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Address Delivered by Mf.v M. S.
Briggs Before the Lcyai
Sons Class.
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We have in' the past few days
received numerous requests to
reproduce the lecture" delivered
by Mr. M. S. Briggs before the
Loyal Sons class at their meet
nig last, week and we were for
tunate in being- able to secure the
copy of this interesting address,
which is as follows:
I congratulate you young men
and women, on. the fact that you
are living in the best age in the
world. The present" has ad
vantages over any time since
the creation of the world, there
never was- a better time in which
to live, nor a better people to
live with. 1 also congratulate
you in that you will live in the
future when more big things will
be accomplished than ever have
been in many times the number
of years during the world's his
tory. During 'the twenty-five
years just past We think, there
was more accomplished in the
line of discoveries, inventions
and the development of big
enterprises than could possibly
be crowded into a like number of
years again. But do not be mis
led in this-for we have only had
a glimmering of the light of dis
coverv and invention, in accomp
lishment of things which are
worth while, which the near
future has in store for us. Nor
one-hundredth of the wonders of
nature, which is for our benefit,
and the betterment of the world,
has even been dreamed of.
You may think it strange thai
I have taken for my subject this
evenintr the name of an alarm
clock, but. 1 he unique advertising
that has made this instrument so
well known caught my attention.
and looking into the matter I find
that there was a reason for the
manufacture of this special
clock, and that its presentation
to the 'public, was timely, and
dropped into a place where the
people had looked and looked in
vain for some time for something
in .this line that was dependable
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The manufacturers of this
clock have made clocks for many
years, and a quarter of century
since they put out a clock that
old for 05 cents retail, and when
the customer had let loose his
coin he found that he had paid
enough for the clock that failed
to come up to the specifications.
For this reason they sought out
better designs and selected the
best materials, that they might
create a timepiece which for the
purposes intended would be the
last word in alarm clocks. The
result was this "vanguard" of
timepieces, coupled with the
ability to continue calling the
Sluggard' until he should be up
and away. Now, it is not my idea
to advertise any firm's wares,
but for the purpose of using this
as a symbol, that I have called
your attention to the necessity
of something dependable, and the
preparation which was insured
for its best construction.
Today time is calling for men,
real men, for all the various
avenues of life, and for the
places worth while; it is now and
ever has been difficult to find the
men worth while to fill them.
What means the factory whis
tle? Does: it blow simply for the
purpose of getting the workmen
to' the factory in time to do a
good full day's work, with no
idea of anything farther than
the enriching of the coffers of
the owners of the plant? No,
that is not all, something' deep
er is in the thoughts of the
owners of the enterprise than
the mere matter of the dollars
and cents which it might bring
them. The good of society, for
nothing is stable which is not
based on sound principle, and
the good of society and the com
monwealth is considered. True,
they expect to derive a profit
from the business, and they
should. No one should be ex
pected to do business without
making money. It is legitimate;
all should have a laudable desire
to. accumulate a competency for
the proverbial rainy day. You
should make money, but make it
honestly, for ill-gotten gains
will surely canker.
In the battle - of life do your
part well, play the game to win,
hew to the line, let the chips fall
where they may, and if you have
a desire. to occupy a larger sta
tion than the one in which you
are now, fill this position in the
fullest, even if it is considered a
minor one; grow bigger than the
place by filling it well. - He pre
pared for another one higher-up,
and it will come to you when you
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are ready for it. Do not cross
cut the other fellow, that is not
meriting anything, though prac
ticed by some. They deserve
nothing and will sooner or later
come to their just position, then
you will also get yours.
About being . prepared, I am
reminded of an incident- which
happened during Jhe Spanish
American war. Before President
McKinley declared war he saw
that everything was in readiness,
and w hen the psychological mom
ent arrived it was necessary to
communicate with General Gar
cia. When conferring with his
staff of advisors he asked,
"Where is the man whom I can
trust to carry this message?" as
no one knew just where the in
surrectoes were. He was ad
vised to get a young man named
Wynthrop. He was sent for, and
after a short conferenc it was
thought that he was the proper
man, and the message was de
livered,, the instructions given
Mr. Wynthrop four days later
was set down on the inhospitable
shore of Cuba. He entered the
jungle, apparently gone from
the sight of man, and three
weeks afterwards emerged from
the other side of the island, hav
ing delivered the message, and
was picked up by a cutter of the
U. S. government. How he suc
ceeded in avoiding the Spaniards
and finding the Cuban general
has nothing to do with this
story, but the idea is to show
that the man was prepared for
his mission. If there is anything
which I wish you would remem
ber of what I say this evening it
is that I urge upon you in what
ever line you may choose to
work, to be prepared and know
everything there is to know of
that subject.
When we were children we
were told that there was a bag
of gold at the end of the rain
bow, we thought that there was
something in it, we cultivated a
roving disposition, have thought
that there was better oppor
tunities elsewhere, the pastures
over the hills in the distance
looked greener, for "distance al
ways lends enchantment to the
view." e mignt stand upon
High School Hill and look over
the river in the summer, those
hills look beautiful, and we think
if only the Nebraska side was as
beautiful as the Iowa side we
would have indeed a fine place,
but when the switchmen go over
to chase down some of the box
cars which are kept stored on the
bottoms, they are almost swamp
ed in large weeds and bramble,
until it is a relief to get back to
the blessed homeland.
The opportunities which will
subserve our purpose best are
found at our fingers' ends; do
not think that the other places
are the best, for this will average
with any. This can be illustrat
ed best by two stories given by
John Can well, the lecturer. The
first was told him when he was
traveling in the east; his guide,
who was leading his camel, said
that he had a story which he re
served for his particular friends
and he would tell him. "Once,"
he said, "there was a man who
went to-his priest, and in con
versation with the Father men
tioned something about a dia
mond, when our man inquired
what a diamond was he was "told
if he had a diamond he could
purchase a farm, and if he had a
handful of diamonds he could
purchase a count, and if he had
a bushel of diamonds he could
purchase a state, and if he had
an acre of diamonds he could
purchase a country. That night
our friend went home and did not
selep, and the next day returned
to the priest to make further in
quiries, asking where he might
find diamonds. He was told that
when he should find a clear
stream running over white sand
between high hills he would find
diamonds. The man returned
home and sold his farm and
started out to hunt diamonds, but
after having traveled over many
countries, he, like the. prodigal
son, was without money in a
strange country and he layed
down and died. But the man
who purchased his farm, while
leading his camel to water,
noticed that the animal stumbled
and in doing so knocked a tuft of
grass up in the back yard,
where "this diamond hunter had
lived for many years, and notic
ing a peculiar stone, picked it up
and placed it on the mantel in
his home. When visiting there
soon after, this same priest
noticed the stone and asked
where the diamond had been
found. The owner of the place
said it was not a diamond but a
pebble that lie picked up in the
back- yard, and on going to the
place they found it full of dia
monds." So the opportunity
was in this man's own back yard
and he did not know it. It may be
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the case with us, we had better
see what the homeland has for
us before we go chasing the ends
of the rainbow.
The other story shows the
same frittering away of the op
portunities which are ours and
we do not improve them. It
runs thus: A man living on a
little farm in New Hampshire
found farming dull and irksome
and thought some other line
would be more to his liking, more
remunerative, so he cast about
for something - more congenial.
He thought of a cousin who
lived in Montreal and was in the
oil business, and wrote, asking if
he could get in the oil husiness.
In reply he received a letter tell
ing him that if he would study
up the oil business he (the cou
sin) would give him a position.
The man secured all the books
and literature he could, made an
exhaustive study of the oil busi
ness, learning how it was formed.
where secured, how refined and
marketed. Then he wrote to his
cousin, saying he had the requir
ed knowledge, audi was biden
come. Selling his farm for 8933,
he departed. The man who pur
chased the place went out to look
around the farm to see what pro
vision had been made for the
watering of the stock. He
found that with commendable
enterprise the former owner had
placed a board across a small
stream which ran through the
pasture that he might deflect a
-kind of scum which ran on the
water, so as to have a clear
place for the cattle to drink. The
peculiar odor arising from the
creek prompted the new owner to
dip up some of the scum and
have it tested, and it proved to
be oil, which enabled the farm to
be sold for 8100,000. Now, this
oil had caused the former owner
much trouble to find a way that
the cattle might drink; he de
vised many plans before he was
able to succeed in. keeping a
place that would be clear of .the
cil. It was like the man who set
"Uig Ben" to wake him in the
morning that he might take up a
certain proposition at that time,
and having kept late hours the
night before, when the, alarm
rang, and continued to ring, got
up and threw the clock out of the
window, returning to his bed to
sleep, only to miss the oppor
tunities of the day, to which the
clock called him. So it is with
the things which tall us to ac
tion; we do not heed them and
thev are fritted away.
There is a call . for us today.
Will we heed it? Many things
are calling for our services in all
lines, for the better men of so
ciety, for better ways of doing
things, and for the making of
monev for ourselves, as well as
serving our fellowmenmen, mak
ing life worth living. We have
looked with much concern on
the loss of life which occurred
during the last war in which we
were engaged, and . thought it
awful, but while the entire
amount of people affected, killed
and wounded by the action of
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battle and . . inroads of disease
during the Spanish-American
war was 555,421, during the
intermin since there have in
American, according to statistics,
occurred one million per year,
and the twelve years totaled
twelve million violent deaths.
Many of these could have been
avoided. The Titanic took down
1,500 people at one time, and the
burning of the factory in which
so many were burned was an
other; the creamation of those
children in the school building in
the east and the coal mine dis
asters are horrible outrages
against humanity. Why should
human life be compelled to pay
this toll of flesh and blood just
because we are not heeding the
call of Big Ben for a better con
dition of society?
We thought it something awful
when in the olden days people
burned their children to appease
the wrath of their supposed
gods, and not much different was
the burning of the witches; this
day's civilization looks on tlo-m
with horror and we are justified.!
How about the human lives we
are daily and yearly paying to the
god of gold, when we allow such
a wanton waste of humanity to
save the few dollars which it
would require to provide fire
escapes, to construct fire-proof
and sanitary buildings to work
in, to construct and operate tin
railroads, so that as cam
paign slogan now is "Safety
First" might be truly in opera
tion, and again to compel the
trans-Atlantic liners to make
ample provision for the safety of
the people they carry on their
ships? It looks as though we
are blinded to the worship of our
idols as were the people of old.
We are doinsr big things in
many lines. The Keokuk dam
across the Missisippi and the
Panma canal ar instances of the
enterprise of the American, and
while we are at it, I am sure the
Big Ben of better things is go
ing to awaken this nation to ac-i
tive, energetic ami concerted
work all alonz the lines for a
better civilization. We are go
ing to wipe out that grave yard
of the Atlantic, where many a
good ship has gone down; we are
going to deflect the current of
the ocean so that the warm water
from the gulf will hug the shore
of America and make the New
England states tropical and
Labrador temrerate, and do away
with the icebergs menacing the
ocean traffic. We are going to
cross the Atlantic in a night.
We are going to wipe the intem
perance, which is yearly takinz
such toll of human life, from the
face of America. I do not mean
alone the drink habit, while this
is one of the sore spots of this
nation, there is graft, there is
the condition of society, there is
lack of conservation of the
necessities of life and the very
life itself. While we need con
servation of forests, lands, mines
and all the natural rersources of
the country, we need the con
vervation of the youth .of the
country more our boys and
girls.
While I am calling your atten
tion to these things I want to tell
you that of all the things which
are necessary for you to do is to
think and act for yourself, for in
that lies the greatest safeguard
of the nation. Think for your
self and act for yourself, for the
one which you looked to for the
solution of the things which puz
zled you, when the time comes
will not be in touch with you.
and you are without sail, mast
or rudder. Keep clean, do this
spiritually, morally and person
ally, for if you do not you will
acquire blemish of character, of
morality and defects of your
physique, which will impair you
for the conflict which is sure to
come sooner or later when you
will have to fight life's battle
It may be in competition, it may
be in standing for the right in
some moral principles and it
may be in many ways in which
we are not looking for.
"In the world's broad field of
battle,
In the bivuac of life,
Be not like dumb driven cattle,
Be a hero in the strife."
Yes, be a hero in strife, for a
clean life, clean in all that the
word means, stand for the right
and stand for it firmly, do not be
a braggart, but be a hero just the
same. Meet the troubles which
arise in a manly, pleasant way,
for it is the smile that often
wins when nothing else can.
In closing I want to emphasize
one thing which I said in the be
ginning be prepared, not half
prepared; it will take study and
hard work, but they will pay in
the end.
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