Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-09-13
GOOD SPE |:E||:.|C|HES.I
Gov. OlOugh and Senator
Nelson Give Good sAd
vice tOFarIners and
LabOrers. 3s#
"a Large Audience at the
Fair Grounds Listen to
Addresses on Satur- Il
81. day Afternoon.

day Afternoon.
4 Soon after ! o'clock Saturday
afternoon the chief executive and the
junior senator of the state arrived 4
on the fairgrounds, and We're greeted
by a large crowd. Gov. Clough, was
introduced as the first speaker by IA.
n. Rhodes, and his address showed
careful preparation aud deep
thought. y He u first. thanked the
people OF the city and county for
their Invitation and also for the
hearty welcome that has been ex
tended tn himself, his staff and ladies.
He cong ratulated the county on the
excellent exhibitor agricultural pro-
ducts, and was positive thatno state
was more greatly blessed than Min
nesota.. He spoke at length on the
condition OF farmers compared with
those employed in other lines OF busi-
ness and labor, and showed plainly
thnt the industrious and pruden
farmer was the most independent
and prosperous of men. No matter
how depressed Il the industrial or
labor market, the farmer never seeks
charity. While business men see
their property become practically
worthless and their enterprises con-
tinue only at u loss, and laborers
find no market fOc the skill and
energy, farmers are always possessed
of the means of a livelihood. Some
times crops are poor, and sometimes.
prices are, low, but hunger and
restitution are unknown, and the
want that sometimes confronts the
city labOrer is unknown on the farm.
He Said: "A greater and more
important element in the freedom
from tyranny of the lord of the soil
is that he is sole ruler in his own
domain. You who are familiar with:
the slow and toilsome processes by
which a completeness obtained from:
your farms, may have, envied the
magnificence OF city wealth, should
not be deceived into the belief that
riches SO obtained are won without
sacrifice Of dignity. Freedom should
be the first and highest aspiration
81 every man, and no man is truly
free who serves q master. The
farmer alone has none. The clerk ia
subject to the orders Of the head OF
his department; the department boss
reports to the general manager; he,
in turn, lives under the direction OF
the capitalists who control the
enterprise; they have to shape their
course with reference to others, per-
haps those of still wider influence
who can affect the course Of trade
and the amount of profits to be
derived from the business. And all,
from greatest to least. must bow
to public caprice to secure a market
and purchasers for their products.
1t is a vicious circle, in which every
man stands constantly in fear OF
what some other may do to deprive
him OF employment or to affect the
profitable conduct of his business.
There is nowhere that the constant
anxiety OF what man may do to man
so affects habits of thought and
action as among those engaged in
great enterprises. Even the very
men of whom you are accustomed
to think as the great custodians OF
wealth and power, the heads OF
great railroad systems, the million
aires that seem to have governments
and peoples in their grasp, are sub
ject to embarrassing cares and
desperate dread Of what other men
may do to undermine their influence
and destroy their wealth that make
life often as bitter and hard to them
as if they trudged from morning to
night at hard manual labor. 1t is
independence that ia the most i'm
portant element in human happiness.
And the farmer, possessed Of land
enough to support his family-as
most Of you are-is the most indie
pendent man on earth" .5.ea.>i*
He touched briefly on local con-
ditions, and spoke OF the times when
he was. q laborer in lumber camps
and on the log drives in this vicinity.
IT had been many years since he
visited Little Falls, and there was
no d oubt as to his earnestness when
he expressed admiration for the
wonderful development shown in the
city and county. He closed by
repeated thanks for courtesies ex-
tended himself and party.
Senator Nelson next addressed the
people,. and gave the audience one
of those sound and interesting
speeches for which he is famous.
Since Ills first visit to this county
during 1882 he had made frequent
visits to the locality. and continued