The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-09-16
The Cry Of the Poor.
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sb Iin good since the days Of Goldsmith and now unhappy verified III 's
Unn~d States. The reason is that the excessive accumulation OF wealth II a
ways effected from sournesa and resources other than IL" own IN proportion ~
the resources produced by labor are taken away and si'sn to 'h@e INC nts
no, to that extent the aDorr - discouraged M rendered hopeless 10 ''
extent his arm is laraNz"t aud his hear' dArhrnei ''hA 'N'n' mr. """
cling power is suht"n with palsy and the soul 81 MN ,"a'n' "7h Il" ~.
the spirit Of The free man and r7Fd"@ toward t' move" hN"' {" Nlt"""H
free schools be pays rent and Interest to h' mH-'es WI" I'M" i"'''l -"
on him like a blight and tn" outcome ''"ther tn "'""''"' Inc ~" "
h~liOn " the masses ~. t,,1
This .aat" ~ unexpected and M port'ntnonS h"7 come Is pas" IA "' '""
States The great mH1' Of the american people are '"Pm' ""A ,~' %
vantage IKE l4l"i beasts "m2 =" '' """l y 49," 1.n 4, ry
lower and .Nl lower industrial economic ma i""."' '""''"", :" ,
are borne back M down 10y th' pressure Wa' y "T" MN '' w "
W inert weight they moan and "sh That Is t''f only TX" anu Sl -" ~
the most phifni wall Of human history Whoever h' Inc hr"r' % mn'aI m ="
him will hear ns h goes "'"o' from city |" c"m'F ~' from '"' " ,"%
'"" n"' ro"" h ,@ "a. 49, ~" u " 80 ,hr ybI ar. in wan, or who re- ror
. momen' In what manner the" appeal OF mem =" are 'n want y" '' %" ~"
dsrng O want Is received by 'e ripper powers o. "'n'' .,u ,, rno|
Whenever II" do"roo' condition OF poverty o''nn' !" T." p""I' 81" ? -"
friends "f humanity tn" enemies, humanity i"k up "' m' ,n "r %
way. 80 ""d 'btrd that the good +" i loves ms t"'"f'" "I WIN ". ~"
them In thi' attitude towards III" poor stands h" hih mp ana I""'F" Nn'
today and in tins "th'oi" stands ~ particular "' I"'" '"'''" '"'
VIII crc,D,,l Will, the ,o,,rt, of the ,pa.~. ur a7.tocracy, our m1od
rlsn, declares N thr hr' ph"' t"i" We W'' no P'W u" '"'' '"
And in ,r third place it declares that thu good God whose servants sc are
who's "hnrrh'' W N"id and who's rf"''' IN" preacher We '"' "" ~"
"a OF his poor children ne m'"h '"nS h' we 'r '' '7p""''"
that the etate" Of poverty Is natural aa tina tn" cry &" ,' poor = o} -, 'a ma
murnsr of dt~nontent Let Ms look nj this cn'ni7hcaI answer OF "e"t" 10 ''
complaint " philanthropy
In the frat place, they wy that there NE no poor They Ty this tor the
reason that The poor may be avoided and not seen The mhi'nnF may nn'
his ho"' 30 that tt" unph"r'hE aspect OF poverty may not 7n"n"" '' "'" "
Ia. seen through III" shutters The walls nre thick and tn windows are hh
and the spiked bronze fence around is sufficient fr te aha'is OF q tort "H"n
such a keep the cry OF the poor Will ot be heard HE o yves h're may wy
that there are N poor since he does NOT hear them And II the phi0nthrop''l
working biz way by some kindly srntas'm "'o"E ne con'''r' nay 10 meet
the baron of the castle aud asks him II he Ices not heal INT cry OF th''o" tfa
den millions he only answers that th'rea are no l"r IN '' "muy Every
body, says r. ia vel nj hplN n thH glorious Ha 'n ON "S hh'
Ing Ia the Metropolitan HW"fh TINT the happy mb"rerS ire III III "or" again
and that living vas never betores good and easy You re IN "narchS thHay
Ing the poor against the rich, There ar" n poor IN TINS country ana OF ooSh'
to Ne arrested Tor stirring mp n strife among the classes
Al the next castle the aaron says Why do you try I" after III wv " ma
tur and Providence The good book has said The poor yn have nlwayS with
you There was never n time in the worlds history when there were lot poor
people. and there will never 70 a Il" whrn they are lot Poverty u natural
condition. 1t cannot be avoided He III nights agalnst IL II a t" "heh
men arep poor II signifies only that they are ot able orr "t III to nave more II
they had more,t they would abuse the gft md wasteit q He proV'''h'"
guardians of the wealth OF the world ~ keep mn distribute IL 20 mat !" may
he blessing. We ourselves nevcro abuse or waste it never
Ths baron of the third ns|e says that God Is good meaning ht we wa"
love Him 70 much and obey Him 70 well are ALE doing our best to alleviate the
gHsfs and harishtps of tn" poor Especially "r "" who have M c"nroi me
wealth OF the world using it In such a name nS to mitigate as Tar as possible
the hard Conditions of poverty, We build pooHohsrS hnh asylnnSi we orsm'"
charities; we preach for the poor and pray for them we uld gmt chWfheS
into which they never come and organize gigantic pawnshoI@ which they
never enter We spend great sums of money and consume onr ev'nueS IN Try
cess We sorow not as tho" who have no hope, but invent some lev method OF
OF one thing. however '" are sure and that is that we hav'Eo"i hcartsand
conscmnccs and W q ard doing ~ much ~ we can to make better hc SAD 'mW
ton OF mankind For this reason we resent your interference Inc repr'acnc'
BY approaching us you disturb the existing ORDER and hemg u hStnrber OF te
existing order You are yourself an enemy of peace and progress e the
friends I" the existing order The existing order includes the system OF wage
industry, 1t includes the tenement system OF residence tr bnrlnli r te pc"
1t includes the conversion {" the mass of mankind int" a concrete" m which the
structure Of civilization is reared. 1t includes the government OF the many by
the few, 1t includes the domination of consolidated wealth over" society. 1t IN
clud-s the possession md controo of the resources % nations and peopesby n fey