166 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



PAPER ORGANIZATION. 

 MR. MAWGAREL, Kewanee, Henry Co., III. 



Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen and members 

 of the Illinois Dairyman's Association: I feel a good 

 deal like a tallow candle amidst a group of electric 

 lights , there have been so many brilliant and accom- 

 plished orators who preceded me, and will follow after. 



My subject for to-night, Organization and Education.' 



Now when I say organization I mean for the women 

 as well as the men. I don't mean that we should organ- 

 ize one half and leave the other out in the cold. 



I was an organizer and official instructor for the 

 grand Order of the K. of L. for two years, the first 

 secret organization that opened its doors on an equity 

 to man and woman, the first organization to advocate 

 equal pay for equal work. They used to call me a 

 crank on organization and I suppose I was, but Abra- 

 ham Lincoln said that it took a crank to turn the world. 

 But I am not going to turn it. In the midst of an in- 

 dustrial age, when all ancient types are brought into 

 contact with modern developments, it is a mere piece 

 of political oratory to say that a nation's wealth is com- 

 posed largely of bone and muscle. The doctrine of 

 democratic prosperity hinges to a great extent upon 

 the enlightenment of the individual citizen. 



If a nation's brain power is a precious possession, 

 steps should be taken for its discovery in all possible 

 obscure hiding places and for its development into 

 mature usefulness. If we admit the urgency of educa- 

 tion to a proper appreciations of public questions and 

 especially of the principles underlying moral and social 



