The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-12-12

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to overthrow feII FORMS Of american
Ideals ana the h,slill Illons d tac
governments. These asltafors- which
inclsiae- the socielistes the, Il W. WIS
the leadegg Of the psriisans end I'm :
ally that alien element Who are so
busy al work In Tie casi in attcasps
TO destroy all. properly rights AID
turn America into a Russia All these
clements are working TO overthrow
nc splendid form OF g0vernwont
which has been butt up in TITS
country during the rast centuries sal
arc making The farmers. the iabogor
and the workers of the country think
that they are the down trodden OF
the times.
NOW Is the time for every 100 PER
cent american to look forward and
realize the conditions which tae
country is facing. an the great
conflict Just past there was not a
fear in the hearts OF anyone of the
out come or the great war and iae
empowering of our enemy, but thc
enemy Which We are facing today is
n thousand fines more dangerous
than was, The Hun which the boys of
this co,!ntiy faced on the battle fee Is
Of France"
Ship Out undesirables.
In the past red has stood for the
glorious color in our Stars and
Stripes, bit today II has become tte
emblem Of that conflagraiion viii ch
is running rampant in The United
STATES and which tho foreign adgitl-
tors are trying so hard TO set afro"
''The ships sailing from the Allan ic
j" : nnf. CARRYING tka pronor cargocs.
They should be loaded with this IN
desirable foreign element and scat
back TO the countries from which
they came. Ancrica is for .Ameli-
cans and it'msit tiers nor If they were
not born in the United States hu'
II upon their arrival here they a~e
willing to become 100 percent Amc
leans then they are welcome"
business today is good bur TIRE
question which we must ask will
Ii continue So and in my O. on il
will not for there IS bound to char %
at some time. Prices cannot 20
higher, this wild period OF soecuia
tion cannot always continue with the
benefits which 1t is bringing today.
and now il the time to stop and do
sane thinking of the future"
Everyone must stop and use care
and discretion in their business and
in the matter of business the past whic
credit plays cannot be estimated. In
the matter Of credit in my business
| have five cornor stones TO go by
which feel are of vital importance.
The first. of these Is ability. the sec
ond character. the third the oppor
'tunity of the person TO make a sue
cess of his business. the fourth en-
ergy and the fifth capital. Together
with these FIVE corner stones the two
questions, can he pay and will he
pay, are also of vital importance in
the matter of extending credit. for
there are any number of persons who
have the means TO pay but who do
not"
'As the text of this talk ! have
chosen the words of the scripture.
''Behold the old things have passed
away and all things have become
new which can be so easily APP
plied to the business method of to-
day. The old methods Of dong bus
mess have all passed away and the
rev regime is rapidly taking it's
place in the affairs of the world. and
those who cannot keep up this new
standard set viii also pass away
Now is the tine when everyone
must have vision of what is ahead
of them, of what iAmerica means, and
of the opportunities which each one
of us possess to spread the ideals OF
America "
Upon behalf Of the Mankato Re
tail Merchants association, G. W..
Fisher extended to the association an
invitation TO hold its next meeting IN
Mankato and this was promptly sec
onded by Judge LoEin Cray THIS
invitation was accepted but the date
of the meeting was left for the exc
cutives committee to, be decided upon.
Talks On Various Topics.
Talks upon matters of interest TO
the association were given by sew
eral of the members present and py
]. r. Jensen, manager OF the Manka
to Retail association, who gave
short talk upon methods which the
local association follow in its bust
ness dealings. Other talks were
riven by N. p. Clark, c. p Christ
ianson. ]. c. James and Bert Cole
of Lake Crystal, F. E. Cooper Oh
Vernon Center, Frank Borchet OF
Mapleton and Fred Broisk OF Good
Thunder. all of whom gave snort
business talks reporting the success
which they have been experiments
during their membership in the asSo'
citation.
Regular business matters were
transacted and the report of the sec
retary. v. J. Greiner of Mapleton, was
given. AS delegates from Madeira
Cambria and Butternut Valley were
present at the meeting for the hfst
time. directors from those places
were chosen as follows: GustaI Lar
son from Madelia. John Owen OF But
ternut and william. Evans. OIL Gam
bfia. a4 c.,,
To Miss Edna Cole of Lake Crysta.
aoes the honor of being the only laoy
member OF the association. MISS Gore
is the progressive millircr oil Lake
Crytal. .,ors
The Southern Minnonata Dealers
credit association is ~ be congrat-
Mated upon the splendid spirit OF CO.
operation which is displayed amohs
the members and also upon the pro,
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