The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-06-22

In that way cultivate more int
slvely, and obtain q much larger vie
ana prot per acre than by dry far
ing.
PUBLIC CONTROL.
When you 60 beyond this field
cooperation, you reach a field whit
10 now largely occupied by large co
porati0ns, which are exercising pu
lie use and for that reason subject {
public control.
I believe that eventually the publ
ownership Of ali public utilities is Il
evitable In this country; but / al
not believer in the theory that "
are ready to-day for municipal owne
( ship In all our cities or for the govern
ment ownership Of all our railroads.
Municipal ownership without mum
cipal integrity may be greater ev
than corporate ownership, land tn
last condition of that man be wors
than the first"
I believe that political honesty mus
come before public ownership, an,
that the only way we will ever ge
political honesty Is to restore tn
great majority of our people to tn,
land, where they will live close Il
nature, and learn the obligations 81
man to his fellow men, and the i'm
perative need Of public integrity, By
learning to unite together to do things
Tor 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 will train
men to be honest with each other and
with the public, because honesty and
Integrity In the discharge Of obliga-
lions to ones fellow men is the
corner stone Of cooperation.
Without it cooperation is house
built upon the sands.
With such integrity, cooperation IL
a house built upon the eternal rocks
as foundation.
And SO it 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 single
thread in the great cable Of co-opera-
ton which will finally warp our ship
Of state off the rocks. and draw it to
q safe anchorage.
The profits that you will make for
yourself In the formation of these CO.
operative associations. and their man
Is the least of the reasons
which should impel you onward In the
A CRISIS IN OUR HISTORY.
We have reached a crisis In our
country's history.
It 10 crisis threatening greater
hanger than when the cloud of dis
union swept up from the south and the
nation was drenched in the blood Of Il
civil war.
The cancer Of corruption following
y the wake of great wealth is eating
)ut the vitals Of our country.
/ have shown you that there is but
me cure, and it is to men of your class
hat we must look for this cure.
In training yourselves to cooperate
together to do things for yourselves
hat one man cannot do for himself,
'ou are engaged In carrying out "A
patriotic purpose just as noble as
hough you had enlisted as soldier
o shoulder your arms and march to
he front and lay down your life, IL
iced be, in repelling the army of a
oreign invader.
We are spending millions for forts
nd navies and to maintain an army to
'lotect ourselves against the other
lations of the earth.
Our greatest danger is not from
oreign nations. 1t is in our midst.
t Is at the very heart of our political
nd social life.
And you who are here to-day are
'ioneers In the great campaign which
will result In overthrowing. the cohorts
( corruption which will otherwise
estroy us.
OPPOSITION A STIMULANT.
/ have been told that your move
lent meets with opposition. Those
rho oppose 1t are most unwise. 1t is
he lesson Of all periods Of the history
[ our race that reform movements,
Movements for the betterment of man
ind, even movements which merely
urport to be for human betterment,
nd are Of questionable character, have
cen strengthened and built up and
erpetuated by opposition and per-
ecution.
No greater stimulus to the growth of
our movement could exist than to
ave it systematically opposed. Such
pposition rouscs the combativeness
nd aggressiveness which Is In every
lan's being, stimulates him to greater
fort, and encourages him to persevere
ntil obstacles have been overcome
hich would otherwise have caused
lilure.
STRENGTH COMES FROM
STRUGGLE.
It is another law Of nature that
rength comes from strenuous strug-
e. The strong arm Is the arm that
used. The strong mind is the mind
at thinks. The strong man is the
an who has developed every fibre of
S physical vigor by use. The strong
ces Of the earth are those which
I'VE survived oppression and over
me great obstacles in their develop
ent.
Be not discouraged by any condition
at may confront you.
Be not discouraged even by temper
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