The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-11-25

/ state and say that II Is absolutely
worthless for farming. And let us say
that we can only raise sixteen bushels
OF wheat on this land and raise moth
Ing but wheat on the remainder In
year we would raise 52s. 00O. OOo hush
els, enough to give every man. woman
and child in this country six and a
half bushels. ~
But we raise something else besides
wheat. We raise men and women in
this great state-true men and women.
Let US begin with the children. We
have given them the best educational
facilities in the country. we have &
500 school teachers who are training
10000 pupils and educating them Our
school lands are valued at $5O,o0O. 900.
Another most important thing
whichaWe have is homes-good homes.
There is nothing greater. nothing of
more powerful influence than good
homes. North. Dakota homes are good
homes and there are probably more
really good homes in the country. we
have a. little more wealth per CAPITA
than any other state and poverty is
practically unknown. We have no sa-
looms and our penitentiary is practi-
cally empty. We have homes-not
homes like those found in the great
cities, childless and useless. but homes
that mean something to the posterity
of this state and nation. with very
few exceptions, there have never been
great men born in the city. They
have mostly come from the farms and
the small tuwns where they were rails
ed close to the soil. Our conditions
are the 'best to produce great men and
women. III
RattIeshins of Peace.
This state has been recently hon.
ored by having what Is probably the
greatest battleship afioat named fol
1t. Let us build our battleships. Let
us take our North Dakota and set II
along side the Kentucky, the Virginia
the Texas and the others OF our navy
Then let us set our great navy aIonR
side that Of England. Then let us use
this tremendous collection of war yes.
sells, mot for war, not to conquer ma
tions5 not for conquest of other. lands
but to guard and produce the lastine
peace of the world.
In our International relations this
country is ON friendly terms with every
nation in the world. Yea! Includ.
ing japan. / Travelled over Japan re.
Gently and know that the people Oh
that country have. only the best o.
friendly feeling for the people OF this
country. For nifty years, we have beer
the schoolmaster, Of Japan Right here
believe that we have great mission
IN the Orient. We must be the school.
master of China-we are in q position
to take. up that, work that no other ma.
ton of the world is.
There was a time several centurie.
ago when the, Mediterranean was thu
center Of christianity. Now the Allan.
i tic is the center and that center II
rapidly moving westward. which In 4
few centuries, will bring. the center O;
christianity in the Pacific, 800. /.
The Scf1oolmaster Of China.
From Manila it is only couple o.
hours to China and there we have, a.
1t were 400IOOO,00O of people sitting al
our feet. With these facilities we are
the ones to 'civilize If not ciristianize
this vast body OF people, we must b
the schoolmaster of China"
In closing his excellent address DR.
Creegan admonished the people to gc
to their homes there to enjoy the re-
union and the festivities OF Thanksgiv-
ing Briefly he traced the history Of
Thanksgiving when 1t was brought
from Holland, where It was originated
by the pilgrim fathers. How it became
an institution in the original states
of the union, and how 1t was made a
general day by Lincoln during the civil
war. His closing words were a tribute
to home-an institution to which all
men cling and which Is the vital
spark OF society.
The auditorium OF the church was
filled with interested people, many OF
whom had never had chance to hear
DR.. Creegan speak. The audience was
composed of members from almost ev-
cry church in the city, all out to offer
thanks for the good things which have
come to them and theirs during the
past year.