Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-22
A "CALAMITY HOWL"


ity howlers' of Kansas. None of them
yet have equaled the note of warning
sounded by both of the distinguished
men whose names are here given.
Cardinal Gibbons says in the North
American Review April, 1891: 1.-The
economic conditions in the United
States are fast approaching those of
England.
1.-THE rich are daily becoming richer,
the poor, poorer.
''Flesh and blood are daily becoming
cheaper. The we'll being of the car
horse is more solicitously watched than
the driver.
1.-The thirst for wealth daily becomes
more Unsuitable.
1.-The cries of the distressed more
sharp. loud and poignant"
Hon. Mr.. Rusk, the official represen-
tatiye of the agricultural interest of the
country, says:
1.-THE farmer of the United States to-
day should be among our most pros
porous citizens. Actual experience
shows the case to be otherwise. My
experience as secretary of agriculture
has confirmed what must confess 1
anticipated, that this department..
though representing the greatest in
terest in our domestic affairs, is the one
endowed with the smallest appropria-
ton. am one of those who believe
| the farmer in politics has come to stay.
''Treat men equally and those who
are the victims of the inequally will
always and justly complain.
Remember, it was the products of
agricultural labor that redeemed the
bonds of this country from foreign
bond holders; that rs per cent. of our
exports are the. products of agricul-
ture.'' @
These men above quoted are not
vagabonds or fanatics, the one repre-
senting the most conservative church on
earth; the other that great department
upon which all other indutres flourish
-agriculture-the great bed rock upon
which rests the whole superstructure of
American prosperity.
The farmers know their own cOndi-
ton and today the highest republican
craftsmanship suggests no remedy, but
proposes a system that compelS them
to submit to perpetual robbery under
the name of protection" system
under which all those appalling phe-
nomena appear. 1t would have been
well even for some ''sOckless vaga-
bond" to have hOwled note of warn
ing through the streets of YOUNGSTOWN,
telling the people of the pent up deluge
then quivering above them before it
was too late. 1t would have been we'll
if some calamity Philander' had told
the privileged Bourbons of Paris of the
coming cyclone. Her streets might not
have been drenched with the best blood
of France. 1t might have saved a
million lives and billions of money had
the ''slave power" listened to the cry of
the oppressed, to the voice of justice.
Can it be that our wants, wishes,
hopes, interests, ambitions and aspira-
lions are so encompassed within the
narrow scope of momentary satisfac-
ton, interest and party prejudice that
the great lesson of history is taught us
in vain?
Mr.. Carnegie declares sit to be the
duty of man of wealth to set an ex
ample of modest living, to provide fol
the wants of those dependent upon him
The man of wealth should be the agen
and trustee of his poorer brethren. HI
should hold all the surplus revenue.
which come to him simply as trus
funds which he is called to admins
ter"
This good talk of Mr.. Carnegie which
appeared in the North American Re
view was printed in pamphlet form
zoe, 900 copies, and. circulated among
q the people of England. If we are t.
!, have millionaires and paupers TIT
milliOnaires ought to be very goot
q humane men, and just consider them
q selves 1.-THE trustees for their poor breth
/, by the great Cardinal Gibbons; the Onl,
!, one suggested by Gladstone, Mannin.
i and Hughes i'll the evening of thei
q great careers. Because, ''Christ sait
\ the poor We always have with you"
n That damned mill-dewed old piet,
!. was held and taught ''befo' the wah.
This was about the pabulum dished VI
to the colonies by old England.
There are just two good words in tn
preamble to the constitution of tn
United States which gives a remedy
t Establish Justice and stop Robin,
Il Peter TO pay Paul. Make the burden
o and benefits of government equal upol
). all. The agencies are at work which i
= unchecked by wise legislation will pro
duce in time violent revolution, on
that will blow the ''pious rich trustee
into the kingdom come.
9 We may as we'll build our house owe
) a powder magazine and expect safet
q as to build upon system based upOl