The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-03-27
oHRoHIoLns or BENJAMIN THn
ROOLlhn,

hAu VI your pNhaopnlphp hhh VI WV W.
ieeta of your worship, for your fans
has gone abroad among all nations ana
the report thereon has reached even un'
10 u.s.
LO, we are dwellers In q goodly land
We have docks and herds and fields ana
also mines OF gold and OF copper and OF
precious stones,
And our rivers aurpasa the rivers OF
India and OF Egypt, our forests are
spread out upon the high lauda ana afe
illed with every costly and precious
aud sweet scented wood,
Aud our plains touch the sky upon
every side and arc covered with grass
for tho cattle and herds Of every Kind
for the service OF man,
Let ua, We pray you, bring of our
wool and our copper aud OF OR strong
nbrea that In return We may receive OF
you engines aud fabrics aud implements
OF every kind,
For behold, the countries where we
are wont 10 exchange our products are
far away and only 10 be reached by long
Journeys over waters whore no path Is,
And moreover their engines and
mills and implements are OF the pat
tern Of ancient days
Lot ua exchange freely together our
products, our Ideas and fratersal greet
Jugs, TO the end that we may all reach
conditions wherein pence and brother
hood shall prevail and poverty and
ignorance melt away,
Surely the Time Spirit shapes the
destiny OF the nations, and one Is build
cd up and another is cast down even aa
they obey or disobey the great natural
laws, for the same are none other than
the laws Of the most high God.
Moreover they were made TO soc the
mills and the mines and the schools and
the great temples Of industry aud they
broke bread In the presence Of great
captains Of industry and In the palaces
OF managers OF men.
Now In those days the nation greatly
honored God With their lips, but their
heart was far from Him and they had
small faith In the natural laws Of trade
or Of the universe,
Hut they said, We can enact better
laws; nature Ia imperfect and unsafe
and the supreme law Is not TO be
trusted.
So II came 10 pass they had made un'
TO themselves u great idol, having seven
heads and ten horns,
And the name Of the idol was Pro-
lection, and II was In the form Of u
great beast with scales Of copper and Of
tin plate and OF iron like unto FOOLS
gold
And the name Of the frat head was
America for Americans, and the sec
ond was Restriction, and the third
Revenue,
And the fourth was Ignorance, and
the lfth SelAshness, and the sixth stu.
pldlty and the seventh was Fraud
And his ten horns we're gilded with
brass, that they might seem TO be gold,
and the horns turned every way and
were made exceedingly sharp.
And the Arst were bounties TO In.
dustry, fear Of oyerpopulation, hatred
Of Foreigners, fraudulent quotations,
balance Of trade statistics and humbug.
And the i've others were Home Mar
kot, the American System, Corruption
of Politics, Subsidized Press and
Trusts, also called Private Affairs.
And the Idol stood upon u pedestal
great and high, much worn by FOOLS
kisses, and " filled the whole country,
aud the name thereof was land monop.
oily.
And the IDOLS temple was unique,
aud was one Of the seven wonders Of
the world, so that there never had been
the like Of IL since there was q nation
unto that time; no, nor ever shall be,
For the temple was none other than
a wall, great and high and builded
around and about TO encompass the
whole land.
And the wall was covered with sharp
points TO the end that whose came over
II with merchandise should DO seized
upon and held and severely torn there.
by, and much OF his merchandise taken
away and left fast upon the points.
Andcuuning workmen wrought early
and late 10 create continually other and
sharper points.
Howbeit the high priests Of the idol,
they aud the wives Of them, found
favor la the sight Of the watchers of
the wall, they only could 90 forth with
three trunks and return with forty. nye.
For the watchers fearing for their
position II they refused would place
Tolls upon the sharp points aud 80 bring
Iilks, laces and precious articles safely
)ver the wall.
And the high priests and the Ben
amltes set the people on 10 cry with q |
,oice 40 the roar Of many waters, Great |
s Protection which has made the sea
md the land and all industrial pros
,erity.
Now this had lasted many years, and
he few had grown rich and increased |
n goods, but the miners we're naked
md hungry, the needle women were |
orely oyerworked and uuderfed, and
he farmers began TO ask Of each other, |
Where Is our prosperity
Though their ships come TO us loaded |
With wares and with merchandise, yet |
must they return TO them empty, for
Dt their prices be never so low and