Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1888-12-01
The Dangerous Glasses.

Heretofore the dangerous classes
have been supposed to be the thieves
thugs. burglars and sandbaggers; the
gamblers. drunkards and ignorant,
passionate demagogues who make
living by pander ng to the worst IN
stincts of the masses. We may now
safely add the ignorant, thOughtlesS.
selfish and pessimistic capitalist and
EMPLOYER of labor. The man who viii
tell YOU that he can take care Of him
self and society MAJ do the same. The
man who II tell you that the working
men are mad; that their minds have
become poisoned by the rus of an
archv and communism that they have
made a shrine of the trad, 3 union and
a god of the walking delegate. and
that the sooner things come to 81 head
the better. In short, that there is no
salvation for society but IN free use
of the policeman baton. Such men
are, without knowing it. the most dan
oerous element in The community; they
can, and do, commit more mischief in
a dav than a dozen ordinary criminals
would in a life time. The trouble with
them is pure, ignorant stupid selfish
ness. Their horizon is bounded by
their money bags, Their interests CEN
tered in their bank ledger and they
will do anything to conserve the one
and add to the other Such men and
there are many of them-wll rail by
the hour against work ng men for try
ing 10y combination to raise their dol
lar and half Il day to two dollars. and
will Immediately turn around and cor
ner wheat or pork, squecz3 their weak.
er brethren out OF m Hons Of dollars.
and By weight OF their purse and So
called financial genius levy tribute
on the general publ C. The will form
nice little syndica!es, buy up the coll
trolling interests in rail $, squeeze
out the smaller shareholder Soften
1.-The widow aud the falhcrlcss."
water the stock fifty or hundred per
cent. and compel tine public 10 pay in
terest on that basis; or lhey will buy
the entire gas plant OF the city, that
they may force the public to pay any
figure the choose to charge and all
the time the look upon themselves as
shrewd business men who are engaged
in a perfectly legit mate business. The
cunning loafer who stands in some
shady corner and plays the
shell game" believes that he is
a legit mate trader and takes
positive del ght in "skinning the
suckers" but somehow the police
don't take tho same view of the
matter. but insist on carry ing him off
to Jail whenever they can lay hold of
him, and | think thot are right in do
ing so. | firmly believe that all such
fellows should be sent to the penitenti-
airy and made to work for living;
but what bothers me is to find an hon
est difference between the man VINO
swindies by means of three shells and
Il pea, and another who by combina-
ton and the INSCRIPTIONS use Of cap
ital forces the public to pa; an adIi-
tional price for the neceSsaries Of life;
or why. if one is sent to prison tho
other should b, allowed to enjoy "a
i'll gotten gains in ostentaious display.
1t seems TO me as though a better case
could be made out for tue ''sheH
man" than the monopolizer Of gas
stocks. as no one is under anf necessi-
ty to patroniz, the manipulation Of the
little pea" whereas nearly all must
use gas, or suffer inconvenience.
1t is about time society should step
in and equalize matters a little. 1t is
about time that capital should learl
that there are many duties and re
sponsibil.lies attaching 10 wealth, AMI
learn TO discharge them. --Anasrica"
Farmer.