Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-27

crops per acre lnIn iowa. we grow
more wheat per acre than the North
west We are trying to breed 4
strain of wheat that will do for US
what the Northwestern wheat does
for that country. But Re must have
help in our agriculture. There is a
chance for the y. NJ. c. A. to help
if it can work with individuals. If
it can reach the farmer with what
it has carried to the camp. some
thing to appeal to the social and re-
ligious side of his nature, that is the
place for the y. NJ. c. A. to work
with the farm.
Chairman Merrill introduced r. j.
Nichols. foreign secretary of the in
ternational committee of the Y. NJ
c. A.. who set forth Americas New
World Responsibility" as a challenge
to every citizen His first efficiency
measure was to get everybody up,
to raise their arms above the head
and shake them.
Mr.. Nichols
He said in part:
when America entered the war
she broke down all the walls she
had made. We were just as provin-
Cial as we could be. But do YOU
know why all the nations of South
America followed US to war? 1t wa,
Uncle Sam. We didn't realize how
much they We're looking up to us for
leadership. We must realize it now.
and face it for our own Self-intercst.
Japan owes her marvellous progress
to our example. She has paid all of
her Russian war debt by the sale of
munitions to Russia. She is prosper
Gus and she is waking up to democ-
racy and going ;fter it. The rice
riots of this fall are the first things
Of that kind in her whole history or
two thousand years. China is going
after democracy. Indian troops took
over the whole African campaign
and the Palestine campaign. There
are 100000 of them who are going
back to India and they are asking
for home rule.
Can these nations win alone? No.
Why? Their institutions are not
adapted to democracy. In none OF
their religions is there any germ of
democracy. Only in Christianity can
it be found. Christianity has caused
the uprisings for democracy.
I'VE have the greatest opportunity
in history. We can turn il down Or
we can move up and help these ma
tons TO find themselves. Ii means
immediate action. The world must
be evangelical in the next ten years
II We get in on this tide all right. If
not we can wait for another. But
suppose gale comes in the mean
time while we are on the rocks. Ev-
cry question we have up for discus
son here is up in Calcutta. Shanghai
Bombay, Omsk, Buenos Aires, Capt
Town.
When these nations are willing to
follow our leadership it means some
thing. We can help them as no other
can fer they know we don't want
anything from them. We are the
Only nation that is above suspicion
We must send them not only diplo-
mats aud missionaries but BUSINESS
field for trade. If we take the world
view ,ve don't need to hear anything
Gt,C Ill unemployment.
he religious work program Of the
American Y. NJ. c. a. is the only one
to be introduced into Greece. 1t is
the best adapted to bring results in
any country. Every nation is asking
bn1n to
in time so that they can make good
We Fave the i. NJ. c. A. in SO cities,
- countries. and we have 216 men.
We ought to increase that number by
n big percent. We need men and
money To promote American ideas in
other countries.
Evening Session
Tic Saturday evening session of
the conference was held in the Vestry'
Of the First Baptist church. The
ladies served Il bountiful supper of
beans and brown bread. cold meats
ard all the rest Hon. Frank Far
rin.tpn Of Augusta, Speaker of the
Maine House of Representatives.
presided in n pleasing manner. He
said: I'VE citizens of Augusta and
those who are our guests have rca-
son TO congratulate ourselves that
we have an opportunity Of hearing
these speakers. But if the conference
only had as its result the chance
to rub elbows and 10 look each other
in the face it would still be worth
while. No man could fail to get in
SEPARATION from it.
1T seems to me that n word of APP
probation is due the two men who
have done so much to bring it
about, and l wish to take this OPP
portunity to extend thanks to Frank
Condor, secretary of the Augusta Y.
NJ c. A., and to Mr.. Morton for the
State"
Mr.. Dunnack
The chairman then introduced
Rev. Henry f. Dunnack, State Lii
brarian, whose subject was the dis
covery and Development Of Leader
ship" Mr.. Dunnack asked the
How can we put into operation this
program? How can we readjusc
ourselves to conditions" He pointed
ooI eiiC SHiSl "chh'S'' Al. oul N1tdIS
and put his finger on the chief needs.
Then he said: The remedy must be
a program that will command the re-
spect and support of the community.
We have grown enthusiastic over
world welfare. 1t is easier to raise
$4,000 for somebody in China than to
raise s75 for somebody in Augusta
He called attention to the fact that
the State y. NJ. G. a. has already I'M
dcrtaken to outline the way TO go.
1t proposes to cOrrelate the existing