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How . well v.ell vell would I haet haeto have ha\e ha e haveto \ } < to have pressed that worn out t . hand and said , "God God " bless blessou j you \ou ou \ ou and be bev bewith bewith v . with h you for at least another year yearand yearand yearand and keep that blessed old treasure ot of ota ofa ota a wife along with you until your time timeto timeto timeto to say farewell to earth and all itspeople its itspeople itspeople people shall be whispered in your ear earby earby earby by an All-Wise All Wise AU-Wise AU - Father who rules over overus overus overus us allII all II " IISince Since I r was not present in inperson Inperson inperson person , let me say it through the paper paperwhich , which I know he reads , in m case he has hasnot hasnot hasnot not gone blind blmd At the age of fifty he heleached hereached heleached leached reached the top of . the 1 hill 1l and since sincethat sincethat sincethat that time , he has been en on the downward down down- downv downward - v . ward ard trail , and yet perchance he may mayhave mayhave mayhave have always tried to be on the eternal eternalclimb eternalclimb eternalclimb climb , always alays al\\ al \ ays wanting wantmg to go highci highel higher up upduring upduring upduring during the climb chmb of life But nut the theclimb theclimb theclimb climb cannot 9.1\\ 9.1 . always 9.1ays \ \ ays last ldst . , Brother BrotherJohnson BrotherJohnson BrotherJohnson Johnson , because became there is an ending BrotherI of ofthe ofthe ofthe I the trail trall after } you ou reach the summitof summit summitI summitof summitof I of the hill Then the tUl tuin turn n begins beginsdownwald beginsi beginsdownward beginsdownwaid downwald downward and the roads branchmg branching branchingoff branchmgoff beginsI I off ortgIinal , all finally come back to the ortg-I ortg I orig- orig original orig original - - inal trail that you started on your yourfirst yourfirst yourfirst first climb chmb May vour your } our descent be mIld mildand mildand I Iand and placid I IOut i , . Out of Price , a few days ago , I Itraveled Itraveled Itraveled II I traveled as far south as Emery , and as asI asI asI I passed on through Castle Dale , Huntington Hunt- Hunt HuntI Huntington Huni-ington Huni ington - I ington , . , Clawson Claw Clav . son , . , Perron Ferron and Rochester RochesterI , ; i I found no si signs s of any great urosper- urosper prosper- prosper urosperity prosperity orosper-ity orosper ity - ity , , financially fmancially , among the common commonpeople commonpeople commonpeople people I saw them at work wory wore in m the thefields thefields thefields fields , nngatmg llngatmg rrngating and cultivating cult1vatmg the thecom thecorn thecorn ) com corn tliat that seemed to be grO\\ grO growing grOmg \ \ mg under underthe f fthe . the invigorating mVlgorating lays of a boiling sun sunthat , i that showed sho\\ed sho ed \ \ no mercy to the weary wearyI wearytraveler wearytraveler I traveler as he plugged his hlS . way v.ay vay over overI overthe I Ithe ] I the austy road In my talk with theI theboys the I bovs boys who are all trying trymg to make the thegr'lde thegrade thegride gr'lde grlde grade ' selling sellmg goods Roods to the home townmerchants town i imerchants jmerchants merchants , , I did dld not learn anything anythmg asto asto as asto to an up-turn up turn - in trade for the hometown hometown home jtown town merchant But I did leam learn fromthe from ithe the local postmasters that the trucks truckscarrying truckscarrying truckscarrying ] carrying the mail mall to the various towns townswere townswere townswere were loaded down with packages from fromScarsRoebuck fromScarsRoebuck fromScars-Roebuck fromScars Roebuck Scars-Roebuck Scars Roebuck - and Montgomery Ward & Co all along the lineWhat lineWhat line lineWhat What are you going to do about it itHow ? How are you going to stop it ? ; When Whenthe Whenthe Whenthe the people let their home meichants melchan meichant meichantsstarve > starve for patronage , and send the themoney themoney themoney I Istarve money away to the mail order orderhouses orderhouses orderhouses houses , how are your home . town t.own mer mer- merI merchants mer- mer merchants merchants - - I chants going to pay their taxes that thatI thatcome thatcome thatcome come due yearly , regularly as clock clockwork clockwork clockwork I work ? They know the price of every everyI everyhousehold everyhousehold everyhousehold household item wanted and needed in inthe inthe inthe I the home , and can quote it to you youfrom youfrom youfrom from the Bible catalog which is far farmore farmore farmore I youI more familiar faml11ar to them than the say- say saying's say-inss say inss - ing's ings ' ' " v of . . . ] ' Writ . . .v v . For lo 10 I ' these many years I have be- be beheld beheld be beheld - held this outside buying buymg , and givmg giving givingthe givinghe the * + he eastern mail mall order houses house . ; ill 9.11 911 411 . the thelocal thelocal thelocal local money , then begging beggmg the home homemerchant homemerchant homemerchant merchant for a lot of ( , credit J"edlt Jedlt ; " ' in 'n n the thegrocery thegrocery thegrocery grocery line that is needed daily by bythis bythis byhls this ; same class who are sending east eastfor eastfor eastfor for hits h1ts hats , caps shirts slurts , overalls o\eralls o eralls \ , etc , for forthe forthe forthe the family of boys and dresses tor for the thegirl thegirls thegirls girl girls , > and women womer } folks For the mall mail mallorder mailorder mailorder order house he has the cash , for thehome thehome the theiome home iome merchant he has J3\\ J3 jawbone J3bone , \ bone Such Suchis IS life hfe in m the wectSome westSome west wect westSome ; Some veirs years } e'trs etrs ' ago I stepped into a adoctor adoctor adoctors doctor s office , on the wall he had hadframed hadframed hadframed framed a motto \ which hich I r read and andjotted andjotted andjotted jotted down in my memo bock Here HereIt Hereit Hereit It IS is- is isRead - . Read it . , "God God " and the doctore doctor'ae doctorae doctor \ ' we \\e e alike aUke ador adorn adoreJust , , Just at the brink of danger , not before beforeThe , The danger ' past 'Past , both alike al1ke are re- re reqwted regtuted re requitedGod - qwted gtuted qwtedGod gtutedGod quitedGod God is forgot , , and the Dr slighted slightedII II " I said , , "Doctorhy "Doctor Doctor " , , \ why \\hy hy the framed motto mottoon mottoon mottoon " " ' ' ? ' ' he said said"At said"At said"At saidAt on the wall walP ? " "Isn't Isnt It true "At At " least In all my years of practice I Ihave Ihave Ihave have found fotmd it true with me . Others Othersmay Othersmay Othersmay may have escaped the plague , . but not notfor notfor notfor . for me " So with the tl1e merchant and andthe andthe the mail mall order magnate The merchant mer mer- merchant merchant - . chant gets the tick , the mall mail order ordermogul ordermogul ordermogul mogul gets th the cash , as a rule , and andthere andthere andthere there YOU yiou ou are arc . The Tho home merchant pays the taxes taxesanswers , answers to the donations for this , that thatand thatand and the other , and the eastern mogul moguldoes moguldoes moguldoes does not help you out one onc lota iota , but butyou butyou butyou you send him your money yourYOOU YOOUKNOW YOU YOOU moneyYOU KNOW KNOW ME _ MEf ' - f . - |