The daily sentinel., 1907-03-05
DOLLARS CONE IN
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aONi years ago. MIR. Sweet created
laughter in his remark, ITS true
Grand Junction has lost It's street
car hne," meaning the old single
morse car operated some years ago.
A GREAT PROJECT.
Tonight declared the speaker.
You are considering a great and
important project that means much
to the moral and financial interests of
your city He then briefly referred to
the extent of the Y. NJ. C. A. move
ment, declaring that It is the greatest
movement of the nineteenth and
twentieth centuries. Sixty-three
years ago there were 13 members
Jan. 1, 1907 there were nearly a half
million in North America alone. The
assets in America amount today to
over s4O.00O.OOO. The annual run
ming expenses are now $1,000, 900
In Colorado alone during the last
year nearly 100000 were raised for
Y. NJ. C. A buildings.
All Help In This.
Men of all faiths, all nationalities
all colors, all walks of life contribute
to the support of the Y. NJ. c. A. Mr..
Sweet then dwelt upon the great work
the institution does for the boys, es-
pecially the boys in the city away
from country homes. To save the
boys is its greatest purpose. It de-
yelops character in boys and as Presi-
dent Mckinley said, Character is a
currency that passes at a premium
the world around" He spoke of the
establishment of Y. NJ. c. A. organiza-
tions at the great industrial centers
and plants and told of the work along
this line, Mr.. Thompson, of New
York is doing. He told of the Y. NJ.
C. A. established at the Tomboy and
Smuggler Union mines at Telluride
for the benefit of the employees.
Mr.. Sweet spoke of the prevalence
today of 'the corporation conscience
Men have come to do things under
the guise of corporate names that
they would not dare do as individ-
ual, and illustrated this by the beef
scandal. 1.-The great need today is
more men of higher integrity and
honor" He deplored the fact that
today men are bowling to the God of
wealth. the Golden calf has again
been set up, not in the desert of As
syria but upon the plains of America. ."
"Men who succeed are not necessarily
the richest men,"
Mr.. Sweet read from the great fin
ancial journal of America "Wau
Street Journal" which declares that
this country needs above everything
else n revival of the good, old time
piety. the kind that mother and ia
no use for the man wrapped entirely
In self and who was willing to make
no sacrifices whatever for his fell
low man." If you get the most out of
life you must put the most into life
for the other fellow" Right now,
declared Mr.. Sweet, is the opportun-
ity to give for yourself as well as for
the other fellow and he closed with
a plea for unselfsh giving in Grand
Junction for the Y. NJ. c. A.
HALL A WHIRLWIND.
C. b. Hall, of Colorado Springs, one
of the gentlemen who spoke at the
meetings Sunday, then addressed the
gathering and dwelt upon the line
"Something the Young Mems Chris
tian Association is Doing for the
Boys" He spoke of the possibilities
in the boys, how early influences will
mark their whole career. He told
how the boys are handled in the big
associations, how earnestly they work
for their success and how they will
work for the Grand Junction as
sociation Mr.. Hall spoke for about Is
minutes and every remark he made
was effective, truthful and earnest.
Vim and Enthusiasm.
Then came Mr.. Thompson of New
York, the member of the Internation-
al committee of the International y
NJ. C. A. organization. Mr.. Thompson
convulsed the crowd beginning by re
lating a joke of which C. S. Bilheim-
er. the state secretary was the vic
tim. and the local application was
most appropriate. Mr.. Thompson ex-
pressed himself as being delighted
with the interest being manifested in
the movement here. 1t all depends
on the vim and enthusiasm of the
workers and members of the eXecu'
tive committee, the business men VINO
will give their time to soliciting, an
hour or so each day. He declared the
Y NJ. C. A. to be the greatest organ
ization for the saving of young men
in the world. The organization that
looks down upon and he helps the
bov when in his greatest need He
smoke of the extent of the power oil
the institution, it's influence and mem
bership reaching to every cline ana
nation. He then brought out sue
cession of facts showing the greatness
of the organization, its power tor
the good and its value to any com
munity. He urged men to give iioer-