El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-30

man could not find in 1t. You can eat
the egg, but you cannot explain it.
Take water, fire or anything in ma
ture, The world is full of miracles.
Then why refuse TO think that the Lord
worked in any other but miraculous
way in creating that greatest miracle,
man? No, the natural state Of man
kind is love, and love means service
The duty of the nation is to serve. I
believe that our destiny among the
nations is TO render service We have
already done much. We have given
the world better ideals and education,
In social lie, IN government and in re-
liSion- We are trying to inculcate the
doctrine OF peace, and we hope that
president Wilson's peace plan will tend
toward the doing away of war and the
promotion Of international friendship
and love"
DiseIaims 1Beautifuio Language.
You certainly can say things beau
TRULY" I said TO Mr.. Bryan.
do not like that word beautiful
replied MI Bryan. I would rather
clearly. think clearness of statement
IS the most important thing in ora
tory, and It is that at which I have
always aimed and tried to attain. I
remember Of making q speech upon the
tariff now more than 20 years ago at
the close Of which a man came up and
SAID; Mr. Bryan, have been anxious
to hear you You are not as eloquent
as ! had expected. but you made that
subject as clear as il could be made
AT the same meeting another man said.
Why. a man could understand that
speech if he could not read or write
/ consider those two remarks a greater
compliment than any I could have had
as to elegance Of diction."
When did you first realize that
clearness, was the. cheif element of
I do not know 7 suppose it natural
~ came through my study of my audi
ences in my long career as a speaker.
my life I do not believe that the ora
tor IS born rather than self-made. Birth
Is but the smallest part of his equip
study, hard work and practice. You
have got to know what you are talk
ing about and you must mean what
you say. If you do not know a thing
you cannot tell it. and if YOU do not
believe 1t and feel 1t in your heart YOU
cannot make anybody else feel or be-
ueYe It. You must state things clearly
in order to have men understand you.
and next TO clearness Of statements
you need conc1seness of statements;
words"
I here asked whether originality was
not a prime essential in speaking, say
ing that man must have new ideas in
order to impress the public.
Well, as to that" replied Mr.. Bryan.
there are not many ideas that we of
the present time can claim as absO-
lutely our own Mankind has done a
lot Of thinking since the creation. and
if you viii trace your concepts back
germs of most Of them somewhere or
other. The number of really new ideas
IS not large, although the number OF
applications Of an idea is infinite A
large part Of the oratory of the pres
ent is the application OF the wisdom OF
the past to the conditions Of the pres
emit"
Many Earn $4,000 n Year.
But Mr. Bryan. do you think one
man can earn $4,000 q year2"
Yes. And in this 1 am not speaking
Of myself, but I do think that we have
many men who have earned more than
$4,000 during every year of their
earn what his services are worth to
society, although in many cases he
does not collect it. Take Thomas JET
world was worth more than SIC, G60 Geo
a year, although during his last days
ne was so poor he had to sell his
library to congress, and his friends
got UP a lottery to aid him in paying
mis- debts
Abraham Lincoln earned more than
slOOOO,OOO year, and so did George
Washington and many others. In my
lecture entitled The Price of Soul
have discussed that subject. think
the standpoint of earning IS OF ser
vice rendered, and I believe that the
average man gives fair service 70
society for all he gets. OF course
some who thrive on the earnings OF
others, giving nothing in return II
5 from some Of those that 1 hope we
through the new income tax"
Taxing Incomes.
But Mr.. Bryan. should not that tax
include all incOmesEthe small as wen
IS the large2" I asked.
Il do not think so, and that Tor Two /
'easOns. In the first place the tax
lpon the small incomes would not pc |
worth the collecting. because the ma
'hlnery for collecting II WoulG De 80
great. In the second place the poor /
nan is taxed upon nearly every tnlhs !
pays proDortfonateIy far more than the /
-ich. We have men in the United states !
who are worth tens of millions, ana |
Who spend nevertheless only rev !
thousand dollars a year The eXemp- I
ion of the small income is entirely !
Ound
There is no country in the world 1
which levies taxes upon incomes, as /
ar as / know. which has not such eX-