The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-02-18

member that from the earliest dawl
OF history the race and the individual
have ever been under the necessity o
battling with adverse conditions.
Starting forth for the conquest o
the earth under the Divine injunc
ton, I'm the sweat of thy face shall
thou eat bread, till thou return int
the ground" it was necessary tina
provision be made for the wants o
must be had. All the powers of inven
ton must be first applied to the solu
ton of this primordial problem. Com
munity of interests extended only tC
the mea of accomplishing this pur
pose. Very early in the game of life
the passions of envy and avarice came
into play and the right of the individ
ual to enjoy the fruits of his proves
could be maintained only by superior
might or cunning. Elementary and
academical as this may seem at first
glance, it only needs the most cursory
glance at the conditions of life in this
twentieth century Of Christian civil.
cation to discover that we are by no
mean out of sight of the same world
old problem.
In a larger way the same identical
problem has been the foundation of
the g~activities of tribes and nations,
and even now while we sit in compare
tive security, the world is being tor
tured with the most gigantic war of
history, the avowed purpose of which
Is TO pass over boundaries and reach
ont For uuHaf nfhnru hapn Gppnr41 In
the past.
Advancement of the race along the
line of material progress has always
been accompanied by a largely in
creased list of wants, real or fanCied
for every want felt or created it has
always been assumed that somewhere
was the means of satisfying IL: Gen
ius. slow and plodding. or quick and
Eighty. has eyer been exercised in the
effort TO attain the necessary, the use
full and the ornamental as well as the
beautiful things of life.
While one cannot but feel thai there
has been much said and done in the
supposed interest of labor that has
not been 10 the advantage OF the true
cause OF real labor. the fact remains :
that up through the ceaseless struggle
of the race for better things il has
come TO be better understood by all
and conditions of men in every
civilized land. at least. that there is
real. downright earnest labor; the field
the mine. the forge. the shop. the
the factory, the railroad, the
ship, all operated by labor OF greater
or less intelligence, are essentials and
labor would BE- utterly use
less.
That brings Us 10 the point that We
not only have eyes 10 see. ears TO hear
and hands 10 work. but back Of them
al. minds TO guide and direct all of
gur efforts The Ems may acquire
--le8rness and accuracy IN recording
The impressions made by the material
universe. and the hands deftness and
skill IN performing the multiplicity OF
operations required merely by prsc-
Ire: whether there shall be more
this for the one who works. viii
on whether or not the mind.
ms supreme controlling force Of hu-
1zn activity. shall itself grow and
OD$ nay - content 10 see.
and d.. SO II Is well There
Z E1LALkLdF u A4AEE4s @A4AA AAASA
ss dane II az places. work is the con-
HEr sx ct -8Ez- merely 10 work is.
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srTanra5 VIII s-s LANDS z labor OF
zas 1nE#z severe E16 TIE mind is not
NJ 1esgssazE1-T al xsrgzv3s& with the i'm
1ass6lE1s yrzAs--- multiplied instances
n1E1E .e r-sE a EoEe who have
t~rs1s1T with their hands,
vrts rsErs rrza1zs5 and educated their
50 tAs highest degree OF power
lat sE1e3<zeF-
Liberty, freedom. Who does not
than The trouble with many
E Es IL that we take too narrow a
Of What they are. Freedom from
0l- liberty TO enjoy pleasure unstint
" by the necessity of work is the too
thought among men; yet we
ave but TO go over the list of our ac-
who appear to have reach
ID this supposedly happy state, to
note that in nearly every case they
only bitter disappointment. Loaf
ng as a business nearly always be-
zones the most irksome drudgery.
The pension is undoubtedly a great
boon, but 1t has been found that 1t
not bring the ease which is the
deal reward II labor. 1t has been dis
that idleness after years of
active work, tends to shorten life in