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RELATIONS TO SOCIETY
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Rational secretary ui oiaie uenvers Inspiring
Address At Social Service
Conference
.0 LABOR IS
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between my leaving Washington and
OTDAMPI V riDDAQm I,1Vdl m iring to persuade him
OlnUHbLi UrrUoLU not to make Daniels speech in in
troducing me. I am very grateful for
the praise and if any man needs it I
think I do, because it -takes a good
deal of praise from friends to over
come the criticism that I have re
ceived lor 'about 2d years, but I have
long since learned that the kind words
said of me by my political associates
are not really intended to be personal.
hen a man praises me in language
I simply understand to some extent
his own ideas. I think that my friend
here is just trying to describe his
ideal mnn. thf-idfAl trtu-nrrl wViirV Vio
Ml . A. W. McAl'lSter. EleCtfifl and 1 are striving, so I accept all that
,cia, es No Man Has a Right
to Check Child's Opportunity
ov Give it an Inferior Chance,
Conservation of Manhood
Greatest Thing; Makes Elo
oueiit Plea For Temperance,
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President of Conference
signing
address
William
Miy the Almighty bless William
Jon'.inq-i J.iryan for that" devountly
nr;n.iur-?d a woman Conference dele
ft Saturday morning. The Com
v.or.oT had jast told of 4.000 young
rn:.vrify fit Michigan men
the I'lt-di; as a result of his
lefr' them.
! y the Almighty bless
J.-r: r.r;m for that!"
The refrain sang through the
of thousands of moth?rs in
u a'idience and a mother's
ought to receive particular at
f:iv, God. ;v sume one said
the 'inference.
t 4.000 people in the au-
ui.urij!. at ;:! yesteruay morning
he received must have been
firatlf to hin,. Tie was escorted
Ly (;ov.:-rmr Locke Craig. Senator O.
M.x dardr.r. Representative Henrv
At'.rn-y General liickett, Mr.
Llr .k- and Rev. T. V.'. O'Kel-
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Air. UWkctt Introduce.
th-.' absence of Secretary of the
Jo-phus Daniels, Mr. .liickett
t i Mr. Bryan to his audi
The Attorney General explain-
h.j was only a substitute, lie
remind ?d his audience of that most
fa;hti,' incident in all history. It
was wIuti Jacob worked seven long
year f.-t Iiachel and got Leah.
"Lades and gentlemen," said Mr.
Ui'.-kptt. "I am Leah."
ihn Mr. Bryan came to the
ti tno stag? and from his first
to his last he had his audience
him. And in that audience
Meredith College again. They
one section of the auditorium.
he hopes to reach."
Mr. Bryan, when he arose to speak,
iook on: a cap ne naa oeen -wearing
and held it in his hand. Holding it
up he said:
"I wish to tell you the history of
this cap. I visited Asheville, my sum
mer home, if I may call a bare moun
tain top my summer home, a few
weeks ago and went back through
eastern Tennessee. When 1 returned
home I received this cap. A gentle
man told me that his little daughter
noticed that I was lacking somewhat
of hair,' and so she thought that pos
sibly it would be to my comfort if not
to my health, soshe made this for me.
It is a little too large, but the little
daughter was probably afraid to make
it the size that she thought it ought
to be. I am wearing this for two
purposes for self protection, and as
a compliment of a very kindly dis
posed friend.
"1 am surpirsed at this crowd here
this morning. I supposed if there
was anybody that would be apt to
over-estimate this audience in advance
it would have been Governor Craig
j lie explained to me this morning that
it was at an early hour that 1 was
going to speak and by speaking this
afternoon also the crowd would be
divided, and for me not to be disap
pointed if the crowd was not large.
gates of these 12,000 teachers amount
ing to .600, naturally those who had
confidence in their profession. This
constituted the audience which I ad
dressed, in addition to some others
who came to hear what was said to
the teachers. I am beginning to feel
mat time is precious; I realize that
each year takes off one from the time
allotted tO me and thnt T rsnnnt hnno
to speak two times to the same peo
ple. I am anxious that I make everv
moment pay.
Individual Relation.
"I shall speak from one of the three
realations of the individual to thines
about him the three most imnnnn n r
relations that man has to adiust him
self to in the journey from cradle to
the grave. Todav it is convenient for
me to use one of these in my speech
to you. one to the Legislature and the
other tonight in Durham. The three
relations tnat man bears to the out
side world are: His relations to trov-
ernment; his relations to society and
his relations to God. I shall sneak nt
noon on a man's relation to govern
ment. I shall speak this morning on
a Jians Kelation to Societv and tor
night under the auspices of the Dur
ham Y. M. C. A., of Man's Relation to
God. I have given these three funda
mentals for these relations lie at the
very foundation of life. I regard the
man's relation to government as the
least important; man's relation to so-
-i
ciety as second m importance; man s
relation to God as first, the primary
ana most important relation, ana in
this relation I am following the scrip
ture of the lawyer seeking to temnt
vnnsc wnen ne asKea mm wnicn was
the greatest commandment and Christ
gave mm two commandments, a con
densation of the ten.
Lawyer Rendered Service.
"Many of the lawyers render a great
service to society sometimes when
they do not intend to. This lawyer
rendered as great a service an anv
lawyer ever renaerea society, even
tnougn ne aia not mtena it. trie was
trying to trip the Savior by asking
which is the great commandment?
'Thou shalt love the Lord thy God.
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thy
self. "We have the first command
ment to us by this statement as the
first in the ten commandments, and
we have it emphasized by Christ in
answering the question that brought
I
them myself. I had trouble
asking questions once in
Britain. so I answer my
questions now. Mv fir. qustic
much car. a man honestlv odl-
ocieiy? You will notice that
emphasis upon the word ,-ho!.p
not how much, he can collect fro:
ciety. You will notice th.it the
"honest" is verv in.'.Hirtam h'clt;:
is a word that distinguishes,
much can a man honestly eol'iert
society? He cannot honest! v e
from society more than he earn
if a man collects more than
aoou
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reception he got without
know the
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Mr. Uryau spoke for over an hour.
H address appears in full below.
The Climax.
Hi- message waa the climax of the
tiuru annual session of the North
Carolina conference for sociaf service.
V lJ rPCjona as its most successful.
Aside from Mr. Bryan's address, the
hty was marked by the election of of
ficers and a description of "Commu
nity s nice Week in North Carolina,
jm-lMS," by Dr. E. K. Graham,
Chapel HiU.
The following officers were elected:
rresident, w A McAlister,
(.rnsboro; First Vice-President, E.
K. Craham, Chapel Hill; Second Vice
I recent. Mrs. W. R. Hollowell;
Lird Vice-President, W. H. Swift,
-reensboro; Warren Booker, Secretary-Treasurer.
The President was given power to
JWint chairmen of the various
standing committees. Resolutions
were adopted endorsing the Work
man s Compensation Act. President
oe, who has served the association
y-ry raithfully for the
r its life, complimented
jr-B officers and paid his
tne miserable condition
toriura was in to receive
ilr seats WPro nt In
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as dirtv. and it was n little
eoider in the building than it was
side.
Mr. Bryan's Address.
is very pleasant to be here.
Clay evening vr-ir A So (nrTiiic)i
J'nsman. my personal friend, came
vJJne n a sorrowful and mournful
-m ?ntl announced that the con
.aeration of the navy bill was in
J'W'urtune just when he had. planned
,,fe down here, and this trip that
J.M- li , to make wh him, I was
5d to make alone.
1 never rrm r. 1.
place
bit
out
it
three years
the incom
respects to
the audi
Mr. Bryan.
place, the
was a
h i ? 11 1,ookinK tor Daniels. I have
" him identWed with your city since
cx-S u- Know him. and I have thor
linn v"Jl'l intimate associa-
hixo , "lliai positions that we
nae had for about two years. I
hi.,T 4r.l?en Klad to have had
so nJJ ' Ultnh his friendship is
wn?M eJ0lJ lhat 1 afraid that he
t,,: V" v,L?arass n-.e by his words of
... 11 I had known In ndvan'rp
'.us asked to 'r.lf- x1
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nent my time
The only way I can explain the under
estimate of the crowd this morning is
the influence of the good work
Governor Craier which accounts for
this effect upon the people. lie plac
ed such a moderate estimate upon the
effect of his own influence that he did
not expect to see such a large as
sembly. Praises Social Service.
"I think it is a most creditable show
that these people have made. It is
gratifying to find that an organization
three years old with such lofty pur
poses and one that has been able to
arouse so much interest among the
people.
to talk about in the time that is
alotted me, but I am always told just
how long I can speak. 1 am glad
that I am, for if I were not, I do not
know how long I would talk.
"I have a great deal that I would
like to say to you. When I began
speaking in public at the age of 20, I
figured it that I ought to speak 20
minutes. I thought it was as short a
time as a man oucht to speak. For
the first few times I had some diffi
culty in getting enough ready to keep
me 20 minutes, and then I had to
follow the advice I had this morning
speak slow; I had no difficulty in
speaking slow. Once about 25 years
ago I was to make a speech and was
riding in the caboose of a freight
train. A man in the same car told
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me tnat ne tnougnt a speaKer cotu
not be interesting for more than an
hour. It seemed absurd to me for I
was then talking two hours. I have
been adding to my speech every
since -until recently. I found that this
man was decided in his opinion in that
a man could not be interesting for
more than an hour, for when I had
spoken an hour he arose and went
out of the room, borne years ago a
speaker at Yale asked the president
of the college how much time ne
would have. The president told him
as much as he wanted but that he
had searched the records of the col
lege and had found no place where
n. man had said anything after the
first 20 minutes. According to that a
man runs some risk in talking more
than 20 minutes. I am going to run
the risk. I think that I shall not talk
an hour.
Speech To Teachers.
"Now I have three speches to make
and I think I will make three speeches
from the speech I made in New Jersey
a few weeks ago. I was invited to
address the teachers of New Jersey
at Atlantic City. About 600 teachers
were nresent. That represented the
Teachers' Association of that State in
eluding a membership of 12,000. The
association has among its members
about 12.000 of the 14,000 teachers of
the State. Tt was made up "of dele
up this very proposition, and so in
speaking of man's relation to God. I
speak of man's primary relation. Some
people put the emphasis on the second
commandment, but the emphasis
should be. as stated by Christ, on the
first. The reason for this is that
until man is brought face to face with
his Eternal Creator he does not know
his neighbor, therefore it is necessary
that man should obey the first com
mandment before he is in position to
obey the second one. The very thing
that leads man to disobey the first
srreat commandment is the very thing
that leads him to disobey the second.
False God Is Self.
"It is not a question whether v,re
shall worship images and call them
idols, or anything of the kind. You
can take the false gods of today, no
matter what they are and in the last
analysis you will find that every false
god is self, tha;t there is not a thing
than man puts between himself and
the surrender of himself to Jehovah
but self and that there is not any
thing but self that he worships in the
place of God. It is only when the
individual obeys God's command
ments, surrenders himself to the
Heavenly Father, ready to do the
Father's bidding, obeys the Father's
will, that he is obedient to the first
commandment and he is then ready
to obey the second.
Man's Relation To Society.
"I came to speak of man's relation
to society. I remind you that in man s
relation to society, in his relation to
God, in his relation to government, it
is not a question of whether there
shall be relationship between himself
and society; it is simply what that
relationship shall be.
"I shall divide the subject into two
parts, speaking first of the negative
side, then of the positive side of life;
things that man should not do as
t I 1 A m 9 A 1 A
a memoer or society ana tmngs tnat
a man should do as a member of
society. In this relation there is a
difference between the golden rule of
Confuscisra and the Golden Rule of
Christ. It has been psychologically de
veloped that the Golden Rule of Con-
fuscism was quite dissimilar to the
Golden Rule of Christ. The Con
fuscism side, "Do not unto others that
which you would not have others do
unto you." The Christ side, "Do unto
others that which you would have
others do unto you." If a man simply
obeys the first he will still restrain
from injury, but he will be barren
of good. In this world something
more is reauired or a man man iu
simply refrain from injury.
Discusses Negative Side.
"I desire to lay down the first pro
position for your consideration, one
that relates to the negative side of
life. It is a rule that will prevent us
from doing economical injustices.
think I will be able to convince you
that it is a verv important rule. If
there is any novelty at all in what
say it will be in the way 1 present it
to the organization for , argument.
Have you thought out the proposition
that you are willing to stand upon
the measure of what a man should
draw from the society. Do you know
that man's realation to society can
not br fixed at all and. that there is a
measured reward: Let me ask some
questions, though I intend to answer
he collects
earned and that i? not riiht.
How Much Can Man larn?
"How much can a man earn? Thi
is a verv lmoorta mt jronosirion It'
i man cannot hone.-tlv collect inor-.-
than he earns. thn the question is
how much can he earn. Some o.ir.i
more than the measure of service that
they render to soHetv Von hav.-
taken the word service ami mad ii
a part of your organization, and 1
have placed the emnhasis on 'servic'
as a basis of earnintr oower. When
ever a man crets to be radical t'mw-
who do not acree with him assure-
that. he is trying to disocurage thrift.
There is never anvthinsr nronosod in
the interest of iustice that is not de
nounced as discom aging thrift b;.
those who know that his thrift pro
ject is not based on honest service. 1
am not radical in a sense that I vuuld
limit a man to a small income. No
man goes higher than I in estimative
what a man can earn. J have a ver
liberal idea of the earning power ot
man. in order to nut mivselt uear be
fore you I will now start asking ques
tions with stated amounts.
Value of Service.
"I will begin with SiOO.OUO. Can a
man render service to soeietv so as t
be justified in collecting S10O.O0'.'
from society in a life time? Now
to earn S 100.000 in a life time. h
would have to earn $3,000 for So
years, the average life time of labor.
I do not hesitate to say that a man
can render service to society and in re
turn earn the average $3,000 for
years. Is it possible for a man t
render service worth $30,000 per year?
I believe that it is. How about ten
millions in a life time -more than
$300,000 per year for 33 yeai.--. i
believe it is.
Large learnings Possible.
"Can a man earn $100,000,000 ir
a life time and render service so
large that he would be justified in col
lecting at the rate of $3,000,000 fo
3 3 years? I believe it is possible. W
have one man who has collected front
society $500,000,000 and I will ask
now whether it is possible for a hu-
man being to rentier service so iarn
as to earn $ COO, 000, 000 in the spano
life'
1 believe it is pos-
of a human
sible.
"1 have now gone as far as any
man in this country has ever gone. lv
my judgment I think that men can
earn $500,000,000 and I declare thru
man has earned $500,000,000.
Value of Inventions.
"I will point to you an illustration
or two. Can you value the service
rendered to society by the men who
gave to the world steam? The valu
of the serrice rendered society by the
man who gave to the world the idea
of the advantage of electricity? Steam
revolutionized the world, and elec
tricity is just in its first stages. How
can you measure the value in dollar.
and cents the service that these have
given to the world?
"Go back into the history and
measure if you can the value rendered
to the yvorld. Value the service ren
dered by those who have put into
operation this great organization that
is giving moral progress to the world.
Measure, if you can, the value tnat
this has rendered. Progress will Oe
better recognized and more fully ac
knowledged in the years to come than
in the years past.
Collection and Earmng.
"If I gave you a list containing the
names or tne men ana women wm
rendered service as much as to earn
$500,000,000, the same thing would
be true to every one of them, thougri
in not a single instance has any of
them collected it. Those who have
earned $500,000,000 have been so busy
that they have not had time to col
lect it, and those who have collected
$500,000,000 collected it without hav
ing time to earn it.
"Every man and woman should be
obedient to the economical law, and
no one should draw from th6 store
of soceity except in proportion to
service rendered society. In other
words, we must be sure that what
ever we collect must be ours by morar
right, for there is a very wide margin
between what the legal law would
permit and yvhat the moral law would
permit.
Legal and Moral Law.
'"The man who is only legally moral
and honest according to statue is not
the kind of a man you would want
for your intimate friend, even for
your neighbor. There is a controlling
impulse that lies back of the law and
it must be in the heart of every man
a determination not to take from so
ciety a single dollar that he has not
honestly earned. Man could obey that
commandment if he would live up to
that law, for if ie is careful never to
wrong another r- 'man being by tak
ing from society'- store compensation
without value of the service rendered.
he can say I have kept the command
ment of ConfuscisnL -Dd not unto
others what you would not have them
do unto you,' but if all were to dc
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