The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-01-26
fALSEH00D IS A
NATIONAL VICE
Ida TarbeII Says the Hope OF
the Country Rests In
b.. New Race.
AIDES AND GENTLEMEN
Material Prosperity Is the Inspiration
of This Time-Questions Must
Have Federal Solution-Rock-
efeller as Example.

Kansas City. Jan. 27.-Miss Ida Tar
bell says children are being raised in
untruthfulness. but is sure of a change
In this regard.
While in Kansas City his week this
VAS interviewed. II said among 9TH
er things:
"All my life l have never spent alto
gether more than eight weeks west Of
the Mississippi. This is such 4 big
country of ours and soma portion of
our problem is geographical. Take it as
an observation of mine. II not a gen
%eralization, that the people of the west
are, indeed. radically different from
those Of the east. Younger: more free
in action and speech; less restrained,
too, and ever more impatient. Expecting
things to happen overnight. Lacking
patience II persistency. And facing
the SAM problems.
But we have had a lot to contend
against and I never think it necessary
to say that / am not losing hope. I
sometimes wonder. though, whether We.
haven't Il greater grudge against the
Puritans who come over in the May
flower than against our other ancestors,
the gentlemen of Virginia. Those Pur-
itans loved liberty of conscience, but
the liberty stopped where they stood.
And they loved their W way better.
Then the constant battle with nature
and the fight against the sly and unde
pendable Indian nurtured the love of
material success and increased the dis
regard for truth. And now we glaze
over lying, don't we, i'll politics. So
ciety and business?
Breed Race of Truth Lovers.
and there's where our real problem
lies, To breed a race of people who Will
be absolutely fearless in their love for
truth. Who will be. therefore. aides
and gentlemen. II I had to prescribe a
panacea thai would be mine. Tell the
truth. Engrave it on every school and
college and court of law INC store and
legislature as the great motto of a great
people. Tell the Truth" .f
Her face looked sad for n as
she fingered her long necklace.
1--WE teach IL boys and girls that
material achievement is the paramount
duty of life. And we never can be
what We should be until We begin to
breed a race of ladies and gentlemen.
And we are not doing that In America.
Not yet. We never will do 1t until we
teach our boys and girls that the great
est thing in life is to live truthfully
and speak the truth. Always and UNI
finchingly that. Just to speak the
truth. And we don't do it."
w will do it," she said rising: 1--WE
will learn tina simple lesson. too We
vii, become truth tellers. And then
our country will be great"
Federal Action Imperative.
"The questions agitating the coun-
try now are federal questions, uues-
tons that only federal action can set
tie. All business worth mentioning is
interstate business. And when we come
to deal nationally with our trusts and
railroads we must do as Germany and
England have done. compel publicity.
Correct annual financial statements, a
registered office, a complete register Of
all stock and security holders, open to
the public, nd national control of
transportation in such a way that no
corporation whatever should be at an,
advantage owe the smallest local ship
per-
She had been gazing at the snow.
blanketed street. but She turned at
that and smiled at her visitor.
SO little time isn't there" she
quoted, $50 much to do and there is
a greater problem than the trust or
the railroads. Dur own national char
acter. In time we will become grateful
to Rockefeller. l almost think that
Providence has used him to hold the
mirror up to nature. He represents the
most dangerous tendency of oul. coun-
try. The fragrant. constant, almost
universal disregard for truth; the wor-
ship of material prosperity. And ON.
part of it is not negative. but posi-
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