The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-02-22

is founded. They have no use for
traitors to the principle, no use for
tipplers, pimps of the liquor traffic
who crave the old order of drunken
life, no use for the lords of the still
and the monarchs of the brewery
who fatten and rule on the earnings
of humble people. Away with them!
They have no rights, nor business
here. The city was not made for
them, but for people who want to
maintain its fundamental principle.
Keep it clear of its enemies whether
of high or low degree,-whether they
come with barrels or bottles, whether
they work in the dark or the light.
altogether for the support of Har-
riman and the upbuilding of its bus
mess and institutions, should be the
cry and spirit of its whole people.
Then it should be understood that
everybody here is for the upbuilding
of the city, is worth something to it,
has some brain or muscle or service
for it. Do-nothings are usually of
but little use in any enterprise. Do
something's are the kind of people
wanted. A city has to look to its
own people, chiefly, for enterprise,
energy, upbuilding. Other people
have their own affairs to look after.
Enterprising people bring others to
them, quicken, push and power in all
about them. The rulei is that city is
built up chiefly by its own people.
They give it character, society, its i'm
proving tendencies. II all the peo-
pie stand round with hands in their
pockets and nothing to do, while
four fifths of the land in and around
the city is growing up to weeds and
brush it does not suggest strong
invitation to others to come. The
idle soil in the city might be made
to supply the wants of all the poor,
and the idle hands would be well
employed in cultivating it. If there
is no productive business open to the
| idle hands let them make the city
lots productive. Let all idle soil be
turned to use, and idle property 80
far as it can be. An era of all hands
at work is what is wanted.
It has come to pass in our time that
we have too many wage earners-too
many that look to others to set them
to work-too many who are depend
ent on others for their daily bread.
The boy who pops corn, puts it up in
bags and sells them for penny
apiece, is not wage Garner, but boy
doing business on his own hook.
The boy who makes tops and sells
them to such customers as he can
find, is boy living on his own bust
| ness. They are the boys everywhere
needed to give independent activity
to business. The hills and valleys
and plains of the whole country are
offering opportunities for independ-
ent business men. If the wage earners
would take to the fields by the thous-
ands and work their living out OF the
soil, rocks and trees, we would soon
have a revival of business and gen.
eral prosperity.
Let the young men of Hartman put
their wits to work to see what they
can do to work up something to do
for themselves and lively times will
soon come to our too idle city. The
Development of independent wit, skill
and energy is the great thing needed
in the business world. And this is
the special need of this new town.
Everything has to be made from the
start here. 1t is long and big job
to make a city, and we are in the
early part of this job. So it should
be all hands at it and all the time at
it. Great is the work to be done and
grand will be the result, if the work
is so done as to realize the Hartman
idea of sober, intelligent, humane,
Christian city. This is the idea we
are set to work out. By all our in
strumentalities we are at work at it
now. Our commerce, our mechanism,
our educational machinery, our relig-
ion and our social life shouldcombine
to do the best we can to realize the
Hartman idea of city untormented
by intoxicating drinks, and devoted
to the higher aims of Christian So
ciety and life. Beyond all question
we are on the right track. 1t is set
tied that intoxicating drink is the
greatest hindrance to human we'll
being. This out of the way people
have the best chance they can have.
This is out of the way in Hartman.
We must keep out of the way and
then do our level best for our young
city which has taken such high