Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-12-29
not be so clear to the casual observer,
but little thought and investigation
viii make it 30.

Wet Mr.. Wright. Read his exact words
in the address alluded to: "There is a
grain of truth in the saying that progress
necessitates poverty, and it lies in the
fact that progress renders poverty more
perceptible and observable. There was
time, for instance, in the south when
there was no poverty and no poor houses.
But with modern progress and advance
ment the poverty of those who failed to
keep pace with the new growth became
observable, and now, like the north, the
south is dotted with poor houses Yet
no one will say that the negro should go
back to slavery. In the same way is
there a grain Of truth in the statement
that the rich are growing richer and the
DOOR poorer, for the mining and farming
Of today are not conducted as Of yore.
Individual methods have passed away,
and as wealth has been more widely
diffused, the poor man has grown no
poorer, but his poverty is more observ-
able by the contrast"
So it seems that statements are to be
classified as "pernicious" according to
the number of ''grains of truth" in them.
But Mr.. Wright is entitled to a place
among the staters of ''pernicious" things;
for he says: "For this poverty have
never had to look beyond the places that
the poor call their homes for the cause,
and ! find that drunkenness is at the
bottom of it ALL" The milhonaires Of
the country have been picking the
pockets of the drunkards. That's how
the rich get richer and the poor poorer.
Thus Mr.. Wright accounts for con-
dition which he declares in the outset
does not exist. Oh, all wise economist!
keep up your lick, and the powers that
be will keep you at the head OF the so
called labor department..
The feeling of uneasiness which was
30 noticeable few months ago among
the compositors, especially in New York,
is fast wearing away. The impression
now is that the great blow made by the
Rogers Typograph company had more
wind than anything else behind it. 1t
seems that little or nothing is now being
done by the machines in The World Of
fee. Since the very wretched exhibition
which appeared about two months ago
there has been nothing in the columns
of the paper from the machine Com
petent printers who have had the oppor-
tunity to investigate now declare that
the claims made by the Rogers people
have not and cannot be backed up by
the Typograph. A Boston composition,
well known in the trade, has issued
challenge in which he declares that with
an equal number Of men he will set more
type and do it great deal better than
the machine will in given time. OF
course there is no telling what day may
bring forth, and improvements may be
made which will overcome the present
faults of the machine, but it looks just
now as if the old school compositor will
keep his nose in the space box for some
time.
The difficulty between Typographical
Union No. 6 and the German union, of
New York. has been settled for the time
being. However, something more than
the present arrangement is required to
keep off future difficulties. Officials Of
the respective unions agreed to divide
the situations in The Morgen Journal
Office, half of the frames going to each
union. and the control of the Office to be
a sort of mutual affair. The best part
of the settlement was the agreement
that the German union should apply for
a charterfunder the international. 1t
seems to me that in this way lies the road
20 peace between the hitherto contend