Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-01-23

and sit as nv peer In the councils
OF or common country, and ! can
not afford 10 have his judgment
Clouded by ignorance, nor his acts
poisoned hy prejudice and hatred,
even though should care nothing
for his welfare This is not dream
gentlemen. II is a reality Not a
theory. Il is a fact, fact which is
weaving itself into every phase OF hl-
man relations.
merely suggest these matters H.
passing 20 the particular phase Of
this subject with which am 10 deal
II shall be- my purpose 10 offer some
reasons why and 10 point out some
places where, the town man and the
country man could cooperate The
country man IL OF course no better
than ANYBODY else. and he is en-
titled 10 no more consideration, but
1t so happens that his business ranks
first In importance 10 an OF MS among
our business
In dealing with our industrial and
economic matters, 10 ought never 20
be forgotten that when the great in
dustrial change came with the appli-
cation Of steam and electricity 10 our
activities. multiplicity and yocations
were given mp bon exchange for base
vocations. and that agriculture fen
20 our lot in that rearranroment as
the basic or supporting business up.
on which our other businesses mus.
depend No section OF the earth pro-
cured any advantage over use in that
Encouragement. We got what none
OF the other got, a practical monop-
DIV In the production OF one Of the
staple. worldwide necessities. cot
ton. We did not from the first large
~ profit from this advantage because
We were living under the curse of ne
gro slavery with its cncr,ating In.
flrenoc and sliPshod business meth
DDS Soon the civil War came on
with Us carnival ~ death ard des.
- ptlor TIE } South VAS go les
po'l"d aad pgdstrate. Nv t-e.'iime
We had begun 10 recover a part OF
our lost strength. the city building
craze had erirped he world Older
bows deprived OF an education Boy The
war and attendant poverty. gent tlrlt
Younger brothers and sisters %
school Most at them when elucat-
ed left the country The whole
thought and Effort of our people be-
came conferred In cities and the IN
dustries there Educated people
sought the cities Ambition fled
from the country. and thus one Of
IA, noblcst ,ocations ever followed
by men became q thing OF little es-
teen. All the while tho cities we're
drawing heavily upon the brains and
ambition of the country. \ few wears
ago We began 10 awaken 10 the fact
that W. have been unlcrminins the
foundation ~ our industrial struc-
turc IN our mad haste for material
with which o. build II higher We
are beginning 10 realize that instead
/ OF building cities AZ the expense Of
the country We should build the
country and that. as a result. cities
would grow. We are also beginning
10 realiS" that We have acted most
foolishly In despisinE the bvsine~s
which came iC Uoe rs orr foundation
business, on which our industrial.
hope rests. and in deVotine the time
which should have been given TO its
Development and protection To trying
90 cisp'i," u with some others. In the
worlds industrial contest We have
been ~ great disadvantage with
Other sections. because their basic
businesses such az manufacturing.
mining. etc. have been recognized ar
suth hy the coordinate businesses
resting upon them The highest de-
volopcd intcllo,ts and skill have been
devoted 10 them They have beer
brought under scientific methods OF
production and we'll orsau'2cl sys-
tens 81 selling.
The South is one of the few sec
lions ~ the world where the foun-
iation business is considered 10 he Of
less dignity than the businesses which
/ 70 supports II is IN, only country
winch know ~ where lass attention
is given 10 the selling OF the pro-
ducts ~ tn basic business than is
given 20 the sale ~ the commodities
~ the businesses which res, upon Il
! and which measures their prosperity
! hy 'fe volume ~ money which Is re-
ceiycd IN exchange for that part of
| tho products ~ the basic business
which are sold. Not the farmer alone.
but Won and ] and the farmer permit
the products Of our basic vocation.
I nC' his hI STRESS only hnt our COM
mon money supply. 10 20 20 market
| without method. system. roeard 10
pri'e. cost OF production. the demand
+ Tor CONSUMPTION or ANYTHING else
That is the only reason why we
are not now one OF the richest sec
tons on earth, building our factories.
railroads etc. With orr own money