Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-03-17
ADDRESS AT THE OPERA
HOUSE.
w. J. H. Boetcker to Talk Upon the
Labor Problem on the Evening Of
March 23d

Il co trust the people who know
the truth, but / fear the people who
do not know the truth and who some
times don't want to know
Il &c trust the people who think
with 5heir brains, but / am afraid of
the people who think with their
stomachs."
Il nave confidence in the people
when sober with reason, but / fear
the people when a mob-drunk with
passion
e do trust the people whose God
is the Lord, for their voice is indeed
the Voice of God, but l am afraid of
the people whose God is the belly"
So says VIM. J. H. Boetcker of
Toledo, Ohio, who will talk to the
people of this city on ''The Only
Possible Solution of the Labor Prob
lem and the High Cost of Living"
on March 23rd, S:l5 p. NJ. at the
Grand Opera House.
Tickets for admittance may be
secured at the Y. Nj. c. a. or the
local factory superintendent.
DR.. Boetcker comes with flattering
recommendations and many local citi-
zens have heard him lecture and they
recall that he has unusual oratorical
ability and his utterances are pointed,
philosophical, epigrammatic and
more than everything else, SO force
fully presented that his audiences
believe in him and his cause. DR..
BoetcEer comes under the auspices of
the National Inside association of
America, an organization formed by
him and which now has a member
ship Of thousands of patriotic citi-
zens. This oddly named association
believes that when the people learn
the inside" they will know that
economic ills will be cured from the
inside rather than the outside.
In explanation of the Inside"
association propaganda, DR.. Boetcker
says:
"a number of years ago | visited
Egypt. One morning nine travel
ers started TO visit the pyramids,
those relics of Egyptian civilization.
We all took pictures of the same
thing at the same time. Whea we
returned to America we developed
our plates and comparing notes,
found that all nine had different
pictures of the same thing. Four of
the men had placed their cameras SO
close that their pictures showed but
one side of the pyramid, yet each of
the four claimed that his picture
represented the pyramid. None ever
thought of stating that it was but
one side, and that there were three
other sides which the picture did not
show. Four of the gentlemen had
placed their cameras at longer
range and their pictures showed two
sides of the pyramid. l myself, had
been at the top of the pyramid and
had taken my picture looking down,
from where saw four sides.
"While l stood there and looked at
these four sides the thought came to
me that there must be another side
to the pyramid, | went down and
looked at the inside, and when l saw
how massive the pyramid had been
constructed from within, / realized
that it was in fact the inside which
upholds the outside.
"When confronted with one of the
conflicting problems and apparently
contradictory views OF our time, 1
can but think of this pyramid with
its four outsides and one inside. /
see the employers and business men
looking at the financial side. l see
the workingmen on labo,'s side. /
see attorneys and legislators on the
legal side, and consumes on the
fourth side.
While we are talking about, ask
ing for, and ever ready to promise a
square deal, let us not forget that
there are four sides to square, three
sides besides your own, and then
don't forget the inside or moral side,
which upholds the outside.
"You cannot cure the inside from
the outside, but you can cure the
outside from the inside