The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1915-02-05
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OUR INTERESTS
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ses OF MEN has one set of interests and
another set of men has another set
OF interests; tho more ! feel the sol.-
darity OF the nation. the impossibility
OF separating one interest from anoth-
er without inisconceiving 1t, the neces.
sity that we should all understand
one another In order that we may
understand ourselves. There Is an n
iustration which have used great
many times. will use it again, be-
cause 1t ts the most serviceable TO
nay mind We often speak OF q man
VINO cannot ind his way In some
:gagie 2Essome desert Us having lost
himseiE you never reflect that
that is Ine7 oniy thing he has not
iost! H0ls there. He lost the rest
OF the world. 2 He has no fixed point
from which, 10 .steen. He does not
nqw (which 3s porth. which is south,
(which III Aast,s which west: and. n
7 lie did Know. he lis 40 confused that
no Iivotid not kndw Id which of those
directloiis. his goal lay: and, therefore,
following hta heart he walks in u
great cirdle.3 from, right TO left and
comes back To- where lie started. to
4 himself again.
i Os6HhShdtAuus
ITO my mind It is II picture of tho
|iworld. III you have lost other inter-
ests. and do not know tile relation of
your .ewn interests TO those other I'm
terests, then you do not understand
your own interests and have lost
yours. What you want is orientation,
relationship to the points Of the conf
pass. relationship to the other people
In the world. vital connections which
have for the time being been sever
ed And so ! am particularly glad 10
express my admiration for the kind OF
organization which you have drawn
together.
II have attended banQucts Of cham
bers OF commerce in various parts
OF the country and have got the i'm
preston ut each Of those banquets
that there was only one city in tho
country. And It has seemed to me that
theseitassociations were meant In or
der to destroy mems perspective, in
order 10 destroy mis- sense OF relative
proportions; worst of all,' II l may
be permitted to soy so. they were in
tended to boost something-in particu-
lar. Boosting Is very unhandsome
thing, Advancing enterprise is q
very handsome thing, but to exag-
gerate local merit In order to create
disproportion In the general develop
ment is not particularly handsome
thing or q particularly intelligent
thing.
| Shonld Know the United States.
The advantage about chamber
OF commerce of the United States 10
thnt there is only one way to boost
the United States. and that is by seeing
to 1t that the conditions under which,
business Is done throughout the coun.
try are .the best..i pbssible condi-
tions. -.
"Moreave9., .ii,es ;adyadiage OF ii is
that YOU, Cannot boost the United
States In TINT way without under
standing the United States. You learn
a great deal. 1 agreed with q COL
league OF mine in the cabinet the 9th
-..er--d day -that.-zye- have. .-neyer~attonded
.stnrellsaliE fora school te. eQpay;
pare with that, we were nov attend
ing f5f tESS purpose 'Gf' gsan!Hg
liberal adMcation.
/ >s:>,y How TO LcarH the ,lTuth. 8.
/ ,aOf COURSE 4 learn ,ao great. many
things that pre not so. But the In
'terestlSg thing abdul IL issi this. Things
that are not 80 do NOT fnnteti. Y: lf
= y0u hear enough OF them ycur see.
there Is no pattern whatever; It, is q
: iececrnzy . S9iit Whereas the truth
.alwfyB matches. piece for piece, with
/ other parts or flie't truth. '' = .'s
! mo man 'can lie consistently, nfd
; he cannot lie about everything II lie
talks to you aong.i So that l would
guarantee that IL enough linrs talk
ed TO- you, you would get the truth.
Ills Mexican Experience.
7, ~ had somewhat that experience
about Mexico. and that was. about the
only way in which 1 learned anything
; that was so, for there have been vivid
imagfnatIons and many special inter-
ests which have depicted things as
they wished ME to believe them to be-
Nov. seriously, the task OF this
body ,iR to watch all the facts . :. Of
business throughout, the country. aud
see the vast and consisten. pattsfh Of
them, have asked myself, !
heforS'f' T came hers tonight. what req
iation you could bear to the govern
mcnt ;of -thes United States and what
relation the government could bear.
to YOU There are two aspects and
Glctivitlese Gf the government 'ai.witf
which You Will, naturally come into
most direct contact.
The Gcyefnmenfs Power. ,...Y,
"Thea frst. 10 the government power
'of inquiry-systematic and disihtef-1
ested Inquiry its power of scfen-
titlc, sassistafce You get an illustra-
ton OF the latter, for example. In tho
department OF agriculture. Has 1t
occurred to you, I wonder. that we
are just upon the eve OF q time when
our. department os agriculture will ba |
of infinite importance to the whole
world? 8