Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-02-19

is only enough to cover tie United
States with sheet iron. We must pro-
tect those dear children.
r We next come to the dear children
that make our boots and shoes. See
how tired those girls look that are tend
ing the sewing machines that are doing
the stitching; and don't that poor boy
sitting there at that pegging mill look
so weary. really do not see how any
of them can endure it, for it is really as
exhausting as playing high five. They
too, MUST be protected.
Do see this poor, lean, sickly looking
boy. Sonny, what are you going to do
with that auger? 81 am going to tap
maple trees to make some sugar.
Uncle Sam gives me two cents pound
and lets me keep the sugar." And just
see this other good boy hitching up his
team: it can't be much after O'Clock.
Sonny, what are you going to work so
early for? II am raising beets and
sorghum. Uncle Sam and Mother Kan
bounty on my sugar."
But where on earth did those poor
ragged children over there come from?
My dear boys, how did you get so ragged
and hungry looking? "Unc)e Sam
turned us off. He called it RETIRING
US, and the stingy old cuss only gives
US 81, 900 year now to live on" But
you know, dear boys, that your dear
Uncle does not ask you to do anything
for him now. Eyes, we know all that,
but we used to get $4,000 year and
we did not have TO do anything much
but eat good dinners, drink wine, 60 to
balls, and visit Uncle and get the
CASH.
But do see these nice clean children
down here in the back yard, by the
pump. Mother Kansas is washing
them. just see how nice and clean
they do look; as soon as they are washed
they go right inside the back door and
wipe, without being. told. They have
such rosy cheeks and nice little pink
noses and even their breath is perfumed.
But what are all these nice boys talking
to Uncle Sam about? Why, some of
them have more wheat, corn, cotton
and tobacco than they can take care of
and they want Uncle to put up houses
to store it in and give them about all it
is worth SO they can have the money
for present use.
OF course dear Uncle will do that. 1t
would be so nice; then they could hold
their produce until they could get such
good prices. They would not have tc
60 to the expense of building granaries
or wear their dear selves out shoveling
if their grain happened to get damp
besides, if the store house should hap
pen to be burned they would lose moth
ing, for you know that Uncle Sam is 81
rich he would never feel the loss.
Here are some other boys who lool
distressed. They have had poor crops
for the past few years, and they have
heard that Uncle Sam has lots of idl'
money and so they have come to Offe
Uncle the high rate of 2 per cent
interest for this money, secured b.
mortgages on their farms. That wOult
be so profitable to Uncle and so al
around nice for all. / know Uncle will
do it. 1t would give good jobs to a
least 200, 900 of the boys who do no
feel like working, to look after the stor
houses and lending Uncle's money
Just think how nice it would be TO
these dear boys who borrow the money
If they have poor crops anc could no
pay the interest, Uncle could take tn
land and as we all know Uncle Sam
so good and kind that he ''gives to all
farm" who has none; the dear boy
could just homestead it again and the
get more money and so OH, ad inJiaiton1
How exceedingly nice!
/ w. w. SOWARDS.