The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1910-09-09
Secretary Of State Reed Di-
reefs Attention TO in an
Able Address.

dressed a large crowd here Labor
Day.
Mr.. Reed spoke at some length on
the progress of the age and Its prob
lens. He touched brieAy on state
development and some OF the press
ing needs OF the hour. He discussed
the young men Of America, the pow
er and periIsg associated with their
work IN building civilization and
gave some striking figures and ilips-
trations.
On this phase Of his subjeot Ne
said in part:
.-rhe census for 1910 Will show
that every morning this nation win
be seven millions of dollars richer
and have .about six thousand more
people than on the preceding day.
Each dag with it's accretion OF
wealth and population will bring with
it new problems whose solution Will
be in the hands of between thirteen
and fourteen million young men who
are between the ages OF fifteen and
'twenty-eIght years. This mighty
army Of young men is the greatest llu-
man force known to the world today.
Were they to be formed into COM
panfes r-arching ten abreast and
twelve feet apart they would form
one unbroken column twenty-eight
hundred miles long. Were they to!
clasp hands they would form two
mighty human chains reaching from
the Atlantic to the Pacific. For each
one to be sick one day would bel
equivalent to over thirty-two thou
sand being sick for an entire year,
and If their sickness for one day
would mean the loss of two dollars
each, the loss to America would aG-i
gregate twenty-sIx million dollars
If these thirteen million young men
should contribute two cents daily.
the amount realized would send
three hundred thousand young men
to college. If each one could man
age to accumulate one hundred doll
lars this mighty army of young men
would b.. able to capitalize twenty
six thousand banks each with paid
up capital stock Of fifty thousand
dollars.
What They Arc Doing.
II have mentioned some OF these
things to show you what these young
men could do. 1 snail next tell you'll
some not very commendable things
they are doing These thirteen mill
lion young men aided by several mill
lions of men who are older and who
ought to know better, are annually
throwing away about three thousand
millions of dollars. They are spend
ing this vast sum every year for;
things that destroy body. mind and
character With a tobacco bill Off
about eight hundred million, a drink
bill of about twelve hundred million,
and an extra thousand million forl
and Incorporate pleas
ures. the American people are prac-l
tically wasting a sum of money suffi-
cient to hand three thousand dollars
To each of the one million young menl
who reach their maturity in the Unit
ed States every year. Think of thei
good that could be accomplished IL,
one million young men could annu7l
ally be equipped for the battle OF
life with a glorious patrimonT OF
health, sense, character and three
thousand dollars each. Some one has
said 'sOne great strong man in every
community would actually redeem
the world"
THE most appalling thing that con-
fronts American civilization is the
enormous waste of life force-the
difrerence between what we are do
ing and what we could do. But these
faults. serious though they he, have
not prevented us becoming a world
of power, Today the United States
leads the world in human energy. It
is not my intention to take the time
to name the many meritorious and
wonderful things we are doing.
Chief Upward Factor.
1.-The chief factor in all the upward
movements of American civilization
has been and must continue to be the
young men of the nation. With in
creasinE natural resources business
Is becoming an exact science; the OLD
days OF sharp practices are passing
hut still we ind in every community
young men planning and scheminB
to live upon the toll and profit by the
thrift of their neighbors rather than
to earn and pay for what they get.
The FIRST question for every young
man IL settle is whether or not he
intends to go through life paying
one hundred cents on the dollar.
Horace Greedy once said. the dark
est hour in any young mans history
5 when he sits down to study how
to get money without earning it. The
bane of the commercial and nIIaess
world today is the inordlnate desire
Of men to get money without earn
ling It, Something for nothing
wards these