The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-09-09

urlant smoke reading about politlcal
economy and the philosophy of strikesP
No, mol BY finding out who in this
city has been living on gristle and
sending them a tenderloin beeisteak.
Seek out some family, who through
sickness or conjunction of misfortunes
have not enough to eat and do for
them what Christ did for the hungry
multitudes of Asia Minor, multiplying
the loaves and the fishes. Let us quit
the surfeiting of ourselves until we
cannot choke down another crumb
of cake and begin the supply
of others necessities. SO far
from helping appease the worlds
hunger are those whom Isaiah
describes as grinding the faces of
the poor
1t is an awful thing to be hungry.
1t is an easy thing for us to be in good
humor with all the world when we
have no lack. But let hunger take
full possession of us, and we would all
turn into barbarians and cannibals
and fends. Suppose that some of the
energy we are expanding in useless
and unavailing talk about the bread
De tAptnutu III hCICl-
full alleviations l have read that the
battletie on which more troops met
than on any other in the worlds his
tory was the battlefield of Leipsic-
100, 900 men under Napoleon, $50, 900
men under Schwarzberg. No. mol
The greatest and most terrific battle
is now being fought all the world
over. 1t is the battle for bread. The
ground tone of the finest passage in
one of the great musical masterpieces,
the artist says, was suggested TO him
by the cry of the hungry populace of
Vienna as the king rode through and
they shouted, Bread! give us bread?'
And all through the great harmonies
of musical academy and cathedral
hear the pathos, the ground tone, the
tragedy of uncounted multitudes, who,
with streaming eyes and wan cheeks
and broken hearts. in behalf of them
selves and their families are pleading
for bread.
Let us take another look around to
see how we may serve our generation.
Let us see, as far as possible, that they
have enough to wear. God looks upon
the human race and knows just how
many inhabitants the world has. The
statistics of the worlds population
are carefully taken in civilized lands,
and every few years officers of govern
ment 60 through the land and count
how many people there are in the
United States or England, and great
accuracy is reached. But when peo-
pie tell MS how many inhabitants there
are in Asia or Africa, at best it must
be a wild guess Yet God knows
the exact number of people on our
planet, and He has made enough
apparel for each, and If there be fifteen
hundred million, fifteen thousand, if
teen hundred and fifteen people, then
there is enough apparel for fifteen
hundred million, fifteen thousand, ff-
teen hundred and fifteen. Not slouchy
apparel, not ragged apparel, not insult
6cient apparel, but appropriate APP
parel At least two suits for every be-
ing on earth; summer suit and win
ter suit. A good pair of shoes for
every living mortal. A good coat, a
good bonnet, and good shawl, and II
complete masculine or feminine out
fit of apparel. A wardrobe for all ma
tions, adapted to all chimes, and not
a string or button or pin or a hook
or an eye wanting.
But alasl where are the good clothes
for three-fourths of the human race?
The other one-fourth have appropri-
ated them. The fact is, there needs
TO be, and will be, re-distri button.
Not by anarchistic violence. If out
lawry had its way IL would rend and
tear and diminish, until, instead of
three-fourths of the world not prop.
orly attired, four. fourths would be in
rags. | will let you know how the re-
distribution will take place; by gem
crosby on the part Of those who have
surplus and increased industry on
the part of those suffering from deficit
Not all, but the large majority of cases
of poverty in this country are "A result
of idleness or drunkenness either on
the part of the present sufferers or
their ancestors. In most cases the
rum jug is the maelstrom that has
swallowed down the livelihood of those
who are in rags But things will
change, and by generosity on the part
Dl lllt tIONhtu WdIuTODtS ana lnuuA-
try and sobriety on the part of the
empty wardrobes, there will be enough
for all to wear.
God has done his part toward the
dressing of the human race. lie grows
surplus of wool on the sleeps back.
and flocks roam the mountains and
valleys with burden of warmth in
tended for transference to human com.
fort, when the shuttles of the factories,
reaching all the way from Chattahoo-
chez TO the Merrimac, shall have spun
and woven it, In white letters of
snowy fleece God has been writing for
thousand years His wish that there
might be warmth for all nations.
While others are discussing the effect
of high or low tariff, or no tariff at all,
on wool, you and had better see II in
our wardrobes we have nothing that
we can spare for the suffering, or pick
out some poor lad of the street and
take him down to a clothing store and
Fl him out for the season. Gospel of
shoe! Gospel of hats! Gospel of clothes
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