Norwich bulletin., 1922-09-29

bag. All this must be gcne throukh With before the begEariy elements can bs tuned into lamb-chops and tea biscuit and French tarts-not to mention. trips and potatoes
 How many processes os prcductssn s<s required before the various food ale ments lurking hidden in the soil Of q pakota waeat-held have been transform ed into the loaf of bread on your tabief Let one of the lads follow it fhroaxh. from the time the plow-point first ontsrs the soil till the bread-znlfs sewers tho slice for him to butter and eat If hs makes q really thorough and compicts 1ob of It, suspect he will have to atarp- en his pencil more than once before he gets the various stages all down fn order.
 The ancients imagined thns the .@--s giant Atlas bore up the earth on hlr shoulders We know better now. But we haven't yet seeme9 able to appreci- ate the fact that the world Is really borne up and forwarded on the hactn or its producers They are the raeu who make the wheels go round h. deed, they are the men who make the wheels themselves. IL is they who lead the files of time They are the zuthora and makers of everything which serves utility or beauty. They carry not oniy the present but all hope for the future on their Atlantean shoulders.
 It might seem to some that it wocid be worthy ambition to serve in their | ranks. There are those to whom bsfnR maker and do-er seems more adrnlr- able than being a mere barterer of other mems productions.
 But every mans observation teiis him mat the caustic comment of our friend in the Portico is nevertheless warrant- | If L. who Is not only willing but eager to pro duce something. there are seven slncik- CTS waiting at the shop-door or the farm ! gate for the chance to make a dollar by selling the thing he has produced
 Why is it that America ia today rieh and powerful among the nations of the earth? For one reason, because n | hasn't yet lost the momentum imparted bg our forefatherE Tltey were not only men of their words. but men of their hands, as well. They had small time for and less interest In such things as barter and trade. They rcie- gated such secondary matters to the rear, 1 where they belong. On farm and in forest. with mattock and with n1uslEet, by land and by water. they took up their allotted work of transforming . wilderness into an empire. They rave little time to chaffering over profits and percentages. but spent themselves to | the end in conquering continent for us. their descendants.
 The impetus they supplied has ear ried us far. Some of 1t still acts, ar some of their blood stiIl flows in our veins. But there Is no doubt that the I push Is weakening and the speed slack- ening. One sign of 1t is in this very matter of which we are talking.
 | ly what the prophet meant when he fore told time when seven women should take hold of one man. But when ws get to such a point that seven celiers grab hold of one producers output and try to make better living for all sever off sei1ing-prohts than he made for him. self out of productive earningS-hy then 1t needs no prophet to tell us thai the cart has somehow got before tho horse And that Is not a position con. ductive to safe and speedy. tr2nsports- tion.
 am not of those who nnHintalm slal
 the old times were always the good times I honestly believe in Progress with capital P. But I don't believe q is progress of any desirable sort to turn of the straight road because it happens
 to be a little steep and the dovn-hii
 grade looks easier. Do you? Nor ds
 believe 1t Is progress to tear down { I substantial built-to-last house in ordel to erect fimsy lath-and-plaster bungz low good for two summers and one win
 ter in its place. Do you? It doesn't seem to me sensible to fiou
 all the lessons of experience and denl
 all the teachings of history. Does it q you? One of the first lessons of experi
 ence is that only good work endures o' deserves to endure. One of the most i'm pressive teachings of history is that tn desire for unearned luxury Is a. certalg
 forerunner of national degeneracy. Honestly, don't quite know why am talking this way to farmers Fu they're about the only set of men lef who are sticking to their work of pro ducing things, and who are daily beini
 made the butts of sneering common | from the white-handed ranks beczus they can't or won't devote more though to the selling end of their business
 They don't need this sort of gospel .
 much as many others. But somebod,
 ought to say 1t. And the Portioo's tex
 was so tantalizing that I couldn't net pass.
 Please understand that there's ne<h ing personal in 1t. I'm not aiming Q
 you, nor at any one in particular. But I'll bet a good cookie eFHinSt
 cold-storage egg that you'll find nearIo,
 practical applications for 1t. if you car l