Iron County register., 1885-10-15

what ne does. But there are the ma
tional banks, don't see how they help
any; and every particle they consume
or hoard up is so much taken from the
wealth which belongs to those who pro-
duce it. 1t seems to me that those who
produce wealth ought to have wit
enough to devise some means of eX-
changing it among themselves without
paying bank for the privilege. And
every once in awhile there comes a
panic and thousands of business men
are ruined, and thousands of 1aboring
men thrown out of employment, and
then they get desperate and try all
kinds of sharp tricks to catch up again.
Now if nobody is benefited by those
panics. some way ought to be devised
to prevent them, and if anybody is BEN
efited>by them they are the fellows that
to have any hand in the making of the
laws, for it is natural to suppose that
they would legislate in their own inter-
est and not in that of the laboring and
business portion of the community.
''Then there are the railroads; they
get their charters from the people on
the plea of being public highways. The
people build the roads and then the
companies charge just what they choose
for Transporting the people and their
goods from one part of the country to
another, and if it is goods that they
transport, they usually take a great
deal more of them than they leave the
producers, and then bribe Congress and
courts and State Legislatures not to in
terfere with them.
'And so it goes, and 1 don't know
how to 90 to work to StOD it, ~
''WalI," replied Mr.. Parsons, you're
on the right track anyway. an you jest
want to keep agoin' till you think it all
out What you say about the exchange
in of wealth is sensible. 1t holds to
reason that there oughtn't to be nothin'
thrown in the way of folks exchangin'
wealth. Them that works creates all
the wealth there is, and if they had all
the land to begin on, and weren't beat
no way in the exchangin' of what they
produced, it's mighty clear that ef
fellow didn't produce nothin' er help
some way in the exchangin' of what
others produced. he wouldn't have any
thing to eat very long. There ought
to be some way discovered so that them
that produce the wealth could trade
among themselves without supportin' a
lot of fellers that don't do nothin' but
stan around an look on.
'Ef you an Rastus, now, could be
together you'd figger it out between
you in short meter, I'll wager 1 tell
you Rastus is smart, and he's got the
sand to back it, an eff anybody ever
goes to disturbn' him on his claim,
there'll be trouble in camp dead
sartn."
At last the day came when Jennie
and her husband were to take their de-
parture.
The family arose early and prepared
breakfast as usual, but it was with
heavy hearts and eyes wet with tears.
And when it was eaten, Mr.. Parsons
went out and hitched the horses to the
spring wagon and drove around to the
door of the shanty, and helped Ensign
to lift in Jennie's trunk. The smaller
travelling bags followed. Then came
the last kiss and clasping in arms and
pledges of remembrance and love, over
which we willingly draw a veil.
Who is there that has not witnessed
similar partngs; partings of those
whose happiness depended so much on
each others presence, yet who were
forced by the cruel necessity of hunting
for dollars, to tear themselves apart, and
each go separate ways with nalI OF the
sunshine gone out of their lives?
Will the time never come when men
will understand what the Teacher OF
men meant when He said: Take no
thought for the morrow? And is il
not possible, by being just to each
other, to remove that constant, crush.
ing weight of care which comes from
the eve--present necessity of taking
thought as to what we shall eat, and
what we shall drink, and wherewithal
we shall be clothed?
believe it will come; know it is
entirely possible.
When good-byes had been said, John
Parsons drove the young couple to the
landing, where, with tears coursing
down his checks, he, too, bade them
goodbye and God speed, and then, hav.
ing fed his horses, again hitched up and
started sadly homeward.