The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-02-02

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much can a man honestly collect from
Society? You viii notice that I put
emphasis upon the word honestly
not how much he can collect from So
ciety- You viii notice that the word
honest i very important because il
is a word that distinguishes. How
much can d man honestly collect iron.
society? He cannot honestly collect
from society more than he earns. Tor
II a man collects more than lie earns
he collects some body else ht~
earned and that is not right.
How Much Can Man Earn
ttoW nluch can q man earn This
Is a very important proposition. II
a man cannot honestly collect more
than he earns. then the question i.
how much can he earn. Some earn
more than the measure OF service that
they render TO society. You have
taken the word service and made il
a part OF Your organization. and /
have placed the emphasis on service
as a basis of earning power. When
ever a man gets to be radical those
who do not agree with him assume
that~he IS trying 10 discourage THRIFT.
There IS never anything proposed in
the interest Of justice that Is not de
nOunced as di%scouIaSing thrift b.
those who know that his thrift pro
Jet is not based On honest service. |
an not radical in a sense that l would
limit a man 20 a small income. No
mar goes higher than | IN estimatirg
what a mar can earn. } have q VERY
liberal idea of the earning power OF
man. In order to put myself dear be
fore you | viii now start asking QueS-
tons with stated
Value OF Service.
81 will begin with 500. OOU. Can =
man render service to society 50 as ["
be justified in collecting 500. 900
from society in q life time? Now
to earn s100. 600 i'll 3 life time, he
would have to earn $4,000 for 35
years, the average life time OF labor
[ do not hesitate to say that a man
can render service TO society and in re
turn earn the average $4,000 for 81
years. IS it possible for a man IL
render service worth $50, 900 per year
l believe hat it is. How about ten
millions in a life time-more thar
$1,000 00 per year for 33 years.
believe it is.
Large Earnings Possible.
Can q man earn 500, 600. 900 il
a life time and render service s.
large that he would be justified in col
8 lecting at the rate Of $4,000, coo 70
, 33 years? | believe it is possible. w
t have one man who has collected from
1 society $500, 000, 900 and l viii asl
now whether it is possible for a hu
man being to render s~ervice~sO larE'
as to earn $500, 600, 600 in the SPAN
Of a human life? l believe il is pos
2 IDLE.
t q have now gone as far as an
p man in this country has ever gone. |
my Judgment | think that men "a
earn $500, 600. 900 and I declare tha
man has earned $500. 600. 900.
n Value OF inventions.
II will point to you an Illustrate
q or two. Can o value the serVic
rendered to society by the men VIII
gave to the world steam? The yalu
g Of the service rendered society by tn
4 man who gave to the world the lde
h Of the advantage Of electricity? Steai
r~evolutionized the world, and elet
20 tricity is Just in it's first stages. Ho
20 can YOU measure the value in dollar
l. and cents the service that these haN
10 given to the world?
% Go back into the history al
s measure if o can the value rendere
ST to the world. Value the service rel
Nv dered by those who have put in
= operation this great organization tn
is giving moral progress to the WORT
Measure, if you can, the value tn;
~ this has rendered. Progress will
- better recognized and more fully a
20 knowledged in the years to come thu
in the years past.
re Collection and Earning.
IL i gave yOo q lol !
names of the men and women WI
rendered service as much as to ca
20 $500, 900, 900, the same thing won
se be true to every n Of them, thout
e, in not a single instance has any
as them collected it. Those who ha
az earned $500, 600, 900 have been SO bu
Oh that they have not had time to CT
a lect it, and those who have collect
$500. 900 900 collected it without ha
o1 ing time to earn it.
e. every man and woman should
obedient to the economical law, a
ne no one should draw from tho Sto
n Of society except in proportion
at service rendered society. In 9th
do words, we must be sure that Whs
to ever we collect must be ours by moi
right, for there is a very wide marc
ny between what the legal Law wol
in permit and what the moral law woC
en- permit.
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