The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-22
Hobson introduced,

1 ing incidents of where the association pu- i pills have risen to positions of rank and honor.
 Hobson Introduced. Mr. Estes then introduced Captain Hob- 1 son, whose subject was "The Young Mans Responsibility to His Nation After the young man has thought out his plans he must determine that his life shall count for good in his communi- ty, in his country, and in the world at large, as it may be-" began Captain Hob son.
 "He must find out the problems of his day and generation here in the greatest city of the south. He must find out the problems of his state and I pause to sub init one of them to you. "We must lay the foundation for eco- homie strength. We haven't given the development of our resources half a thought. We do not realize that scarce d third of our agricultural resources give us any benefit. Every year we allow great sums of wealth to leak away to other states. We spent last year $2,00O,- coo for corn which we could have raised for $3O00,000. We only produced per cent of our hog meat, but we can pro- duce 1t here. We let $4,000000 leak out on mules, $2,000,0o0 on hay, s4.00o,000 on fertilizers inperfectly applied, $2,00o,0Oo on beef, and $93,Ooo,ooO on cotton when we sold our crop for s55.000,000.
 We have not taken hold of the ques- ton as we should, for this is the basis of everything else.'
 Here MT. Hobson made some very start ling statements. "The people of every part of the world are more careful and thrifty than the Americans and the peo- pie of every part of America are more careful and thrifty than we are in Ala bama. Money grows hot in our pockets and it will leak out faster in no place than Birmingham.
 We ought to develop an attitude of mastery toward our dollars When you get a dollar don't let it get away from you make it work for you; fish with It; never turn 1t loose. We can't attain for our state unless we learn to create more wealth and then to use 1t after we get it"
 He said that this is not the great aim in life, but an important means to- ward it. ''rhe local position of the south" he said, should be that of lead ership because here we have 95 per cent pure Anglo Saxon blood, and because here we have developed the spirit that subord- mates self and recognizes the eternal. Not until a man has found things he is willing to die for is he prepared to live"
  surrounding the clash of special inter- ests is only to be conquered by eternal principles He eloquently reviewed the history of the country from it's founda- tlons and in every instance he drove home his point with, And whom did they eall?-A southerneri" He said that to- day when each section seems to be clam bring for itself, when capital stands menace on one hand and labor on the other, that the great call is for the lead ership of the south, "When she has her economic basis to begin with.''
 q think we ought to pause at banquets like this, he declared, taking up another tack, ito recognize that this country and our flag stand for human liberty Here he gave a beautiful description of just how 1t had come home to him behind the bars at Santiago, giving detail de- scription of his feelings and impressions of the battle of Santiago. how the last rays of the sun lighted up and Haunted the red and yellow flag of Spain in his face from flag pole on the fortress and when he saw 1t replaced by the Stars and Stripes he realized how surely 1t stands for life and liberty.
 HumbIest Can Aspire. . Here any man, the humblest born. can aspire to shape his country's great world policies. We understand what the Rom- ans meant when they said, TO be Rom- an is greater than to be king. but I say that to be an American Is greater than to be emperor!''
 He urged the banqueters to remember that liberty Is not local, not national, but world wide, and we cannot deliver our selves until there Is no oppression on the face of the globe. However, he said that the chief energies of mankind are still turned to destruction. that the world is an army, camp, that 4oO,oo0,00o now