The Monte Vista journal., 1898-01-22
MvRoN REEDS SERMON.
The EAafp-fonssA Prssohsr Diseases tn
DopaPtnent st0re.

NO statute can 10 away Win ulsakret-
able people. The curl OF lip. the in
uendo of an eye are beyond the power
OF Congress. The worst citizen Is the
man who consults the statutes of the
state to see what he may do and what
lie must not do. He is always on the
outside OF the penitcntiary. but near
by. Several years ago read Mr.. Buck
ley's Introduction TO the History Of
Civilization" and discovered how little
law can do. II makes no difference who
Is king or queen Of England at any
particular time. Society moves along
by force of Its own-Shakespeare
does not depend on kings. queens or
courts.
l remember the country village Of
good many years ago. II was cross
roads village There was a man there
who made n wagon. He made the
whole OF Vt. 1t was his wagon. He
had pleasure in the making and n pride
In 1t when II was made ard sold. II
was still his wagon. The little village
was rs sclf-centcrcd and independent
rs Robinson Crusoe. Perhaps distance
lends cnchantment. but 1t seems to me
to have been n happier community than
now find. The only drawback TO 1t
sane evangelist would drift In and
make us nll miserable for six weeks.
l knew him-hc used tn stop at my
fathers house. used TO wait on him.
He was fond Of pie. ] only remember
one thing he said. He came in out OF
snow storm and remarked MS he
shook himself: Whatever Is. Is right"
So said n sturdy thief. But when his
neck required the rope. altered his he
lief. But there Is no Use In looking
backward and rcgrctting. II Is not easy
10 find shoemaker In this city. There
are a few. The machine takes the
place Of the man.
The department store think has
come to stay. II is n great convenience
to be met at the railroad station in
Chicago and be comfortably cartcd 10
. store where YOU can buy anything
from a tack 10 n ham. Under one roof
Ii everything.
I. under pressure. bought Carlylc's
''Sartor Resartus" for ~ cents. Nine
teen cents for four years work Of u
great man. 1t Is only fair to say that
is the only book ever bought at "A
department store. was in Il hurry and
away from home and forgot my princi-
pies.
The department store is simply social
ism as To method. | think that 10y and
Icy when We know more we, the people.
Will own department store. The sys-
tenn and the method are right-wc will
have n store. Some day the people will
get tired Of IndivIdualism. This having
your own way and cutting one anoth-
or'S throat will bc seen to bc too cNIrn-
"a "a a. IL
mon ON the Mount Is good politics. No
body can get permanently rich by his
neighbor's misfortune. If l must he
poor ! prefer 10 he poor in "A rich
ncichborhood. II n man owes me mon.
~ ] want 10 see him flourish. We are
related TO Asia 10y the cholera and to
Iiussia by la grippe. This kind Of so
cicty that we are In now will not last
people cannot live and thrive In an ai.
mosplcrc OF III will Eight minutes Of
anger tries man more than eight
hours OF work. Anger burns. What Is
| the use OF this everlasting fight Who
gains anything by ~ We have had
| four years Of trying to live. Why not
now try To get together and livcf Srv.
enty million people more or less inhabii
the United States. What are you go-
| ing to do with them; Well. You VIII
support them. lf not In one way. then
in another. one way Is 10 support them
IN the jail or In the poor house,
The department store seems to sup
| port child labor. That l. an Infamous
thing, a child ought To bc at play or
| In school
L. 1t necessary for him io work In or,
der 10 Keep his father and mother up
| 40 not think So. Let the father and
mother 20 down. let the child come M
Better thousands OF families bccom,
extinct rather than child labor flourish
do you wish 80 turn the country ovci
20 a lot OF iwarfsf
Under our present system II a hoy l.
a genius or has remarkable talent and
his people can spend n few thousand
dollars on him So that II" can do n nee,
cssary thing In the best way. that boy
viii get n living. Hut what H. to be
CON. of the aycrng" boy who hns no
knot In his for"h"adf What l. hls fu
turef Most OF us are dull l. there II,
place for dull people;
Let the department, store hire mcf
and women. Let us hav. done with
this child labor business.
A graduate of nm Eastern college
classical college, came To Denver and
wanted work. The best thing that
could bc fousd for him was n short Jol
nj xi n week Classical clucat ion
Latin and Greek, are for gentlemen
with fixed sicomr. gold standard
There Is nothing more helpless than II
college grnduni. In ih-s" foothills
What Is he going 10 trad. his "ducn
ton FOR;
We must conform To n condition aud
not To n theory. II Il well Ia know Nir
ell. II Is better To know liov to hit II
iriil. \ part of III" p"opl. ARE work
Ing too many hour. and pnri are moi
working NJ NIL.
I think Tint three ar four hours oi
nanunl labor n day would he good for
NIL II us. ! look upon n department
store with som" hope that the people
viii finally take charge uf their owt
Affairs. ! hav" been To Salt LAX" and
locked In upon nnd through n store
The best of everything an earth aud
one price and no iag.llng. Find me II
Mormon In n poor house, And -tili her,
We 90 buying goods that ARE not good
There II sholdy meat for sale.
I do no, like the looks of some Of III,
employees of -o'nc of til" department
-torrs. They look To me- NJ II they wcr,
rot well fed. one cannot live In this
climate on ten and toast aud n prospect
of hcnyrn.
] meet people nj restaurants. TIL.
whole Industrial system must change
The most idioiic thing l have struck
is mn nplsnl from John sherman to III,
people ~ the United States To send
food md clothing io the is'opl" NJ Gu