The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-06-29
IcONTISTED FROM LAST WEEK.

tOETIETED FROM LAST WEEK.
well. said the ncighbor | am glad
you came to talk with me about that
for | am in the same fix. Sensation ]
My wife and talked about it the otner
night until we both cried. and she said
to me. John quit talking. there is no
use in it / did quit. and ! laycd there
with my eyes toward the stars. and :A-
| thought over the rravety Of my situ-
alton Ii thought flashed into my mind
that seemed TO me to be bigger than
the world ! wish had thought Of il
when was II boy. and wish every boy
aud girl could think of 1t now. Whit
wa, your thought: said the nei4hbor.
Why, SAID he. it WAS just this. that
wealth was accommodating III this cnln-
try as it never accumulated before in
all the history Of the wcrid, and knew
that wealth WAS the product OF labor.
admitted to natural opportunities.
And set | know that there were bat Il
few years in II mans life IL which he
could produce more ,haA he CONSUMED.
In hi, childhood he is Il burden. IL his
youth still Ii harden if his parcnt. are
able to Keep him in school. and in old
age he become, Il burden again. so
there are only Il few Years in the prime
bl llit. III "iiltIi Il liitli tdi ~ tuttt
more than he consumes. Thcn this
thought came to me. II labor Is able
to support itself. and then support
both extremes of ndirencc. youth and
old age. and then support all the Idle
people around the cities. and the pro-
f..sional classes. and then pile up IL sur
plus of wealth over and above Il |, |
Just reached the conclusion that there
must bc Il Tremendous profit in labor or
there could not be any such thing :.a
accumulation Of wealth. tApplau,e.
"Wcll" said the ni"hbo THAT is Il
big thought. "Why" said he. that
is perfectly .ppcarcnt and transparent.
Whatl sinai We do about il: said they.
We'll suppose We >cnl out for Smith
and Jones. two of our ncighbors who
live near BY. John. get on your horse
come over to my house. there il some
| thing terrible goin" ON here. and they
are interested. Don't stand u,,un tn.
! order Of your going. but 90 now. John
didn't know wha, VA, up but. he rode
over. on, OF breath for Smith and Jones
and said ther. was something awfully
going to happen II the family aud for
them to come right away. Zones and
!
fellow with >unktn Jaws and hooked
nose and little bullet eye, away back in
his head. Smith was Il Jolly rotund
pilln-ophc. bright faced old fellow
with Il band like he hand Of prov iucncc
and Il @rrat ph!losophic blue eye in his
head. They came into the house. and
| the first to spc Tx WAS Jones. What did
YOU send tor me for. They then told him
what they had been talking about.
! Well. said hc that is nothing new to
me. have thought tina, thing over
for Il year have thought of and
thought about i, until thought had
no stn>,' left. and finally ! thought OF
what my mother said to me before She
I died. She Was Il poor woman. and
father died when | was II years OF age.
| and had to take care of ElDl her and
myself. and | have had Il hard time OF
! it. My mother could not leave me any
! thing bat her blessing. aud this Is
what she said to me: John il you eve,
! get into trouble. 20 10 he b!h.t. there
is consolation there. Now thought
! tha! came from my good old moth, =
| but ~ didn't think much abOut il. To
tell he truth had not read my bible
for five Years. and finally w.rn | did
think of it | remembered what my
mother had said. and took down tn,
| Old Bible and | will probate my
mothers will in the court Of my con-
science. Applause opened il t'
see il there WAS amy consolation there.
and heard the part where God. speak
| inr to Adam after the fall. said .\dam
in he sweat of tn; face shalt lnuu cai
bread all the days of Thy life. just
| closed the book and said. well | bet
! that means that Ad:,iu should eat his
bread in the sweat of his own face. and
not in the sweat of some body else :
face. !.alIyhtur,l | began to ret
some consolation fru:i, NY mot hers old
Bible. >l.urt enough. | Ihou.ht
wu,Iid read II little further. and read
over where ii said. the rich rule owe,
the porr and the borrower il servant OF
the tender. and knew i, was 80 for
had felt like slave ever since | put
that mortgage on my home. Then
turned over to another place where i,
said 'ihn labortr is worthy of his hire.
and in'trpr ted that 10 mean that h,
WAS entitled 10 full wages. and all tina,
his labor WAS worth, W;.> getting {;
good deal ont Of The hHu. Then
turned over to where p:t!lI -.id To tn,
Thc>>nla'lian>. II any will not wurl.
neither shall he eat My God sale
suppose they should apply tina; law
now. Applause just though; o
the people around in the community
was acquainted With and II seemed /,
me that those who We're eating the
most worked the least. Applause an,
laughter. concluded would read
li'tIt further 20 where :he Lord reach
Cd the climax. He had TO say To con
vince the poor OF the prospect Hi
had for everything that worked. and h,
ps.t it in the book. '1'ou shall not muz
zlc the OK that trcadeth out the corn.
He should have enough for his work
applause in.> j.. hen they drove him
around Oh the thrns:.ing foor the,
-hould not forget the OK. that Il. .hnul,
have enough 10 eat.
Then | just folded up mothers oil,
book and hu-ed it to my heart and
said. this system of political econo,u,
under which We are living is wi,hou