Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-03-27
How to rect On" IL the World.
(copyrisht. 1919, 21.t &c Jury Press.)
BY Newell Dwight liiiiis.

Slowly. step by step, society is climbing 1, new times and to a colder aga
First God things were gained for kings famMtes: then barons wn houses and
veniences were multiplied for the middle classes farmers; now tenants and
common aborers"a are getting the good things 1t is the lasts section Of sochty
to b. redeemed from poverty. Many institutions will nave to be recognized,
but h important point is this: In the proposed International conference fol
workingmen, to be held next spring. the leadsrs announce that the time az
m whe common aborers nus wake up tat the era of Ignorance is one,
that soth, drnk petty thefts must go. SO more holding III hands! No
more wasting aw materials in the factory! Every common aborer must be-
col a high grade, intelligent worker, and this must be the motto for the m
ference: common aborerm must make himself dispensab n worth.
while"
entirely new epoch for industry. 1t means that at last the common aborr"
has Weakened VI. There was a time whent the barons could rot read or write,
and they walked up, there "a a m when the LAM wner were utterly litter
N enjoyed less comforts tina thu common laborer of today, N they
tMs m IN the new plan ISL lot to hold the land. but % hasten the tool; mott to
waste the material through a jealousy Of the employer. but to sav it,; not to
drown troubles in drink, tut to kept h EYE clear. h nerve firm he brain
steady, n the result will be success. There will be a doubling Of the output
The mor food there is in the farmers granary, the more goods there are in
the warehouses n stores.t the more wealth therew will to exchange and dis
tribute. This is TIN patti tatl leads toward te workngmans ownership of his
W house and garden. W. ought to be- h to abolish poverty in the near
future, and with it tn jMs m thu gaNows.
This war las taught ~ 100000 boys many essons. Battles are lot won
by h machine u clone. but by the Ia behind the gun Not muscle ut
mind! It is the sou that wins battesa N produces wealth. Pig iron is $40 a
ton tut skill will turn thu pig ron into horseshoes worth 5000 u; more skill
and raw material $40; skill and intelligence hn III workingman adds $1,000.
The way 10 increase the wage is to increase the skill! Put yu foot into a.
spade. 81 a day for the gardener; put o land into a pad as an expert gar
denH,s IS; put you head into a spade Gin thath dollhouse dow in central New
Jersey where a TO- grows cucumbers, n a certain New York hotel pay Ia
boy $40 a day. Not he spade, III skill!
The most thrilling pag in the history OF the self mad men Of this country
is he story Of p@r boys who have, through SKILL. learned how to do their par
ticuhr piece of work better than anyone else. Wendell Phillips could earn $3.50
hour with his lectureo OF the lst arts. But Wendell Phillips says that it all
came about by getting One hundred nights Of lecturing behind ne" Here q
little N there a title constant study, daily practice thelssi industry n It
last the golden key is fashioned that fits tn lock that opens III colder doors to
success: