The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-07-25
A MESSAGE TO GARCIA.

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man who stands out on the horizon
= nv memory like Mars at perihelion.
Wben war broke out with Spain and
.5e United State, it was very neces-
.ry to communicate quickly with the
LADDERS of the insurgents. Garcia was
,omewhere in the mountain Businesses
in Cuba-no one knew where. No
nail nor telegraph message could
,ssch him. The President must Sc.
cure his CO operation, and quickly.
WHAT to do.
S1me one said to the President:
There's a fellow by the name of Row
an who will find Garcia for you if any
BODY can"
Rowan was sent for and given a let
;ert be delivered to Garcia. How the
fellow by the name of Rowan" took
the letter, sealed it up in an oil skin
pouch, s raped it over his heart, in
four days landed by.:night off the coast
Of Cuba from an open boat, disap-
pared into the jungle, and in three
veeks came out on the other side of
.a island. having traveI S ID a hostile
country on foot, and delivered bis
letter to Garcia, are things I. have no
special desire to tell in detail.
The point I wish to make is this:
Mckinley gave Rowan a letter to be
ielivered to Garcia; Rowan took the
letter and did not ask, where is he
ali By the Eternal! There is a man
whose form should be cast in death
ass bronze and the statue placed in
every college Of the land. 1t is not
hok learning young men need, nor in
suction about this or that, but a
.lfaning Of the Vertebrae which
vA caUs9 them to be loyal TO
aUusN to act promptly, concentrate
their energies; do the thing-'Carry
smsSage to GarcisI'
General Garcia is dead now, but
there are other Garcias.
No man, who has endeavored to car
Fy out an enterprise where many hands
we're needed, but has been well nigh
appalled, at times by the inbecility of
tle average man the inability or I'm
FlLIngne S to concentrate on q thing
sud do IL. Sip-5hod assistance, fool
sl inattenrIon, dowdy indifference,
and halt hearted work seem the rule;
snl no nan succeeds, unless ny hook
Or crook, or threat, h9 forces or bribes
other men TO assist him, or mayhRp
sd IN H s Eoodn s. performs 3 mira
Gle, and sends him an Angel Of LighI
Tor an assistant. You, reader, put the
matter to a test: You are sitting now
10 yOur Cfice-six clerks are within
call.
summon any one and make this re-
quest, Please look In the encyclope-
ia AMI make a brief memorandum for !
ne concerning the life of Correggio."
Will the clerk quietly say, Yes,
Sr, and go do the taek9
On } our life, he will not. He will
ook at you out Of a fshy eye and ask
the or more OF IKE following questions:
Who was he3
Which ency ~clopediaH
Where is the encyclopedia
Was I hired for that3
Don't you mean Bismark7
What is the matter with Charlie do
ogIl1
Is he deadR
Is there any hurry
oaan't 1 bring you the book and let
you look 1t up yourself7
What do you want to know for7
ard will lay you ten to one that
alter you have answered the question
and ezpIained how to fad the infor
nation, and you want il, the clerk will
5o'H and get one of the other clerks
"heip him-to help him to find Garcia
and then come back and tell you
'Oere is no such man. OF course l
nay lose my bet, bat according to the
40 OF Average, I will not.
"y" II you are wise you will not
'''Aar to explain to your assistant
,U'' DrrcggIo is indexed under the
1'oE As, but you will emile sweetly
- 51y, Never mind" and go look it
-Pyol-srlf.
N1o this iDcapRcity of independent
'.2, his moral stupidity, this in
MY Of the will, this unwil
H. s1.s7 % cheerfully catch hold and
,.1 are the things that put pure So
~ 'sA 50 far into the future. If men
lot act for themselves, what will