The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-10-13
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WITH PEOPLE
< LIVING HERE
Lyceum Course Lecturer Here
Declares Intellect, Soul
.,!a Make Nation
DISCUSSES VIOLATIONS
ut Is Our Mind and Soul That
Is Sick in America" Says
Rev. Francis y,

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''The trouble with this country to-
day is not with the political parties
or its material resources" said DR..
George f. Francis in his address at
the Presbyterian church last evening
as the opening number of the Ly-
ceum course "but with Che people
who live in it,"
"There is no doubt that America
is the greatest nation in the world
so far as site and natural resources
CO." declared the speaker, "but it is
not the size of a country which
makes it great; it's the soul and in
tellect. This is demonstrated by the
little country of Greece,-a country
that developed civilization under
which we are living today" said Dr..
Francis, although Greece was, a
tiny country with few natural re-
sources or wealth.
1T is our mind and soul that is
sick in America" asserted DR.. Fran
els.
This is indicated by the fragrant
violations of the eighteenth amend
ment, the ]. w. w. activities, labor's
defiance of the government, and the
peoples lack of respect for the laws
of the country, the speaker explain
ed.
In America the people have still
to learn that Jaw is sovereign, it
was stated. They make more laws
than the people of any other coun-
try in the world and break more. 1t
requires such men as Calvin Cool
idge to bring the people to respect
the laws as he did when the entire
police force in Boston went on
strike.
groups needed some discipline SINH
lar to that given the police of Bos-
ton. He illustrated his point with
number of experiences he had en-
countered while lecturing and at
tending meetings in the mining re-
gion of Indiana and other places in
the United States.
What the labor movement needs
is the respect of. the American peo-
pie, and they will obtain this only
by considering the rights of the pub
lie instead of themselves alone" de-
clared Rev. Francis.
1t was pointed out that the viola
tions of the eighteenth amendment
to the constitution was another in
dication of the peoples disregard
for the sovereign laws of this coun-
try. The people made the amend
ment to the constitution and if they
do not like it they can repeal it by
the same method, declared the speak
er, instead Of violating and ridicul-
ing it, for nothing is more deadly
than ridicule, said>Dr. Francis. 1t is
far more deadly than the bombs or
dynamite used by the Reds and Boil
shevists. 't N@'
The growth of the profiteer was
said to be one of the worst evils of
the country as a result of the war.
The profitter fattened off the
government while the boys were
fighting for their country, and now
the wealthy people of the country
are placing their wealth in tax ex-
empt securities in order to escape
taxation. =
"The thing for the people to Ho is
to pass law that no more tax ex-
empt securities shall ever be issued"
urged the speaker.
This is the only way by which the
rich man can be forced to assume
his just share of the burden of taxa
tion," declared DR.. Francis.
None of the dangers threatening
the country come from the Bolshe-
visits, the Reds and the radical labor
groups the speaker declared but
from the people themselves. They
must develop democratic spirit,
their intellectual powers, and their
soul, for the fact that America is
the largest, the wealthiest, and the
finest country in Che world will new
er save it, and the fact that foreig-
ners are constantly arriving on its
shores. is not danger to, be con-
stantly reiterated, said DR.. Francis
because all the American people
have to go back but a very short
distance to see their. OWN fathers
and mother or grandparents coming
to this country on an Immigrant
ship.
In addition to the lecture which