The farmer and mechanic., 1913-03-25

- r,ore have tried to learn about
it, the less l have known iha,iS
determined that in TINS NE tio =.
must be a division OF LABOR anu
was much better for me 10 oeso
my entire time IN editing the papr
and helping to manage II anu le. -,
Afford and Mr.. Braddock carry ~,
the departments of which they were
masters. When | reached that con,
c;usion, got along very Weil anu
by adopting that common seASo
method. hope to be able not 70
| wholly disappoint the expectations -
my friends in my new posluoh'
Speaking of the division OF laoor'
| that is the thought which ~sn 70
| present to you tonight nearu d
| very distinguished man say not ions
! ago that no man can be said to De
! a really successful man who had not
! learned his limitations and had not
! gotten to the position where he coulu
! depend upon others. In truth, we
| are in business as in rellgon, our
| brothers keeper. No man hVeS unto
himself. We must help one another
We must rely upon one another and
! depend upon one another In every
| day that l have lived and published
a paper. and that is more years than
l am wiling to confess, / have always
! felt that there was a oneness In the
| News and Observer force from the
| editor in his sanctum up to the devil
| in the composing room and that un-
! less We work together with a com
radeship and mutual helpfulness. no
| matter how we'll one man worked,
the total product would not be sue
cess Every now and then you hear
! some man say: I am an Independent
man. I depend upon myself; can
take care OF myself and let other folks
take care of themselves. That
sort Of man may achieve a cetrain
sort of success but it does not last
and does not help others. The man
who succeeds largest is the man who
recognizes that he depends upon many
people as many must depend upon
him and that team work is the only
sort of work that counts in business
affairs as we'll as in athletics.
$50. we are here tonight as friends
and co-labOfers. each feeling depen-
dence upon the other and each feeling
that in the special department OF
: labor to which he has been called
other department Of work. Indeed,
stand with head uncovered more in
the presence Of man who is a mas
= ter machinist, who knows the intri-
Y cacies Of the linotype and the modern
press than before any man in the
= WOitO. nc IIldIl WnO OcpcnuS upOI
e letters and science and scholarship
. may make errors but they are no
4 detected, but the man who makes er
It rOrs in the running of a press is Ger
[. tain of exposure. He must know hi
d business and do his work faithfully
e and do it we'll or all the world see
1T where he has failed. Therefore j
r, is the man behind the press who i
more important, If any man may b
said to be more important than an
1t other in the product OF a newspaper
o. The editor may write, the reporte
1T may handle the news, the printer ma
,r handle the type, the business manage
G, ment may get subscribers and adve1
es tisements but unless there is a man
e. charge of the press who understand
,g it perfectly and who can make
w yield that for which it was construc
as ed, unless there is a man there wit
brains and muscle and nerve an
n. sense. the work of all the others got
he for naught 1t is the last touch, an
the touch without which all othe,
would be as nothing
he Let US then. one and all. more tha
his before in our lives, feel this spirit
alf mutual interdependence and I thin
cd when We realize it we will esteem eae
d. other more and there will como
he, greater fellowship in our lives. TT
he head cannot say to the hand L ha,
* no need for thee nor one part Of Il
lg. body to the other part L have not nee
Of OF thee Just as the hand is depen
en- ent upon the feet and the head upt
oW the heart, SO the printer, the edito
the reporter, the business manag
ent ment. all are dependent upon Il
me preSsman and in turn the pressms
Wy. depends upon all others and after a
l. in our Industrial life and business Ii
r I We are knit together as are the par
Ing Of the body, each needing the 9th
l and each tmpotent if it despises t
the good Offices Of the other. From t
My day that I became an editor, mo
as years ago than am willing to adm
did l have always been happy in the
uld gard and kindness OF the men wi
uid whom labored day by day and mig
my by night and it is very grateful to 1
wn that in my home town the first hon
4 that has been given to me comes frt
had the Pressman's Union of this city. \
as have shared many responsibilities a
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