The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-07-02
SAYS HUNcLE JOE" CANNON
TELLS "HoW TO BE HONEST
THOUGH RICH
MUST NOT Be SELFISH
Culture is of No Benefit Unless Back
ed BY Effort IN Its Acquisition
Outlines Duty Of Young
Men

Washington. July is-'IIncle joe
Cannon, speaker Of he national house
tof representatives, gave q lecture To
millionaires. telling how they may
become honest citizsns.
He scored the selfish rich who give
no time to public duty. and urged all
to work for the public good
The speaker, just turned he al'ot-
ted three-score and Ten Of the prophet,
bnt still hale and hearty. puffed viz I,
ously on a big cigar a. he talked
If among a dozen Young men, each
OF whom should decide 10 devote his
life 10 the public service and should
qualify, and work hard and conscienti-
oasly for II. cne iust one should gat
himself into public life and should
sustain himself with credlt 10 himself
and benefit to the country. | should
consider it great return for the ef-
fort put forth, SAID he.
The man who has % make his oRn
way. who Is wth1lii Il competency Ia
start with, and who enters public life
these days before he has aved enough
to live independently of his income
as public man, has hard time be.
fore him.
| THE college man who receives his
training without having 70 consider
wherewilhal he. shall he subsIsted Ii
I ldepriyei Of the beueht thai comes un.s
de. The primal law IN the sweat Of ghy
face shall thou eat bread
Effort as Well as Culture.
There are mel OF culture and inner.
ted wealth who accomplish great
things, but they are exceptions. anil
when they are intrpsted with power
are useful and safe IN the exercise of
1t only in so far as they receive edn-
cation in practical conduc of practical
affairs.
Mere culture is Of no benefit unless
yau have been strengthened BY So
we're efforts in its acqnisit on. There
Is no way 10 learn how TO make prop.
or use Of power except by studying in
the great library of actual life and by
close contact with The mass of human.
ity engaged ia the struggle for sub
5stance and Advancement,
But all young men Of ability,
whether favored by fortune or not.
owe 1t both to themselves and to the
ma ion to give attention 10 public af-
fairs to keep themselves in touch with
things. 10 be in constant preparation
for pgblic ife f the opportunity Or
necessity comes to them
Duty Of Young Men.
The human animal accomplshes
only as he works under the pressure
Of necessity The exte1-ive develop
ment of The tinted States in the last
half century has kept The people 50
busy in various industries, speculR
tions and enterprise. in order 70 a.
their part In this development that
many of them have neglected thfir
duties as citizens, or perhaps | should
say as co-soyereigns In the develop
ment of the great empire that has
been built mp by the r effort. in which
an men are equal at the ballot box
without regard 20 their material
wealth or want OF g..
Il myself am acquainted with many
men who. mcreiy because Of lncSy lo- E
cation, though only Of respectable ahil.
ity, have sat o1 the gateway Of COM
merce and. by simply levying toll
have ace mularei great fortunes
In all their lives they have never
ct into touch with public life. they
know lille about public questions AM
they give them no al eat'on. These
men. when pi-cbed by the unwise ac-
tion OF the majority Of their fellows.
are able 10 90 little except cover the
latter with abuie
a Remedy at Hard.
is ihere remedy for fhis7 An
offset 10 such evil inaueneesg Yes a
most efficient remedy IN the fuil-
ness Of tine 'he multitude viii fini
ont from some actual and painful ex-
perience that they have hee1 misiei
When throagn heug mislad. they b.
gin 20 suffer. when theT begin 10 bc
oppre Sod. they viii seek 10 nnd nov
leadership and viii apply The proper
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