Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-07-19

''J'tt Ndo S'lIlSn ana not DHt fiDtir
then such is the case with most OK.
porters-and results count. John u
fights foreign rivals with the same s,c.
cess that he fought home rivals. III,
meets the Russians and the Dutch or
neutral ground and beats Thorn, al
though tney have the advantage O,
cheaper abor and cheaper ships. 7,
was he who first taught the heather t.
forsake the candle. and he that frs;
put oil up in tins which the heather
when the tins were empty, turned in
to pals. He has been Il creator of
markets. IN hard. matter of fact eff
iciency of organization the STANDARD
on company has had no equal except
the ~Japanes" army and navy: ana
John u. made the Standard. II he has
made himself the richest American. it
is something to his credit that he has
paid high wage always for the eff
cheney he insisted on.
He Is a National Asset.
In this country of inGividualissn We
should appreciate the value of leader
ship. our labor unions in order To ac-
c"inpliSh anything, must follow the cX-
ample of the trusts and centrnlize au-
thority. Witness Mitchell n Comp
crs. Now if the government were i,
take owe the Standard oil and John u,
You'd manage 1t as well for us as for
himself. he would be the economical
man To appoint In charge of that de-
partment. He would be worth a mil
hon dollars n year To the nation as
surely as Lincoln was worth all the
tribute which the people now pay to his
genius and his broad humanity. No
doubt John ID. would prefer the million
Z" the honors every time. Probably for
u rebate Ne would be willing To forepo
having his name on the letterheads.
or all Americr" millionaires. his mo.
.he most abuset, ,as brought the NEST
tribute nome and spent the least
abroad. His requests do not &c "a for.
eisn universities. If this is because he
IS bald. then 1t would be Il good idea
20 shave the heads OF many of our mil
lionaires. who are nothing less than
absentee landlords; many who spend
hothiig except ON themselves and for
snow and pleasures alone. That he
mas 100 much money and too much
power Is as unquestiened IT'S that slay-
cry WAS wrong or that scores of our
rich who ESCAPE criticism altogether
nave no sense OF patriotism or decent
responsibility.
When ! returned to Toxic after peace
was made. ] found the leaders OF opin-
ion nwakening 10 the fact hat collect
iVisln, military prowess. and IA facIle
government bureaucracy alone do NOT
make u great state. They do not make
wealth or pay the interest to foreign
b~oriholders. The problem of national
security was solved; the problem Of
national prosperity lay beyond. The
Japanese had fine soldiers. They had
ne leaders to organize them into n fine |
army ana navy. But would these SOL
diers be equally good in another kind
of warfare? Had they the Oyamas
ana the Togos to organize Industrial
victory? Could they take the wealth
out or Manchuria n Korea. as we
are taking it out of u country? They !
wanted the captains of industry or
whom we have more than a plenty.
Hartman. who was visiting the
rountry ut She time. was IL nero to the
Japanese imagination.
Men Who Arc Builders.
at home he is one of the arch-villains.
His objects in life are to cut down
me energy required to take II car of
freight over the Rockies and to ev-
end the railroad mileage under his
'ohtrol. III Hill. he is a master or
'altlzer. Both he and Hill have cut
grades and economical in the cost of
transportation. with the result that
reisht goes cheaper TO the Pacific
.oast To-Day than ever before. Working
WIN their roads are lines of steamers
lcross the Pacific which put them in
OF land and sea carriers from
tongkong to Chicago. This means an
Increase of volume in both imports and
'Nports. In this sense, both men are
ear builders. Neither is a Spectator
the lull sense OF the word. Both are
reatinS positive national assets. MS are
other good railroad leaders. They
re bringing our dinners Il hitler nearer
'ur mouths.
There Is still another question wa
must ask ourselves. If Rockefeller Is
richest man in the world, If we
ave more millionaires thar any other
ountry. then is the standard of living
~ccord1ngly higher here? In Bulgaria.
ireece and Servia there are no million
Tres. and the standard of living is the
OF all Christian countries. The
fluent have little. and the others have
lothing.
Now. h Japanese are the most OBJ
race on earth, and not without
eason. Other peoples follow the ruts
I their own creation. The Japanese
ave made n system OF their own nv
ovetatling ports of other systems.
e had to look the field over care
ully to find what they wanted to take
each source: and they came to rs
or industrial organization.
1T is amazing" said a Japanese to
ne. the amount of wealth there is IN
america. 1t assaults you on every
and-the created value OF industry In
new land"
You mean 1t is amazing how few J
control the wealth of such n large
ountry?" I observed.
No" he answered. II mean the pro- {
ucts of development and Organization J
'hich seem to be at the Of l
UGH Il vast number of people. VIVA
re to the average man in
seem "a necessity to the aver.
man In America. If YOU win ey- ,
use me. no people take so much cow r,
ort for granted n cry and struggle
0 hard for more and are so mise,oS Bic Il.
Mess II get more immediately" =
Whether 1t Is n Cassatt, a Hin mr. =
ven a Rockefeller. the masterful or
AMER represents the energy that has
lade the rapid development of our t
ountry the wonder OF this age. With \
8 1t has been every man for himself :
! Russia, the only other country where d
ley have vast distances and equally !,
eat resources. they nave undertaken r
accomplish development in another
Witte WAS the government hot
ouse Rockefeller who borrowed large I,
inns for the purposes OF industrial ad- :,
ancement. and is still borrowing. His =
Sc to the command Of Industrial ey- u
anSlon-before the war with .Janan- !,
as through the intrigues Of ST. Pc :.
politics instead of in the hard !,
OF experience on the plains, He I
onsporteG peasants from Russia free.
, gave them grounds and implements :,
Id seed. and then they asked him II n
} vas not going to pillow and harvest q
= them as well.
II you We're to turn loose In Siberia