Bismarck tribune., 1883-07-20
THE oAIjUsEs g ] !. PoyERTY \


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.t,na e Thems in Cfncttnnati Enquiiretr: lit
have Just BEEN talking With ny wit'e..Im. y,
ara vhat the world calls poor, and We are a.
mo over the csuses q poverty, during d wnch.
oonvars.tion y soms points were made py nor
that .re worth eiving to the public We have
bean atrueelinR along for years, sometimes % .eA
fairly prosperous, q others suffering .ne =.
eonyenisnoes Of poverty. Some e. men tmnk XII i
nnmanly 70 talk business with their wives,
and some women deem y unwomanly % 's' meo, =,
die in their husbsnd's affairs. I la have svoloeo
talking business at home. and hence, pernaps'
my mistake. Wife said to night:
N sCome, now, sit down and let Us talk mat
ters over calmly. We have been struggling
along for years, and here We are, worse on
than ever. You have never taken my advlce,
or we might haye been we'll provided for now. nov
Yov have been ambitious to be business man
among business men, and have worked hard,
but to no purpose Where we might have had
= nice home Of our home, by beginning mod
estly and building up by degrees, you nave IN IN,
it come to? You have q good education, but
an impractical one, and what good does y 90
Won? Where We might have been moving IN
good society, and not know wh:t It was 20
want, here we are in great city, W1tno1s
friends, and completely At sea, wltnout ruo-
objected to talking these unpleasant mat
ters over, but she insisted.
snow is Just the time she said. When
the ocean is smooth ship can get along Wlth,
out trouble, but when there is storm and
danger is ahead good navigation is needed:
We are in storm now, and somebody must
navigate our craft till we get through. II You
can't do it I will Our poverty is the result
not Of lack of industry, but OF misdirected en-
guarantee can make our living, and what
You make can be laid by" J.. ...t.
objected, for reasons not necessary TO stase,
but she is brave little woman, ana nAs ue-
termined to act, and don't know pat IL = ce: !.
not to make public confession, though tney
saw aan open confession is good for the SOU:
so much as to give to scores Of people VINO, tnls
very night, are in the same Roslnon We a.oa; a.e;
some practical suggestions. They nave ,o9re9
and sacrificed everything to accompanied
WIS what for for them are impossibilities, and then
blame the world for it's coldness, while their
next-door neghbor, who has no such h1gn
aspirations, is All humble mechanic r. ana lives ives
in comfort and happiness ne Knows howa
been superhcialfy educated, who have been
reared in what the world calls respectabllty,
and worry out our lives to keep be1ore tne
world face that is false as the f6tner OF lies
himself That mechanic is the man OF Muo
responsibility, while we are constantly decelv-
ing ourselves in the attempt to deceive tne
world. Well, who is to blame? we may layas
to our parents, who kept us, by false ideas OF
responsibility, from learning trade, ana
launched us out on the world without any rud,
der. We are inexperienced in more Pracncal
things, and there are too many educated TOOLS
like us trying to live by their wits. But how are
We to get out of these ruts? I know OF butone
wey, which is to get out Bury the past; iay
ont new plan for the future. Let your wife
help what she can; but, for Gods sake, and
het sake. do all you can to alleviate her bur
den That is what am going to do. Society
owes us nothing, except as we render society
service. There is in this world no such thing
as Independence We are all, rich and poor,
inter dependent. By the labor OF the poor the
rich thrive; by the wealth of the rich the poor
live. There is no man, except he be an idiot,
who cannot extend to society some practical
service, for which he will receive proper
tionate reward But we must step down from
our position of assumed respectability to
lower level, and develop ourselves live men
were the only sufferers from our own mlsman-
agement it would be bad enough, but how
much worse ia it to drag our wives and. child
rem down with no? The weight of the burden
falls on them, and the pangs they suffer arc
ten-fold our own. Yet we don't like to conn
sol with our wives, when, if we did, in nine
cases out of ten, we would actually be better
off, Let us not blame the world, but place tho
fault where it lies, with ourselves, and take
q neW tack - Z H. =. ..-R.