Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-10

traceable to the rebate, | venture to-
suggest that the oil trust of Palestine
was successfully operated before rail
roads existed But even though John
had nothing better than fast freight
| line of donkeys and distributed the oil
| in goat skins. he showed as correct an
understanding of the possibilities OF
monopoly as any trust magnate has to-
day, and have wondered whether our
John secured his idea of an oil trust
from John of Gishala.
We need laws making the private
monopoly impossible, but we must
have back of these laws moral senti
ment which will condemn the club
welded by the monopolist, as moral
lsentiment now condemns the highway
mans bludgeon.
The third temptation to which the
commercial man is subjected is the
corruption of politics. Just in proper
ton as corporation secures a mo-
lnopoly of the business in which he is
lengaged, in that proportion the neces-
sity for government regulation increas-
es, and | may add. the difficulty of Sc
Touring regulation increases i'll proper
ton to the necessity for it. Municipal
corruption has become a byword, and
the lobbyist has made his evil presence
felt at the national and state capitals.
Bribery is becoming fine art, and
neither the voter nor his representa-
tive is spared. The one lesson that
must be taught is that the man who
gives bride is as wicked as the man
who accepts i'll am not sure but that
he is more wicked, for the necessities
of the man who accepts the bribe--if
; need can palliate such an offense-are
usually greater than those of the man
who offers it. l appeal to you to as
sist, in every possible way, in the Gre
alton of public sentiment which will
ostracise the business man who pur-
chases legislation with the profits de
: rived from privileges already secured
or who advances corruption money in
anticipation of the profits which gov
lernmental favors promise.
In the counting room as well as in
the editors library and in the lawyers
Office one hears the heart-searching
question: What shall ii profit a mar
if he shall gain the whole world ant
lose his own ?"-and happiness
+ honor and usefulness-all hang upon
: the answer.
l AS we have met tonight under the
d auspices of an institution of learning
would not be forgiven if | failed t,
J. apply my theme to the work of the in
: structor. The purpose of education i!
; not merely to develop the mind; it i:
Ito prepare men and women for so
I lciety's work and for citizenship The
ideals of the teacher, therefore, are O
the first importance. The pull is APP
to be as much influenced by what hi,
teacher is as by what the teacher say
Tor does. The measure of a school cal
not be gathered from an inspection o
the examination papers; the concep
ton of life which the graduate carrie
Iaway must be counted in estimatin;
the benefits conferred. The pecuniar,
rewards of the teacher are usual,
small when compared with the rewards
of business This may be due in par
TO our failure to properly appreciate
the work which the teacher does, bu
it may be partially accounted for b.
the fact that the teacher derives from
his work satisfaction greater thai
THAT obtained from most OTTER employ
lments.
Pleasure I'm Teaching.
The teacher comes into contact will
the life of the student and, as on
greatest joy is derived from the cor
seriousness of having benefited Others
1.-THE teacher rightly counts as a part O
ibis compensation the continuing pleas
ure to be found in the knowledge tina
he is projecting his influence throug
future generations. The heart plays a
tlarge a part as the head in the teacl
er's work, because the heart is an in
lportant factor in ones own life and i
the shaping of the destiny of the race
fear the p!utocracy of wealth; | n
lspect the aristocracy of learning: bu
II thank God for the democracy of tn
Iheart 1t is upon the heart-level tina
1--WE meet; it is by the characteristics {
the heart that We know and best T,
lmember each other Astronomers te
lus the distance of each star from TIL
learth, but no mathematician can calcl
Hate the influence which a noble teacl
Ter may exert upon posterity And We
leven the teacher may fall from hi
thigh estate, and, forgetting his in
measurable responsibility, yield [
1.-THE temptation to estimate his work b
its pecuniary reward. / am glad to b
llieye that this institution sets befol
tits instructors a standard in whie
fservice is the measure of greatness
am sure that the distinguished ma
Iwho founded this institution. gave b
name to it, and who for so many yea
Iguided its destiny, left an example