The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-07-13

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perish from the earth, and we viii
have less occasion to PROFOUND tina
perplexing problem "where are W,
at?n
Notwithstanding we are justly
proud of our government and would
not exchange it for any other, and
while as a people our love of country
is abounded and our patriotism be.
yond suspicion and while at heart we
really believe that this government o.
the people is extremely vigilant in
protecting the rights of all its citizsni
yet there are times when the spirit Of
discomfort and fault finding seems to
take possession of us. At such times
we are disposed to point to the gov.
eminent as the author of all our hard
luck. If our crops fail, if our business
ventures prove Improbable, If prices
do not meet our expectations, If the
industry and skill of our neighbor are
rewarded to q greater extent than we
think they should be. when we note
W hat appears to be an unequal distri-
but ion of riches, We are inclined to
rail at the government and for time
are almost ready to vote 1t . failure.
1 am not here to say that the laws of
the country have nothing to do with
the prosperity of the people, but I will
say that we mistake the objects of
Government, If we expect the govern.
ment to enact laws for our support.
This government is the creature of
the people and was created In order
% form more perfect union, estab-
lish justice, insure domestic lonquil-
ity, provide for the common defense,
promote the general welfare and Sc
cure the blessings of liberty; and not
for the purpose of distributing money
among the people, or for the purpose
Of transacting their private business.
Such assumption of responsibility
would necessarily be followed by q
of power. We must earn
our living and must teach our child.
rem to earn their living in the good
old fashioned way. Life lie not a sim
ecure, it is trust.
The government depends upon you
for its support, and in return fulfill
the objects for which it was created
and gives to you what money cannot
buy. With our lives, liberty and
property secure to US we can be pros.
per GUS under any laws that are even
tolerably just. We can even be pros
porous under laws that to a great ex-
tent unjust What the business world
d demands more than anything else il
that laws affecting the business i'm.
terests shall remain stable. / do not
mean that they should never be alter
I'd or repealed; of course that should |
be done when it has been demonstrate
I'd that law is unwise or unjust, but |
such laws should not be like weather |
,ock, be subject to change by every |
passing breeze.
We know that we can depend on
he laws of nature and therefore new
,r make the mistake of planting our
,orn in January. When we know
hat we can depend upon the stability
If our own laws we will make fewer
mistakes in other directions. There
always has been and probably al.
Ways will be difference of opinion
IS to the advisability of certain
egi Station. There is nothing serious
r threatening in this. 1t may be
aid that it is better we do not all
gree. AS Mark Twain says If there
we're no difference of opinion there
would be no horse races. II is our
light to differ in opinion and 1 sup
'ose there are no people on earth who
xercise that privilege to greater ex-
ent or who enjoy it more than we do,
ct it is the part of patriotism and is ,
ur duty to get together in spirit Of t,
airness and settle these old differ ,
noes which affect the business inter- T,
SITS of all SO that they will not bob up ,
very fall to be settled over again.
New questions however of vital i'm. &,
ortance are constantly being pre-
spted to us. Some of them problems Z
the most perplexing nature but
leir solution is imperatively demand q
3D.. And while the task Is q difficult I
nd exceedingly delicate one I have
le utmost faith that the American d
eople will be, as they always have v
Sen, equal to the emergency. At t
lis moment there is q great conflict o
| progress between organized labor b
nd organized capital. d
In consequence thousands of men #
e out of employment, business is at
standstill and all the ills which ma C
rally follow in the work of, idleness O
e upon US. That there is q wrong "
is self evident, to point out a
here the worry is and to suggest q g,
medy which will be just in its oper- u
ion and which will avoid the evils n
uprooted and long continued strikes Il
not SO easy. 1t is reasonably GER 81
in that the right is not all on one "
lie nor the wrong all on the other. ri
Ipital and labor are so dependent
ION each other that they ought to la
friends. Each has the right to de- n,
and justice, neither must be per- b,
tied to tyrannize over the other In