Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-11-06

delivered III several cltith ol Mhinc, v,
thus sketched by the Lewiston Jc'r-
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TRAMrs AND CAPITALISTS.
Every man who Is not somewhat
useful, who does not In somc way
benefit the world by living in it, Is
what l call n tramp. (Applause.) In
the olden time people grumbled as
they do now. They objected to the
burdens imposed upon them by their
kings, and complained of the want OF
prosperity. They declared that in
irco country only could prosperity be
secured, At Inst We have such a
country; u government OF the people,
Tor the people and by the people; and
il va are i'll governed, it is the fault
of the people and nobody else. II
We cannot do away with pauperism
and crime, the people are to blame.
II capital oppresses the laborer, it is
the fault OF the laborcr. II we are
imposed on by avarlclous corporations,
ii is our own fault, because we can
easily buy them out. say, then, if
the people suffer these things, shall
lay the fault at their own door.
THE CAPITALIST.
Every man who has health is q cap.
italist. Every man who has brains is
q capitalist, Every man who has a
suit OF clothes not quite worn out
that he may keep on little while
longer--is Il capitalist. Every fellow
who can borrow quarter, is to that
extent a capitalist! QIaughter.)
l tell you there can be no such
thing in this country as a struggle be.
tween labor and capital, because the
rich are always in the minority. The
poor mans vote counts just as much
in the ballot box as the rich mans,
and the poor have and always will
have majority over the rich. Here
is a shoe shop. One man in the shop
is always busily at work during the
day--always Industrious. In the eve,
ming, he
GOES CoURTING
good nice girl. There are five other
men who don't do any such thing.
They spend half Of their working
hours in loahng, and their evenings in
dissipation. This first young man by
and by cuts out from these others and
gets boot and shoe store Of his own.
Then he mar,ies this girl. Soon he is
able to take his wife out to ride OF an
evening. The five laborers, his for
mer companions, who see him indulg-
ing in this little luxury, retire to q
neighboring saloon and pass resolu'
ton that there is an eternal struggle
between labor and capital. (Ap-
plause.)
AS rule, what you call the capt.
alist, is the successful laboring man,
that man who has not allowed the
hunger of his family to be the enemy
of his thirst. Some imagine that if
one man has more than he needs, be
has it at the expense of another. I
don't believe in that doctrine. Every
piece of land IN this country Cab be
made to support five times as many as
it does now, and no one can complain
that he has no chance or that another
has what rightfully belongs to him.
(Applause.)
Now We have got the most sense Of
any people on earth. We are the
most ingenious people in the world.
No American ever did anything but
what he tried to find an easier way.
Q'aughter.) We have filled the world
with our inventions. The fact is, we
run to invention, as Italy to art. Ev-
cry vacant acre we had was q safety
valve. There were millions Of acres
waiting to be planted; trees to be cut
and fields to be plowed. In the
midN of this there came
A WAR.
We spent 10 that war the enormous
sum of ten thousand millions Of dol