The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-08-24
A Man There WAS
WHO'S THE MAN? WE WILL
GIVE YOU ONE GUESS. :

sweat and weary limbs and climbed
the ladder inch by inch until men sale
he was the richest man in all thu
world. This man was ridiculed with
out complaint or protest and all thu
foolish things men said Of him were
curned to shining coin. He cashec
sheir jokes and put them in his bank
they called him ignorant and foo
and still he smiled and added to hi:
laily balance. * f..
For this man made q useful thing
that common men could use. He
placed upon the market Of the worlc
ais wares and those who toiled as
he had toiled found that they coulC
possess, use and enjoy that which
he had builded and in acquiring, they
aeed not pauperize themselves OF
take the bread and clothing from
5heir wives and children. He left the
gloss of finery for other builders. He
courted not those full-pursed mer
who spend their money on their pride
and tax themselves for ego's sake
He built that men in overalls might
buy.
He Grew Rich in Money and in Love
And as he builded larger every day
ne paid his workmen a wage that
honest men should pay to honest men
The toiler in his shop could well af.
ford to eat a midday meal, fit for a
man who toiled. And that same mar
could with the setting sun bring to
his family a wholesome steak, a bag
of fruit, a book to read or any other
needful thing that those who sweat
and toll in great America should
have. The workers in his spreading
factories were not slaves. They
were his partners. They shared the
products of their toll. And thus he
grew, not only rich, but in the
hearts of men.
Some criticised. He gave no uni.
versities to the children of the thou.
sands he had robbed. He did not rob
He founded no great libraries for the
people who were able well to build
such institutions for themselves. He
much preferred to pay a living
wage, so that his workmen might
hold up their heads and read a book
without accepting charity. He paus,
ed not to endow soup line. Those
who had labored for him or who had
bought his wares had not been forced
by their transactions with this man
to patronize the public bowl of soup
His was a policy that would let mer
i've and live without the blush OF
shame that comes with charity. AnG
yet, the millions piled upon each 9th.
err, while fortune smiled and luck
played ever to his hand.
Men Made the Man
For somehow men will work ir
honest fashion for such a man. He
shared his gold with them, not as q
gift as an earned reward, and they
in turn gave to his enterprise the
best they had in brain and Drawn
And twas this combination that turn.
ed the very joke upon the corner OF
the street into a shining piece OF
gold. Thus fairness on his part made
every man beneath him fair. Thus
right enthroned within the palace Of
his business policy caused every man
who entered to~want to do the right
And thus the men this man was max.
ing made the man.
And so today those who by tens OF
thousands have toiled for him and
those who by the millions have
bought from him are forming one
nationwide and most gigantic plan
to make him President Of this Re.
public. No politician looks his way
The party leaders do not want this
man. Those who have selfishly con.
trolled this nation for a score Of
wears are trembling at the thought
But some strange thing has pripped
the nations heart and men are won.
dering If this builder might not in.
deed build up mighty country or
that plan and with that same result
that has made famous far and wide
his, spreading factories.
bob SCULER'S MAGAZINE
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