The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-08-01


tiflcate Of stock In salt trust, or an
oil trust, or q steel rail trust, or pa
per trust, or some other Of . thous-
and precious schemes for getting for
. thing more than it 10 worth.
He can contribute something to the
other gangs Of thieves, because his
own raids upon the defenseless will
more than reimburse him.
The poor man has no stock In any
Of these concerns, accordingly he Is
fieeced by them all. Unable to own
farm, he may rent one; he sells the
produce in open market In competi-
ton with every farmer in the world;
with the pittance Of cash received,
he turns around and buys in . close
market such things as he cannot pro-
duce, paying therefor an average Of
one-third too much.
Without capital for business, he
may say, Il will learn . trade" he
finds himself denied the opportunity.
He must get the consent Of some
trades union, composed principally
Of foreigners, before he can be en-
tered apprentice for any craft. II
there be vacancies in that craft, they
are reserved for kindred foreigners
across the sea and who viii come
soon.
One says, Il viii become . teacher;
! win help the young idea; will
bless my native land" He finds the
average wage, In many, II not most
Of the states, less than go . month,
with employment for no more than
four or six months in the year.
BY patient use Of muscle and scant
expenditure, he has saved 500 and
aspires now to the higher earnings
and moro exalted position Of . city
expressman. He secures . crazy wag-
on and spawned horse, but he darea
not take my trunk to the railroad de-
pot without asking the municipality
the privilege, and paying therefor =
fee Of IS, or It may be 80.
II he will peddle vegetables, or
range the alleys, morning, noon and
eve, with voice Of dolorous pitch, cry
ing, Rags, ole ironv' he must first
appear before the majesty Of the law
and subscribe q handsome contribu-
ton to the city treasury.
But the merchant whose eight
story building covers . block; whose
business aggregates millions year;
whose remorseless competition tis an
upas tree, under the shadow OF which
all honest vegetation dies; for whom
girls clerk at $3.50 q week, and hol-
low eyed widows make pantaloons
for IS cents q dozen-this mighty
merchant prince pays not one cent
for license to do business In the midst
Of all the people.
But the expressman's rickety ex.
press wagon has gone to be with the
deacon's "one-hoss shay" and thu
spawned horse is dead. The son 81
poverty, driven to the last ditch
sooner than be . suicide, has made
up his mind to be q book agent.
He sets forth ON his travels and q
the fret town is fined or locked NJ
for selling the Bible to people with
out permission; because, forsooth, h,
Is interfering with the business o
men who are rich enough to own ,
store and be respectable.
In utter desperation, he does wha
. young man lately did-he commit
q larceny that he may be sent to tn
penitentiary and learn a trade, which
as q free American, he IL not permit
ted to learn; he gets his wish and
set to backing shoe heels, and end
his term with no more knowledge q
. trade than when he entered.
Another fact must not pass unmer
toned. It is the poverty Of the rio
in the presence Of the assessor. Lik
intermittent springs, they flow per
odically; It is the assessors fate I
find them always dry.
The man Of three million Is take
for q quarter Of the sum; the man Z
three thousand is taxed for all he
worth. Finally, the rich man VIII
corners the market at home may &
abroad once . year il he please, and
like Mr.. Blaine, bring home, as pr
vate baggage, thirty trunks fille
from the cheaper markets of Europ
; and landed In New York duty free.
:. The bonds Of the rich man are III
taxed; the poor man il taxed on hi
mortgage. Grand opportunities Al
presented for rich men, and foreig
syndicates haste to seize them. III
man left by some turn without cap
tai is PROSTATE, never to rise.
Such, in brief, brother Jonathan,
this ''land OF the free and this HON
Of the brave"
What are we going to do abont 1
Fl DIR. McPHILIBRG.
Fl -[From the Farmers Voic
u Editor Grady in an address to I'll