The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1890-12-26
THE III MBALL GRAPHIC
CLATE II. T1NAN.
gfficial Paper Of The City and County
The GRAPHIC extends toall OF It's read
ers, old and young, the compliments Of
the season--a merry Christmas and a
happy New Year.

.'The millionaire inthis palace, whose
robes of silken cloth have robbed the
neighboring fields of half their growth,
rolls his eyes toward the sky while
not caring a continental what is up there.
and utters q prayer OF thankfulness for
what he has received by buying 1t, and
kicks the bootblack ii he happens to
leave o spot on his glossy shoe. But the
farmer of thu Dakotas solemnly puts
on an extra pair OF blue oyeralls aud
goes out to dig a grave for the child that
died OF starvation In the night"
The foregoing Is takan from one Of our
Democratic exchanges and is a fair sam
pie Of the indiscriElinate abuse OF the
rich which fills the columns Of a certain
class OF papers OF late.
Tho press should exert its power in the
direction Of reason and not to that end
which infiames passion. There is an ele-
ment OF danger in such u~ttesances as the
above which the triumph of no party can
justify. The party that risks 1t must
sooner or later meet aday OF reckoning.
The rich and poor live together. They
have always done so. The rich cannot
live without the poor. MOI the poor with
out the rich. They are mutually inter-de-
pendent. The millionaire in his palace
has wrought wonders in the world. He
has filled it administrations Of learning
and charity. He has filed it with Ii
brariss, churches and colleges. lie has
contributed largely to its asyluias for the
poor and unfortunate. He has set count
less wheels in motion anda million hands
to work. He has adorned and beauti1ed
the world with magnificent buildings
and works Of art. His generosity has re
lieyed homes where want and suffering
existed, Sinking humanity has often
reached out for his helping hand and
found it. Riches honestly acquired have
brought nnmeasured blessings to the hui
man race.
But here Is an imputation OF an utter
lack of heart iu the rich. man, followed
up by a lie about the Dakota farmer. And
what for? To stir up prejudice, to
cause hatred. Is it wrong for one man
to be rich and another poor? We sus-
pect that there are very good reasons why
all mel are not equally rich or poor. Ig-
nOrance, folly, and q vicious life keep
many poor. Prudence, caution and in
tellect make many rich. Nine-tenths of
the millionaires in the country to-day
started at the bottom Of the ladder. Why
rail at q man because a keen intellect
and clear head have caused him to tower
above his fellows il. the accumulation
of wealth. AS well upbraid the noun
tain peak because ito'ertops the rest.
The millionaire oftener befriends his
bootblack, if he is worthy, than kicks him.
His servants are almost always we'll cared
Tor and his coachlnen not %infrequcntIy
placedi in comfortable circumstances. In
humanity is not peculiar to the rich; tits
found everywhere, and this attempt to
cOnfine 1t to a class, because examples
may be found there is as malicious and
inhuman as. the man who kicks his boot
black.
We have no word of commsndation for
the rich dishonesty SO, butprotest against
the senseless abuse of them as a class,
and the indiscriminate use of words
which arous hatred and distrust and out
OF which revolutions have grown. An
archy feeds fat OF such stupid assertions,
and riot and blooGsiied are often the re-
suit of Misrepresentation. The press, as
the CONSERVATION Of the peace and happi-
hess of mankind, should be the last to
utter words which only breed disloyalty
to the principles which underlie the foun-
dations Of American citizenship.