The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-08-13
CLASS HATRED IS
DANGEROUS, SAYS
ST. PAUL ORATOR
E. M. Mcmahon, Secretary of
Great Commercial Organi-
zation, Talks
STERN HEADS CLOTH1ERS
Fargo Merchant Succeeds S. E.
Bergeson as President of
Association


noon at the first convention of that or
ganization held at the Commercial club.
They are:
President, Hugo Stern, Fargo; Vice
President, Morris Katz, Casselton; Sec
retary- Treasurer, J. c. Walker, James
town; National Director, Ray Berge-
son, Bismarck; Board of Directors,
Herman Stern, Valley City; F. J..
Mahony, Minot, and ]. McRae, James
town.
The vote was unanimous.
In the selection Of the next meeting
place, there was considerable rivalry,
but upon balloting jamestown won the
distinction over Valley City.
The feature of the final session of
the convention yesterday was the talk
delivered by E. NJ. Mcmahon, general
secretary of the st. Paul Association
Of Commerce. Mr.. McMahon dwelt con-
siderably on the furtherance of the
ideals Of democracy as opposed to the
Specialization Of individuals.
Glass Hatred Criminal FalIacy.
I'VE must strive to achieve greater
community development and community
life where the individual resident Of
city or farm, Is brought into closer
touch with his fellowmen, where the
locals on which our nation was founded
in blood and maintained in the same
crimson fluid and it's honor and self
respect so recently upheld by the sac
rlfice Of the, best blood in the land
are preserved" said Mr.. Mcmahon.
1T is through the influence of our
civic centers, our churches, schools,
Fairgrounds, good roads, mutual under
standing between neighbore, the county
wide activities of our Commercial club
and other civic and fraternal organ
ization that our ideals will be preserv-
ed.
Education Best Weapon.
1T is a criminal fallacy, terrible
ignorance that breeds class hatred and
prejudice. 1t is these things we must
combat and our most effective weapon
is education. The state exists for the
individual, not the individual for the
state the system exists for the individ-
ual, not the Individual or the system.
That was the degrading, the soul kill
ing, the blood sucking philosophy, if
We can call it that, the idea that the
individual did not exist excepting for
such uses as the state might put him
to that made Germany the despised
nation she is today, that has brought
ruin and chaos, rape and murder into
Russia, that is so sadly misguiding
many Of our good people in this north
west. .-r
Public opinion must be crystalized,
people must be educated, reasoned with,
shown the utter impossibility Of the
doctrine of socialization upholding the
ideals on which our country was found
ed, which were bought with the cherish
ed blood of our forefathers in 1776, by
our fathers in 1865 and by our sons
in 1918. That is the problem we are
facing today in this section Of our
grand country. There is where our
work Nes.
Urges Community Development.
"As we beat the Hun, so must we
conquer those who would drag the
i'leals Of Washington and Lincoln Of you
and Of me into the depths Of shame.
The weapons are education and en-
lightened public opinion. With Lincoln
I believe that we will never be en-
dangered by enemies without our coun-
try, but those within our borders, those
who so recently came from foreign
countries, those who have not assimilat-
ed our ideals, who do not yet grasp the
broad foundation on which our land
rests.
1T is the spirit of give and take that
we must exercise. The city man must
be taught that he is not all-wise and
the farmer must be brought to real
ization that he does not hold the wis
dom of the ages n his grasp. We must
teach the city man that the farmer is
only human and therefore makes mis-
t,.kes and we must teach the farmer
that the city man is composed Of the
same G0d-given elements and therefore
errs at times.
Civic Clubs Must Broaden.
"Your commercial clubs must broad.
en- out, must include the farmer as
we'll as the business man, the employe
with the employer, the well to do with
tile wage Garner, everybody on an equal
footing all striving for the one ideal
to make this world of ours better
place to live in, to respect the rights
of private property, to offer opportuni'
ties to the individuals, to show to all
that each and every one is neces.
sary spoke in the huge wheel of human
endeavor, all centering around the hui
which represents the community.
"A campaign Of education must be
undertaken to overcome the fallacy OF
isolation, it must be brought out clear
ly that exclusive prosperity for one
class of citizens is detrimental to the
other, that such prosperity is not long
lived, that it is breeder Of discomfort
and harmful thoughts. It must be
shown that all are an important part
to the general scheme that to produce
those results which We all cherish, co
operation must be the prime motive
power.
Democracy Implies Responsibility
"And finally I wish to leave the
thought with you that democracy does
not operate automatically, that will
il goes hand in hand definite and GER
tain responsibility. 1t can not be de
MED. Something constructive in the way
Of definite program should be map
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