Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-07-14
TRAMPS VS.. PLUTOCRATS.
THEIR KINsHIP AND THEIR HA-
TIRED OF EACH OTHER.
john Davis shows tho Common origin
Of tho Tramp and the Millionaire.
Their Dangerous Fsuds and Irrsprea-
slbls HostlIitles.


ally, the most cruel aud relentle Of
all disturbances And yet that kind
OF circus Ia actually In full blast here
at the present moment
The kindred but hostile parties In
this family fracus are known as mill
llonAires and trampA Tho names are
already familiar The parties are
brothers with precisely the same par-
entage The same unjust class lava
produce both. 1.-THE heaven OF the
rich 10 founded on the hell OF the poorl"
And yet, arrange TO say, the fortunate
party IL uniformly the attacking par
ty. The means Of attack are scandal,
felsehood, abuse, ostracism; and fur
Their class laws which add insult 10 in
creased injuries
The millionaire never speaks kindly
of his unfortunate child and brother.
Begotten by tho same causes, born OF
the same parents and producing pre-
precisely the same offspring, they uni
formly live In the same country, and
mostly in the same ncighborhood. But
there Is one marked difference. The
millionaire naturally breeds trnmps,
but the tramp does not breed million
aires Hence while being brothers
from the same parentage the tramp Is
often also the child Of the millionaire.
Where millionaires abound without
exception tramps are numerous The
more mlllionuires the more tramps and
the more AFFECT and distressing the
tramp's condition. Millionairos breed
tramps. Tramps do not breed million
aires, though the presence Of one is
evidence of the existence of the other.
Nature and normal society create
neither milllonaires nor tramps. They
are both productions OF unjust and alb
normal conditions Their kinship is
complex, intricate and intimate; and
Iheir family feuds are inevitable and
dangerous,
Prior to 1870 In this country there
we're few millionaires and their pro-
yeny, the tramp, was scarcely seen or
heard OF, Prior to that time there had
been some sharp contractions Of the
currency, with rumbling discomfort.
In July 1870, refunding law was
passed, changing U, s. currency bonds
into coin bonds, in order that the un-
Just law of 1869 could not be evaded.
That was blow ut labor and favora-
BILE to the bond holders. 1t was the
conception for the birth Of tramps.
Both tramps and millionaircs then be-
gan to increase rapidly.
In 1891 silver was demonetized as
a means Of payment on all large debts.
But small debts, payable to the poor,
could still be cancelled with silver.
This diabolical class law pricipitated
panic. The tramp was then born in
the presence of his father and brother,
the millionaire. Since then the proli-
Ac parent has not ceased the produc-
ton OF his wretched and destitute off
spring.
The first evidence OF the existence OF
a dangerous feud in the millionaire
md tramp family, was seen in 1877,
They illustrated 1t by the Pttsburg
railway strike of that year. Lives
were sacrificed and property destroyed.
The property belonged to plutocracy,
Its value was saddled upon the vicin-
age and labor pays for it. The lives
belonged to labor, and the plutocracy
does not pay for them. Hence more
aud a more abject and
destitute condition Of labor.
Since 1897 the feul has progressed,
continually spreading more widely,
and also becoming much more earnest
and bitter
Besides the continual creation OF
ramps, the millionaires also import
them from the slums OF southern Eu-
rode at nominal rates of transporta-
ton. Then in order to relieve the sea-
port cities from congection of idle
Ind suffering humanity, the railroads
larry them to inland points ut the
owest nominal rates. Idle and desti--
ute immigrants are frequently carried |
'rom New York to Chicago at One-ninth
If cent per mile, while native Ameri-
ANS are charged eighteen times as
much on the same roads for the same
distance. This course seems to be
necessary on the plutocratic plan OF
'auper importation, in order to save
he seaport cities from death by the
ongestion of suffering humanity
But what of Chicago and other
hoSen dumping grounds for these un-
Apply victims upon whom 1.-THE heaven
4 the rich is founded?"
Twill give very mild specimen OF
he present cutlery of suffering Chica-.
o. The Chicago Times Herald of
uue 20, says;
''Meu desiring to work in the har-
est fields Of Kansas and Oklahoma
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