The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-22

who were once merchants, manufactur-
ers and prosperous workmen, but who'd
went down before the march of the1
merchant prince, or thescomlng of the |
trust. l grant that theJ3ramp element /
is largely made up of the idle, the |
drunken and the shiftless, but never |
forget that when brother falls or
halts by the wayside the whole re-
sponslbility rests not upon himself |
alone.
The Accumulation OF Wealth.
A dozen men, or families, in this ma
tion own or control one-fiftieth or the
wealth, and. the reverse side of the
picture shows that 80 per cent of the
producing masses support their fami-
lies on an average of 80 cents a day.
While this Is true we hear cry go up
from the citadel of the nation: make
things cheap, give us cheap products,
cheap food and clothing" The sin of
cheapness has run mad, for It's logical
ending is poverty, its final analysis is
charity to men who should be self
| sustaining. Cheap products ends In
| cheap men, and the conscience of the
| nation should be stirred until it real
ICES that the lesson of old is still true:
| THE labOrer is worthy of his hire"
W hiiC tiiOSG w NJ pay III lhV bdiS VI
| life are permitted to, stock the cards
that they may win and keep the golden
prize, the homes of the poor grow
| darker When we trace the causes why
many life is tainted with crime, no
| man can boast, for the race of life Is
not run with an equal chance for all
| the barefoot boy carries double weight
| today. AS we shake the frosts and
SHOWS of time from the boughs OF
memory, we can look back to nothing
purer or brighter than the green fields
and sparkling rivulets of our boyhood
days. ,,.
What we fondly love to dwell upon
within the sacred walls of memory we
should not begrudge to others. That
the barefoot boy Of the future may hold
his own in the march of progress,
which rushes so swiftly onward, We
should give of our effort to make it
possible for him to reach. the goal of his
ambition and become d gain to the ria-
tion, instead of being a drain upon her
charity. We devote time, thought and
means, tothe erection of warships, forts
and arsenals; we clamor for office and
strive to write our names as those who
did something great or heroic, but we
miss the greatest of all opportunities
when we pass the door of the public
school unmindful of the fact that, after
all, it Is the only real fortress of free
dom, the bulwark Of liberty, the hope
Of the barefoot boy upon whom this
nation must, after ALL depend for It's
strength and support On behalf of
, the barefoot lad now entering on the
march, made rough and perilous by the
greed of those who went before, let
me quote the words of Longfellow, an
other son of New England; 80
, Were half the power that fills the world
with terror,
J Were half the wealth bestowed or
camps and courts.
: Given to redeem the human mind from
r error
? There would be no need for arsenals OF
: forts" r
What Congressman Northway Said.
Hon. S. A. Northway was introduced
' by Mr.. Torrey and asked to RESPOND
{ to the toast, Uprising of Great Peo
D pie" In the course of an interesting
r speech Mr.. Northway said.
/, My toast is 1.-The Uprising of Grea
. People, and on an occasion like thi
: politics are apt to predominate, and i
= | say anything in political matter
| NilCn SctHllllSly OHellu any Ollt, yu'
!. must charge it to those who originated
= the toast and not to the one who re
spends. American people are peculia
q people in one respect, in being emphati
y in expressing their ideas. There are n
= other people on the globe who can ex
press their ideas in such an emphati
!. manner, and no people can gather to
!, y gether like ourselves in the sense tha
y we, the descendants of the New Eng
'. land people, can. With the New Eng
" land people originated the government
% for the people by the people. 1t is
y saying worthy of the wisest man tina
- people who can hold a proper peacefr
u public meeting are fit people to forr
= a government, and we have gathere
= that idea until we express it in an en-
phatic manner If there is any field i
which we express our ideas more en-
It phatically than another it is the flel
e of politics.
l. l have come in contact with a larg
.e number of men of all political partie
,s and the great majority, | am firml
If convinced, are. thoroughly homes
re whether they be Republicans, Demo
is Gratis or Populists. We are all polit
cians-we are the only people on tn
al globe who, as a class, are all polit
m CldnS. OD u Il lew ytdlS dbO II wa
Is generally believed that the position {
lie parties in politics did not affect niue
n in their results to the country and tn
t. general talk we were accustomed
1t was that it did not make much dilfeI
,e ence which party was in power, tn
e. country would go on just the sam
N One other idea is that great people al
ut capable of great things. They can ris
10 above party for the sake of their coul
r ty, their home and their country's il
st dustrles when any of them are beset /
H. danger. Much of this feeling we oV
a. to the New England people and the
l. descendants, who, from their tow
re meeting had originated the great con
Je mon school system, the dual system
d. government and many advantages
Id the present day There, that evenin
I'd they renewed their allegiance to Il
I'd memory Of their ancestors and r
n yived their pledge of faith, given
IN their old fathers and mothers, to no
I'd to those glorious principles which hs
rs been taught and given to them
er homes defended by their life's blood.
ed Rev. DR.. w II. Pearce was the la
u speaker. He responded to the toas
81 New England Mothers, the Angels
nf the Household" He said
lg New England Mothers.
es 1 am not sure that / belong to tn
lie goodly company, and that ] should
to accorded the privilege to respond
1g the toast just offered, 1.-THE New En-
land Mothers, the Good Angels of Il
e Household" l am not an immedia
We New Englander. L wish that l wa
st at least for the present hour, and t
lie the full enjoyment of this bright al
We festive occasion. And yet, perhaps,
on do not deserve to be,wholly ostracize
In for my life has been cast upon the gre
ne lines of New England history and