The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-08-14
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Commissioner BIakesIee TaIks About
Builders, WreckeEs and Scayeneers.

Builders, WFeckeES and Scaveneefs
The following self-explanatory
address has been issued BY Com
missioner BlakesIee, Of the depart
ment Of agriculture and commerce.:
In the great work Of Developing
the best that there is in munich
Ipality. district. State Or nation,
there are two forces continually in
conflict, striving to overcome or
c0unteract the influence and
achievements of the other. These
are the builder and wrecker one
striving to build up and the other
endeavoring to tear down. One try
ing TO create and the other just as
active in the effort to destroy.
One with fixed and steady pur-
pose to improve and the other
equally ais determined to counteract4
the effect Of the work of the first.
AS a result Of the success Of the
second. there comes third that
can best be termed scavenger.
One that feeds upon the wrecks
made and the decay that ensues.
Finding no place with the creator
or builder nor with the Wrecker un-
til the result of his efforts has
brought a decomposition suitable
to his liking. Best described as a
contemplate being that exists
upon the wreckage and rotten
debris produced by the second.
It is fact from which those
who would see the great State Of
Mississippi come unto her own.
that the second and third in this
triumvirate are few in numbers
and almost entirely lacking in de-
cency and influence. The great
army Of builders has recruited its
ranks within the past few years
until no State in the sisterhood can
present-a more solid phalanx or so
formidable array. These recruits
come from every station or walk
of life. They come from the man.
sion to the humblest home in the
land. Their labor is freely given
for cause that has for its object
the general betterment of condi-
tions in Mississippi. They are
loyal, true and generous, willing
that the neighbor may profit as
we'll ais themselves. The result of
their efforts is to be seen upon
every hand and the State is under
going transformation for the bet
ter that is exceedingly gratifying
to all.
The few wreckers may be no less
active, but their puny efforts are
Of little or no avail. Their assaults
upon those engaged in the building
process are usually understood and
without effect. Malicious attacks
upon the men who are endeavoring
to create fall fiat and little in the
way of destruction takes place.
Hence the last, the scavenger, is
almost without place and not de-
serving of consideration.
Now, my dear reader. you are
aligned with one of these forces.
Which is it? Are you engaged in
building, trying to make the coun-
try better and more prosperous, or,
are you endeayoring to tear down
and counteract the work of the
builder? Have you enlisted in the
campaign to make our people hap-
pier and more prosperous, or, do
you sympathize with and actively
aid the wrecker?
This is a proposition well worthy
of consideration by every good cit
izen. We need builders, not
wreckers. When movement for
the general good is inaugurated.
there should be hearty and willing
support and no pulling back or hin-
dering. Mississippi is moving up
ward and pushers are needed and
mot knockers. The men actively
engaged in the work deserve co.
Operation and not naligning.
Conditions are improving and the
army of builders is growing. The
wreckers are growing searcer and
| the scavengers are almost without
Ia job. Let it be sincerely hoped
that both Of the latter classes will
become totally extinct during the
next few years.