Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-08-12

at their neaQS. PlySlCdl prOOleuS
can not be solved by one but must be
solved by all Without organization of
capital the physical resources of this
country could not have been devel-
oped as they have been. Theology can
not solve the problems of the world |
and it's professors should not cast
scandal upon the men who are SOW
ing them You can not dam the cur
rents of the time but you can turn 1T !,
and make it go where 1t should.
These problems are not yet solved. |
Some of them our children will have
when we are dead and gone. But
here are three rules which if we all
will follow will go long way toward
solving some of the biggest ofethem.
To the poor, BE not envious.' To the
rich, BE not cruel and to all be fair
Future Of Farmers.
"Let us now look for moment into
the future of this country from the
farmers standpoint. There are only
very few acres in Wapello county
that are really cultivated that is, Gull
| tivated as they are in Europe This
is an age of extensive farming but the
time is coming when we will, or
rather, must have extensive farming.
Why | know one man who needs 500
acres to make a living. That is all
right for you men who have gotten
your farms by working hard for them.
You have no money invested in them.
You own land that is worth $500 an
acre and are content if you get good
living out it, But wait till you sell
them, what then? The man who buys
them must get more than living, he
must get interest on his investment.
4 | say that the future will bring ope of
three conditions. Either the farms
will be smaller, for there Is not a
county in Iowa but what can support
two or three times as many men as 1T
does now, or the land will be farmed
intensively, or the price of land will
60 down, and don't think that the
!, price Of Iowa land will ever go down.
Educational Progress.
''It is staggering to think of the pro
gress that has been made along edu
vocational lines. When you compare
; the little log school house of yester
; day with the magnificent colleges and
l public schools Of today, what are we
!, to look forward to for tomorrow
l There never was such charitable age
. or such a generous one. Think of the
millions of dollars that are being
given every year for the education O.
mankind.
= "You hear men say that there is 10
: the opportunity there used to be
: This is not so. There never was
y time when there was as great a de
J. mand for men of the right calibre a.
y there is now. Never such an outlool
> for men of the best class, never s.
!, much room at the top as there l
! today. The gate of opportunity wa
: never so wide open as 1T Is today.
=, "I do not know whether the ma
- = iority of the women Of this countr
= want to vote or not, but if they d
- and they don't get to vote, 1t wi
~ be the first thing that they have eve
IN wanted that they have not gotter
# daughter and applause.) PERSONAL
"a I like the home woman. Howeve,
10 there never was an age that offere
k wider open door to women in
80 walks of life than does this age {
le ours At no previous time was a
great a chance ever given to wome
I'd as is done today.
lie "You hear some talk Of an educate
class of rulers for this country, {
fear of the ignorance Of the commo
ne people. do not believe in a class {
at educated rulers; I do believe in I'll
LII common people. Because the mass
o. the common people are honest and
in would rather have honesty with
h lesser degree of ability than abilit
no without honesty.
". Indifference In Politics.
ll- IT believe that the darkest OF 6
cd the clouds that threaten on our
OF tlonal horizon is the Indifference
ar the average man to politics. Why,
as have a brother who breaches in a
ne other church, and do you know,
e Ell thinks that it is awful for a minist
" of the gospel to take the part in pc
vi tics that I do. He thinks that it
~ communicating and degrading, but
80 tell you that it is the duty OF eve
a. man, of every citizen, to take t
- deepest interest in politics. The b'
~, den of the country rests upon t
~ shoulders of the masses of the Pr
~ pie and the man, of the people, W
~. wv, is too busy to give any time to pc
nv, n,n tics is, as it seems to me, the dal
NO est cloud of any of those that
90 scures the sun, at times, from tt
fin. fair land of ours.
ing ''The foundation principle OF t
md government was, faith in the comm
9TH man Washington had faith in h
mt or he would not have refused the
ate fer of kingship. We, the masses
rit. the American people, must fight
out our problems. I heard some one
to- once that the trouble with this CO
inst try was the dregs at the bottom
any there Is also the scum at the top.
! a between the dregs and the scum is
,on- pure juice, the mass Of the comm
lere people, and on them depends the
!, it. ture of the, country. On one hi
orse capital is organizing; on the OF
are the labor unions. Both have rig
of which shall be protected but the or
see American public has rights which t.
The must both respect. This country m
the not be, nor never shall be, ruled
t 1s organized greed or organized brut
the ty. We shall have full liberty,