The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-12


and his account books, saws TO him: "Iou
are not making as much money rs YOU
ought. You furnish all the hrmns. Were
1t not for your enterprise this establish
ment would not be in existence. These
men and women in your employ are Of
very common mold. Their appetite is
coarser and they do not need the luxurics
! you require. Their comfort and happi-
ness are OF very little importance. Put
them down on the very verge OF starva-
ton and take all the profit into your own
possession, and ii they do not like it tell
them to 90 where they can do better. I"
Having done his work in the counting.
room Satan steps right out among tho
workmen. He says: "Iou work too
many hours and you do your work better
than II needs 10 be done. You are serv-
ing a bloated bondholder anyhow. He
has no right TO have any more than you
have. Why should he ride and you walk2
Why should he have tenderloin steak and
you salt pork2 Capital is the enemy OF
labor. Let labor be the sworn foe of cap
ital. Why don't you strike and bring him
10 terms2 Wait until he has large order
to fill By contract and then he cannot help
himself. Go all together without a mo-
ment's warning, and tell him you are go.
ing to stop. II he has more resources than
you know OF and persists in going ON and
getting new men, give them volley Of
brickbats, or put little dynamite in his
office and blow him and his factory all up
with the same explosion" Look out there
ON the night skyl Great fire somewhere.
What is III The night is cold aud Satan
has made big bonfire Of that factory to
warm himself by. The capitalist has
lost heavily and the workmen and
their families are without bread and
clothing. whence comest thou, Satan?"
From going 10 and fro among employers
and employees, and from walking up
and down among them. Hal hal was
the only one who made anything out OF
that strike. What a splendid fire and lots
OF smokel Hal hal like smoke"
Another route Satan is apt to take in
his active travels Is through the mercantile
establishments. He steps in and says to
the clerks: "llow much salary doyou get2
Is that all2 Why you can't live ON thatl
You have a right TO enough for a livelihood.
A few quarters out OF the money drawer
will never be missed, or here and there is
a remnant OF goods you could take home
without being found out. Or you could
change those account books little, and
you could make that figure eight naught
and that figure five athrcc, and II you'do not
feel exactly right about doing that, you can
some day pay il back, which YOU can do
| perfectly easy. Don't feel like running the
riskY Well, then, you can't 60 20 the thea
ter, and you cant 20 on that round with
tho boys, and you'll have TO wear that
| plain coat, whereas. YOU could have your
overcoat fur-lined, and take board at a
| iip-tOp place, and walk amid plush aud
tapestries positively Oriental. While you
arc making up your mind I'll Just go
| through the different parts OF this great
commercial establishment and try every
one, from the wealthy firm down 10
the crrand boys" The result OF that Sa-
tauic visit Is that one Of the partners has
| drawn 80 much out Of the concern that the
whole business is crippled, and bright
and promising boy IL sent home 90 his
mother in disgrace, and young man is in
jail for cmbczzloment Three lives ruined
aud three cternitioa. Whence contest thou,
Satan2 "from going TO and fro among
mercantile houses, and from walking
| up and down among them. ! like 30 ruin
| splendid fellows and blast parental hopes,
and OF all the liquon that ! ever tasted,
| iill my glass with brewing of agonizing
tears. Come, let Us click together tho
rims Of our glasses and drink 30 the over
throw OF the 5000 young men / ruined
last year. lluzlal" Satan would rather
have one young man than twenty old ones.
II lac would win the septuagcnorians and
the octogcnarians he could do but little
harm with them. But he says: Give
me young man, especially II he be bright
and generous aud social" He sees that
young men have, for good or bad, been
the mighiicst influence In this world.
fernando CortoE conquered Mexico at
thrty-two. Gustayus Adolphus became
immortal in history 20 early that he died
at thirty-eight. Raphael. the most fam
Gus Of painters, died at thirty-seycn. Will
lam Pitt was Prime Minister Of England at
twenty-iour. Jusus Christ completed His
earthly liio at thirty-thrce. Five ycan in
young mans life are Of more power for
good or evil than the last fifteen Of an old
mans life. so Satan is especially greedy
for young men, and In going 10 and fro In
the earth he has especial temptations for
them.
Another route that Satan on his active
travels is apt 10 take Is for the dcspoiling
Of the peoples souls. IL does not pay him
merely 10 destroy the bodies Of men and
women. Those bodies would soon be- gone
anyhow, but great treasures are involved
In this Satanic excursion. On this route
he meets man who Is aroused by some.
thing hc has seen In the Bible, and Satan
says: Now, can settle all that; the BIZ
bic is an imposition; II has been dcluding
the world for centuries, do not let IL de-
lude you. II has no more authority
than tho Koran Of the Mo.
-. a a
llindoo, or the Zcnda-Nesia Of the Per-
sian" lie meets another man who II
hastcning toward the kingdom Of God,
aud says: "Why all this precipitation Re-
| ligiOn ia right, but any time within the
next ten years will be soon enough for
you. A man with a stout chest like yours
aud such muscular development need not
bc bothering himself about the next
world" But Satan says nothing to him
about the fact that the professor who gave
| his whole life b. the study OF hcaltllIlnd
could III more pounds than anv American
died at about forty. and that another
man who proved conClusiyely that II we
observed all the laws OF health We need
/ never die, expired before lac got his book
on that subject published. Satan meets
/ another man who has gone through long
course Of pronigacy aud is beginning 20
pray God Tor forgiveness and Satan says
10 the man: "lou are too late; the Lord
will not help such q wretch as you, YOU
might as well brace up and fight your own
way through" And 40 with a spite
and an acu;oncss and velocity
that have been gaining for 0.OOO
years, he ranges up and down battling,
disappointing, defeating, afilIcting, dc.
/ stroying tho human race Through his
own hand or delegated iniernalisn he has
pursued and hurt us all, aud cuned every
| heart aud cursed every home aud cursed