The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-22

have demonstrated that it is. You make
this one a success, sell your tobacco
for twenty-five cents a pound. not
seventeen. What do you want to sell
1t for seventeen for CLaughter) Do you
say that is high? No; low. You might
as well get forty. but sell 1t for twenty
five cents a pound. and every acre OF
land in the limestone region Of Ken
lucky becomes worth two hundred dol
lars and everybody will want to live
at home (Applause). But. he said,
They won't pool The more profit.
the better you are off, the more money
you have in the banks. the more money
you will have to encourage everything
else in the community. the more money
you will have for the merchants. and
even the lawyers will get something.
(Laughter).
Night Rider No Excuse.
Yes. they blame the pool, and they
say the last pool brought about the
night rider. They are the fellows that
really did the work" Well, | have
heard Of people condemning this mat
ter because of the night rider. whereas
they ought not to confine their con-
domination to the night rider. | recall
in my reading of history that the pro-
pagation of the religion of our Lord
and Saviour was attended by the most
atrocious crimes. done in his name
and for his cause, when men were
burned at the stake and women broken
on the rack. because they would not
believe what others held that he had
taught. What Is the world coming to?
DO we now condemn the cause Of
Christianity which they promoted. or
do we condemn the outrages that pro-
famed Christianity?
The fact is that sometimes. occa-
sionally. banker will forget the way
home and wander off and never be
heard from again, and absent minded
ly fail 10 deposit most of the money in
the safe when he went. Is banking to
be condemned because occasionally a
banker goes astray.
Preachers sometimes fall from grace.
1T doesn't make any difference what
church they belong to Uaughter). They
discredit the cloth Of their holy call
ing. They are kicked out Are we to
abandon the churches and religion be-
cause occasionally preacher viii iu
some wrong, in the name Of the
churches and even within its sacred
precincts?
No, the night rider is a menace. it
is true, and he does detriment to the
cause, and in the long run he does a
deteriment to his state He is a cloy to
the intelligent action of the farmers
of the state in forming and making per-
manent their pool. He is a handicap.
] appeal TO you. if my judgment is of
t1h "a i
| If you can. correct any evil that may
exist without resorting to the law. A
producing people, self-governing peo-
pie, who want to do right, don't have to
resort to wrong or take advantage Of
wrong. The powers Of the law will do
| it: in other words, you have got the
power in your own hands. Make this
a success and the night rider will be
| like the people who burned the witches
at the stake. misguided bigot who
has never done the world any good.
kentucklans Not Cutters.
We want to see Kentucky strong and
potent. We live in a remarkable age.
the most remarkable age of produc-
tivity that the world has ever seen,
of intellectual advancement. Day by
day there is brought to our notice the
startling proposition that some hither-
TO unfathomable fact has been demon
strated as true. and we people in Ken
lucky sit as silent witnesses of the
magnificent pageant of the century
passing before our eyes in a magnifi-
cent sweep, taking no part in it, bodle;
and | speak to my Kentucky fellow cit
liens, to strengthen the people OF the
state, protecting your interests. bene-
fitting your capital. your wisdom, your
self-reliance. your courage, your
gratitude, showing that you are not
the cutters of the present and not
the sons of cutters, and make II a
success. (Applause)
I want to call your attention to the
fact, my countrymen that your fathers
came in here and wrote across the
coat of arms what IS written in pro-
phecy and in promise. They said to
you, my Children, united you stand.
divided you fall
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