The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-07-19

is now upon us. There is better
understanding of brotherhood than
there ever was before. A number
of organizations testify to the work
and healthy effects of this brother
hood era.
Within the last ten years, one mil
lion men have been brought togeth-
organizations. We have the great
est organizations with the churches
and among the churches.
The Brotherhood Societies.
I'VE have, for instance, the Chris
tian EndeavOr societies. To these
belong four million persons and one
and one-half have been added in the
last few years. Then there is the
Y. NJ C. A. The Christian Endeavor
system was born in this country and
exported to other countries, while
the Y. M. C. A. was born in Great
Britain and imported to the United
States. At least this great idea was
| imported without high tax and
revenue. One cannot estimate the
great work being done by these or
CARNATIONS.
Mr.. Bryan then compared the cost
of presidential campaigns and the
cost of running the Y. M. c.. A. 1t
developed that Notwithstanding the
significance of everything in polit-
ical campaign, its red fires, parades,
newspaper space, only $2,200,O00
was spent during the campaign four
years ago while 100000 was spent
that year on the Y. NJ C. A. From
this it can be figured out how much
it costs every year to run the Y. M.
C. A. organizations as compared
with the divided cost of a presiden-
tial campaign.
In the Catholic church there is an
| organization among men that has
work similar to that of the Y. M.
c. A. This is known as the Knights
of Columbus and it's membership is
/ G.. A. You will find an awakened
| conscience addressing itself to eth.
ical questions. In China the opium
question has been practically settled
and now the gambling vice, the
second in that nation, is being dealt
with. In Ireland the Catch Me
Pal society of total abstinence,
has been organized and has a mem.
bership of 10000. France is
great wine producing country, yet
the children there are being taught
the effects of alcoholic drinks, while
the German emperor has preached
+ to his soldiers against this curse
But there is one phase of this
! moral development that I must
bring to your attention before l
pass from this subject. This is the
change from the point of view from
which men are considering public
questions.
For twenty-five years l had been
watching the rise in the purchase
power and the price level falling.
With the enormous increase in the
standard of the worlds money,
there has come another con-
dition; the purchase power of the
dollar is going backward and the
cost Of living is rising Yet with It,
there has come independence never
before known. Men who are indie
pendent have worked with public
questions, not from a pecuniary in
terest for themselves, but largely
from standpoint of the nations
welfare
Recent Investigations brought to
the attention of Chicago business
man, that there were a few men
! in the country who had more mon
ey than it was safe to let them
have. This man had for many years
had an income of from $4,000 to
100000 year and had stopped max
ing money. He found what it
meant for a few men to gather from
this nation $7OO,OOO,OOO without Civ
ing service in return.
The digging of the Panama canal
has given employment to 10000 men
for several years, and the final cost
VI Tie CdLdl Is estimated at S4UU,-
900, and when one man was able
to add to his wealth, $160, OO0, 900 in
a single year and when one syndi-
cate organized by ]. Pierpont Nor
gan received $69,0OO,OOO as compen-
sation for organizing this conspiracy
against ninety a million people, the
man began to worry, not about his
own interest, but about those of the
nation.
"And so this man began further
Investigations, and now young bust
ness men are organizing, and in
Chicago alone, there are hundreds
of men belonging to them. And II
believe they are necessary; every
citizen should connect himself with
some party, he to decide which par
ty can best serve the country. II
am a party man, and | believe in it.
IL rejoice that an increasing num-
Der of men in all parties are begin
ming to realize that they should join |
the party that they can best serve, !
and not to put the party interests
above the interests of conserving
the country"
The Wickedness of Graft.
Mr.. Bryan then discussed grating |
and tho WinHodnocc of oroff n-o