Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-06-05
A PLUTOORATs VIEWS.
A Monopolistic Noble Makes Bold and
Naughty Statement Of His Side

A Monopolistic Noble Makes a Bold and
Naughty Statement of His Side
Of the Case.
To THE COMMON PEOPLE:
have just been looking over one of
these labor papers, which are nothing
but a. sentimental mushroom growth,
which will have their day and die like
all other foolish reforms. Such papers
are beneath the notice of the educated
and refined class of noble men, who by
their great mental abilities have risen
to be your rulers in both civil and finan-
cial life; your squealing may annoy
them, for even lido may annoy a big
dog, but otherwise your workingmen
will accomplish nothing by raising a
tempest in teapot over fancied wrongs.
1t is the natural order of society the
world over in all civilized nations for
the educated classes to rule. You may
kick against this, but that is all the
good it will do you. Because you have
not the brains to get rich, you raise a
hue and cry that those who are rich
make it at your expense, when it was
the natural result of their energy and
superiority.
Place even a working man, with his
narrow mental attainments, among a
tribe of savages, and he will in the
natural order of things rise to be their
ruler and superior; even so, place a
man of superior order among labor
ing men, and he will surely rise to his
fitting place above them; in brute
strength they may be his superiors, but
in everything else he is above them;
and they have no just reasons to
grumble.
Let me ask you what this nation
would be today if the rich, the educated
and refined ruling element had not
built it up to be the power it is? You
would still be away back in the plOd-
ding eighteenth century, with no
improved farm implements to make
the tilling of the soil mere child s
play.
No, sir; and all the comforts and lux
uries of invention, art and science,
which are now within your reach,
which never would have been; these are
the gifts of the rich and intellectual
class wantonly abused and characterized
Us robbers.
They have the power to crush the
sluggish and ignorant worker, but
instead of doing this they spend their
wealth and great ability in developing
the resources of this country and plac-
ing the laborer on higher level than
he could ever reach by his own efforts.
With all their power they allow you
equal rights politically, which they
themselves enjoy. And how are they
repaid for this magnanimity? They
are reviled by these low labor papers
as though they were vile enemies tt
their country instead of its mos
earnest defenders and supporters.
Mad socialists and crazy anarchists
seek to stir up the common people t.
combine against the very class wht
give them employment.
Yet you do not hear them stopping
10 return all this abuse; they are above
this low, vulgar method of revenge
II you carry this too far, where torbear
ance ceases to be virture, you ma.
have your eyes opened to the fact tha
sthey can rule you with rod o
iron if they chose.
They control the government; al
industries; all methods of transpor
tatiOn, and nine-tenths of your farms
and as fearless and able senator one
said, "they can hire one-half the peopl
to cut the throats of the other half i
they chooses" that they do no
use this power to make you under
stand your place is in itself sufficien
proof of their patriotism and self-sacri
ficing character, of the country and fo
che poor people, who lack ability to ris
above their low position.
You laboring men seem to think al
sou have to do is to rush together in
wild mob, and drag our authority dow
into the filth of a low conspiracy to ro1
wealth of it's first dues and seize tn
government. Let me tell you what yo
will have to meet: There is a secre
LINK of brotherhood between the grea
men of this nation aud the great me-
of Europe. do not mind telling yo
this now, for it is too late for you t
help it. and besides it may open you
eyes to what lies before you, and ma
also furnish your class food for whole
acme reflection. Any time they ar
needed here, Europe can send SOC, ,OO
of men with arms in their hands to tn
assistance of the rulers of this govern
ment. 1 will tell you of another thin
that is and has been going OH for year
under your eyes, which you do nt
understand; that is the occupancy {
the farms you have mortgaged an
lost by foreigners, who were brougf
here for tho nnrnose. who will IN, read