The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1906-06-21

Ia mat way cultivate more intel
siyely, and obtain much larger yiel
and profit per acre than by dry farm
Ing.
CORPORATIONS SUBJECT TO
PUBLIC CONTROL
When you so beyond this field o
cooperation. you reach a field whicl
Is now largely occupied by large cor
porations, which are exercising pub
lie use and for that reason subject Il
public control.
l believe that eventually the public
ownership OF all public utilities is In
evitable In this country. but l am
not believer in the theory that we
are ready to-day for municipal owner.
ship In all our cities or for the govern
ment ownership of all our railroads.
Municipal ownership without NUM-
cipal integrity may be a greater evil
than corporate ownership. and the
last condition OF that man be worse
than the first"
believe that political honesty must
come before public ownership, and
that the only way we win ever get
political honesty Is TO restore the
great majority OF our people to the
land. where they win live close to
nature, and learn the obligations OF
man to his fellow men. and the Inn
perative need OF public integrity, by
learning to unite together TO do things
for themselves
HONESTY THE CORNERSTONE
OF COOPERATION
Man is the product Of his environ
ment- Man will be what he Is trained
20 be And cooperation win train |
men to be honest with each other and |
with the public, because honesty and |
integrity In the discharge OF obliga- |
tons TO ones fellow men Is the /
corner stone of cooperation
Without 1t cooperation Is q house |
built upon the sands.
With such integrity, cooperation Is
house built upon the eternal rocks
as foundation
And so ii Is that your movement for
the formation OF farmers associations,
In order that you may transact for
yourself the business OF selling your
own soil products, is but a single
thread in the great cable OF eo-opera-
ton which wiz finally warp our ship I
Of state on the rocks, and draw it to
q safe anchorage.
Thesprofits that yes will make for 1
yourself in the formation of these CO.
operative associations. and their man
agement, is the least Of the reasons
which should impel you onward In the
III
A CRISIS IN OUR HISTORY. i
We have reached a crisis In our
rountry's history. a
1t is a crisis threatening greater d
LANCER than when the cloud OF dis {
lnion swept up from the south and the
lation was drenched In the blood Of T
,ivil war. s
The cancer Of corruption following e.
0 the wake OF great wealth is eating a
ut the vitals Of our country. a
l have shown you that there Is but b
ne cure, and il is to men OF your class d,
hat we must look for this cure OF
In training yourselves to cooperate n
ogether to 90 things for yourselves
nat one man cannot do for himself, N
on are engaged in carrying out a n
atriotic purpose Just as noble as %
lough you had enlisted as a soldier ID
, shoulder your arms and march to
he front and lay down your life, IL
eed be, in repelling the army Of
,reign invader
We are spending millions for forts a.
I'D naTies and to maintain an army to y,
rotect ourselves against the other "A a
atoms of the EARTH az
Our greatest danger Is not from ~,
reign nations. IL IS in our midst. "
Is at the very heart Of our political co
Id social life Gu
And you who are here to-day are tho
oneers In the great campaign which or
III result In overthrOwfng the cohorts WI
corruption which will otherwise iso
stroy us
OPPOSITION A STTMULANT. OBJ
have been told that your move as
mt meets with opposition Those
10 oppose IL are most unwise. 1t Is era
: lesson OF all periods Of the history tell
our race that reform movements, pro
'vements for the betferment Of man. the
Id, even movements which merely rad
rport to be for human betterment, ado
are of questionable character, have 7
n strengthened and built up and mol
Ipetuated by opposition and per- M
ution- COZ
70 greater stimulus to the growth Of dav
II movement could exist than to nuh
Re ii Systematically opposed Such and
'osition rouscs the combativeness bIs
aggressiyeness which Is in every - {,
as being, stimulates him to greater 81
IT. and encourages him to persevere
u obstacles have been overcome ~
eh would otherwise have caused 49,
1re.
STRENGTH COMES FROM =
STRUGGLE. ne
is another law Of nature that IT,
Myth comes from strenuous strug- "
The strong arm Is the arm that fabi
sed. The strong mind Is the mind 90 !,