The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-06-17
New Time,

The June number of this mag
azine of the period is brim full of
the doctrine of the new time or the
new era which the teachers of the
toilers are striving to establish.
The following extracts from the
editorial department reflect the
spirit of the New Time, which is
published by The New Time Co.,
Sc Fifth Ave., Chicago. $1.0O a
year.
/ THE NEW TIME ON THE MAINE.
Ten of the dead crew of the
Maine were subscribers to The New
Time and nearly half of the 266
murdered men were its constant
readers Hundreds of the officers
and soldiers of the regular army
are earnest workers for this mag
azine, and are doing splendid work
along reform lines. This may come
as a surprise to those who look upon
the members of the army and navy
only as hired butchers. So long
as the competitive system contin-
ues to exist the soldiers and ma
rines fill useful and important
positions. The soldier is as pro-
ductive as the lawyer, broker,
banker or the average middleman,
and his profession is equally as
honorable. Stern necessity forces
men to take employment where
they can find it, and the soldier is
worthy of his hire. If there were
proportionally as many advanced
thinkers in the ranks of the work
ing classes as there are in the
United States army and navy it
would be cause for rejoicing.
In the last number of The New
Time a reference was made to the
death of John A. Kay, one of the
victims of the Maine. Kay was
one of the first to take IL share OF
stock in The New Time, and he
sent in club of ten subscribers
from the crew of the Inflated
battleship.
Keep a close watch on the prog
ress of events. The Wall street
syndicate is actively engaged on its
scheme to bond Cuba for 5000, 900,
600 and organize the republic in
the interest of the bond holders.
They are spending money freely
Subsidized newspapers are printing
stories to the effect that the insur-
gent army is disorganized and that
the Cuban republic is Il myth. One
correspondent asserts that Gomez
has an ''army" of but 1877 men,
and that the total number of insur-
gents does not exceed 5000. This
is IA deliberate lie, but it is being
widely circulated. If the New
York syndicate can organize Cuba
there are hundreds of millions OF
profits for the promoters.
Every rich man with a second
hand yacht has sold it to the gov
eminent. The terms are not known.
1t is safe to assume that the sellers
were satisfied. Hanna sold his
yacht and probably obtained
enough to build a new and better
one. A secondhand yacht is in
the same class as q bicycle of the
vintage of 1890.
HIn order for us to have good
times the people must not only
make money, but they must also
spend it freely. The two things
are reciprocal. 1t is the market
that keeps the factories and the
stores going and pays the wages"
This is what John Wanamaker
said recently. Mr.. Wanamaker is
one of the few rich men in this
country with a glimmer of economic
sense. The average editorial idiot
is advising the people to save their
money. They must be saving it;
they certainly are not spending
much of it. Nothing will so quickly
breed hard times as an epidemic of
economy. There is a circulating
medium of but $23 per capita, and
probably SIS ofthis is in the banks
or otherwise idle. If the people
save the remaining $S-which is
not much to save-what becomes of
our circulating medium? And yet
the people are urged to save their
money. You might as well ask a
man to save his breath or dam up
the circulation of his blood. Under
our present Imaginable system Of
society the spendthrift is bene
factor and the prudent man is an
enemy to the public welfare.