Milford chronicle., 1889-02-15

we cannot choke down another crulnD OF
cake and begin the supply of others necessi-
ties
We often see on a small scale a recllessness
about the welfare Of others, which a great
warrior expressed on a large scale, when his
officers were dissuading him from a certain
campaign, saying sit would cost two hundred
thousand lives" replying with a diabolism
that can never be forgotten, ''What are two
hundred thousand lives to megn
SO far from helping appease the worlds
hunger, there are those whom Isaiah de
scribes as grinding the faces of the poor.
You have seen farmer or a mechanic put
scythe or an ak on a grindstone, while some
one was turning it round and round, and the
man holding the ak bore on it harder and
harder while the water dropped from the
grindstone, and the edge of the ak, from be
ing round and dull, got keener and keener,
and the mechanic lifted the ak glistening and
sharp, and with edge 50 keen he must eau
fiously run his finger along, lest while examin-
ing the implement Ire cut his hand to the bone.
50 1 have seen men who were put against the
grindstone of hardship, and while one turned
the crank another would press the unfortu-
nate harder down and harder down until he
was ground away thinner and thinner, his
comforts thinner, his prospects thinner and
his face thinner. And Isaiah shrieks out:
''That mean ye that ye grind the faces of the
poorg It's 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 possession Of us and
We would all turn into barbarians and canni-
balls and fiends. am glad to know that the
time is coming, God hasten it, when every
family in the round world viii sit down at a
full table and it will be only a question be
tween lamb and venison, or between
partridge and quail on toast, and out Of
spoons made out of Nevada silver or Cali
fornia 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 pre-
dicament. If the world winds up as it
now is, it viii be an awful failure
of world The barren places viii be
irrigated. The pomologists, helped of God,
viii urge on the fruits. The botanists, in
spired 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 up
set banqueting table at which are seated
the entire human race. Meanwhile, suppose
that some Of the energy we are expending in
useless and unavailing talk about the bread
question should be expended in merciful ale
viations
THE GREATEST BATTLE FIELD.
Ihave read that the battle field ON which
moro troops met than on any other in the
worlds history was the battle field of Leipsic,
one hundred and sixty thousand men under
Napoleon, two hundred and fifty thousand
men under Schwarzeberg. No, no. The
greatest and most terrific battle is now being
fought all the world over It is the struggle
for food. The ground tone of the finest pas
sage in one Of the great musical master
pieces, the artist says, was suggested
tylrv. .ropulace of Vienna as the king rode
through and they shouted, Bread! Give US
bread" And all through the great harmo-
nies of musical academy and cathedral I
hear the pathos, the ground tone, the tragedy
of uncounted multitudes, who with stream
ing eyes and wan checks 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 human race and
knows just how many inhabitants the world
has. The statistics of the worlds population
are carefully taken in civilized lands, and
every few years officers of government 60
through the land and count how many peo-
pie there are in the United States or Eng
land, and great accuracy is reached. But
when people tell us how many inhabitants
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 apparel for each;
and if there be fifteen hundred million, if-
teen thousand, fifteen hundred and fifteen
people, then there is enough apparel for fif-
teen hundred million, fifteen thousand, fifteen
hundred and fifteen. Not slouchy apparel,
not ragged apparel, not insufficient apparel,
but appropriate apparel. At least two suitsfor
every being ON the earth, summer suit and
a winter suit. A good pair of shoes for every
living mortal. A good coat, a good hat or
good bonnet and good shawl and a COM
plete masculine or feminine outfit Of apparel.
A wardrobe for all nations adapted to all
climes, and not a string or a button or pin
or a hook or an eye wanting. But, alas!
where are the good clothes for three-fourths
of the human race! The one-fourth have
appropriated them. The fact is, there needs
to be and will be a redistribution. Not by
anarchistie violence. If outlawry had its way,
it would rend and tear and diminish un-
til instead Of three-fourths Of the world not
properly attired, four-fourths would be in
rags. ! let you know how the redistribution
will take place. By generosity on the part
Of those who have a surplus and increased in
dustry ON the part Of those suffering from dc
ficit Not all, but the large majority Of cases
Of poverty in this country, are a result Of
idleness or drunkenness, either on the part Of
present sufferers or their ancestors. In most
cases the rum jug is the maelstrom that has
swallowed down the livelihood Of those who
are in rags. But things viii change and By
generosity on the part of the crowded ward
robes, and industry and sobriety on the part
Of the empty wardrobes, there will be enough
for all to wear. God has done lis part to-
ward tile dressing Of the human race Iio
grows a surplus Of wool on the sleeps back
and fiocks roam the mountains and valleys
with burden of warmth intended for trans
ference to human comfort, when the sha.-
ties of the factories reaching all the
way from the 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
the merino sheep, their origin traced back to
the hocks Of Abrahamic and Davidic times. In
white letters of snowy fleece, God has been
writing for thousands Of years his wish that
there might be warmth for all nations
While others are discussing the effect of high
or low tariff, or no tariff at all on wool, you
and had better see il in our wardrobes we