Evening star., 1924-12-04

70 think of that as the founding of
Cnlcago. 1 like to feel that this great
oity owes Its beginnings to the mas
yer explorer who was first a devout
missionary of religion. I am glad To
turn aside here TO add nv little mart
10 the tribute which the CITY ia today
paving to the memory of Marquette,
Of the men who laid the founda-
tiohs of our country. he deserves his
place among the foremost. His pub.
nshed articles and letters give. I be.
iieVe, the earliest prophecies of the
destiny that awaited this central
va LEY of the vast lakes and rivers
fou people Of the Chicago empire
accomplis ishment the things which he
quarter OF a millennium ago. saw
with the clearness and faith OF
prophecy.
Lfkens Chicago to Egypt.
Whenever think of your wonder
ful Chicago. I think of It first as the
great market place to which the
world resorts to buy and sell its food
II Is because the genius OF your COM
merce and the industry of the people
VINO live in these central valleys
nave erected here vast exchange, 10
which the nations have come in their
lean years to traffic for the foodstufYs
which You have gathered together for
them that you are first known to
fame. And. thinking of these things,
my mind has gone back to that most
appealing of all the romances which
we find in the Old Testament-to the
story OF Joseph and the famine OF
the seven lean years In Egypt which
Followed the seven fat years You
VIII all remember the story of the
seven years of plenty and, after them,
the seven years OF famine. Let me
remind you of that period of agrf-
cultural depression in the words OF
Moses and the book OF Genesis:
And the seven years OF dearth
began TO come. according as Joseph
had said: and the dearth was in all
lands; but in all the land of Egypt
there was bread.
And when all the land of Egypt
was farnished the people cried tc
Pharaoh for bread. and Pharaoh said
unto all the Egyptians. Go unto
Joseph: what he sayest to you, do"
And the famine was over all the
face of the earth, and Joseph opened
all the storehouses and sold unto the
Egyptians. and the famine waxed sore
In the land of Egypt, and all coun-
tries came into Egypt to Joseph for
was so sore in all lands
War Brought Demands.
Thus wrote Moses, describing the
famine which drove ne nations of
the ancient Mediterranean world to
Egypt in their time of need. II Is
not necessary In Chicago, or any
where in agricultural America, to
point out the parallel between that
appeal of the ancient world to Egypt
and the appeal which the world in
our day made to our country, and to
the great market which centers in
Chicago, for similar supply of grain
In another time OF pressing need.
"The famine brought the nations
TO Egypt, and Egypt rescued them
So the war brought the nations to
your agricultural markets and you
provided them with food Some OF
the results were not Immediately
pleasant for the Hebrew race and
some of the results of the war have
not been pleasant for the farmer.
But out of the Egyptian expert
ence of Israel came the opportunity
for It's great service in world leader
ship. 1t was in those years that
Moses came into the world and the
Hebrew nation was prepared for the
pAchOoiAN NCaShiAS anu the SGedt
message that II was to bestow upon
all mankind. And my faith is firm
in the conviction that, IL we will but
realize 1t, these years OF trial and
distress for the American farmer will
represent only a time of preparation
for his opportunity to secure that
recognition of his Importance, that
need for economic equality, which
will enable him to render a supreme
service to himself and to his fellow
men.
Urges Humanitarian Attitude.
''All the trials of depression which
the farmer has suffered will not have
been IN vain II, as was the case with
Israel, they are able to contribute to
the world a new thought. a new i'm
pulse, a new ideal. l recognize the
necessity, IL we are to better the lot
of men. of large productivity and
material prosperity. But we cannot
think In terms of that alone. We
cannot suppose that we are to be
benefited by great production unless
the men and women who furnish 1t
are themselves benefited by IT. We
cannot neglect the human element in
our affairs. All the cattle and grain,
all the cotton and wool, all the cloth
and steel, all the shoes and automo-
biles will be Of small advantage to
US unless they contribute a more
abundant life to those who produce
them. Prosperity cannot be divorced
from humanity.
fortunately our population has
not suffered from any shortage of
food in this country. But there has
been a great deal of distress endured
by the people on the farm. The
commercial and industrial side of our
Nation has been giving too much