Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-08

meat Is never cooEsl over the scaltT lre
hat Uras IN the kitchen stove, where wei
coming feasbs were cooked in the past
tbs e-7d seafariag gentleman sm'u f3r
Juae was sto-en from him by bond selling
shs-rers His sole support now IS the rent
paid 10 him Tor ne use Of few small ont
lying fields 8laz1n-d On tie wells O. hs
hons SHOULD be, in nde tru ,-b,e ie -ters The
world. This house was wrecked the
ahIiren scattered. the mother killed. the
tami.y Impoverished and tie father desc
lated by the purchase Of Lahraior
bonds" to serve as & warning 70 future
generations Il ,Psctaols oil nen and
women have been inpovsrishad, young
men sn3 women have Teen deprived o.
e-uca .i11 aui c0lsiynai 10 a life Of grind
ing TOLL throughout t1s Eastern sta.es Dy
Sic Tiers OK WORTHLESS railroad bonds. !
row many such cases.
Suppose d man gifted win second sight
va aaIe to see tie real pictures shat lay
h-L.nl the costly pain ing, that hang On
.h- walls II railroai mining ami farm
mortgage bond sharpers. Let Us suppo,.
that tas paniuE Is OF b.1 % bs8.tllu.
sunny scene IN picturesque El-.a and, az.
c-s-, saY. 3 O0J Tue visitors stand IL a.
admTng group before IT, Two thou. and
dollars! know c MAJ who loss tEat exec,
sum in worthless raIi-caI Uonl,. LOoG q. lie
pctur. talt turks bsaili ths COS ~ paint
INK Or the shore OF Long pond, in Ne"
Hampshire, stands a iow, brown, one
story house Back Of the house lie small
fields. inc.1ssi with heavy st0ne walls au-
mounted by couples OF chestnut rails.
The and Is neavy clay cod and sterile
Slrrlward from the house, at the eige OF
a hemlock grove, Il small gravey .rd
where the family dead lis The grass
grown mounds are marked By slate slab
The house is in an advanced stage Of decay.
The smell Of decayiuy wood pervades every
room. In an orchard Of gnar,ed apple
trees a man leans desponiingly on snaJa,
gazng intently ami sorrowfullY at a boy
3f ?, who sits hstlessly, hay rake in hand,
looking at the ripping waters Of the poud.
his pallid cheeks AMI wan aspect tell the
story Of affected lungs and insufiic lent food.
In the front yard, where there are few
bee hives under lilac bushes, stands a
woman, prsmaturely aged by want and
toll and suffering, her hand shading her
eyes from the rays of the setting sun Sac
is looking toward the family graveyard, as
though sac thought her thres dead children
might rise from the grass grown mounds
and race TO her. She looks downward at
her faded skirts as though She felt the tug
of chidren's hands Then, signing deeply,
Of 9t,f, tr
prepare the evenings frugal meal. She
coughs, and presses her hand to her breast.
She has consumption, and will shortly join
her dead. Consumption appeared in the
family soon after the change was made in
the investment Of $2,o9), that was in gov
ernments, TO the SECURES of a fraudulently
conceived and dishonesty built railroad.
There has been dearth of fresh meat and
nourishing food in that house since that
change
The sum lost was not large, but it repre-
3ented the savings Of mora than one genera
ton Of men who TILED the lean soil of New
Hampshire. The loss of the small income
unworthy Of notice by men Of means OF
incorporating capacity, meant death of
several children, death to the wife AMI
mother, and death to hope and joy Taxes
had to be paid No longer could fresh
meat be bought No longer could fresh
eggs and milk DO used in abundance. No
longer could the children be warmly and
decentlY clad, and the wife nicely dressed
1t was the loss of 1920 annual income, that
YVES all. But small as the loss was il
wrecked the home. There are gaun,
specters IN the houses of dishonest specula-
tors Death, poverty, hunger, agonihng
despair link behind the beautiful, sunny
pictures that hang on their walls, and they
stalk in hideous nakedness at the com
mand of men Of imagination.
The speculative seller OF worthless bonds
who has helped work misery among his
fellow men, is too often praised as a rare
sample OF American shrewdness and enter.
prise The truth is that he is an in famou
scoundrel an enemy of mankind, where he
has operated human happiness has disap
poared. He, successful swindler that he is.
is pointed out to Wall street visitors witt
res pect by Liz ht-hearted brokers. He is al
mired by unsophishcated and unshorn
lambs. To the man of Imagination he
clanks by with chain formed of the bone
of his victims, tied together with whip-cord
trailing behind him. A necklace of skull
Of tender infants is around his neck, and a
army of sbadowy forms, with hands up
lifted in supplcation to God, troop after
him calling for vengence.
FRANK WILKEsoN
THE PROOF READER.