The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-01-05

which do not think? Why. you can see
its results on every hand. Thirty or
forty years ago every little town had
ifs cobbler. This cObbler not only re-
paired the shoes and lAots, but also
made the shoes and boots. bvt one day
there came along man with brains.
He said TO himself: What Is the use
Of all these cobblers making their
boots by hand? ! will make machinery
do the work Of flesh and blood" This
man of brains went TO work lie built
large factory. He employed 200
hands. He made these 200 hands, with
the use OF machinery, do five times the
work which the same number Of hands
used TO do lie also lowered the sell
ing prices. The shoes and boots were
sold One-third cheaper than they used
TO be. The man OF brains who drove
out the village cobhler was the same
kind Of man that drove ont the village
wheelwright The man of brains who
drove away the village cobbler is also
the kind of man Of brains who took
away the business OF the typescttcr
One day this man Of brains walked
into the printing office and said Here.
editor Is typeSetting machine. In
stead Of employing twenty. thirty. fifty
men to set your type, all that you will
have TO do is 10 have man sit down
at this machine. as Padcrewsk sits
down NJ the piano. lie can play the
keys for awhile ana the whole work is
done" But" cry the village cobhlrrs
and the village wheclwrights ami the
old typesctters. you have taken away
our lifc's work. We cannot do augAt
but follow the line of work we uscl e.
do We shall starve We shall die"
But the ineXorable law OF the survival
Of the flttcst means that these ma-
chimes shall exist and that the man OF
thinking brains shall triumph over the
man whose brains never think.
The httcst survive in the mental
realm. There Is no doubt about IT,
Now, my friends and especially my
young friends. what are you going 10
do about this factf Are you going 90
let your brains lie dormnntf Because
some have been cohblcrs for twenty
years. are you still to be- cobblcr
nowf Are you mentally going 10 try
TO do the work Of the present century
I'm the way our fOrefathers did thing
and not by the present mp 10 dat,
methodist Are you going to resist thC
advancemcnts Of the times In the way
some ncarsighted Pennsylvania furm
ers did many years agof | may not
be giving these facts exactly right,
but the story | am telling is substan-
TALLY true. One OF the prominent rail
roads Of the east was extending Its
lines toward pittshurg. The railroad
officials wanted to run their iron rails
through certain township. The
farmers rose up In protest. They said
IF we allow this railroad to be- built
II will do all the hauling our farms
will be broken up. and our horses will
be useless. because then there will he
nothing left for them 10 carry To mar
ket" These farmers not only protest
ed thus. but I'm the state legislative
halls nj Harrisburg. through their rep
resentative, they defeated that railroad
from running through their township.
The result was that that railroad
going into Pittsburg took another
course. The old farmers township Is
now sidetrackcd II Is nothing but p
simple country town. ON the other
hand. the valley through which that
railroad now runs is prosperous and
wealthy. Land has doubled ana
trebled in value. There is an inevita-
ble law Of the survival Of the ittest
I'm brains. How are you grasping your
opportunities? Are you trying To make
the world travel in stagecoaches and
canal boats when the shrickine
whistle Of the Overland Limited Is
calling It's passengers 10 get aboardi
II you do not develop your brains.
then. by the law Of man and the law
of God, to the wall you must -. The
survival Of the httest" is the mental
demonstration OF life. Never let tlat
one truth out Of your mind until you
have developed your Intellect TO its
highest possibilities.
But the httest survive ia the moral
world as well as IN the physical ana
the mental. The man who Is honest
and true and noble will always. In the
long run. win over the man who is de.
celtful and dishonest There Is abso
lutely no doubt about II. All Other
things being equal, there Is survival
OF the fttest In the moral realm. Yet
to hear some people talk you would
suppose that IT never pays 20 bc hon
est or truthful In business life.
The merchant who is successful IN
the true sense Of the word is not the
man who cheats his customers. but the
man who will give his customers more
for their money than any one else will
give. 4 great merchant builds up his
business by winning the confidence and
the respect Of a community. not by
selling them shOddy goods. The story |
Is told that many years ago new
trader went out to live among the In
dlans. No sooner had he landed and !
opened his store than the Indian chief |
came TO him and bought some goods.
The chief said. II pay you tomorrow"
The next day the Indian chief returned |
with many members Of his tribe. Then
he commenced TO pay the trader for |
his goods. He gave him one ottcI
skin, then another skin. then another
skin and then another skin until he
had given TO him four skins. The |
goods were worth Just about -four
skins. Then the chief drew ont a beau /
tlful otter skin and offered II also. He |
offered this fifth skin TO test the trad
pr's honesty. "Chlef," said the trader,
II do not want that fifth skin. You
have paid me enough" The Indian