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Activity Illinois Industrial League 59 not but regard this as a sort of a God-send to lis, but it may strike you differently. I have never known a man in the state so successful as a popular lecturer as Dr. Rutherford has been or so acceptable to all classes.'' Two paragraphs from the contract with Rutherford show very definitely the purposes of the league as set forth by its principal director and the arduous duties imposed upon the lecturer who was soon to take the field: " 1 . He shall devote his whole time and energy to the service of the League by lectures and otherwise as hereafter specified. Using his best endeavor to make known the principles and the objects of the league, and especially its aim as respects the endowment of an Industrial University in all ihej^tates for the * benefit of the industrial classes particularly, as well as for all others—He shall use his best endeavors to appoint in each neighborhood a sufficient number of competent agents of the League, whose duty it shall be to solicit the names, subscriptions and donations of members and of others and remit moneys collected and report the names of members monthly to the Chief Director of the League. " I t is proposed that the principal towns in the north of the State shall be visited, and as soon and as fast as practicable, the lectures and discussions shall be carried into all the smaller towns and school districts of the State—and all practicable means used to diffuse information, excite interest, obtain members and subscriptions as above indicated among all ranks and classes of Society in the State." 2 The contract specified that the lecturer should have his expenses paid and receive six hundred dollars salary and twentyfive per cent of monies remaining after expenses of the league were paid. On account of pressing family needs it was several months after the above agreement was made before Rutherford was able to enter on his work for the league.3 Meantime Turner and Murray were exerting themselves to "Memorandum of agreement between Rutherford and Turner, February 19, 1853, Turner manuscripts. •Rutherford to Turner, April 1, 1853, Turner manuscripts. The exact date for Rutherford to begin work was not set in the contract.
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