New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-07-08
DECLARE INDEPEN
DENCE.


celebrating the nations birth is losing
ground and that the day will in the
future be given over more and more to
a study of what liberty really is and
how to obtain it. In these discussions
the political freedom which was the goal
our forefathers had in mind when they
penned that immortal document 'The
Declaration of independence" will give
way to economic freedom as the masses
of the people come to realize that there
can be no real freedom so long as economic
bondage continues and thrives.
At recent farmers gathering held at
Wheaton, in this state, July 4th and
participated in by thousands of people
from the surrounding counties the follow
ing new declaration Of independence was
unanimously adopted:
when for progress, it becomes neces-
sary for the people of great agricul-
tural district to dissolve the bonds that
have connected them with improbable
farming, and to assume among the COM
munities of the earth the station to which
the laws of nature and of Natures God
entitle them, decent respect to the
opinions of mankind requires that they
should declare the causes that compel
them to the action. We hold these
truths to be self-evident that all men can
succeed, that they are endowed by their
creator with certain inalienable rights,
that among these are good farming,
good business and good living. That to
secure these rights there must be knowl-
edge, work, friendship and cooperation.
That whenever methods are destructive
of these rights it is the business of the
people to alter or abolish them and to
adopt new methods. Prudence, indeed
will dictate that methods long approved
should not be changed for light and
transient causes. But when long
series of Improbable experiences proves
chat a land is being impoverished and it's
people discouraged then it is the right
and duty of these people to discard such
methods and provide new means for their
own advancement
The underlying and saving principle
OF this pronunciamento is the upholding
Of the right to discard old, Evolutionary
methods and substitute in place thereof
new means for advancement. Yes, the
notion of eliminating everything that has
become drawback even if it should be
hoary with age, is gaining ground rapidly
and is a sure sign that we are not stand
ing still. The notion Of revering things
even after they nave ceased to be OF
virtue to the race simply because they
were held sacred by our forefathers must
go. The individual must seek his own
salvation and discard all preconceived
notions that may hinder him in his
struggle to higher plane.
1t should therefore become his duty
as it were, to take stock of all his good
and bad qualities and determine for him.
self what he must do to make his life
more successful and happy one. This,
of course, should be done frequently and
the 4th Of July, the nations lndepen-
dence Day should be one of the days to
hold communion with ones self, to find
ways and means to improve ones con-
dition, not only in a material way, but
also in mental and spiritual way. 1t
is just as necessary to brush away the
cobwebs of superstition which hang in
the way of mental emancipation as it is
to remove those inpediments which
prevent us from reaping and enjoying
the fruits of our labor. Let us therefore
place our minds in receptive mood, so
that they will be open to new ideas and
let us not hesitate to adopt these new
ideas if we see that they are conducive to
our welfare, even tho they should shatter
a lot of idols that have been reverently
handed down to us from generations