Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-06-11
POWER OF WEALTH.
HOW 1T is CRUELTY ENSLAV-
ING THE RACE.
But the Parent, Competition, Will BE
OVerthrOwn to Make Room for CO.
operative Commonwealth - PlutOcracy
Is on Its Last Legs.

A feature of the New York World Of
Sunday, April 26, was page devoted to
symposium by nine prominent econom-
ic agitators giving their views of the
nations ills, presenting at the head Of
the page pictures in group of the writ
ers. Senator Stewart wrote about free
silver and the goldbugs; Mrs. Mary E.
Lease advocated populism; Dennis
Kearney, of "sand-lot fame" played
upon the old anti-Chinese string; Jacob
S. Coxey talked good roads and non-in-
terest-bearing bonds; Lucien Sanial,
socialism; Samuel Gompers, trades
unionism; Senator PETER, more popu-
lism; Coin" Harvey, more silver. The
following broad survey of the indus
trial problem is from the pen of Eugene
" Debs:
In answer to your interrOgatory as
to what I consider to be 1.-The greatest
evil Of the time, and what is the remedy
for the complaints of the disconnected
Masses" have to say that / agree en-
tirely with Senator Tillman in his ter
rife indictment of the money power in
the Sunday World of March l, and in
declaring that power to be the monu-
mental evil Of this age, in which all
others have their source and compared
to which all others dwarf to insignii-
canoe. The widespread poverty, misery,
wretchedness, squalor, degradation,
vice and crime in all their multifarious
forms, not emitting the venality, cor
ruption and rascality among what a
perverted civilization is pleased to call
the upper classes" are directly or in
directly traceable to this money power.
This power, the outgrowth of aggre-
gated and centralized wealth extorted
from the producing masses by processes
no less reprehensible than those en-
ployed by Captain Kidd, Jesse James
and "Bill" Dalton on an incomparably
small scale, makes congress and legis-
latures, dictates national and state
legislation, appoints federal and state
judges, dominates and elects the presl-
dent of the United States and compels
all its spineless vassals to do its bid
ding.
This money power has reduced the
high Office Of the president to 4 market
able commodity, the supreme court to
nest Of venality and the United States
- q 81 a.
few days ago Prof. George D. Heron,
the eminent Christian scholar, declared
that Christ had no more reason to
the money-changers from the
temple at Jerusalem that the American
people have to clean out the United
States senate. This money power, ON
nipotent and omnipresent, has even en-
tered the church Of Christ, touched the |
robed minister at the altar, blotched |
his soul and frozen his heart and sent |
him forth a traitor to his colsecrated |
VOWS. This power grows more and |
more arrogant and despotlc as it plum
ders, brushes and enslaves the people, |
while 1t builds its Notifications of the |
bones of its victims and its palaces out /
Of its piracies, until purple and fine
linen on the one side and rags and
upon the other side define
social conditions as mountain ranges
Or rivers define the boundaries Of ma
Lions-palaces on the hills, with music
and dancing and the luxurjes Of all
in the valleys, dark and
dismal, where the victims of mans
to man" crouch and shiVer,
Ind where the only music Is the dolor-
ous Song Of the shirt" and the luxu-