The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-01-21
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ADDRESS OF l.. A. RUSSELL AT
THE BANQUET.

Tie fattenCe ana Waute tne REQ
pie to Have Enough Money.
Democratic Banquet.
ST. JACKsoN's DAY.
Canton, Ohio, January z, 1897.
Mr.. l.. A. Russell, responding to th'
toest, "of Bread" said:
= Ladies' and Gentlemen-Once eaci
four years, with a regularity which hal
now climbed into the crotch Of nionotony
and seated itself, more than half tn,
American people turn the cart wrong
end to and put It squarely in front Of the
horse so he can eat over the dash board
Muuh oftener, and with an irregularity
30 uniform as to force monotony to
recognize itself as not In It, the rest Of the
American people take cause for effect, OF
effect for cause, or see relation where
none exists, or deny relation where II
is essential and patent; aud all with a
heterogeneous prumiscuity conostenating g
acute lucid interval with obscure and
unacoountable blunder in mess which
renders cur common expression for 1t
all: Putting the cart before the horse, F"
really as inadequate as 1t is homely and
foroible
Now, all things which we oan consider,
occur as before or after other things to
which they stand related causally either
as producing or affecting or as being
produced or affected by those other
shtnss.
Thus, before election we were full of
hope and expectancy that things would
be better. Since election we are full Of
despair and the certainty OF restored con-
fidence that things will be worse till
bsfore another election. Pray let this still
piteously touching, albeit somewhat
trite state of facts, be my excuse to you
for momentary reasoning back ward
from he board Of the cart, go to speak,
on past the dash board to the horses
head, where right end to, we should have
started.
You are no doubt all consenting to
the truth Of the statement of Paul to the
Corinthians, when he said:
"Howbeit that was not first which is
spiritual, but that which is natural; and
afterwards that which Is spiritual"
And whether you believe in the actual
incarnation Of God in man and that the
BILE body and blood of Christ by the
trans-substantiation wrought by oonse-
Grafton or only in figure" you will all
consent that in the Spiritual order
which must beg you to bear iu nina is
only afterwards" the bread" of life eter-
nal is Of tremendous Importance.
Indeed so high is it and SO essential
that whose worthily eats that bread Is by |
1t graft into the true vine and becomes
living branch Gin vitsm acternsm" |
"iDto natural life;" while whose eateth |
not that bread in woIthiness simply goes |
out with the dead wood and is burned.
into the natural order which, however, Is
first in time and to us Of first impor-
tance: bread here Is the stsple.-the chief
item-iu mans food, and his food is one
VI blo hOOCnFl'iCri ohu bO ohuo 10 phA5 phoOi
wit out it he perishes; not once; but al
ways Indeed; when you artioulate "the
CRY of the human" sounds thus: give
as this day our daily bread"
Here then; we recognize again the tre-
mendous Importance Of bread in the
natural order, not even dropping by
shade from its import in the "after'' and
"higher" order of the Spiritual.
Now, remem beri ng how it is written:
"That man ooh not live by bread alone. "
Let us consider for moment just how
/ important bread is by comparison and be
done.
Mans essential physical necessities a,e
five, and are named in classes, in the
order of his need, as: Fire, food,
clothes, shelter, light. These, and all of
these, he must have all the time, or die
But food is only one in the FIVE, and
hence food is only 90 per csnt. of mans
need; but bread is only one item of his
food, hence bread is less than 90 per
cent. OF mans need
necessities, must be brought to him where
he is and lives, from where they eacE are
found n the granary Of Col. Hence,
transportation-as an absolute necessity
may be said fairly to count for half Of
each other necessity; therefore, bread is
less than 10 per cent. of mans need.
But no necessity of man is made and
brought to him for nothing. or ever was,
or will be; he must pay for what he gets
out of what he makes, where and as he
is-and he must pay IN MONEY for
bis bread and what else his food and for
his fire and clothes and home and light;
and az Shylock truly said:
"You do take my life
When you do take the means whereby I
live"
1t becomes plain chat bread Is less than
8 per cent. of mans need; and so much
less, although essential, that in the
order of causation that leads through
labor mp to the happiness CT mans salts
fed needs:
Bread Is to money only
As cart to horse;
And never gets there
If turned wrong end to
And placed before the horse.