The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-01

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am more and more sure that ignor-
ance and misrepresentation from the
highest ranks to the lowest are the
main obstacles in the way OF this
movement as they are In the way OF
all forward movements. Selfishness
and narrowmindedness are only eX-
pressions of ignorance, so l include
then in the term. | still would ask
for the masses of the people a clean
shuttle and a square deal, not forget
ting that their own blindness quite
as much as the selfshness of the
stronger forces, prevents their coming
into their own.
could therefore earnestly wish that
the man for whom have long looked
could be found, whose powers of logic
and persuasion coupled with full
knowledge and a nice discretion could
so present the truth as TO unite dis
cordant elements. | hope the paper
contemplated by some of your numter
will prove a direct, rapid and effective
medium of communication with those
who should be reached. There is
something in the human mind that re-
spends TO the truth so presented as to
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recognize it as truth.
The people can be trusted with the
whole truth in promoting any righte-
GUS cause. Partial truth may be dan
gerous; but wnen the normal mind
gets q fact in all its bearings and rela'
lions it will make proper use of it.
Constant drilling will at last penetrate
| the walls of mistaken self-interest. sell
fishness, prejudice and preconceived
opinion
! For this reason | earnestly desire
that some one who grasps the true
ethical, economic and, ultimately, po-
Ilitical significance of this movement
may become its spokesman. The peo-
I pie are without a comprehensive view
OF the subject and need to be taught.
The news columns Of the daily and
weekly press indicate that the enemy
| is not sleeping. The ignorance Of the
masses is the enemies strongest
weapon. The people have been duped
and lied to until they do not know
whom TO believe. Their salvation, all
salvation, depends upon teaching them
data from which to make their own
judgments The great saying OF all
the ages is: THE truth shall make
you free"
am not without appreciation Of the
sitting influence Of the actual and the
concrete against which you must con-
tend in the hand to hand and face to
face practical work Of this movement.
There are no doubt times when the
fires Of enthusiasm for the Ideal burns
low in the exhausted receiver of bodily
fatigue and the narrowness of many
with whom you must deal. You can
no doubt appreciate the remark of a
friend OF mine who said he enjoyed
work for foreign missions more than
The home mission work because he did
not in the foreign work encounter in
gratitude at sucn short range. While
/ beg for you not only the supporting
assurance that you have served the
people well. but some mead of graft.
Itudo from tho people also. yet I con-
graduate you upon having the strength
of soul that can brook ingratitude, and
if YOU must suffer II, can still DO
serene in the knowledge OF a work
well done.
One more thing | may say with the
greatest trcpidation and yet / nope
THAT If It should be said, the right
man will be found whose courage and
candor are equal to the duty. | nope
mo advocate for the tobacco growers
Twill exact from the tobacco organiza-
tion as a debt for his services, support
lin any race fcr Uaicc. II two equally
worthy candidates present themselves,
naturally itswould be duty and a
pleasure to vote for the one who had
done most for you. But the first claim
of any candidate for public service
should be his fitness to perform tda
4 Service. Other claims and relations
must be secondary. | fear we nave
Host much IN Kentucky by putting Per
sonal considerations before the public
good. Some of the strongest best edi.
tors Of the state, who want to see t1e
tobacco organizations succeed, lool;
with apprehension upon possible
situation in which some one may claim
for himself the vote of the tobacco
growers on the grounds Of his former
Service to them, when some one else
lis available who would better serve
the state and as well serve the tobacco
Interests
I shall watch the pooling campaign
with interest and snail hope to see
your fullest expectations realized
shall be greatly disappointed If you Go
not pool at least 70 per cent of the
1909 crop. 1t seems to me that with
a strong educational campaign a much
larger percent should be pooled
Soldiers, forty centuries look down
upon you" said Napoleon at the battle
Of the Pyramids, and the legions of
France, answering with a shout, rush
ed on TO victory. Twice thirty cen.
turtles have waited for an achievement
that rivals yours. and the eyes Of all
the world, some I'm confident nope. the
majority in doubt are turned to watch
the final issue. "Your task Is too
great" say the doubters; besides they
add, "Can any good thing come out
of Nazareth" The word of these
jecring skeptics fire my soul with the
consuming desire that YOU men OF
Kentucky, will disprove them; and as
the best thing that ever came to earth
came out of Nazareth, may this unique
: thing. this good thing be perfected in
our much maligned, over-conservative
Kentucky, and in spite OF the thrusts
OF illiteracy. lawlessness and decad.
- ence, let's show them that "there s
life in the old land yet"
At the close of the American r +vo.
luton. there were many both in Ell