Steve dryden as our speaker whos going to be telling us about john burrows who was a young man became to capitol hill during the civil war and introduced the nation to the Natural Beauty of washington and became one of the countries leading and wellknown net treat natures essay is but i suspect that burrows would have appreciated the career path of our speaker. He o started with the b. A. In Political Science from duke and a masters in International Affairs from f columbia. And those with steve to almost 20 years as a reporter and editor for an evening newspaper both here and abroad. Steve has focused on a very local founding of the rock creek songbird which is a Habitat Restoration project and many years as the a executive directr of the mill. It digs deeper into the history and Natural Resources of the very area that John Burroughs knew and loved years ago. Theres a second reason im delighted to bego introducing te speaker on this topic. For almost 20 years now the lecture room the o
Independent but its not just for peop for people in dearborn. Deer whats his great advantage . Bo how can he distribute this paper . . Pa what does he have . Yeah. He has cars. He has cars. And if you want to sell cars, sell you need then and now need advertising. Tising. Dealerships. Dealerships. Youve got Car Dealerships. And they are beholden to you because they dont do what you ey dont say, you wont let them have any you cars and they wont be able to ha sell them, wont be able to make any money. He but he has a whole string of Car Dealerships and all of those car t dealerships now have to carry yz1 and distribute the dearborn independent. Te so it is going to be a much more more important newspaper than, you know, had he just remained a than very local newspaper in lza dearborn, and he buys the paper and sets it up, gets going in 1919. Its called the dearborn independent but honestly, it wasnt independent at all. Its a free country, call it indep whatever you like, independent, but
Famously formed rabbi rabbi franklin, leo franklin. In the middle of the whole series of antisemitic articles, what do you think franklin did when he got a free card from henry ford . Returned it. You know. You must have the wrong person here. Youre just accusing jews of all sorts of things, how can you offer mo a gift . Henry ford was deeply surprised. Im talking about the jews, im not talking about you. And even though this is humorous to us it does remind us of an important theme in the scholarship, which we talked about early on. The mythical jew and the jew next door. To henry ford, hes the jew next door. Hes highly respected, honorable, an important religious leader. I want to be on good terms with him. Hes an important figure. Ill send him a card. From franklins point of view, if youre writing all of these negative things about jews, then i side with them. But its an interesting k356r78. An interesting example how in the antisesemitic mind you can simultaneously sometimes, you k
And distribute the deerborn independent. So it is going to be a much more important newspaper than you know had he just remained a very local newspaper in deerborn, and he buys the paper and sets it up, gets going in 1919. Its called the deerborn independent but honestly it wasnt independent at all. Its a free country call it whatever you like, independent but it was actually totally dependent on the Ford Motor Company. And not surprisingly if you were to read a run of the paper, its views and the views of henry ford are remarkably similar. That shouldnt surprise us. You know, that would be true of any newspaper that reflects the views of its owners. But the paper is very much in favor of pacifism. It likes prohibition, meaning thateih n its in favor of limiting alcohol, which ford thought was wicked. It supports all sorts of old traditions. One of the most Interesting Articles and the title of the article tells you a lot about the outlook of henry ford is an editorial that was entitle
Century. And especially lay consumer culture. We talked about the motor behind the story, and i think we settled on one word. Desire. Desire was the kind of engine with the story. Wanting what you cant have. Always being able to see what is ahead of you that is elusive that youre trying to grasp. And thats what makes things happen in the novel. Remember that carrie is never satisfied. And recall the department store, right . Where he felt as he tells us the claim of each trinket and valuable upon her personally. We talked a little bit too about the moral of the story. A moral for the 20th ench ri maybe that there is no moral, right . Things happen to people. Good things happen to bad people, right . People arent punished for bad deeds. In fact sometimes like carrie, theyre rewarded. So what he8f kind of Success Story at vik torn period. That victorian ladder of virtue. The changing of fortunes was not the result of strong character or even of planning and preparedness. Think back to th