The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-01-09
MINNEAPOLIS, MIMI WEDNESDAY, JAM g. 1895
THE EVIL CONDITIONS.
A Strong Article.


feeble voices Of protest against the
evil conditions Of the age, but their
words reach but to the crest of few
waves around them, as the great,
greedy deep swallows them up. Here
is one of the utterances. The Leader
of Groton, S. D., says:
Yes, the same unhaltered human
| greed that crucified Redeemer, has
been permitted to even-stride with
that saving grace which purposes to
reach out and save the immortal por-
tion of the numberlesS wrecks strewn
along life's pathway. With almost
1900 years of the calcium light OF
Christianity as a model and guide we
may we'll pause and ask ourselves
what progress we have made in hui
man or popular government.
What is the Christian portion OF the
globe waiting for? Is it waiting for
another Christ to come and do some
act to give little courage to a lag
gard and recalcitrant Christendom?
Or, is it waiting for the snail's
gait of evolution to change the
spots on our political leopard? Judg-
ing from the poverty in our large
cities and the general rustic of the
church for dimes and ncklcs to blow
in on foreign missions in China and
Darkest Africa" we might infer
that our boasted Christian civiliza-
tiOn has gone daft. \ And
judging from the wealth lavishcd up
on our most fashionable me trODOlitan
edifices of worship. it betokens the
presence of Christ's great antagonist
in the sanctuary Of today.
n nf u lu,n II n 20 - a (rr nj n r
of monarchies arose the American
republic. Ours was the KOh-i-nOOr of
all republican gems that threw off the
imperial yoke. 10 the United States
does the world look for a pattern to
shape publicS after. A failure here
would send the whole western conti-
nent into the relapse Of imperialism.
And how far are we from relapse
today? The question is serious and
who can answer ii? We still have a
a republic in name, but where are its
collective functions that should be
used for the benefit of the whole peo-
pie? Do the people control them:
Certainly not. They are farmed out
to corporations. The means of long
distance transportation and transmits
sion OF news are in the hands Of corpo-
rations. The power to contract the
corporations. The power of pooling
either Of these great business agents
against the masses is in the hands OF
corporations. In these great essen
tials to the public veal our republic
steps aside and allows the cdict OF
corporate imperialism. backed by
monarchial countries to make their
: own charge upon American industry
= - imperialism is their first love
; -Mammon their god. TO create as
widely separated classes as possible, Sc
that the lower may only exist at the
: mercy of the higher. is, or seems to be
the conditions that a majority o1
; American voters are aiming at
, Whether it is ignorance or malice
, makes no difference in the result.
We have now gone so far on the rOaC
toward imperialism that it is hal
, litel to say we are republic. Gu
national financial policy is monarchia
: in the extreme and has the sanction
I of monarchs. The American flag cal
! now Justly float only at half mast O
less 1t is worthy or unworthy o
adulation for what it does or does no
represent. The rcd flag of anarch,
G was born under Imperialism. Th
S American hates it as an intruder try
ing to supplant the stars and stripes
: The loyal American also hates to Sc
| the English flag on top of our libert
: pole and the stars and stripes beloy
: at half mast But a single gold stand
G ard, corporate power and bonds will
i, soon lower the emblem of freedom
: without a gun being fired in dcfenc
: AS We go farther upon the road t,
r empire, pc1chance here and there
| III; r,f c1n Int l.
r to the peril and put in protest: bu
c the one paramount danger is-tU
/ many Rip Van Wrinkles who will slee
! on and on until the old guns and flag
d have dccayed beyond the hope o
, resurrection or redemption.
e The strongest and best government
J is one containing the most free home
), and busiest people at a living recon-
a pense. The true science of govern
S ment is to produce these results i
y the greatest possible degree. Tha
}, science is now brutally handicapped b
y organized greed which not only d,
bauches the law-making power, bu
J. has here and there tainted the jud
v cial erminc as we'll. Going in thi
, strain, with our cruel monetary sy.
y tenn forcing half the market value ou
e Of commodities, our nation is eve
S the wind, in fear Of what evil NOV
O may come next.
There is world of truth in all thi
I The prospect Of mankind is most dar
~ and gloomy. There is but one ray {
. hope:--t the steadily increasing vote {
the Peoples Party. This shows tina
the Truth is constantly picking OF
new brains fitted to entertain it: an
we may hope that, under the prov
dence Of God, the honest. sensible me
+ may eventually outnumber the knav,
- and fools, and civilization and liber1
II be saved for humanity.
q So, brethren. we say that it is rel
gious duty for every man to spres
- the light to the utmost of his abilit
y for the destiny of world and ra,
% hangs trembling in the balance.
/. D.
m A Tariff On Men.
e. Even the worm will turn. III
- Italians and Poles in Buffalo, N. y
- have rebelled against 40 cents per d;
'e as wages. They need little mo
II tariff against the pauper labor of E