The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-01-19


PRESIDENT TALKED TO THEM. \
President } II. conaell Of the Agrk
cultural and Mechanical college, StlIl-
water, IN an address said
eOne Of the most important lessons
OF all hiatsry lately discovered Is the
fact that the farm Is The breeding
around Of all nations That vital sta.
tIctlcs show the imposslbIlity Of fami.
lies living In c.tles perpeluaing them
selves and that Of necessity under
ufhan condition the people who live in
the country or rural districts furnish
the very lie hlso Of the larger towns
and cities. This q accounted for by
the fac. that net only are city families
smaller out the death rate among child
rem ls especially llgh the civilization
Of the city as gunged hy its moral,
social or educational adyantages could
never exert q permanent uplifting In
fluence on me nation unless urban In.
fluences reacbas hack ad mprehend
the rural districts the fountains from
which the ne OF the nation flow The
stream ean not rise higher than It's
scnrce Tho farmers and taelf wives
both are welcome to the A. and NJ, col.
lege on the ground they afe Ia fact the
builders Of the natln and the patents
on oer civilization
y welcome them again because OF
the fact they represent the agrlcul'
tural class, which during the past yenf
created twoAundred mlllicn dollara IA
geaAh for Oklahoma 0lheys may
4 have shifted and changed by appllaa
don OF genius the forms creation OF
wealt5 III ibis state, but no other olaes
created a dollars worth Of value. there
lss rH'ors represent the basic OF
fundamental occupation Of the stale.
sBeeause OF the fact tsey I'm v
what Il Is 70 labor with their hands ane
that they would dlscoter bond q
sympathy existing between them ent
the work being Gone Al the state A
and M. college, organized fog The pur
pese Of bringing srientlfle and indus
trial educate 4 10 tho doors Of the IN
luslrlal classes.
Labor Is not curse brought upol
man by tue sins OF our first parents
according to Genesis 3-l7 bot this cr
rone9us teaching has caused cdueatlci
Ito follow WI ne channels has taugh
th8 educated boy and girl 70 ay9l
labor and work Of al kinds There
tore We aee that work, manual laOe
, has been degraded III the eyes Of th
ambitious and educated pc PIE Of lhi
aud other lands The ruling class an
eir educated servants have labore
lngeihef 10 bring thls about aad th
ranks 81 this mountaineering class hav
been fliieds of necessity fr-m genera
tloR to- generation hy recrula fr ~ lh
7. families ol The working people Or els
Z thls nnn.working class could not nav
9 been peFpelaatsd.
n Viewed from the standpclrs cg III
q man life wfk Is a necessity vi
4 command 10 work Is law Work Is /
4 10 sense q curse. The curse af Gems
I sis was spoken against the gr9nn
and not against man. Cursed be til
Z ground for tAy sake" is the readlul
q six days shalt thou labof 9aa wrl
b fen In the Mosaic Code for mans prl
i lection aud like all good laws s
blessing 10 al who observe 4.
u Labor does not need tn be dlgnule
. hy any mans statement Labor is
\ fundamental requirement Of the enll.
4 world and Il We are not cumbers 81 th
!. ground, deserving TO be puf OFF, v
must labor Whatever our hands lln
Is do ahoula ne done with al OF
might. Yea ihe work Of our hans
prosper through Il
TIVE true place af labor IN our s.
tom of social philosophy Will soon
fsnnd because The worlds gseat ed
i Gators. Including Him eho aFake
never 9nan snake the wonderlul Ma
TIN Luther. chief Of pf1teslants, u
noble Milton and many Of their folloi
GERS IN our day have decreed lhi
u Labor conunors al thngs