To the Members of the Ill. T. & M. Society.
By S.
FIFTEEN days of our new quarter have gone. How much has each member done in the work for this quarter? Seeing such a meager report for our State from July 1 to Sept. 30 leads me to ask, Why do not the directors send in reports of more work? Is it not because members have not sent in full reports, and were unable to do so because they let day after day slip by, resolving to “do better next week?” The success of the work depends on individual effort. Knowing I had control of one individual, I prepared a book in which to put down what work I did, and then resolved to crowd every bit of labor I could into each day. The quarter will soon slip away, and we shall mourn because we have not done more, and resolve for the next quarter. If we want this quarter to be full of work it must be done by filling each day. Let us each keep a strict account of our labor, that our director may have something to report. Do not wait. If we have let the past fifteen days go by, let us well freight the remaining days with labor. Hillsdale, Rock Island Co., Ill., Oct. 15, 1875.