Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1906-06-14
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COOPERATIVE STORES IN
ENGLAND

The growth Of the co-opcratiy
stores in England has been SOmcthin
marvellous. Starring with PRACTICAL
nothing i'm the way of capital IN
comparatively few years they hav
built up business aggrcgating mi
, lions Of dollars year.
But they began right.
They began at the small end.
They began with the acorn ana the.
gradually developed the tree uhlh
has become a great strong ohh'
If they had begun 20 me DIE 'hi
and subscribed capital STOCK ass lai- ~
las their present capital ana gone ou'
into the highways uuD nlWays To hlt'
men TO transact Their business loih
ing a great organization IN which uo
man was trained ,o his duties, they
would have failed hopelessly and
miscrably failed
And 80 would amy great business
enterprise started u that way.
| Remuneration cam Doe no exception 10
/ the law Of evolution.
You must begin with the seed and
let IL grow crldually. as they lid i'm
England wifi their cooperative stores
THE MAKING OF MEN.
The great central thou-ht which
should Dee the pillar of fire hy night
and the pillar NJ cloud 10y day 10 lead
the American reoplc ont OF The wilder
ness Of the corruptIons and dangers
of accumulated and segregated wealth
should De great public movement in
The line OF making men, rather than
making money"
Our government is upheld upon the
shoulder, 0t los own people
And as Olr citizenship is maintained
at a high standard of moral and phySi-
cal strength on the part OF our men
and our women. just TO that extent
viii the strength of our nation bc
maintained
II We would be sure OF this. we
must keep our young men from flock
.ng To the cities.
The way 10 do il Is 10 train them
through system of education whi o
viii equip them 90 solve the problems
u the country. and plant the idea In
their minds that the country after all
offers a greater stimulus for mental
activity than the city
OF TIE COUNTRY.
The most attractive problem II
this generation are In the cou. try
The building Of good roads tho build
ng of better farm homes. the engineer.
ng problems of the farm. the ar.Ica-
ton OF power 10 the needs OF tlr tIrm
md the farm home, the lesscuu- of
domestic burdens through better
domestic arrangements, the cou~truc-
ton OF rural electric railway and
rural telephones and farm irr-.fou
systems and thr application of mI.uin-
Fry 10 all the uses of the farm offer
A deld for effort and invention and tue
application of energy to the farmers
boy which no city can offer to him
provided ne has had the opportunities
" education 10 qualify him 10 solve
these problems.
There SHOULD be I'm every county IN
this county, a school where every
farmers hog could. without going any
farther from home than the county
seat. learn o. 10 all the things which
| have meuti. L.
AGRICULTURE AND MANUAL
TRAINING.
W, have schools where "a part OF
this training may be obtained The
ThrOop Polytechnic Institute ut Pas
adena, California. and the stout Man
ual Trimming School at NcuOmuee.
Wisconsin. are OF this class Eut.
coupled will them should bc the a-~i-
cultural training which a boy gets Z
the DoylestoWu National Farm School
or i'm part at the summer school of t.u
Wisconsin State University at Mad
isOn.
And every girl should have an equal
opportunity 10 M herself for her duties
as the mistress of farm home.
cut OF sbch homes will come n gen
GRAFTON Of strong. conservative ana in
tclligent men who viii solve the grea
problems Of this people. and Will sOlV,
them So gradually and steadily that nc
radical methods will ever need to b,
/ adopted.
They will put out Of business M,
! politician who wants To ride in bloc,
UP TO his bride bits. like nu erStwhil,
| governor OF Colorado or the present
day politician who seeks 10 ride int
public office on wave of prejudic
and champion the peoples rights wit
his voice, while his hand. like as mo-
is In the pocket of some corporation
Put not your faith i'm princes
nor In politicians
The Lord helps those who hel
themselves"
So long as the people depend for r
lief upon politics, just that long wi
they be disappointed
THE LARK IN THE MEADOW.
When they learn the lesson of u
fable of the lark in the meadow, an
go to work to do things for then
selves, talk politics less, and tral
themselves to do things by cooper
ton more. they will bee surprised q
the progress they will make in Il
right direction.
Politics. and dependence on Il
part of the people upon politics, al
the hope and the salvation Of the co
ruptionists and the trusts, and
every combination of capital viii,
lives by Swimming the cream fro
the industries Of the people.
III you want the cream yourself sc
must do your own skimmng.
You must not imagine for momel
that what | have advocated Is a me