The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-11-11

To- aSnNcheS' II Is likewise necessary
sbin Ia.ion religion and CITIZEN
nnnp ~ remember that the ma,ar;a,
Of all the peonIe is anaa
VI me spiritual ministry Of nc Ii
Inc business OF Education.
we cannot separate them ,,a 49,.
LIE great game of Christian Demo-
SlacS tnat we are playing. Tho CO
Saiiarltan did a religious act when
ne neaied the physical wound of tha
Ilan py road, and provided him
an ~" money Tor his material comfort.
ne condemned was the nries, w. 81
horeo the mans material need ona
o.iier ma He COndemned. the rich
materlalist who invested his active
Ire IN filling his barns. with tho idea
mat wnen he got them full to burst
ing ne would cultivate his spirit. Roth
the priest n the farmer were wrong
ollu ior the same reason: they sepa-
rated material needs and practice
from spiritual needs and princinle
Inc life we lead in our stores, fields.
factories, offices, is not and cannot
De separate from that we lead in onr
MONIES, schools, churches. The bust
ness or education is to produce higher
values IN corn as we'll as higher val
ues IN culture; and the use Of relie-
ion is to light the daily life Of men
wv I1o1tSaC(1CH Ol lno1H
working hours, like the sun, and not
merely to throw a dim, Intellectual
Iight over the rest Of Sunday.
1t is so with this good thing we call
citizenship. Whatever promotes the
material welfare Of the largest num-
Der OF people is an essential Of good
government, as it IS of good educa-
ton and of good religion. Good citi-
ZenShlp is not a fierce struggle IN our
Il - fn
q n then endOW "a school -and
church for him TO so to for conso1a-
ton. 1t is not a margin Of education,
philanthropy n religion around a
pool of cOmmercialism. Big men in
business are more and more coming
to discover the value Of profit-sharing
and cooperation between all factors
even IN business itself: and ortuna
will be that community that extends
to every detail of its econdanic life
that same doctrine Of fraternal co.
operation that CAV us democratic gov
eminent and the Christian religion
1t is a difficult doctrine, but q neces
Sary one: hat we will never get tht
sort of democracy, we are trying Il
make, the sort of.place to live in w
want, until we understand that Whe1
We say that our government exists Il
promote the general welfare we NEAR
all Of the welfare (material as we'll a.
spiritually of all of the people.
Sound Foundation Needed.
When we look at the facts of in,
{ conditions Of our schools, our churche
, our roads we are apt to feel discOur
2 aged and wonder what is the troubl
|; with our government n theories Q
I government. We do not like it whel
we see that we stand near the bottom
t Of the long roll of states in illiteracy
t and near the top in the proportion Q
t our children tina work in factories
Some of our friends tell us that thes
g children live under better condition
e in their mill home than they did l
t their farm home. Perhaps they do
e in their mill home than they did i
u none of us can deny that the cuor
omic condition that makes this tr'i
S is a wrong condition. We are -cespo1
t Sible for it, as we'll rs the Mill owner
e 1t is a good thing t. pass q law rt
Y During compulsory attendance ana
r six months term; but we must g
: deeper than that. The economic We
s fare Of the whole community nni:
o have a sound foundation to be able I
j. enjoy these privileges and Day IN
Q money. We conduct these enteTpf:St
on tho community surplus and whe
we come to examine the facts and fin
is there is little surplus we see Clear
d enough why it is hat our pubic el
d terprises Are weak and the Sta
Treasury exhausted. +,
e DR.. Bradford Knapp told the am
e ers in Asheville a few months az
r, that the people of North Carolina Al
d sending $39,640.SS5 out of the Sta,
a every year for supplies that might
raised at home. The cQnmisslon al
2 pointed by the Governor reports IN;
e the feed stuff imported into the STA
2 this year will mount TO over soo
20 OOO. 900. 1t says that the farmer ps
it from II per cent to 20 per cent 4
their loans. Our farms create
1t s2Oe. 600, 900 of wealth in 1909, .
their feed bill was s22S,0Oo,ooo. v
j. have produced in 21-2 years mo
s. thar we nave accumulated on our L
es hook in 2 Il centuries. Any M
who will study the cures that re
is resent our productive life Will ayr
ty with Professor E. c. Branson wfen
70 saws that the wealth-creatinS pow
t of North Carolina is enormous, Q
d its Notwithstanding power IS !eeoS
a. And it is on the yearly casf oa!an
. of the community that all OF our pI
w. lie enterprises Of uplift depend I