Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-06-06

true from the false, the good from the
bad
Ii has been well said that lit Is one
Of our human misfortunes that vice
invariably seeks the protection and
concealment of the garb of virtue"
that holy wars invariably have bred
greedy suffers. camp robbers, and a
noisy horde Of men whose predatory
purposes are sought 10 be concealed
by a vociferous but spurious patriot
ism
How TO Find the CRATER
This noisy horde denOunces those
who point out their hypocrisy and
stand in the way of their advance
ment, and not infrequently succeed in
iniuring modest virtue before the
warm hearted multitude discovers
that vociferous demagogy has been
made TO do service to promote ambi-
lions Of the unworthy. Paradoxical
as at first it may seem there is no
thing that the accomplished CRATER
likes better than to associate himself
with a crusade for moral betterment.
To him it Is an opportunity" It mat
ters not how shockingly he may have
offended morality, he expects his
noisy professions TO cause him to be
recognized as virtues champion par
excellence.
Honesty Best Policy
Caveat emptor tlet the buyer be-
ware) is obsolete in modern business
morals. Honesty is the best policy,
not only from the moral standpoint
but also as a rule OF conduct having
recognized commercial value; in
short, character is a business asset
Benjamin Franklin recognized and
expatiated upon the commercial value
of all these human elements. know
of no secular book more wholesome
TO place in the hands OF the young
than his Autobiography. including
Poor Richards Almanac and other
philosophy. 1t has done duty in New
England homes for more than cen
tury, and visit to the book stores
In that section viii convince one that
it's popularity has not waned Its In
fuence in character building has been
OF inestimable value.
One of Franklin's sage observations
was that at an early age he became
convinced that truth. sincerity and
integrity in dealings between man
and man were OF the utmost import
ance to the felicity of life" Another
was that human happiness is produc-
ed not so much by great pieces of
good fortune that seldom happen as
by little advantages that occur every
day" These are gems of every day
philosophy worth intoxicating in every
home
Honor in Labor
Let 1t be driven home upon the
minds of the yoEmg that there is dig
nifty and honor in labor, and that idle
ness Is neither dignified nor honorable.
Pope expressed kindred
thought nearly two hundred years ago
In his Essay on Man:
Honor and shame from no condition
rise;
Act well your part; there all the
honor lies"
Success must be achieved 1t can
not be transmitted by inheritance.
And success lies not so much in what
we do as how we do IL. Faithfulness
in small things invariably makes OPP
That is poetic fiction
which represents opportunity coming
to us but once IN life time. OPP.
portunities may happen Though Ed
ward Everett Hale insists that nothing
ever rarely happens), but the prepa-
ration for opportunity is not acct
dental.
Work an Essential
Work Tin moderation) is a blessing,
not a curse. Ii would be we'll If the
physical necessity for it were more
equitably distributed; but work is
to both moral and physical
health. The child born with a silver
spoon in its mouth"-as the old saying
has it--starts in life with handicap.
The so-called poor boy--the boy born
into the household where work is
a necessity and useful employment is
an honor-has distinct
advantage In the start in life over his
cousin reared In opplence without the
stimulus of either ambition or neces-
sity to serve useful purpose In lifes
work. History and biography furnish
volumes In corrohoration of this OBJ
servation.
No Success Without Effort
Without enort there is no such
thing as rel success. That is the
reason ~ nothing succeeds like
success. The reputation of being
successful is helpful to further sue
cess. but reputation is effect. not
cause. ITO him that hath shall be
g1ven," not simply because he has ac-
cuinulated. but because OF the habits
OF industry and frugality which pro-
duce the initiative success.
Under normal conditions the young
man who has the judgment to take
accurately the measurement OF his
own limitations with respect to his
femperamental. physical and intellec-
fnal end0wments, will succeed In pro-
portion to the amount Of well directed
energy expended.
Successes, What II W
& But Whist II success? ASoung man
once asked senator Spooner how he
ronld win II. The senator replied:
TELL me what success Il and / will