Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-08-14

| PiiuCs al as noshASs AotS AVUoN
their parallel in human affairs. The
decline and fall of Greece and Rome,
the blot of the middle ages on history S
page, the age Of Cromwell, the estab-
lishment of Magma Charta. the discov-
cry Of America, the Revolutionary war,
the French Revolution and the Cru
sades are but prototypes Of the mighty
commissions that marked the early geo
logical history Of the world. Latterly
the wars Of Napolean, the conflict be-
tween France and Germany and the
great civil rebellion take their place in
the mighty commissions that have form
cd part Of human history. But lat
terly, hope holds out the promise Of ar
bitration. 1t is true that all the hor-
rors of war are still With us and the in
ventive genius of man promises to make
it more horrible in its destructiveness
than it has ever been before. But yet
arbitration-the one true and humane
solution of the difficulties that arise be-
tween nations-is steadily gaining ia
vor among the powers that be and the
! day is not far distant when all the en-
ergies of mankind will be directed to
the betterment of the whole race, in
stead of being directed to its destruc-
ton. Men with God-given powers are
deep in the research of problems which
affect human destiny. Men gifted with
splendid brain are studying the ques-
tons which most affect human aims and
ends and turning thoughts into new
channels. The world is brighter, minds
are broader and the sum and substance
of human happiness is being expanded
as the ages roll on. Humanity has not
yet reached the plane which nature has
attained, but it is fast approaching the
goal Conflict, war, pestilence and all
the attendant chaos will still harass and
distress the human race, yet it is but a
means to a grander, higher and nobler
end. War will result as differences be-
tween nations arise but civil progression
will keep on its way despite these OBJ
stacles. There are times when the
march may be retarded, when inertia
pervades the masses and those in pow
er grasp the opportunity to shape at
fairs for their private gain. There are
defects in the social system of today;
wrongs that demand righting; Cypress
i've laws that should be abolished and it
is knowledge Of these facts that makes
great cry for reform go up all over
this country. As when the forces of
nature become antagonistlc, an eruption
occurs, so too IN human affairs. In this
country. the past thirty years have wit
messed change in political and econom
ic conditions that precedes mighty up
heaval Reform is the cry everywhere
and the movement has already been
launched which will uproot prejudice,
revive interest and overthrow the evils
which now retard progression. This
movement is not the outgrowth of a dis
content that has no foundation. 1t
springs from a true knowledge that
wrongs exist in some things, that op-
preston is bearing down in others.
When We contemplate the vast resour-
ces of this country, capable of sustain
ing many times its present population,
its fertile lands. its mines holding un
told wealth, its vast forests and remem-
Der that there are thousands of hungry,
i'll clad men and women, thousands of
children suffering for the comforts of
life. when We read of whole families ex-
pending their labor and receiving bare
ly enough to keep soul and body togeth-
er, the children growing up in ignorance
and squalid poverty, the parents living
without hope, shall We still say that
there is nothing wrong? And when We
see the millionaires increasing, when We
see them expend hundreds of thousands
of dollars on splendid mansions, liver
led servants and fine equipages, and
their white hands guiltless of toll, shall
We say that all things are equal? All
wealth is the product of labor. Not a
political economist, past or present, de-
MES it. If that be so, shall We still
claim that there is no injustice in the
way wealth is distributed when the la
borer-the one who produces this wealth
lives in poverty while the millionaire,
free from toll, lives in luxury? 1t can
not be denied that under the existing
order of things, the unequal distribution
of wealth canrot be prevented. That |
is the foundation of the discomfort.
Reason should teach the most obstinate !
mind that if change does not come. |
this nation will, in another century, be !
made up of millionaires and paupers,
and there Will be no middle class. I
Twenty five years have produced 81 600
millionaires and l,OO0,06o tramps.
The former now control the money leg