The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-03-29
SPEECH OF HON. JOHN ". REED
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destructive disease; or infinitely worse,
it may be the loss of loved one in the
family. But il you are made Of the stuff
that wins you will never be overwhelm-
ed by misfortunes, nor suffer discourag-
ments to throw you down. II know no
such unquestionable badge end ensign
of a sovereign mind, said Ei erson, las
that tenacity of purpose which through
all changes of companions, n parties,
or fortunes, changes never, Ates no jot
of heart or hope, but weari s out OPP
position and arrives at port ut is
defeat" says Beecher, that turns bone
to flint and gristle to muscle and makes
men invincible, ," and the VIII lie matter
is summoned up by Orison s, Marden,
who says, This is the test your man
hood how much have you 3ft in you
when you have lost everything outside
of yourself ? II you lie down now, throw
up your hands and acknowledge your
self worsted, there is not much in you.
But if, with heart undaunted and face
turned upword, if you scorn to beat
retreat, you will show that the man
left in you is bigger than your loss,
greater than your cross, and larger
than defeat" The small boy gave the
antidote for failure when he said that
the way he learned to skate was get
ting up every time he fell down. Ap-
ply this remedy and you will recover no
matter how serious your failure may be.
My friends, do not know as much
about farming as did Horace Greeley,
and you will observe that have strict
ly refrained from giving you any de-
tailed advice about how to make
success of the business. l took Mr..
Greeley's advice one time and went west
to grow up with the country. I bought
a farm. / lost it. learned valuable
lesson-eyery man should stick to his
own knitting. I had eighty acres of
good land. There was a mamie was
not farmer, he was bunco.steerer-
he told me he had one hundred and
sixty acres of land of such rich soil and
so exceedingly productive that all you
had to do was to sit on the fence and
watch the crops grow. gave him MY
eighty acres and good sum of money
for his farm with mortgage on it.
The next spring l went out to watch
the crops grow, but instead l saw the
ducks swim. The man with the
mortgage took the farm, and I was a
sadder but wiser man. Farming is an
honorable and profitable business, but
you must master it to make success
out Of it. This, l understand, is one of
the objects of your organization. No
one man knows it all. An interchange
OF views, swapping of ideas is not only
a mental stimulus, but of great assist
ance to the man who wants to make
progress and herein is the advantage
VI JcNi LhSSpihS VoSCIlGI WucH CN6Tl
member can draw on this common fund
for the improvement OF b business.
We are all, either directlyo' indirectly,
interested in husbandry, an therefore
the Grange elicits our eordi sympathy
and best wishes. II is not a selfish
organization, and, in the f ture as in
the past, | have no doubt it will follow
the lead of true philanthrt py in sub
serving the best interests of all the
people. am not aware of my organi-
zation that has fulfilled its mission in
this respect more completed than has
the Patrons Of Husbandry. 1t is with
in my recollection when he Grange
was,instrumental in Ndefeati g the bill
in Congress to extend the patent on
sewing machines, and the result was
that the price on these macL ines fell to
about one-third, or at least to less than
one-half, of what they had been former
ly selling for. have not had time to
verify this statement, but am sure it is
substantially correct. Who can esti-
mate the value OF this one act alone to
the great body of our citizens. The
people who needed sewing machines the
worst were the least able to buy them,
and the Grange will be forever held in
grateful remembrance for having placed |
this indispensable aid to the housewife
within the reach Of all. 1t was through
your organization that the Department
of Agriculture was raised to the power