The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1892-02-26
DREaHas aNu REALI1IEs

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Isle whereOn ! was b1rn-Old Eu-
gland Amid other memories that
Hooded my mind was that of a som her
and stately looking building bearing
the sign OF lcgsad in bas relief Royal
PhilauthroPjc society" And then I
thought of the fearful misery and
want, wretcheduess and despair exist
ing In the capital city of the world, all
though surro undcd up0a all sides with
scenes of inconCeivabIe opuleGca aud
/ luxurious wealth. And I thought of
the grand and noble work being
wrought by the mem bers of the Phil
anthropic society who freely give OF
| their substance and time ia an effort
/ to alleviate the sufferiugs of the poor
| anG smooth the path of poverty stricken
/ humanity. And then, in dreams of
! agony, ! wondered how long long
suffering God would permit t7c upu-
| lent few to live in luNury and idle@css
upon the gains extracted from the
/ bloody sweat and drliging toll of the
many, aud why it was that lie allo~ ed
! the daughters of fortune to- yvcHr dc .i-
I cately wrought garments, in which
/ every stitch is "a tear, and of which the
I price is the dishonor and degradation
/ of their less favored sisters 'dauEh-
/ ters of the Heavenly King"
! And then I saw, in words of fire;
/ ''Oh, Jerusalem. Jerusalem! thou al
! lzillest the prophets and stouest them
/ that are sent unto thee. How often
4 would / have gathered thy children to-
| gether, even as a hen gathereth her
chickens under her wings, and We
/ would not" And I wonder IL the
''church of tho living Gyd' was not
fully rs obdurHtc aud obstinate in these
/ days "a - in those days whel Clrist de-
clared that they had made void the
| word OF G-d with their traditions And
! then thought of the meek and lowly
! Jesus, the carpenters son, and con
trasted His life and teachings with the
pomp and vanity, arr gauce and selfish
| ness of aristocracy (2) in Gods church,
and the utter contempt in which
they held carpenters sons, or
/ indeed, those who followed any
/ remem Der that now, as then,
the church (Jerusalem) vrested the
word OF God 20 their own destruction.
and used the gospel of common
1 brotherhood to Justify uFurv, specull-
/ tiou, eNtortiou, malice and all manner
| of uncharitu bleuess- And / saw, in
I vision the grand procession OF prophets
! and teachers, killed and stoned, reviled
and cursed, ridiculed and maze sport
[ Of But this dark picture was relieved
! by a CLINT of light in which read that
the crunBs OF enc generation were
generally worshipcd as suiuts bv the
] generation following. And then I saw
an iunumerable coucourse whose Tcr-
] sonages seemed to be of high and
{ mighty mieu. But, oh! the agony and
despair, remorse and disappointment
I dfscernibLe on their features. And
perceived that they We're the great
/ statesmen and prominent politicians OF
! the past, political economists and
] college professors, law gIvers and
/ mighty men. And a scroll appeared
l bearing the legend, 'lNoe unto YOU
also, lawyers, for ye lade men witt
burdens grievous to be borne, and yS
| yourselves touch not the burdens viii
/ one Of your own fingers Te have
| taken away the key of llaoN ledge: vt
/ entered not ia yourselves, and then
| that were entering in We hiudered
Aud I was glad in my heart because o.
I the fact that ''thi1gs were eveucd mp
! u the clear Judgment of the future
/ when the mists have cleared away.
3 And then again 7 felt sorry from the
y | fact that the pEsestsr prelates and lay
% men, philosophers, princes uuC
j / poteutates, statesmen, huuuciers, aue
70 | office holders, lawyers, politicians auC
70 profe -sors, ALL or nearly all, upheld
D | the righteousness of private owner
a | ship of Gods gracious gift aud mana
e ! common heritage, the earth, whi.,
- the eztol and fortify financial system
S / which forces the great mass of hunt an
4 / jty to toll and slave from birth t,
e death to pay the interest upon five
4 ] LlLnea A4lNAA tAa l-AGAg IS AAA ss
i of useless metals wrought into leEu
shaclSIes called money
And then my thoughts reverted tt
10 the PhiIauthropic society, and 7 said
- | Here is "a chance to perretuatc tht
I, name on this side of tho Atlantic
And ] thought of the five noble men o
7- New York Incorporated under tn,
ts laws of New Jersey, aud their disiu
terested assistants and he pers, TIN
Sc various state alliance exchanges aut
~ state agents, who propose to put upoI
h foot a grand and philanthropic plan {,
s | give TO the American farmer goods a
first cost and expense of handling
y And when / RENE n bered that NOR
Z. / than IL 600 business enterprises, whole
,c sale aud retail. faiIe during the yea
1891, while almost $50 business mel
= I and firms went Z the wall In the frs
week OF this year 1892, I gloried iu tn
1 philanthropic spirit displayed by thes
Z noble men, that they should risk thei
S / fortunes in an eff 1rt TO aid the farmer
e. and proposed 10 change the name O.
a this aggregation OF disiuterested phil
B. authropy from the National Union CO
d to the National Philanthropic soCiety
1s Aud then "a change came DER tn,
e. l spirit of ms dreams" The whole at
mosphere seemed % become dlied Wit
an iucouceivable number Of guats @
mosquitoes, which tormeuted me ver
'' grievouzly and distracted my thoughts
Observing these flying pests irteutly
noticed that they all seemed to bea
. some sign or hieroglyphic. Cltchiu
10 one of them and examining it closely
e. found the legend 20 be eight per cent
> About this tims the tiny little insect
b. hid entirely from view the legend ''Sa
% tionaI Phuauthropje S1cietyF' and
q" its stead appeared the words ''Eatioua
aa Mercantile Trust" At tho same tim
a messenger appeared who said 'Thi
.e vast trust organized with S2L 600. 0-
y capital has 50 formulated its pruzpes stu
ia as 70 guarantee eight per cent upon IL
e capital stock" And then / avvoIre an
li knew that had simply been trouble
AZ with dreams, as a result of too heart
a supper and d perusal of the Advoca'
I Just bef ire going 60 bed
And now, being wide awake, i pr
st pose a few words, in all seriousness
n relation to the National Union Co
lJ ! wish TO emphatically state that th
whole scheme in its inception deta
lu and practical working is wrong an
&c | radically wicked in its ethics. damnab
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