The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-06-21
JUNGLE SAM" TELLS
BANKERS OF DUTIES
ADDRESS AT BOHEMIAN cONVEN-
TION FULL OF SOUND
PHILOSOPHY
Addre.. by UNCLE SAM HAMPTON

tAN
is easy to get large amounts of none.
to buy crutches for little Johnny VIII
broke his leg in falling yer a preci
pice, but almost impossible to ge
money to build a fence to proven
Johnny from breaking his leg. 1t i:
hard to make people see the precipice
Acting on this discovery it is my
purpose in all my public work to in.
spire people with their duties, obi.
cations and opportunities rather than
their grievances, wrongs or rights.
Therefore, | have selected as my
subject "Our Bills of Duties" which
I shall define as the "fence" to which
we must all contribute to avoid the
dangerous precipice owe which many
are plunging.
The doctrine of rights has been
the supreme formula for all conflicts
and wars. The convention of 1857
adopted a bill of rights. But when
a group of men petitioned it to adopt
a Bill of Duties, the convention voted
it down, stating as a reason for its
action that a Bill of Duties was a
matter of religion. 1t was quite right
in its judgment but quite wrong in
it's action.
The doctrine of rights is a very
effective formula to conduct a fight
against the tyranny of yesterday but
wholly incompetent for constructive
action tomorrow. But it has ever
ruled US with a sovereign sway.
Rights" Cause of Fights
On the basis of rights we have won
some liberty, but have we stopped to
inquire what we r going to do with
it? Aimless liberty will surely lead
us to anarchy and warfare. When
men and nations stand on their rights
they will fight to secure and defend
them. 1t seems that both within and
among nations we are organized for
warfare, because we are dominated
by the formula of rights.
All courts of law are courts of
rights. All legislative assemblies Of
ten pass bills of rights, and i%nterna-
tional conferences are wholly absorb
ed in the task of securing rights. Ma
tons have acted on this same prin-
ciple between each other. The only
effective way to achieve peace is to
operate on the doctrine of duties.
How can you expect any other kind
of disarmament until we first disarm
the mind? Is there any other way to
disarm the mind than to substitute
J.4sa. g.. x,oh4c0 N1nn no RI on
other to render him a service | do
not need to be accompanied by gun
boats and rifles. These destructive
instruments are automatically elimi-
mated. AS a mere matter of smart
ness the best way for n to outwit
another is to do him a service. 1t at
once puts him on the defensive.
But if l go to assert my rights, |
need force and will use it, or any
other tactics familiar in some very
radical organizations.
The world has been running on a
side track instead of on the main
The reason that Ve get no
where, except into trouble, is be-
cause we have neglected to make out
a bill of duties.
The world is loosened from its old
mooring and drifts without a rudder,
morally bewildered and bankrupt for
want of a satisfying aim. We are on
our way but no purpose road to travel
We have motion but no progress.
Then why should we continue to
.lnderwrite u own defeat? Why
we continue to strive to attain
he ignoble and immoral "every n
or himself" ignoring the duties and
,pportunities of building a beautiful
Utilization and warming it with our
AS a means to cultivate these noble {
impulses. the farmers of our country t
dopted the community idea, and the l
arm Bureau as the instrument for {
eaching every description of the peo- ]
lie from the least to the greatest. All
lust be willing to give some time IN !
he creation of the Community Cen c
err. If we are going anywhere, the !
est place to start from is where c
re are. Whe old Socrates was asked a
How shall we get to Mount Olym- b
the old philosopher replied, b
by doing all your travelling in that e
irection." "
A pump Primer" =.
I have been acting as a pump pri- l
ler' in the capacity of a community Il
rganizer. Did you ever go to the g
rell early in the morning a pump,
nd pump, and pump, and no water g
,ould come up? Then you would S
the pump, and give a few a
,rokes and the stream of water would II
ow. We must get communities to
-ork. That is what I call printing !"
pump. !:
1t is said when we send a mar to G.
YARN Springs, for mental repair, n,
ley give him a sanity test. They "
i'll place him in a room where a II
rye basin is filled with water with d
lie spigot turned on and a stream of ~
alter flowing into the basin. The