Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1880-04-29
The Giants and the Vampires.

1t extends from ocean to ocean. and
from the lrigid regions OF the north to the
tropical climes OF the south; it is cut up
by large navigable rivers; it is filled with
magnificent forests; it is supplied with
exhaustless mines of iron, copper, lead.
gold and silver; 1t is provided with innu.
merabe water-powers; it IS bounded on
every side by lakes and oceans;it has a soil
unsurpassed in its fertility and variety OF
production, ,and climate embracing nearly
the whole temperate zone!
And more than all, it Is blessed by one
OF the most industrious, thrifty, daunt-
less, go ahead people on the face Of Gods
green earth!
Since the world began there has never
been land so bountitully provided by
heaven, 20 mugnificently blessed by gen,
erous Providence.
But how is it appreciated?
What use is being made OF these great
blessings and privilegesP
What account is being rendered of the
stewardship entrusted TO the American
people?
Let US see!
As ''there were Giants in, those days" :"
so there are Giants in these days!
And, alas, as there are Giants, so there
are Vampires!
Throughout the manufacturing towns
there lives to-day Giant IA Giant In
strength, Gi int in intellect, Gimt in
heart.
It's the Giant Manufacturing Laborer
He can make boots, shoes, cotton cloth,
woo.en gO0Gs AMI other kinds Of useful
ind needful commodities
he can construct engines, steamers,
reapers, mowers, and all kinds of machin.
cry necessary to the development of the
vast resources Of the country.
He can build railroads, canals, cities
and bridges, such as the world hundred
years ago never dreamed Of
He Is always ready and willing to work;
o his hand is cunning, his head Is wise, his
brain is fertile aud ingenious, his heart Ii
big, his sinews are strong.
But in spite of all these qualifications,
hunger sometimes gnaws ut his vtals, his
strength sometimes fails, his wife and
children are sometimes clothed with rags
and cry out for bread! Sometimes in the
agony OF his soul he means; Would that
could work and exchange the products
OF my labor with the tiller of the soil for
some of his surplus bread!
In another part of the land, in the az.
Ilcultural districts, on the plantations,
and in the coal mines, there is another
giant laborer, the tlller of the soil!
His arms are strong, his shoulders are
broad, his hands are hard with manual
labor, his face is bronzed with the sum
mer heat and the winter cold!
By his industry, energy, judgment,
and wisdom, he brings forth the waving
wheat, the golden corn and the lowing
herds!
But in spite of all these capabilities he
is sometimes compelled to wander up and
down the land seeking employment!
Day alter day he wanders, destitute
and hungry, past thousands Of aCresot idle
land which God has given to man, yet
not an inch Of it can he touch!
In Il land of plenty he II sometimes
Coatess and barefoot!
He is willing and anxious to work.
The fertile fields are ready to respond to
his touch and give forth the golden har-
vest Of grain!
He, too, sometimes is forced to cry out
in distress: Would that | could till the
soil, reap the harvest, and reach out over
the great lakes aud rivers, over the rlil.
roads and canals, and exchange the sur.
plus products of my own labor with my
brother giant, the manufacturer, and get
boots, shoes and clothing, whereby
might clothe myself and my wife and my
little ones!
And at best, these two giants of labor.
by the hardest and most constant toll, are
only able to exc out an existence.
Though they produce vcrylhing, they
enjoy the leastl
Though they erect the most magnificent
palaces, they themselves dwell in the
meanest habitations!
Though they weave the most elegant
fabrics, they are compelled to wear thC
scantiest and the poorest garments!
Though they produce the richest ant
choicest food, their own tables are bu
scantiIy provided with the plaineSt fare.
Whyisltp
Why cannot both of these giants be ted
be clothed, be sheltered, with the hes
that their labor, combined with til,
natural resources Of the LAM, I, can produce
Because in the land there exist VAN
pires, who by cunning devices and heart
less practices devour the substance whicl
labor produces.
Because there are usury vampires, ren
vampires, insurance vampires, oflicia
vampires corporation vampires, bonC
vampires, board of trade vampir. S, tha
through class legislation, suck and gorg
themselves upon the fat of the Ian |, tn
life-blood of labor
They toll not, nor do they spin!
They feel not the summers heat nor th
winters cold!
Beneath the shade of leafy trees, and il
gorgeous palaces and elegantly finnish.
offices, while the giants are at work, the
invent methods by which to rob and plum
der labor Of its magnificent results!
By the force of law, which they henI
selves devise, these vampires wrest fror
the giants Of labor the fruits cf thei
honest toll!
But let them beware!
Let them look well Ia. their cntrencl
ments and their Hessian troops OF COZ
stables and soldiers!
Let them look well to their statut IS an
constitutional amendments
For sooner or later the giants OF lab.
are going to raise their eyes for momel
from their workshops aud their plows an
look around them to see why 1t is tha
labor produces all aud enjoys nothing!
Then, surfeted, ovelfed, gorged van
pires, prepare for the terrible reckoning
the hands Of the giants of labor!
When they strike they will strike
kill!
Like chaf before the wind they wi
sweep these vampires from off the face
the earth, in order that the Republic
baptized in the blood OF patriots, may nj
perish.
The RulrarlanRs