The Bismarck tribune., 1922-03-17

"oulSO VVNC4uU VI tHc lOtn UISs
trict Rotary conference today by
acclamatiOn.
Oscar StOtzer, Milwaukee, nom.
mated him. They moved the
nominations be closed and It was
50 done In unanimous cheer.
MIR. Black assumes office May /,
Duluth, Mimi, March 1.-THE old
saying, Competition is the life OF
trade has long since proved fallacy
and modern business demonstrates
that cooperation is the lifeblood of
trade and that competition is merely
the necessary tonic" declared Oscar
F. .Stotzer, President Of the Milwaukee
Rotary club, in his address, THE
Spirit of Rotary-The Living Force
before the, closing session of the an
nual district conference here today.
"Aligning itself closely with trade
association movements, Rotary rea:-
ICES that we are living in day and
age of cooperation in which men
working together for any common re-
suit can raise standards, enforce laws
and prevent unfair PRACTICES" assert
ed the speaker. The ROtarian who to-
day does not cooperate with his COM
petitors towards these ends is ethical
'ly recreant.
"All that we need in business today
is few good practical, common sense
rules that will help to keep up the
standards of practice and help to ele-
vate them to a still higher plane.
''Regardless of what conditions in
business life may nave been in days
past and gone, there has been tre-
mendous change in the modern mans
attitude toward his own business, his
competitor and his responsibility to
the community. \
$50 also the old doctrine of Caveat
Emptor, the Latin for Let the Buyer
Beware is also fast losing it's signifi-
cance in these days of publicity and
rapid transactions. Big business is
impossible if allied with humbug and
deceit or Misrepresentation.
"'Every man will take care said
Ralph Waldo lEmerson, that his neigh
Dor does not cheat him, but day
comes when he begins to care that he
does not cheat his neighbor.' Then
all will be well.
'Tn addition to his homely philos-
ophy that carries with it an Injunction
against lying, stealing and bearing
false witness against his neighbor,
Rotary insists that he shall prescribe
to positive ethical standards that re-
late to the welfare Uf the whole COM
munity, that require the exercise of
true public spirit Therefore, honesty
alone cannot be regarded as the sole
necessary virtue in business today.
"service above SELF is not only a
motto not only Of the lips but also OF
the hearts Of all true Rotarians and
the result is, He profits most who
serves best
"Friendship, love, business, govern.
ment, religious, all have servire as
their basis; service mutually given ano
mutually received if profits accrue
Regardless of its shape, form or char.
acter, it is service only that IS SOLO
by the laborer or the genius, by the
manufacturer, the merchant Or the
banker. The product of Drawn OF
brain is but service crystalized.
Duluth, March, 17.-Declaring tha'
he was trying, with the help OF fello"
Rotarians to make North Dakota
worthy of the, confidence Of the ma
tion, Governor r. A. Nestos OF Nortf
Dakota, in an impromptu address be-
fore the annual fifteenth district Ro
tary conference here late yesterda!
brought the LOO delegates to thel
feet with the result that pandemoniun
reigned for several minutes: The con
yention got back to business afte
singing one verse of the Star Spangle
Banner.
Governor Nestos is member of tn
Minot delegation and as head of com
mittees on public affairs, was calle
,rop m maka short talk