The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-07-24
IRWIN MAnoN'S SPEECH.
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en- thusiasm for this industry?
Here in South Dakota there is
ample room for the safe and most
profitable investment of millions Of
dollars. There are acres upon acres
Of virgin mineral and agricultural,
as we'll as timber and grazing lands,
but before the good people OF the
state can realize fully what nature
has'done for them, or enjoy upon
the broad plain Of prosperity, as
God intended they should do, the
yet untold blessings with which
they are surrounded on every side.
It is true they must work for it,and
each one must do a mans work and
united, harmonious action must be
the watchword. The good things of
this life are not gathered in without
price. It is seldom we ever hon.
estly secure anything of value with.
out paying for it. We may think
we do, but wait, natures laws are
meyer disregarded with impunity.
The desire for metallic wealth is
the one great incentive to all prog
ress, and no man, I care not what
his profession, business or calling
in life may be, can truthfully say.
i am not engaged in mining, and
therefore am not interested in its
success. or the success Of any in
stitution organized in its interests.
You are interested, vitality inter-
ested. Was it not the discovery and
development Of the wonderful
mineral wealth Of the Black Hills Of
South Dakota, that established
every business house, every bank,
every hotel and every railroad now
located in Rapid City, Deadwood
and Lead? What would become OF
these industries, and what would
become Of many OF you if these hills
were to refuse longer to produce
OF their mineral wealth?
In this twentieth century we
must respond and respond actively
and cheerfully to the government Of
truth in all activities Of life, and un-
less we do our bewildered senses and
indifference may cause us to linger
long, gazing at lost opportunities,
with nothing before us but q gather
ing darkness. with the light OF truth
SHINING full in our faces. We must
live in the now, and live in it at our
very best, the work Of the world is
done by few.
1t was the discovery OF iron and
i its uses that made an advance in
civilization practicable for our an
cestors, thousands Of years ago. II
WAS the discovery Of the precious
4 metals ii America that drove the
cloud of the dark ages from Europe
by the impulse it gave to commerce
and industry; and still later, it was
the discovery Of gold Id California
and Australia, that saved the civil,
zation Of Europe and the United
\ States from sinking into q lethargy
like that which preceded the de
cline End fall Of the Roman empire.
have more than once proclaimed
and now I repeat. there is not /
noun tain tpnnelled nor riyel
hridged, nor q highway on th,
plains; there is not q sail specks th,
sea, nor = cloud Of smoke seeks th,
All there is nota MOTION Of q whee
nor the selattsr OF 5 spindal, nor tn
stroke of q hammer; there is not
book that gladdens and instructs
nor d dome that lifts lis beauty I,
the sky, but IS the outspeaking Q
she Inining indus try, and when "
become Indifferent to the snccess q
this industry, refuse g give II gu
best diligence, We defile our nest
{ ase rstiog trading and not dyancins
4 il tie paths Of 4 greater and noble
r.