The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-09-28

VINO are willing to make those sacri-
noes IN a region of ST n terrific dam
ger and such constant peril are made
or material that does not bleach out
IN the wash. All honor to them
when DR.. Cook came to speak, the
entire assemblage leaped to it's feet
with him and the cheering continued
for a full minute. The explorer read
his address.
DIR. Cooks Address.
'This is nj of the highest honors
1 ever hoped to receive. You repre-
europe and nearly all of the arctic
explorers in America. Your welcome
is the explorers guarantee to the
worid-coming as it does from fellow
workers, from men who know and
have gone through the same expert
ence. 1t is an appreciation and a
victory. the highest which could fail
to the lot Of any returning traveller.
"The key to frigid endeavor Is sub
sistence. There is nothing In the en-
tire realm of the arctic which is i'm
possible to man. If the animal fires
are supplied with adequate fuel there
is no cold too severe and no obstacle
too great to surmOunt. No imprtant
expedition has yer returned because
OF unscalable barriers or impossible
weather. The exhausted food supply
resulting from q limited means OF
AAAo ' ~
p1rant from his goal In the ages of
the polar quest much has been tried
and much has been learned. The
most important lesson is that civilized
man, If he will succeed, must bend to
the savage simplicity necessary. The
problem belongs to modern man but
for its expectation we must begin
with the food and the e of trans
p~OrtatiOn of the wild man. Even this
must be decided and simplified to fit
the new environment.
with due respect to the compli-
mentary eloquence of the chairman
and others; caHdO compels me to say
n q he effort of getting to the pole
Is not one of physical endurance, nor
is 1t fair to call it bravery; but a
the stomach cid a knowledge of the
Limits of the brute force of the motive
power, be it man or beast.
1.-THE conquest was only possible
with the accumulated lessons of early
ages of experience. The failures of
stepping stones to ultimate success.
The real pathfinders of the pole were
the early Danish, the Dutch, the Eng
lish and the Morse, Italian and Ameri-
can explorers. With these worthy fore
runner we must therefore share the
good fruits which your Chairman has
put into my basket.
~ similar obligation is due to the
wild man. The win families Of wild
folk, the Eskimo and the Indian, were
important factors to lis The use OF
peInican and the SNOW shoe which
makes the penetration of the arctic
mystery barely pOss.b bic has been Dor
rived from the American indian. The
method of travel. the motor force and
the native ingenuity, without which
the polar quest would be a hopeless
task, We been taken from tha Eski-
mo no Ca U2Un man tilQFpfOFP XyhC
has no flag, we are bound to give a
part of this fruit.
1"To John II. Bradley-the man who
paid the biIIs-belonss at least one
half of this fruit.
1.-THE Canadian government sent its
expedition under Captain Bernier 1,0OG
miles out OF it's course to help us to it
I gladly pass the basket. In returning
such rivaled skin and Withered muscles
were filled out at the expense OF Dan
ish hospitality. And last but not leas'
the reception with open arms by
fellow cxpIOrers-to you and to all be-
long this basket Of good things which
the chairman has placed on MY
shoulder.
Nothing would suit me better thar
to tell you tonight the complete stor,
of our quest. but the very first tele+
gram gives more specific data than
could hope to tell YOU in an aftel
dinner address. Therefore / shall de
vote the allotted time to an elucidatiOT
of certain phases of our
zone Of the most remarkable
charges brought out is that l did no.
seek a geographic license to start fol
the pole. Now, gentlemen, to the
large public that may be a mystery
but you who know will appreciate tina
no explorer CEN start and say tina
he will reach the pole. Many goot
men have tried before. All have fail
ed. All who understand the problem
know that success is but barely pos.
sible when every conceivable circllm'
stance is favorable. 1t is only neces'
Sary to make announcement that al
embarks for the pole tt
start an undesirable DOmbaSt ant
oa--~L ~ trun,nofS- This 7 chose t(