The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-02-04

try are the best possible condi-
tions.
Moreover, the advantage of II Is
that you cannot boost the United
States in that way without under
standing the United States. You learn
great deal. / agreed with col
league of mine in the cabinet TIE 9TH
er day that we have never attended
In our lives before a school to COM
pare with that we were now attend
ing for the purpose of gaining a
liberal education.
How to Learn. the Truth.
"Of course, / learn great many
things that are not SO. But the in
teresting thing about 1t is this: Things
that are not SO do not match. II
you hear enough of them you see
there is no pattern whatever; 1t Is n
piececrazy quilt. Whereas the truth
always matches piece for piece, with
other parts OF the truth.
mo man can lie consistently, and
he cannot lie about everything IL he
talks to you long. So that / would
guarantee that II enough liars talk
ed to you, you would get the truth.
His Mexican Experience.
II had someWhat that experience
about Mexico. and that was about the
only way In which / learned anything
that was SO, for there have been vivid
imaginations and many special inter-
ests which have depicted things as
they wished me to believe them to be.
Now, seriously, the task of this
body Is to watch all the facts of
business throughout the country, and
zee the vast and consistent pattern of
thems = ss 9s.IsA have asked myself,
befSr I came hera tonight, what re-
lat,oni you could bear to the govern
inent of the United States and Whit
relation the government could bear
to you. There are two aspects and
activities of the government with
which you will naturally come into
most direct contact.
The Goyerpment's Power.
"The first Is the governments power
of inquiry--Bystematt and disinter-
ested inquiry-and, ats power of scien-
tific assistance. You get an illustra-
ton of the latter for example, in the
department of agriculture. Has 1t
occurred to YOU'LL wonder. that we
are just upon the eve of time when
our department Of agriculture will be
OF infinite Importance to the whole
world? IS
Should Plant More Grain.
"There Is shortage Of food in tho
world now. That shortage will be
more serious few months from now
than it Is now, 1t is necessary that
we should plant o great deal more.
It Is necessary that our land should
yield more per acre than 1t does now.
It is necessary that there should not
be plow or spade idle in this coun-
try if the world is to be fed.
THE origin and use OF that depart
ment Is to inform men OF the last de-
velopments and disclosures of science,
with regard to all the processes by
which soils can be put to their proper
use and their fertility made the great
est possible.
Similarly with the bureau OF stand
ards. 1t Is ready to- supply these
things by which you can set forms,
you can state bases for all the ,scien-
tific processes Of business.
A Bureau or fnformatiens
"The government of the United
States Is very properly q great ir-
strumentality of inquiry and inforran-
tinn !. We ought long ago to
have sent the best eyes of the govern
ment out sn the world wScre the OPP
portunities and openings OF. i..rerl-
can commerce and American genius
were to be found
other Ways TO Use Government.
But there are other ways OF u.s.
ing the government OF the United
States. -. Tou can use tne E0T-
ernment OF the United States by in
fluencing its legislation. That has
been very active industry. but It has
not always been managed dn the In,
terest OF the whole people. It Is very
instructive and useful for the gov
ernment OF the United Statess TO have
such. means as yoil are ready TO sup
ply for getting sort cfieonsensus OF
.opihioA which proceeds from no par
ticular quarter, and otigiuetes With
no particular interest, because infor-
nation is the very foundation OF all
right action In legislation.
Business Men Can Not Gofnpyasn.
Men on the inside snf business
know how business5is conducted and
they can not cosmpls.. Il men On, tliS
outside MAKE nsi3tAkes shout bnais
meas, II they d. net come from The ils-
side and give the sTnd OF advice which
is necessary. The trouble in tho past
for think tie thing Is changing
very rapidly has generally been that
they came With all their bfistles out.
They came on the ,deseeSive. They
GANG to zee, not whit they could ac-
|c6mpiish, but MEat they could pro-
vens They did not come 70 guide, hut
they canlS 20 block aud that is OF no