Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-06-30
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Rev. LAWSON went Saturday night
to Hedricks to preach.
We had nice shower Saturday
and a good rain Sunday.
The Roe'sRun Iron Company isy
shipping some ore mot much) this
week.
w. ii. Daugherty and Jas. Stone
passed here Ell. route from Farmers
Sunday eve.
John Oakley, of Flat Creek, was
visiting his soh William at his old
home Sunday.
Henry Purvis has erected grist
mill on J. NJ. Colliver's place. He
is using large pair Of buhrs bought
of A. w. Bascom and they produce
the best of meal.
Somebody tried to burn the house
one night last week where there are
three or four women congregated,
but it was put out by some parties
who were there. They are becoming
nuisance to the community.
Turner Hunt continues poorly
He was taken worse one night last
week. His feet and legs swelled up
in few minutes to twice their
natural size without any apparent
cause. He is some better at this
writing.
In last weeks issue of TIE Our
LOOK my friend the Craigs corpt.
comes at me again for denouncing
trusts, combines, bonds and mil
lionaires. am proud to see "Craigs"
take an interest in a matter that Is
of vital Importance to the plain,
common people, who are the ground
work of this Government, and I
will try by all fair and honorable
means to convince "Craigs" that
there is something very wrong GO
ing on in the matter OF the absorb
tion of the wealth in the hands of
the few On-producers. And when
l do that 1 shall feel that we have
an ally worthy of our cause. i will
take up the millionaires.
You say there are many who get
a million of dollars honestly. 4
contend there can not be a million
of honest dollars made in any ordi-
nary lifetime for this reason: Ac-
cording to divine law We should
return a just remuneration for
what we get. III our first parent
Adam had received $50 per day
from his creation down to the
present time he would not have
been a millionaire. That being u
fact, what about those who have
from five to one hundred millions?
Is there not some ones blood crying
up out of the ground to a just God
for a cessation of those evils that
are making the rich richer and the
poor poorer? 1t is an admitted fact
that for every millionaire We
make ten thousand poor. To cite
you to one of the many instances
of how the millionaire has Jared in
1870: They had all taxes removed
On bonds and were that much bet
ter off to the amount of s2i7, 100000
per annum, shifting it in an indi-
rect way onto the shoulders Of the
lab0rers.
Abraham Lincoln said: Labor is
prior to aHd Independent Of capital.
Without labor there could he mn
capital, and il deserves the highest
consideration. No men living are
rlore worthy 10 be trusted than
those who toll up from poverty.
Let them beware of surrendering y
political power which they already
posse 50, and aEich il surrendered
will surely be used to close the
door OF advancement against such
as they and to fix new disabilities
and burdens upon them till all of
liberty is lost"
i Lincoln further said in 1864:
"This cruel war is approaching its
end. 1t has cost n vast amount OF
treasure and blood, but see in the
near future a crisis approaching
that unneryes me and makes me
tremble for the safety of my coun-
try. As a result of the war corpor-
ations have been enthroned and an
era of corruption in high places
will follow, and the money power
of the country will endeavor to-
prolong its reign by working upon
the prejudices of the people until
all wealth is aggregated in the
hands of few and the Republic is
destroyed. / feel at this time
more anxiety for the safety of my
country than ever before, even in
the midst of war. God grant that
my suspicious may prove ground
less" But it seems not so.
Hear what Congressman McLea-
land, of Indiana, said March 80,
1892: mo nation has prospered in
the aggregate as ours. Our wealth
since the war has been increased
from sixteen billion to sixty-three
billion of dollars" But this vast
increase is not in the hands of
those who produced it. If it were
it would bring sunshine and hap
piness to thousands of fresides
that are now gloomy and desolate.
Who has it we can judge by results,
and results show Us that the crisis
foreshadowed by Lincoln is rapidly
approaching. By most reliable sta
tistics it shows that we now have
twenty-five thousand millionaires
and they are worth in the aggreg-
ate thirty five billion: more than