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Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1923-05-31
ADDRESS OF HON JAMES j. DAVIS
SHARON, PA, MAY 20, 1923 '.

dAu tHc lItlhGAuouS ucNclUkU1lcLI
of every branch Of human effof.
i'm America during the last quar-
ter century brought forth the
corporation. It is creation
through which the savings of
hundreds of thousands, which we
call capital, can be combined 10
accomplish great ends, to perform
great service to the individual
and to society. 1t has been
potent force in our progress. You
have many examples Of it's power
aor general prosperity here in
sharon. can remember when:
Farrell was but a waste, partially
the bed Of the river. Today it. is
the site Of the concern which pays
the greatest volume of taxes to
the local government and which
contributed to the support ofmany
families in Sharon. The corpora
tion as an institution made this
concern possible.
You have heard and will hear
nuch rant against the corporation
as an industrial instrument
There can be no doubt that like
every human institution it. has
)een and will be abused. But the
Fault is not in the system, but in
he execution. Look behind the
system and find the individual
who is TO blame. Seek the man.
Put the blame where it belongs.
Sharon has. been highly fortunate
in the men who have headed its
great enterprises. They have been
men Of great vision, of deep
aarncstness, of fine integrity, Of
i firm faith in the future. | would
caution you to hold fast to your
belief in your fellow men. HUI
j manity is essentially honest, es
4 sSnflallu loyal TO its trust. WI
have TOO much of bitterness, toe
much Of discord in life. We will
all be better, if we keep our faitl
in the other fellow.
Let us encourage individual
initiative, for it is individual in
. itiative that counts in America. !
, is the man who has the vision ant
F. energy and courage to risk hi
work and his means that forward
| the prosperity Of the country. |
rt is the man who goes ahead tina
Z carries his fellows with him. II
1 should have the active aSsistanc
lof his fellows, and should not b
t held back by petty jealousy o
, envy. incidentally, though
have not time to discuss it here
\ it has seemed to me that there ha
{ been too much Of the enviou
9 spirit in our attitude toward tn
man who forges ahead, for we ar
> today in fair way to tax out c
cxistance the initiative Of Amel
> ica.
q You who have been accorde
n the opportunity Of an educatio
l., owe to your community, to tn
!. Isocial. economic and politics
! structure which made that educ;
y ltion possible, debt of gratitud
: land duty Your duty is to tn
o future. You must render an az
. counting to society for the adva'
f tages you have had, and throue
: your achievements you must repa
s. society.
cl Education is broad term.
/ is not bounded by the walls
S, the classroom, or Of the librar
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1923-05-31

1t lies before us and about us
every day. Wherever our lives
may be cast we find opportunity
for education. ] remember that
when, as boy, ! went to work
as puddler's helper, with my
father, here in the iron mills in
Sharon, my eyes were opened to
the fact that educational oppor-
tunity is everywhere. The pud-
dler's raw material is pig iron. |
asked my father where the pig
iron with which we worked came
from. He led me to the blast fur
mace, and showed me the iron
ore, and the limestone and the
coal brought from afar, which i'll
the furnace purify the ore. He
showed me how the iron, further
purified in the pudding furnace,
went to the sheet mill, the plate
mill, and the nail mill, and he
showed me the finished products.
When you have found out
where these raw materials come
from, how they are treated, and
where the finished products 60,
you will have acquired kno'wl-
edge, said my father.
His lesson holds to this day.
Every man or woman can acquire
knowledge by examining the
things with which he Or she, come )
in contact in his or her daily life,
by determining where they come
from, how they are treated, and
where they go.
Two things, are vitally needed
by the men and women who &C
out into the world today, if they
are TO serve themselves, their com
munity, their country and human
ity. They must know how tt
think They must know how t,
work. We are too prone to allow
someone else to do our thinkin!
for us We are too prone to ac
cept ready made opinions becaus,
they are arraycd in easily remem
bered language. America and al
the world needs men and wome!
who can do their own thinking
! who can get and consider fact
and reach true decisions. At ever
railroad crossing in America is
signboard bearing the word
$ Stop, Look anTt FListcn'
$ wish we could erect before tn
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1923-05-31

learn the truth that education,
learning, is but means to an end,
a tool to work with rather than
work itself. No matter what
place in life the individual may
occupy, whether he plunge into
the crowded streams Of commerce
and industry, or join the ranks of
the world s scientists and teach
erS, he cannot succeed, cannot
attain his own happiness unless he
takes in his hards the physical or
mental tools which lie before him
and works with them. "A man
might have all The learning Of the
anciants, but it would be useless
| to him unless he knew how to
use it to make its principles serve
the purpose for which he strives.
Merely to know, is not enough.
To know how to do is the vital
thing. This is one of the reasons
why my educational faith is
founded upon the principle of
high school education and trade
for every boy and girl.
Today the tendency Of our
boys and girls is all away from the
crafts and toward the so-called
white collar occupations. We are
sadly in need of fostering the
pride and dignity of the crafts
where men work with their hands
In my days in Sharon the grea.
subject of the town was work
Every man was proud of his oc'
Ecupation, whether he was a pud
4 dler, a mechanic, or a rolling mill
Werkcr. His heart was in hi
work Today, it is true, the trent
lis toward the white collar profes
lsions, already overcrowded, but
am here to say to you that tn
man with the flannel shirt is tn
, man who is getting the money
: Furthermore, he is getting peace
+ contentment and happiness.
$ This diploma which ] have tn
4 honor to present to you is not tn
end Of things. 1t is not magl
: key that will unlock the door I
4 wealth and fame and happines.
@ 1t merely certifies that you hav
J. done certain things and that ce
y tain things have been done ft
o you.
d SO far the things of life ha'
II been prepared for YOU and han
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1923-05-31

mental crossroads of every Amer
ican a sign bearing the words,
q Stop. Investigate and Get the
Facts" We would have fewer
wild social, political and economic
theories afloat in the world if
we could make every man his own
thinker.
As you 90 out into the world
you must know how to work.
For, after all, work, mental and
physical, is the real end and pur-
pose Of life. Work is happiness.
There is no greater satisfaction
possible to the human heart than
the sense of duty well performed,
Of a difficult task well done. The
overcoming of obstacles, the con-
quering Of Circumstances in these
lie human eontentment and
human progress. The poet was
close to the heart of humanity
when he said:
Work, and thou wilt, bless the
day,
Ere the toll be done j.
They that work not, cannot pray,
F., Cannot feel thes sun.
! God is living, working still,
All things work and move;
Work, or lose the power to will
Lose the. power to Love"
I Work is the great remedy fol
all the sorrow and misery Of the
world. Work, honest, patient
conscientious tell will conquer al
things, will gain all things. Onl
Of the greatest things that cal
come to the individual through
} education is the knowledge of how
} to work, how to manage his men
tai and physical machinery S
: that it will perform to the bes
: advantage. | am convinced tina
; we pay too little attention to thi
: vital subject of how to work i
| our American educational system
I We have built UP a great schoo
), ING institution, in the Unite
S States in the last $50 years, sine
Y our forefathers founded this r.
a public. But there has c-oE-l u
). with it an increasing tendency
| believe that education is an er
G and not means. We must a
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1923-05-31
1923 MAJUs 81.

am thrilled anew with the Won
dors Of the world s advancement
as they are reflected here. Look
ing back over my lifetime--the
lifetime of the generation which
today hands on to you the torch
Of progress that you may do your
part in lighting civilization on its
way-I see a world transformed.
Probably no age in the history CT.
mankind has shown such rapid
advancement, SO many lightning
changes in the social, political
and economic life Of old and new
peoples. You step forth from
your studies today into life
which moves more quickly and
with surer stride than life has
moved since. time began. You
are surrounded by myriad Of
wonders which were unknown
when / faced life in Sharon at
your age. In the working out Of
these wonders Sharon has served
and has shared. Many of the
basic changes in our scheme Of
things in the past three decades,
which spurred anew the world S
material and social development,
cslge' directly because the age
discovered steel. The steel age
lighted the fires in the hills and
valleys Of Pennsylvania and
brought forth from the smoke and
ashes the force which has multi.
piled and remultiplIed the world 5
facilities for transportation com.
municationS and mechanical eff
cheney. You will find il all yonl
-, < ia
books no mene stirringss rorhance
no more daringH akssef adventure
than the story Of stee'llss'4He 'lls' 4He i histo,g
Of a world transformed. % assaSSl.
You may read this story in youl
daily life here in Sharon. 1t i
all about you. | see it in the hun
drcds of happy homes which nov
brightly dot both sides of the val
ley which in my boyhood loomct
above me as ragged, unkept wear,
hillsides. T see it in the miles G
modern city that today stretchc
from Whcatland to Sharpsvillt
/ see it in the great system o
paved streets which has replace
the ragged road with it's cente
hump along which / picked m
way forty years ago. | see it i
the growth of Sharon as the mos
important center in the importan
Shenango valley. | see it in tn
towering chimncys Of the indus
tries of Sharon which write
smoke and flame the blazon G
prosperity and progress across tn
sky.
We are in the midst of gres
era. One of its greatest charact.
rlstics has been that it has taugl
us, especially here in America, th
tremendous strength which lies
cooperation and in organization
We have learned that what cal
not be accomplished by ind
viduals can be accomplished b
working together. We have di
covered that in mutual servi,
lies mutual advancement. Nothif
better illustrates this power
joint effort in our modern Ii
than the development of that e
sentlally modern institution, Il
industrial corporation. Great e
terprises demand great NEAR
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1923-05-31

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The Tomahawk., 1923-09-06
SOEOMEN SEAL 8
lodge by
the Dunes" "

A Camp for little Indian Child
rem. Write r. +. d. No. 9.
Chesterton, Indiana.
The faculty in charge "f this
institution are admirably qualified
for their work. 1t is in charge of
a college trained lady who is a
graduate of Smith College for
girls, and who also spent two years
at the Massachusetts Agricultural
College, aud a term at the Uni
versity of Chicago.
She has AS an assistant a college
trained Indian woman who under.
stands the Indian children and is
deeply interested in her work.
Charges are reasonable. Write for
pal ticulars.
The Tomahawk., 1923-09-06
Chippewa Matters Pro-
crossing at a Rate That
Insures an Early Settle
ment.
Webster Balllngsr, Attorney for the Chip
'pswas. Busy Setting all Matters
Ia Shape Preparatory to Pre-
SentIng Same 10 Congress.

Recent information from Wash.
ington indicates that during the
coming fall and wiuter Congress
will take hold of the Chippewa
matters with a view of formulat
ing a full settlement. The new
Secretary Of the Interior, Hon
Hubert Work, is taking personal
active interest IN order to familiar.
ize himself with the situation. A
great deal depends upon the out
come of the suit now pending in
the United States Supreme Court,
brought by John G.. Morrison in
behalf of all the Chippewas.
Should the Indians be successful
in this suit, it will settle the legal
status of all the Chippewa CLAIMS
against the government, and pave
the way for the recovery of many
millions of dollars. Mr.. Webster
Ballinger has represented the
Chippewas in this suit, and aside
of paying part only of the ex-
oenses of this litigation, the Chip
pewas have contributed nothing
for the services of Mr.. Ballinger,
who, so far, has himself also paid
nearly all the costs in this SUIT
from his own personal funds.
Continued on 4th page.)
The Tomahawk., 1923-09-06
All Indian Ball Team.

Duluth has an "All Indian Ball
Team" The following from the
Duluth Herald discloses many
familiar names to followers of the
national game in this neck of the
woods:
The Duluth All Indian Baseball
Team will play Proctor at Proctor
next Sunday. The All-Indian team
lines up as follows: Holstein,
catcher; Berry and Snetzinger,
pitchers; LeQuier, first base; Hal
Continued on 4th page.)
The Tomahawk., 1923-09-06

and 23rd insts. You have received
copy of the Secretary's letter of
the 21st inst. advising that the
payment had been autorized and
the superintendent instructed by
wire to expedite payment. Had
it not been for the letter of your.
self and Big Bear this matter
would have dragged along for
some time.
The reason for the reduction
ia the interest payment is the
withdrawal from the trust fund of
the last per capita payment of
SOO. You are mistaken in the
reasons assigned in your letter of
the 23rd inst. None OF the inter-
est money, except the one fourth
for school purposes, has been re-
served or expended.
, Assistant Secretary Goodwin
is away on his vacation and will
not return until about the 10th of
September. Only pressing matters
pertaining to Chippewa affairs will
be taken up during his absence.
With best wishes, l remain,
Very truly yours,
+, Webster Ballinger.
The Tomahawk., 1923-09-06
Drop in Annuity Payment
Due TO Withdrawal Of
Funds for the Last SIOO
Per Capita Payment. T..

In our last issue, in giving an
account of the annuity payment,
we stated we were unable to &C.
count for the drop in the annuity
payment from SIT 20 as paid last
year, to $13 30, the amount being
paid this year. The following
letter from Webster Ballinger,
Washington, D. c., attorney for
the Chippewas, will explain to our
readers the cause for this decrease
in the amount of the annuity pay
'ment:
Law Office of
Webster Ballinger ..
1413-1415 G Street N. w.
Washington, d. G.
Aug. 81, 1923.
Mr.. T. B. Beaulieu, v../
White Earth, MINI.
Dear Mr.. Beaulieu:
On my return to the city |
have your two letters of the 10th
The Tomahawk., 1923-09-06

Service does not present a new
problem. The story of the mis-
management of Indian affairs is
only chapter in the history of
the mismanagement of corporate
trusts. The Indian has been the
victim Of the same kind of neglect.
the same abortive processes, the
same malpractices as have the life
insurance policyholders, the bank
depositor, the industrial and trans
portation shareholder. The form
of organization of the trusteeship
has been one which does not pro-
vide for independent audit and
supervision. The institutional
methods and practices have been
such that they do not provide
either a fact basis for official judg
ment or publicity of facts which if
made available would supply evil
dence of inidelity. In the opera
ton of this machinery of govern
ment, therefore, there has not
oeen the means provided for effec
tive official scrutiny and the public
conscience could not be reached.
Ample Precedents to be
Followed.
Ingredients to be followed are
ample. In private corporate trusts
that have been mismanaged basis
of appeal has been found. only
when some favorable circumstance
has brought to light conditions so
shocking as to cause those people
who have possessed political pow
er, as matter of self protection,
to demand a thorough reorganiza-
tion and revision of methods. Th,
same motive is back of legislation
for the Indian. But the motive to
political action has been less effec-
tive for the reason that in the past
the Indians who had acted in self
protection have either been killed,
or placed in confinement. All the
machinery of government has been
set to work to repress rather than
to provide adequate means for
justly dealing with a large popula.
tion which has had no political
rights. There was no constituency
in the Government or the people
to which, ban appeal to self-interest
could be made. Changes in or
ganization and methods therefore
could come only through some
means which would regularly make
public the facts necessary to an
appeal to the conscience of those
who have no personal interest in
Indian affairs. This means has
been wanting. Appeal has been
made only when conditions have
developed which endangered the
lives ano health of millions of
Americans threatened by the out
lawry or disease results of social
neglect. "x*
The Tomahawk., 1923-09-06
Excerpts From Report Of
Joint Commission Of
Congress, 63rd Con-
gress, Third Session.
To Investigate Indian Affairs Relative II
Business and Accounting Methods En-
pIoyed In the Administration Of the
D.. Office OF Indian Affairs.

Below we print excerpts from
the report of a joint commission to
investigate Indian affairs, and
which we know will be of interest
to our readers as it is a scathing
denunciation of the Indian Offices
methods in dealing with Indians.
This joint committee of Congress
was composed of Senators Joseph
T. Robinson, Arkansas, Chairman;
Harry Lane, Oregon; and Charles
E. Townsend of Michigan; and
Representatives John H. Stephens,
Texas; Charles D. Carter, Okla
homa; and Charles H. Burke of
South Dakota. 1t will be seen
the present Commissioner of In.
.dian Affairs, Charles H. Burke,
was a member of the commission
that made the report, and who,
evidently has undergone change
of heart in his attitude toward the
Indian Bureau and it's methods of
dealing with the Indians since his
appointment as Commissioner, for
while the report of the commission
of which MIR. Burke was a men,
Der denounces the System in no
uncertain terms, he has failed so
far in his administration of
Indian affairs to rectify matters to
any noticeable degree, in fact his
administration, so far, has been
very unsatisfactory, at least to the
Indians:
Need for Special Care in
Management.
THE need for special care III the
management of Indian Affairs lies
in the fact that in theory of law
the Indian has not the rights of a
citizen. He has not even the rights
of a foreign resident. The Indian
individually does not have access
to the courts; ne cannot individu-
ally appeal to the administrative
and judicial branches of the public
service for the enforcement of his
rights. He himself is considered
as a ward of the United States.
His property and FUNDS are held in
trust. Both of these facts place
the Governme Mt in the position of
guardian. charged with extraor-
binary care. The Indian Office is
the agency of the Government for
administering both the guardian
ship of the indian and trusteeship
of his properties. ~
Conditions Adverse to
Good Administration.
The legal status of the Indian
and his property is the condition
which makes it incumbent on the
Government to assume the obliga-
tion of protector. What is of
special interest in this inquiry is
to, note the conditions under which
tie Indian Office has been required
to conduct its business. In no
other relation are the agents Of the
Government under conditions
The Tomahawk., 1923-09-06
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IraClOn. Inc lnnuenCeS Whlch
make for infdelity to trusteeship,
for subversion of properties and
funds, for violation of physical
and moral welfare have been
powerful. The opportunities and
inducements to .peculation are
much greater than those which
have operated with ruinous effect
Oh other branches of public ser
vice and on the trustees and officers
of our great private corporations.
In many instances the integrity of
these has been broken down. 1t
is not to be accepted as a conclu.
sion, however, that those who have
been employed in the Indian ser
vice have been below others in
ability or integrity when things
have gone wrong. 1t has been
largely due to the conditions un-
der which the service has been
required to operate.
Government Machinery
Inadequate.
I'm the first place the machinery
of the Government has not been
adapted to the purpose of admin.
istering a trust. In the second
place there has been little SYM
pathy or favorable opinion to de-
mand that an effective business
machine be, developed. In fact the
public opinion which has domin
ated the Government has been
either hostile or passively indul.
gent of abuse. This is one side of
the picture. On the other side,
behind the sham protection which
operated largely as a blind to pub
licity; have been at all times great
wealth in the form of Indian funds
to be subverted; valuable lands,
mines, oil fields, and other natural
resources to be despoiled or ap-
propriated to the Use of the trader;
and large profits to be made by
those dealing with trustees who
were animated by motives Of gain.
This has been the situation in
which the Indian Service has been
for more than a century-the To-
dian during all this time having
his rights and properties to great
er or less extent neglected; the
guardian, the Government, in
many instances. passive to condi-
tions which have contributed to
his undoing.
And still, due to the increasing
value of his remaining estate, there
is left an inducement to fraud,
corruption, and institutional in
competence almost beyond the
possibility of comprehension. The
properties and funds of the In
dians today are estimated at not
less than one thousand millions of
dollars. There is still a great Oh.
legation to be discharged, which
must run through many years.
The Government itself owes many
millions of dollars for Indian
moneys which it has converted to
its own use, and it is of interest to
note that it does rot know and the
officers do not know what is the
present condition of the Indian
funds in their keeping. Every
community bordering on Indian
lands still has in it persons who
are using every influence at their
command to obtain official action
to the end that they may get pos
session of Indian lands. Great
corporations maintain LOBBYISTS
and unprincipled agents with q
view of getting concessions, leases,
and legislation which are favorable
to their own selfish purposes, but
unfavorable to the Iadian.
Primary Defects.
"As had been said, a primary
defect from the viewpoint of the
Government and the execution of
its trust is one of organization,
Going along with this have been
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