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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 1, 1910)
. T ; " " . " ' " ,1" , . ' . " " \ i- ' ; ; ' ' " " f' . ' t ' / . - A J l , " . " ' AS IT ' APPEARED TO HER \ ' 5 'Mrs. Oelrichs Evidently Didn't Think Much of Mr. Blank's Earning Capacity. a , Mrs. Herman Oelrichs , the best- Ire&sed woman In Newport , criticized ery pertinently , at a recent dinner , < lie new dinner gowns of Paquin and allot. t These clinging and filmy gowns are jhiefly remarkable for the V-shaped ' ) ack that they possess. The V-it is incredible , but it is true-opens all the 'r Divining Rod 200 Years Old. Winslow W. Fifield of Medford , $ Iass. , owns a metallic divining rod ' { brought > from England more than two hundred : years ago by one of his an- pestors. The rod , says Mr. Fifield , has i > een used successfully all over New i England and in the western mining 1 fllstricts. It Is attached to whalebone Candles } 12 Inches long and weighs two .ounces. The handles have inscriptions .on them which are almost obliterated ' Jby age. . The person who brought the rod to , - America : was Isaac Greenleaf , who set- -tled . in Massachusetts. The rod became : ( famous as a finder of water. After : marking : the place of many springs the drod was used in California , Colorado , and North Carolina for locating by men tin quest of gold mines and other met- als. One parson who used it with par- , ' : " - ' . ? . -"Yj- . ; . ' ' , - r'i. : . ' ' " - , ) ; , , ' , . . . . . ' , < ; ' ' ' . " 'if"t , /-V' . " ; way down to the waist line. At a gala performance in Paris given by the Metropolitan Opera company of New York-the most successful perform- ance Paris ever saw , and one whereat $40,000 was gained for the PliJVIose victims - many of the beautiful Ameri- cans In the $40 orchestra seats wore these daring gowns , and now at New- port they are often to be seen. Mrs. Oelrichs stared at one with as tounded eyes at a dinner , and her neighbor said : "Isn't that new gown of Mrs. Blank's a dream ? Old Mr. Blank is so de- tlcular success was a blind man , In whose hands the rod is said to have done marvels. , A Strong Preacher. ' daugh- The minister's eight-year-old ter was returning with her parents ' from church where the district super- intendent had that morning occupied the pulpit. "Oh , father " asked the little girl , her face alive with enthusiasm , "don't , . you think Brother C. Is a very strong preacher ? I do. " Gratified by this evidence of un usual intelligence on the part of his offspring , the minister eagerly in- quired Into her reasons for her state- ment. "Oh , " replied the little miss , artless- ly , "didn't you see how the dust rose I when he stamped his feet ? " - Judge. i : : " ' > ' " " 'f " " ' ' ' ' : ; ' 41i1P ! . " . . . ' , . ' . ' . ; \ i. . ( : ' - : , . . . . - vote They say that everything he makes goes on his wife's back. " Mrs. Oelrichs , her eye fixed on the gowr's terrible V , said with a smile , : "Well , he must be making very ' lit tle , then. " Practical Matching. 6 What the little girl with the 15 cents In pennies wanted was some red rib- bon of a particular shade for her moth- er. She knew the shade , but she couldn't explain it and all she could say was , it wasn't that , no , nor that ; It was deeper than that and not so face"i The Counterfeit Southerner. counter- Of course , there are many feits. A most amusing imitation is one that often passes for the typical southerner in New York. This satchel- mouthed braggart infests tho cafes and demands attention by his abusing the waiter for offending his delicate sense of honor. "I hate a nigger , suh , " he loudly proclaims , which Is a senti- ment that one never hears from those to the manner born. He haunts the theaters and parados ) the streets , since it Is poor fun to practise his gentility In private. - i He wears a wide black hat , mounts the table and yells whenever the band plays a southern melody. Such a pre- tentious caricature would be harmless enough , but for the ridicule he brings upon the south. Unfortunately , popu- lar authors seem to accept him at face "i- ! t : J < 'YJ' { ' ' ' ' ' ' ' . - . . . . . . . . . . - , - - ' - ' . " , , . " ' : I ' _ / . deep as tnat , ana so on. The mission was looking hopeless when suddenly she darted from the shop and seized a passing gentleman by the "hand. "Will you please come Into this shop with me ? " she asked innocently. "Certainly , my chickabiddy , " he re- plied , "if I can be of any use. What Is It ? " The little girl replied not , but led the wondering stranger to the counter. "There , miss ! " she said , triumphant- ly. "Mother wants some ribbon the color of this gentleman's nose. " value and exploit him in novels or plays where a "southerner" is a nec- essary part of the stage machinery.- Everybody's Magazine. . Wasted Sarcasm. The Philadelphia milk dealers who recently raised the price of their product to nine cents a quart and then lowered It again to eight appear to have been the subjects of a great deal of unjust censure. They announced at the time of the raise that milk could not be sold at eight cents with- out loss. Finding that the consumers would not pay the new price , however , they are continuing to sell at the old , thereby qualifying as genuine philan thropists. Every purchaser of milk at eight cents a quart will doubtless hereafter feel that he is an object of charity. . : . HoodwinKing : . , . Clergymen When a small clique of men put up ja scheme to harness the clergy of jAmerlca and Induce the ministers to < , fin turn "hitch up" the members of th tehurches ; , we should all take notice. They couldn't harness the preacher fin a bad cause except by deceiving tthem. Ministers : of the gospel are essei - -tially and fundamentally honest but , like all men who work for the publi jgood , they are at times mislead by ! "false statements. Trust them when they have exac " truth to speak from. Now for the story which should in- -terest : every one for we are all either -receivers of wages or we pay to wage -earners and the freedom of each it - # dividual is at Issue. In various papers the following statement has been printed. Read It i .carefully at least twice. "Interest in Labor Sunday. "Labor Sunday-the Sunday precec - ing Labor day-will be observed ger - -erally this year and In future years -throughout the United States. This because of the American Federation : of Labor declaration for the obsen - ance : of that day. The numerous lei - received at America : " recently . _ "ters : federation of Labor headquarters ; - . - . . . -from ministers is an assurance that , ' \ . " ' -Interest in the Idea of giving specis " ' -attention to the cause of labor fror , ' -the pulpit one day in the twelv . " -months is widespread. Our readers are urged to try to bring about an ur - -derstanding In their respective dh - : - tricts with representatives of th that ministers will make church so addresses that may attract trade unior - : ists to the churches in large numbers lor the day. Ministers should say what they think on the occasion in order -that their trade union hearers ma ; Tiut the right estimate as to where th , . .church stands on the question of th organization of labor. The more th Subject is discussed the better will it tbe for labor. Union ethics are sound - American Fedcrationist. " Observe that "Labor Union" mei " ministers to "are urged" to' Induce make addresses that will attract trade -unionists to the churches "for the - lay. . " "Ministers should say " etc. , and winds up with "Union ethics are threat. " observe the hidden -sound ; This Is clipped from the America Fedcrationist the organ of Sam Gom al. Tpers , et This clipping has been sent to pa . pers throughout the country and th < Typographical Union men in the news . offices instructed to "urge" that paper L It be printed. " the "ma That is one of" the ways of , -chine. " It looks harmless so the papers print It ItBut ! Let's lift the cover and lool Binder. The hidden motive Is as dangerous ito the peace and liberty of the citi coiled rattlesnake in the sens as a ; grass. Organization by workmen to peace ' lly and successfully present theii 's e is necessary and most commend able. _ ble.There There are such organizations now ; apldly ! winning their way to public . jconfidence without strikes , dynamite , or killing fellow workmen. , . ) ( Some facts on this matter a little ' further along in this article. ) We see here a demand on the min- listers of God , that they endorse and 'jhelp ( build up the strike-producing , , jboycotting and violent American Fed- .eration of Labor. Think of the man of God who iteaches [ brotherly love being covertly ordered to praise and help get new r { members ; for an organization with a ' , record for violence , crime and murder -done by Its members the like of which seen. the world has never r Think of the thousands of women : : ; made widows and the increasing thou- sands of children left fatherless by ifche pistol , club dynamite and boot Sieel ! of members of this Labor Trust Any one who recalls the countless -murders done in the multitude of , -strikes In the past few years will agree this Is no exaggeration. ; , Take Just one as an illustration : There were some thirty men mur- 'l } ered and over 5000 bruised and : rmaimed .In the Chicago teamster ! : " -Strife * I ] If I I' . L ' - e There Is seldom a day passes but somewhere in our country from one to a soore of our fellow men are assaul - ed or murdered by members of thi band. Then remember the homes blow up or burned. The families hounded < , the rioting , burning of street cars , wrecking of trains and attempted or successful killing of passengers. The general disturbance of Industr and the thousands of dollars force from tax payers to pay extra police , sheriffs and militia to protect , even in th a feeble way , the citizens from mobs of members of the America Federation of Labor. , Then you will realize why the gree peace-loving majority of over 80 ml - lion Americans protest against th crime-tainted organize growth of this - , tion comprising perhaps one and one- < half million men , of which it is est ! - mated at least seven-tenths are pea6 < - ' loving citizens and are members bY' coercion and are not in sympathy wit the three-tenths who have gained cor - trol and force their methods. We find that a few designing me : have seized control of the America Federation of Labor , just as some shrewd capitalists have secured coi - trol of some railroads and other inI I terests and are now twisting and turr - : ing them into machines for persons profit and fame. These men cunningly plan to force workmen to join and pay 25 to 75 cents a monfh in fees. Various methods are used to "ir - duce" workmen to join. First , they talk of the "tyranny of capital" making slaves of workmer Then they work up enthusiasm about the "brotherhood of man" an < other talk which experience has shown excites the emotions of worf - men and they are induced to join ani pay fees to the leaders. The 5000 workmen in Battle Cree ] are , as a rule , free from the dictates of the great Labor Trust and still ge the highest wages in Michigan. If : they had yielded to the smooth tall of the" agents of the trust and joined , they would pay in fees from $1250.0 ( to $2000.00 a month to the big trust and be subject to strike orders any ; I time.Now Now they save that and put the money into homes and family com - forts But the managers of the Americai Federation of Labor have workei hard and long to harness them. The trust has sent small bales of money and last winter 18 "organizers' to tie up Battle Creek. They hired halls , gave picture shows , smokers , etc. , as an investment , looking to rich returns when they succeeded in hav - Ing them tied hand and foot. But they failed and the last of these "organizers" left Battle Creel on May 1st saying "it's no use. " The workmen knew the record of this great trust and formed their own association to protect their rights and also to protect them from the big Labor Trust. In Philadelphia some 4000 indepen dent street car men , who mainly had families , had their own union and re fused to join the big trust , preferring to he free to work or not as they pleased. But the trust plannett to force them Into the fee-paying ranks , so a strike was ordered to compel the traction company to kick out these men and hire only Labor Trust members. It was not a question of wages or hours but to push the free men out of their positions where they were earn- ing good money to support their fami- lies. The strike was ordered , not to raise wages or reduce hours , remem- ber , but solely to throw out members of an Independent union and make places only for Labor Trust members , and thus show the independent men they ; could not earn a living unless they first paid fees to the trust man- agers. Incidentally the people of Philadel- phia must submit to no car service , rioting and bloodshed with millions in losses while these fee-hunting , noto- riety seeking trust leaders were teach- ing the world that industry cannot be carried on except by workmen who first bend the knee , bow the head and pay fees. How these men as strike leaders ove to see their names In the papers \ . " . . . . . . . > : - ' . " each morning ! It's meat and brea to their souls. Then think of the lordly power , an don't forget the steady flow of money squeezed from the workman's har earned pay enevelope. But when these leaders "tie up" any industry no man can hold a job who refuses to pay fines even on trumpe up charges , and steadily pay fee whatever they are. The workman is absolutely at th mercy of this band of men who have secured and hold control. Many and many an honest workman has raised his voice and appealed to his fellows to rise and throw off th yoke of Gompers , et al. But , as on writes , "At every convention of th American Federation of Labor , strong opposition comes up but at the crli - ical moment the impassioned orator appears and most dramatically puts the sp&t light on the leader and cover him with a mawkish film of 'martyi - dom' and the emotional delegates yel in delight , forgetting the instructions of the peaceful workingmen at home who desire to free themselves fror the odium of membership under th great advocates of strike , boycott , vie - lence and hate. " So we see the unequalled insolence with which these trust leaders prc - i pose to "induce" ministers to pul their chestnuts from the fire by ; preaching modern aggressive and vie - lent labor trust methods. There is a better way to secure jus tice for workers , as will appear furtl - er along. , Just a little diversion here. I am charged with having first brought to the attention of the public , some years ago , the name "Labo . Trust. " A trust Is a combination of men or organizations for the purpose of sell ing their product at a profit and re - stricting production to effect it. We will say a large Oil Company ; gathers in smaller ones and thus con trols production. The Labor Trust "gathers in" loca : trade organizations and thus has pow er to say how much work each inai shall dd. The Oil Company then fixes prices The Labor Trust does likewise. The Oil Company may "use meth ods" to forco an unwilling dealer to < join. join.The The Labor Trust men go furthe : and slug the independent man if he < tries to sell his labor without payinj fees and "obeying orders. " They an both exactly alike in purpose , which , , in both cases is entirely selfish to gain power and money for the leaders Certain Labor Trust members do not hesitate to use violence , dyna miting of property , burning homes oi independent men and even murder tc force obedience. The Oil Company doesn't go so far. Both are extremely dangerous to the welfare of people and comrnuni ties , for power placed in the hands of a few men either representing Cap- ital or Labor is almost always abused and the public suffers. Remember , reader , that your safety lies in strenuous opposition to all trusts which try to ride over and dic- tate to the people. Only by opposing their growth can you retain your personal liberty. Now to ministers. The average congregation is made up of about 90 per cent. of free citi- zens and much less than 10 per cent. of members of tht ; Labor Trust. The free citizen wants to hear words defending the rights and independence of the common man , free from the ar- bitrary dictates of any self-seeking organization either of Capital or La- bor. bor.The The merchant , lawyer , school teach- er , doctor , clerk , farmer and work- man rebels against any forcible stop- ping of trains , boats , street cars , or factories , for the prosperity of the community is entirely dependent on steady continuance of these things. Men don't like strikes , boycotts , in- ured ' workmen or burned cars and factories. A famous divine says : "These men nay hate capitalists but their hate for tther laboring men burns like a flame , sats like nitric acid , is malignant be- yond all descriptioii. " Then we remember cases of acid throwing , eyes gouged out , children pursued , women stripped , homes de - . < . , , ' ; ; " . ; ' , ' . ' . . " ' > , J' , . . : , . : : ; : ; / . ; . . , . , . , 'f. the loni . stroyed , m " n murdered and long list of atrocities practised " 1 ) LaEbr Trust members on other huma beings who cannot agree with the trust methods. Now for the better way. Workingmen are now organizing in i the old fashioned trades union or "guild" way , affiliated with the Na- ; tional Trades and Workers Associi . tion whose constitution provides ai . bitration of differences with agre - ment for no strikes , boycott , picke . ing or hateful coercion of any kind. This Trade Association has evolve from the experience of the past and is the highest order of Trades Unioi . ism at the present day. Under its laws it is not possible for the Hod Carriers Union or the Stre Sweepers Union to order the schoi teachers or locomotive engineers to t . quit work in a "sympathetic strike. ' If any craft finds injustice , the cas ( is presented to properly selected arb ' . trators , testimony taken and the case presented to the public through the press. Thereupon public opinion , tin greatest of all powers , makes itse felt and curiously enough a fair settli - ment is generally the result. There is no strike , no loss of wage ; . no loss to the community and yet tho faithful workers get their just trea . ment. There are many details which hav been worked out by men skilled in labor matters. It will recompense any intereste man to know these details which ca be secured by a postal request for constitution and by-laws written to the National Trades and Workers ' As : , sociation , Kingman Block , Battl Creek , Mich. : Reader , look carefully into thi great question of the relations of Car ] ital and Labor and its successful s6 < lution. The new plan works an brings results for the members , - - T "b ecanie " " ' " so favorably inipresse with the trustworthiness and practh . ability of the leaders of this new Iz . bor movement that I gave the Associ , ation a sanitoriuni at Battle' Cree worth about $400,000 and with abou 300 rooms , to be used as a home fd r : their old members and the lielples babies , sometimtis \ made fatherless by the pistol , club or boot heel of some . member of the \iolent "Labor Trust : Suppose you attend church Labo : : Sunday and hear what your minister has to say in defense of the safet ; and rights of th ! common , everyda ; man. man.Let me ask you to read again a poi . tion of one of my public articles prinl . ed a few years ago. "The people of the world have giv en me money enough to spend ii these talks through ! the papers in try ing to make betiiir and safer condi tions for the common people , whether : the Postum business runs or not. Scores of letters have come to m from work-people and others , some from union men recounting their suf ferings from union domination anc urging that their cases be laid befon the public. It will not answer fo ? us to only sympathize with tae poor , the op pressed , those who haven't power : enough to drive off tyrants and re sent oppression , we must help them tie : the hands of the oppressors. Amer [ cans must act. Some of my forebears in New Eng land left comfortable homes , tool with them the old flint locks , slept on the ; ground in rain a > id frost ; hungry , footsore , and half. clothed they grimly pushed on where the Eternal God of Human Liberty urged them. They wove for me and for you a mantle ol freedom , woven in a loom where the shuttles were cannon balls and bul lets and where swords were used to pick ) out the tangles in the yarn. These old , sturdy frandads of ours stood by tjaat loom until the mantle was finished , then , stained with their ife blood it was handed down to us. Shall I refuse to bea/ it on my : shoul- lers because the wearing costs me a few dollars , and are you towards mough to hide yours because some oreign labor union anarchist orders you to strip it off ? I have faith that the blood of 1770 till ; coursing In your vslns will tingle nd call until you waken. Then onericana-'will Act" There's a Re4t on- " - C. W. POST. f . . , ' : ' . - , . .1. , . . : : ' " . ' ; ' . -.Io , -t' .t.It. . & ' : t " ; Jo.r : : ' T . , , , . . , " , _ . . . . . _ _ , . . , _ . _ ' - . . . : . . . , . . . j . . PR 0 GRESSIVE WEST IS I PRAISED BY ROOSEVELT I Vigorous Speech by Former President Is Climax of Great Frontier Days Celebration at Cheyenne , Wyo. - - - Cattle Range Men Warmly Greet Their Old Associate. - Cheyenne , Wyo. , Aug. 27. - Tl great virile virtues of the men who have built up the west formed the theme of a speech which Theodo Roosevelt delivered here today befo thousands of those same men and thir successors. He arrived In the private car Republic abou 10:30 ; o'clock this morning and was at om taken in charge by a reception coi - mittee and a mounted escort of a tho - sand cowboys and cowgirls who shot - ed and cavorted as the former pre - dent and one-time ranchman alighte from the train. Mr. Roosevelt's visit and the speec he delivered later in the day forme the culmination of the annual Front Days celebration wuich had attracts to the city thousands of persons fro : all parts of the west and a large nui - ber of tourists from more distant se - tions of the country. Colonel Roosevelt's Speech. Out In the open air , under the blue sky , a vast crowd assembled to hez the former president speak , and it I heard one of the most importai speeches he has made since leavir , the White House. His address was as follows : When , at the close of my hunting trip In Africa , I reached the borders of civil - zation , the first invitation I accepted was this , to visit the capital of Wyoming on the day when the people of the frontl < came together to commemorate their ! achievements ; I was glad It was so , bi - cause I have a peculiar feeling for the : men and women of what used to be calle the "Far West , " and especially ! for thos of the cattle country. For a number of years I lived on a ranch on the Littl Missouri , sharing work and play , goo fortune and bad fortune , with my neigl - bors ; working on the round-up serving as delegate from the Little Missou ; round-up district to the Montana StocP - growers' association , and even at time acting as deputy sheriff at my end of the county. I count those years as amon the most valuable of my life becaus nothing breeds such community of feelin as to work with one's fellowmen at thel Ife tasks , and to learn to know thei feelings by actually sharing them. Th man of the west , throughout the succes ive stages of western growth , has al - vays been one of the two or three mos yplcal ; figures - indeed , I am tempted to say the most typical figure-In America ife , and no man can really understan ) > ur country and appreciate what it reall ; Is and what it promises unless he ha he fullest and closest sympathy with th deals and aspirations of the west. Th ) > rime reason for this is to be found in he : fact the westerner Is so good ai American. He Is an American first am bremost ; for this is the great lesson riends that all of us need to learn and to keep , the lesson that it is unimportant rhether a man lives north or south , east or west , provided he is genuinely and ii rood faith an American , that he feel very part of the United States as his : ' desirous to ) wn . and that he is honestly iphold the interests of all other Amerl ans whatever sections of the country ; hey may dwell. A hundred years ago , when men spoke of the west they meant the country be- ween the Alleghanies and the : Mississippi "Mfty " years ago the white man's wes nok in Minnesota. Iowa and Kansas , and hen skipped across to California and ) ) rogon. The country of the great plains : , nd thr Rockies the country in whirl you whom I am now addressing lead your ; ivos and do your work : , has grown ui within my : own lifetime. I myself fiav nd took part in the closing years of the ioneer period , and it was my frroat pr \ v - side with the pjo ! ! oe to work side by nC'ers-the ranchmen the miners , the < ow-punchers the mule-skinners , the bul , -hackors - who actually opened up the ountry. I have seen the herds and flocks of the cattlemen and sheepmen supplant : the game ; I have seen the fortunate lovement by which the small farm has snded gradually to take the place of the reat unfenccd ranch. I now travel In very comfort on railways across lands which. when I first rode across them , rere still the home of the Indian and the uffalo ; and I find cities where one can btain not merely comfort , but luxury , In the places where thirty years ago there as not a building beyond a log hut or a obie house. The men who did this wo'rh ere engaged in the final stages of con- uering the continent ; and it was their rivilege to do one of the great works of an time to do their part in the perform- nce of an epic feat In the history of the rogress of mankind. West Stands for Progress. I have us ed the word progress. The est stands for growth for progress. So lust the whole American people stand. A great democracy must be progressive or It will soon cease to be either great or democratic. No nation no state no arty , can stand still. It must either go rward or go backward ; and it becomes seless If it goes backward. Therefore I greet you men of the west and I stand for > progress as all men must stand who are progressive. The pioneers and their immediate suc- jssors won victory only by proving that they possessed the great masterful quali- ties which lie at the foundation of Xa- onal greatness. There are certain well- .eaning men of Intellectual cultivation but lacking mental and moral robustness who complain continually that thf y find merican life , and especially the life of those American communities emerging om the pioneer stage , crude and with- out genius or beauty. Genius is a fine ling for a nation , but character Is a still finer thin , and though beauty Is good rength is an even greater good. The men who have made this great republic of the west what It Is. and especially the men who have turned it into a continental mmonwealth , have possessed in the ighest degree the great virile virtues of rength , courage , energy , and undaunted and unwavering resolution. Their typical ? aders : ! - of whom Abraham Lincoln lough the most exceptional was the ost typical-have possessed keen intel- gence , and' a character not merely rong but lofty a character exalted by the fact that great power ' was accom- mied by a high and fine determination to i uae this great power for the common good , for the advancement of mankind The pioneer days are over , save in a few acei ; and the more complex Ufa of . . . . . . - - , . , ; : i , ' , ; J J today calls for a greater variety of good qualities than were needed on tho fron- tier. ' There is need at oresent to en- courage the development of new abilities. which can be brought to high perfection only by a kind oftrainlng useless in pio- neer times ; but these new qualities can only supplement and ne \ er supplant tho old , homely virtues ; the need for tho special and distinctive pioneer virtues is as great as ever. In other words , as our civilization grows older and more com- plex , while It Is true that we need new forms of trained ability , and need to de- velop men whose lives are devoted wholly to the pursuit of special objects It is yet also true that we need a greater and not a less development of the fundamental frontier virtues. These virtues Include the power of self-help together with the power of joining with others for mutual - help , and , what Is especially Important the feeling of comradeship , of social good- fellowship. Any man who had the good fortune to live among the old frontier conditions must In looking back , realize how vital was this feeling of general comradeship and social fellowship. There are good men and bad men in the new communities Just as in the old communi- ties , and the conditions on the frontiei were such that the qualities of the good and bad alike were rather more strikingly manifested than In older communities ; but among the men who tried to lead- hard-working , decent lives , there was a feeling of genuine democracy which rep- resented an approach to the American Ideal which we certainly should do' ev- erything in our power to preserve. We did not try to say that men were equal when they were not equal , but we did our best to secure something Uke an equality of opportunity and an equality of reward for good service ; and moreover each man expected to be received and. on the whole , was received wherever he went on the footing that his merits war- ranted. Now so far as possible these qualities and conditions that bring about these qualities should be kept In the great states which are growing out of the old frontier communities. We need to strive for the general social betterment of the people as a whole , and yet to encourage Individual liberty and set high reward on individual initiative up to the point where they become detrimental to the general welfare. Wrong Doers and Wrong Systems. . In continually and earnestly striving for this betterment of social and economic conditions in our complex industrial civI- lization we should work In the old fron- tier spirit of brotherly comradeship and good will. I do not mean that we should refrain from hating wrong ; on the con- trary. I would preach firey wrath against wrong. But I would not preach such wrath against the wrong-doer , save ! in those cases where his wrong-doing really is due to evil moral attributes on his part and not to a wrong or false sys tern , of which he Is almost as much the victim as the beneficiary. Sometimes a wrong represents the deliberate wicked- ness of the wrong-doer. In which case the : remedy Is to punish him , but some- imps it represents the effects of a false social system , in which case the right course is to alter what Is false In the ! system. Both principles need to be kept in view as guides to our conduct , and It Is necessary sometimes to work In ac- cordance with one and sometimes In ac- cordance with the other. Before ending I wish to say a word on something which I believe should espe- cially interest all men who live in the . ' ' all who open country , and especially men during the past thirty years have lived and worked on ranches or have done their life work in the wilder parts of our and. on the great plains or among the mountains. The phasr ; of our national life in which the stockman tho mining rospector , were the chief characters was not only a very important but also a . rery picturesque phase. Often such a. > hasp passes without any great artist . . arising to commemorate it. * . Tho old-time backwoodsman , for in- itance , tho man of the back country vho lived in the eastern forests through which the waters ran eastward to the Atlantic and westward to the Mississippi. passf'd away without any painter or sculptor arising who possessed at onoo loth the keenness of vision to SCP what a vital and picturesque figure the back- ; eo I'oodsman was and the genius adequate- ly to present that figure. The artist who saw that plcturesquenoss of the hack- roodsman lacked the genius adequately i to commemorate it , while the artists of ' eal ability unfortunately had their eyes urned : towards Europe and lacked the ro- . iust originality which the novelist Coop- er showed-to see where their .chances lay to : do a great work. But in our genera- ion , for our good fortune a great artist rose who was capable of seeing and of ecording the Infinite plcturesque ness of the life of the plains and the Rockies. Eulogy of Remington. Of course I speak 0 : Frederic Reming- ton. He was one of those Americans who bj' his achievements distinctly deserved -ell of America. He worked with pencil , with brush with chisel , he was both a ainter and a sculptor. His pictures and is few bronzes are equally good. When , ly own regiment , a typically western egiment recruited mainly from the men of the great plains and the mountains , was disbanded at Montauk Point the offi- prs and enlisted mpn joined In glvim le Remington's "Bronze Bronco Buster , " a gift which I thought peculiarly appro- ) riate coming from such a body of men. In Remington's pictures all the most ivid and characteristic features of the western pioneer life which Is just closing rere : set forth , and the commemorated Drever the men of the plains and the lountains as they actually were. The owboy ' is his , favorite type but the min- ig prospector the frontier farmer , the mn who guides ox-wagon or mule-team the soldier , the Indian , - all appear. Now I : wish very much that thesr men them- 2lves would In their turn provide a mon- ment for the great artist the sum of whose activities represent such a feature of American achievements and , above all , represents a commemoration of some of the most Interesting : figures that have ver appeared on the stage of American fe. A statue should be raised to Rem- igton by some really first class artist. Here at Cheyenne in this gathering lany hundreds of the men have come jgether who were themselves typical jaders In and representatives of the very life which Remington so portrayed that It will always live. I hope that these len will Join together , arrange the ap- olntment of a committee , and start to.- ilse funds for the erection ot such a tatua- i - , . , " " µ A L ' w
