The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-06-02
Remedy for Hard Times.

iheieh the rub, for doctors diner
Some OF our optimistic mllllOnalrea and
their toadies will point 10 the fact
that Lincoln was a rail splitter and
became President. therefore every
other man may do the same. forgetting
that there Is one chance In several
millions for such an occurrence, and
absolutely no chance for the average
man who forms a large part Of our pop
ulatlon.
Look at the perpetual struggle for
existence even among the mercantile
and employing classes. Bradstreet says
% per cent Of those who enter busl-
ness eventually fall and those who
enter business are presumably more
pushing and better qualified than
those who remain In the ranks Of the
employed.
We have millIonaires and multi-mil-
lionaires, men with thousands and
hundreds OF Thousands. but the foun-
dalton OF large aggregatiOns Of wealth
Is always found In laws made 20 give
away special privileges. Sometimes Il
may be, 10 put such q tax on copper or
iron ore the rich deposits are worked
al enormous profits Sometimes Il
may be TO enable other deposits TO be
kept unworked, aud 80 deprive not
only the miner Of employment. but
force the consumer 10 pay an increased
price. Sometimes Il may be by giving
an inventor powers which shut out
other inventors from the market, and
enable him 10 force the consumer to
use his or none. There are many ways.
but there Is only one foundatlon-man-
made law,
II Is strange that men with CLEANS
Of common sense and native honesty
should offer remedies for such a rotten
state Of society? That socialists
should seek a governmental control OF
all undertakings? That anarchists
should want the government TO keep
l Us hands on and allow the individual
TO do what he can for himself with
out infringing on the rights Of others?
| And that between these two extremes
[ various degrees OF feformers should be
doing their best 10 show a better sys-
| TEN Of life.
forgot 20 mention another way 10
l get rlch-expOsed In the Evening News
some years slnce-where lumbermen
| bought "f0rtles" and then cut pine on
hundreds OF thousands OF acres. And
these men have had a good deal to 90
with making the laws which enabled
them TO rob the people. as have the
other Interests which have become 50
colossal as to oyershadow the law
making power.
Is II strange that with such examples
before them OF how the law Is made by
debauched representatives. working
men especially should periodically turn
TO independent political action In IN,
hope Of electing men free from IN,
chains OF capitallsm-men who viii
honestly endeavor TO legislate for the
benefit Of the masses?
They will fail as they have failed
before. for the stakes are too great t.
lose. The men who have loaded th'
dice before are fully alive 10 their owl
interests. and will never allow th'
voter 10 have more than the shadow o.
power. He may vote for represents
tlyes. but they will not be his. III
may make the laws. but not In his owl
interests And he never will until h
knows his own friends. and will sticl
20 them in defiance Of his enemies. III
has starved his friends and forced
them to take service with his enemies
and the results are here. II. d.