The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1892-06-17
tiih PEOPLES MOVEMENT.

Eys NoDonaId-vsIeshin National Economist.
Carlyle voiced the sentiment Of
many a discohtented one whom he
said: 1t is not to die or even TO die
of hunger that makes Il man wretched.
Many men have died, all men must
die. But it Is to live miserabiy, we
know not why; to work sore and vet
gain nothing; to be heartworn, weary,
yet isolated, unrelated, grit in with
cold, universal 'Laissez Faire.' -
It is just this spirit that calls
together and keeps t5Rethet the peo-
Ple's rsfOrm movement OF tile present
time. The reformers are Iaw-abidfng
citizens, USUALLY honest, industrious
and conscientious, But in addition
to their daily toll they have set them
solves the task of finding some way of
making life more endurable for them
selves AMI the masses who have no
champion to plead their cause. The
reform movement, in the eyes of the
conventional world, has committed an
objectionable fault. 1t has dared to
be dissatisfied with the existing indus
trial condition. With all reverence
for our free institutions, it does not
think them perfect, nor in many Ses-
poets, even equitable. 1t feels that
the distributive forces of society which
have developed during the last century
must be Te-arrsnged 10 fit the coudi-
tions winch have created them. We
of this movement do not assume to
haye IA monopoly of political or social
wisdom. We are opposed to mouopo-
lies on principle. We gladly discuss
our projects with anybody who cares
to study them sufficiently to be in a
position to anaIyze or criticise. We
are eager for new suggestions and bet
ter remedies. We have transferred
our homage from hereditary kings and
moneyed princes We are no less rev
erent than the common people Of old.
but We now do homage, net to men,
but to new ideas and tile spirit OF prog-
Fsss.
There is one class whom we NOR
tally Ofepd- Unfortunately it is "a
large and sindueHtiai class. It labels
itself conservative. - The term ia a
convenient one and like charity, it
covers = multitude of sins. To be
frank the conservative is tie man or
woman who hndfit too much ehort to
think They accept their Ideas ready
made and, bless you, how convenient
it is. OF course, ready-mado ideas,
like ready-mUds clothes, are sometimes
a mis6t- But the owner Of either
commodity is usually the last one to
hnd it out The Conservative is sure
that our institutions have always been
and always viii be perfect, and there
fore eternal In adopting this arEu-
ment he fOFgets that it arrOgatos To
Pursly hUmau institutions, attributes
usually assigned to the Creator. This
motto Of ''What is Is. right shows
not only . lamsntsbse filcE Of original
thought, bat worse than chat, q total
ignorance Of history. A well known
English wJiter remarks that ..ths
United States government is a success
because any republic that is not n total
failure is a success Psthaps-our
conservative friends meanait in some
such PickWiekizn sense when they
speak In such delightfully."- general
terms OK the success OF AL cur institu-
items.
Especially ct this time OF ths year
does the tariz, the financial policy.
and similar matters become objects OF
profound admiration to tlls conssrya-
tive.
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