Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-22

to me? o"SAn" Aises
SO far from helping sppease the
rs oiaa munger, there are those whom
as" y, describes rs grinding the faces
ol the poor. You have seen farmer or
mec manic put a scythe or an az on
Ellhustone, while some one was turning
=; round and round, aud the man hold
ing the Ak bore on it harder and harder
s WINE the water dropped fromthe grind
ssone; ana the edge of the ax from being
round ao, e. and dull got keener and keener,
ana the mechanic lifted the OK glisten-
ing and sharp and with edge SO keen he
must cautiously run his finger along
lest while examining the implement he
cut MS hand to the bore. So have
seen men who were put against the
grlndstone of hardship, and while one
turned the crank another would press
the unfortunate harder down and harder
down until he was ground away thinner
ana thinner, his comforts thinner, his
prospects thinner, and his face thinner
And Isaiah shrieks out: What meanye
thatye grind the faces of the poor?" It is
an awful thing to be hungry. It is an
easy thing for us to be in good humor
with all the world when we have no
lack. But let hunger take full possess
sion of us and we would all turn into
barbarians and cannibals and fiends.
l am glad to know that the time is
coming, God hasten it, when every
family in the round world will sit down
at full table, and it will be only
question between lamb and vepison, or
between partridge and quail on toast,
and out of spoons made out of Nevada
silver or California gold the. pastries
will drop on tongues thrilling with
thankfulness because they have full
enough. have no idea God is going
to let the human race stay in its present
predicament. If the world winds up as
it now is it will be an awful failure Of
world. The barren places will be irri-
gated. The pomologists, helped of God,
will urge on the fruits. The botanists,
inspired of the Lord, will help on the
gardens. The raisers of stock will send
enough animals fit for human food to
the markets, and the last earthquake
that rends the world win upset a ban
quoting table ut which are seated the
entire human race. MEANWHILE, sup
pose that some of the energy we are ex-
pending in useless and unavailing talk
about the bread question should be ex-
pended in merciful alleviations.
l have read THAT the battle field on
which more troops met than on any
other in the worlds history was the bat
tle-feld of Leipsic, 100000 men under
Napoleon, 10000 men under Schwarze-
berg. No, no. The greatest and most
terrific battle is now being fought all the
world over. 1t is the struggle for food.
The ground tone of the finest passage
in one of the great musical masterpieces,
the artist says, was suggested to him by
the cry of the hungry populace Of
Vienna as the King rode through and
they shouted, Bread. Give us bread!"
And all through the great harmonies of
musical academy and cathedral hear
of uncounted multitudes, who with
streaming eyes and wan cheeks and
broken hearts in behalf of themselves
and their families, are pleading for
bread.
Let us take another look around to see
how we may serve our generation. Let
us see as far as possible that they have
enough to wear. God looks on the hui
man race and knows just how many in
habitants the world has. The statistics
of the worlds population are carefully
taken in civilized lands, and every few
years officers of government go through
the land and count how many people
there are in the United States or En-
gland and great accuracy is reached.
But when people tell us how many in
habitants there are in Asia or Africa, at
best it must be a wild guess. Yet God
knows the exact number of people on
our planet and he has made enough ap-
parel for each, and if there be fifteen
hundred million, fifteen thousand, fif
teen hundred and fifteen people, then
there is enough apparel for fifteen hum
fhoncon1
hundred and fifteen. Not slouchy APP
parel, not ragged apparel not INSULT
cient apparel, but appropriate apparel.
At least two suits for every being on tina
earth, summer suit and winter suit.
A good pair of shoes for every living
mortal. A good coat, good hat or
good bonnet and a good shawl, and o
complete masculine or feminine outfit
of apparel. A wardrobe for all nations
adapted to all chimes, and not q string
or button or q pin or hook or an eye
wanting. But, alas! where are the good
clothes for three fourths of the human
race? The other one-fourth have ap-
propriated them. The fact is, there
needs to be and will be a redistribution.
Not by anarchistic violence. If outlawry
had its way, it would rend and tear and
diminish until instead of three fourths
OF the WOrlu uOt properly ae'HSu' AoA
fourths would be in rags. let you
know how the redistribution will take
place. By generosity on the part. OF
those who have q surplus and in
creased industry on the part of those
suffering from deficit. Not oil, but the
large majority of cases of poverty in
this country are a result of idleness or
drunkenness, either on the part of the
present suffers or their ancestors. In
most cases the rum jug is the maels trom
that has swallowed down the livelihood
of those who are in rags. But things
will change, and by generosity on the
part of the crowded wardrobes, and IN
dustry and sobriety on the part OF the
empty wardrobes there will be enough
for oil to wear. God has done His part
toward the dressing of the human race.
he grows surplus of wool on the
sleeps back land focks roam the mount.
aims and valleys with burden OF
warmth intended for transference to
human comfort, when the shuttles OF
the factories reaching all the way from
Chattahoochee to the Merrimac shall
have spun and woven it. And here come
forth the Rocky Mountain goat and the
cashmere and the beaver. Here are me
merino sheep, their origin traced BACK