d by the old New England religion were the basis of
our national growth.

I especially desire to emphasize this point because of the position of
certain religious enthusiasts who think only of "the lilies of the
field" and forget the parable of the talents. It is a fact that the
third fundamental of prosperity is Industry.

IV

COOePERATION--SUCCESS BY HELPING THE OTHER FELLOW

Our industrial system has resulted in making many men
economic eunuchs. The salvation of our cities, the
salvation of our industries and the salvation of our
nation depend on discovering something which will revive
in man that desire to produce and joy in production which
he had instinctively when he was a small boy.

A few days ago I was present at a dinner of business men in Boston who
were called together in order to secure some preferential freight rates
for Massachusetts. The principal theme of that gathering was to boom
Massachusetts at the expense of the rest of the country. At the close of
the dinner I was asked to give my opinion and said: "Let us see how many
things there are in this room that we could have were we dependent
solely on Massachusetts. The chairs and furniture are from Michigan; the
cotton is from Georgia; the linen from Ireland; the silver from Mexico;
the glassware from Pennsylvania; the paper from Maine; the paint from
Missouri; the clock from Connecticut--and so on." Finally I got the
courage to ask if there was a single thing in the room that did not
originate from some state other than Massachusetts. Those men were
absolutely helpless in finding a single thing.

The same fact applies in a general way to every state and every home.
Look about, where you are sitting now. How many things are there in the
room just where you are,--there is a table, a chair, a shoe, a coat, a
necktie, a cigar, a lampshade, a piano, a basket--for all of these you
are dependent upon others.

The same fact is true when we analyze one staple like shoes which,
primarily, are made of leather. Where does the leather come from? Just
follow that leather from the back of the steer until you buy it in the
form of shoes. Think where that steer was raised, and where the leather
was tanned. Think of all the men engaged in the industry from the
cow-punchers to the salesmen in the stores. But there is more than
leather involved in shoes. There is cotton in the shoe lacing and
lining. There is metal in the nails an