The Bismarck tribune., 1924-09-25

i'Hu 'Hev ndu 10 Eet tHeiF pIoSAsip'o
from abroad. Mortality occurred
sufficient to cause a panic in any
colony. The history of these colon
les was checkered with disaster, con-
siderably more than this protector
ate will ever have to face.
"rhe second thing | want to say is
to the individual settler himself The
government can do much, in various
directions, but the one all-important
factor in the success of each indi-
vidual settler must be that indi-
vidual's own character and capacity.
If there is any point as to which he
can make the government better
and more responsive to the needs of
the settlers, it is his duty to work
for the achievement of these ends.
But he can set it down as an abso-
lutte certainty that Il pound of COM
plaint won't help him as much as an
ounce of real effort to do his own
business we'll. What he has to face
is the need for genuine hard work
work that needs special training and
capacity.
at is the farmer, the man who
grows wheat or cotton, breeds sheep
Nor cattle-whichever it may be--the
man who makes his profit out of the
wool or the meat, or a dairy or fruit
or some other product of the soil,
upon whose success the permanent
success of this country must depend.
The discovery Of paying mineral de-
posits would be good thing-but
with not much stress on the good
but it would be of no consequence
from the standpoint of your perma-
nent well-being when compared to
the welfare of the farmer; for sud
den boom, and a few great fortunes,
in no shape or way take the place Of
steady and permanent growth among
those who some to take possession
of the soil, and to leave it as an
inheritance to their children who are
to grow up in this country.
snow, a farmers business is just
as much a science as any others.
Nobody would think that a farmer
could over night turn bookkeeper or
lawyer, Yet, in every new country,
many people drift in who seem to
think that bookkecpers and lawyers,
and men who have never done ii
stroke of real work for Il living at
all. can suddenly become successful
farmers. A quarter of century ago
met any number of such men in
the west. They were generally
yosng fellows from the eastern
states or from England, who perhaps
had never done any work at all, or
who had perhaps not been over-suc-
ccssful as clerks or in some other
scdcntary occupation.
"Thcy would come out there with
a small capital which they would
proceed to invest without any knowl-
edge; they would half heartedly and
feebly try to work at something to-
tally alien to them; and then, unless
they had exceptional stuff in them,
they would sag behind in the race of
life and gradually become what We
called remittance men'-that is to
say, shiftless creatures who lived on
"IdlCScI NIClI were dDIc W
send them.
"Since have been in this country,
] have known more than one young
man coming hthcr with five hund-
red or Il thousand pounds. and no
experience whatever in his past
which fitted him to become an East
African farmer. If any such man
consulted me, should tell him that
the best thing he could do with his
money was to put it safely away
somewhere for at least two years;
and meanwhile to remember that Il
social and sporting life must be
considered purely as play and never
allowed to interfere with work, and
that he had his whole profession to
learn.
"Therefore, the wise thing for him
to do was to 60 out on some farm
kept by some real farmer and ask to
be allowed to work for his keep, re-
membering always that unless he
worked very hard, very steadily and
with much intelligence the man who
let him work for his keep would
make a losing bargain.
"lf then, the young man stood the
trial, worked till he really knew the
business we'll and, in short, showed
that he had good stuff in him, why
it would be all right; and if he did
not stand the trial, it would be proof
positive that his presence was Of
benefit neither to himself nor to the
colony.
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