhood and womAnhOOd illus
trated I'm that home, h is then that / forget
for the time being all this mGgnihcence OF
wealth and show Of power, say IN my heart,
after all the great power and strength or
this country rests upon the p0rpotWty OF
this humble Christian home of its farmers.
Great applause,
congratulate the management OF this
association IN providing this means OF odu-
cation, ana bid IL, In the name OF the COM
ing men and women, God speed In its noble
work. For after all, brother farmers, thank
God, we have nc least reached the point
brain power that moves the world. When l
was boy we'll remember that my father
carted his produce TO the distant market
through rain and snow, water and slush, ten
or fifteen miles per day. l tell you, my
friends, that was the day OF musclel To-day
1 stand anywhere In this beautiful country
Of ours aud 500 your engines spinning
around your hills and skimming over your
plains and carrying one million pounds OF
freight in single train, and running at the
rate Of thirty miles per hour. And would
be a blind man II did not sec that this IL
the age OF brains. ] remember that took
my scythe and cradle and worked from early
morning till d0wy eve 10 harvest three
aCreB Of grain, and IL was good day'swOrk.
That was musclel To-day / SEQ you farmers
riding around ON your harvesters, with your
umbrellas over you, II you please, whistling
"Yank0e Doodle" and no night you have
lying at your feet twelve TO fourteen acres
ready for shook This is the age OF brain.
/ remember that when we gave one OF our
ladies enough goods for q dress, she stitched
away for six days 90 make II. That was the
ago OF muscle. To-day they do the same
work ON an improved sewing machine run
by an electric motor in less than that num-
ber Of hours Your woOdmAn, when hB en-
ters the forest 90 clear away the brush and
establish his hOme hears the screaming OF
tho locomotive az u thrObs up behind him.
Steel rails, steam power, printing presses,
steamships and electricity have revolution
lied the world. Electricity and steam, tho
twin giants Of power, are harneased 70 the
blazing chariot OF human progress and have
startled the human mind with their achieve
ments. Young men Of Kansas who are ON
the farm, let me tell you, II you have not
already learned II, that the God of nlercies
has endowed you with brains He has
something more for you 10 do than 70 run
straight furrow across a field. National
prosperity, national happiness and national
Independence must be based upon the Wr-
tue and the virtue upon the intelligence OF
the people A nation can no more live with
out it than your body can live without blood