Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-01-21
Chairman and Gentleman:

turned over this WOrl0 lot tue W.
cupation and use Of the human FAM
ily. fresh from the laboratory OF ma
ture and stamped with the seal OF
His own omnipotence, He gave into
their hands and for their use abund-
ant material for their sustenance,
their comfort and the progressive
enlightenment, and left them to
! work out their own destiny. He
furnished the raw material, but He
neither built their homes nor wove
their robes nor made their weapons.
But lest His work might fail, He
did endow them with the genius of
organization, the ability to bring or
der out of chaos, the ability to bring
together this material, and by com.
bination produce every essential of
life; and by the same faculty, to
organize themselves into bands and
tribes and states for defense and az
erosion, and for the accomplishment
of that which individual effort could
not accomplish. And Just to the 'ex-
tent that this mental endowment has
been exercised in the world, and no
further, have We progressed and add
ed to our civilization, our prosperity
and happiness.
Without this combination the life
of the individual could not have been
sustained. Without this organiza-
ton the perpetuity OF the race could
not nave been assured. Without
both the combination and the organ
ization the world never would have
known its present enlightenment.
Organization Necessary.
All creation and creative power
might be summed up in this, one
word, reorganization" All matter is
divided into two classes, organic and
inorganic, and the great fundamen-
tai differences between the two is
that the former always feeds upon
the latter. Organic. substance is
built up by the ABSORPTION of the in
organic. The active devours the in
active. So the whole law of Geo.
; nomic life in this world might be
reduced to simple, and not over
beautiful axiom, EAT or be eaten.
Grow and develop or allow yourself
to be the food for the growth and
development of Others"
Organization has made small ma
lions great and powerful. Lack of
organization has made nations of
vast population weak and impotent.
| Organization has made certain trades
people. Lack of organization has
made dependents Of another people.
Organization has made certain and
and businesses immensely profitable.
Lack of organization has made equal
" important trades and businesses
| improbable. Organization is the
logical result of that intelligent &C.
tivity which ever seeas the better
ment of the units of which it is COM
posed. 1t is therefore a moral duty
imposed upon all mankind.
1 wish I could impress this simple
| but fundamental truth upon the
! whole agricultural class of this
country until it should awake from
it's lethargic sleep Of Centuries. Its
units are so separated and scattered
, that it's adhesion into a mighty
whole with it's mightier power can
only be brought about by ardous
persistent and patriotic endeavor.
Agricultural Class the Greatest.
Potentially, the agricultural class
Is the greatest power in the world.
Actually it exercises less influence
over it's own destiny and welfare
than any other class. With power
and ability, if exercised, to fix the
selling price Of its every commodity
! IL HAS dllO"Cu a WILL pdA oCA'CAy AS"
to fix not only the selling price OF
| it's productions but also the pur'
chase price of the things it must
buy. 1t has been a great army
asleep by its loaded. guns while a
small but well organized company
has plundered it's fair domains.
Force of Habit.
Why during all Of the past ages
have the feeders Of the world been
content to occupy an industrial po-
sition inferior to those whom they
have fed? Certainly by the drst
law of nature their occupation is SUI
perior to all others. One of the un.
derlying causes is that most power
full element Of our nature, the force
of habit, or custom. The life Of the
individual and the life of the nation
are ruled by customs, many Of which
are followed for centuries after the
reason for their Introduction Or con.