Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1898-09-07

mechanic put Scytne or an AK on
grindstone. while some one was turn
ing round and round. and the man
holding the AK bore on il harder and
harder while the water dropped from
the grindstone and the edge of the ak.
from being round and dull. got keeuer
and keener. so / have seen men who
were put against the grindstone of
hardship. and while one turned the
crank another would press the un-
fortunate harder down until he was
ground thinner and thinner-his COM
forts thinner his prospects thinner and
his face thinner. And Isaiah shrielSs
out: What mean We that We grind
the faces of the poor?' 1t is an awful
thing TO be hungry. II 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 pos
session of us, and we would
all turn into arbarians and
cannibals and fiends. suppose that
some of the energy we are expanding
in useless and unavailing talk about
the bread question should be expend-
ed in merciful alleviations. l have
read that the battlefield on which
more troops met than on any other in
the worlds history was the battlefield
of Leipsic-l6O 600 men under Napo-
leon, $500 men under Scharze-
berg. No, mol The greatest and
most terrific battle is now being
fought all the world over. II 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 mu-
steal academy and cathedral hear the
pathos, the ground tone, the tragedy.
of amounted multitudes, VINO. with
streaming eyes and wan checks and
broken hearts, in behalf of themselves
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 docks upon
the human race and knows just how
many inhabitants the world has. re
statistics of the worlds population are
every few years officers OF the govern
ment go through the land and coun
how many people there are in the
United States or England and great nc.
curacy is reached. But when people
tell us how many inhabitants there are
IN Asia or Africa, at best it must bc 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, fifteen hundred and
fifteen people, then there is enough
apparel for fifteen hundred million,
fifteen thousand, fifteen hundred and
fifteen. Not slouchy apparel, not rag.
ged apparel, not insufficient apparel
but appropriate apparel. At least two
suits for every being on earth, "A sum
mer suit and winter suit A pooC
pair OF shoes for every living mortal
good coat. a good hat, or a gooC
bonnet, and good shawl, and n com
plete masculine or feminine outfit o
apparel a wardrobe for all nstions
I adapted to all elimes, and not a string
or button or pin or a hook or NJ
eye wanting.
But alas. where are the good clothe.
for ihree-fourths of the human race.
The other onefourth have appropri
ated them. The fact is, there needs tc
be and will be redistribution. No
by anarchistic violence. II outlawry
had its way it would reud and tear anC
diminish until, instead of three-fourth,
of the world not properly attired, -four
tourths would be in rags. will let
you know how the redistri button
will take place. By generosity OF
the part OF those who have Z
surplus and increased industry Oh
the part of those suffering frou
deficit Not all, but the large maiorit,
of cases of poverty in this country ar,
result OF idleness or drunkenness
either on the part OF the present sur
ferers or their ancestors In mos
cases the rum jug is the maelstr on
that has swallowed down the lveli
mood OF those who are in rags. BIZ,
things will change, and by generosity
on the part of the crowded wardrobcs.
and industry and sobriety on the parr
OF the empty wardrobes there will bt
enough for all to wear
God has done his part toward the
dressing OF the human race. He grow.
a surplus OF wool on the sheeD's back.
and fioclSs roam the mountains ano
valleys with n burden of warmth in
tended for transference TO human com
fort, when the shuttles OF the facto
ries, reaching all the way from Chat
tahoocha TO the Merrimac, shall hav,
spun and woven it, In white letter,
OF sn owy fleece God has been writing
for 1000 years Ills wish that the~-
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 ~
our wardrobes we have nothing thai
we can spare for the suffering. or pick
out some poor lad Of the street and
take him down To q clothing store and
fl him out for the season. Gospel of
shoes. Gospel Of hats Gosucl OF clothes
for the naked
Again. let us look around and see
how we. may serve our generation.
What short-sightcd mortals we would
br u we were anxious TO ciothc anc
feed only the most insignificant par
OF man, namely. his body. while W,
put forth no effort TO c.othe and fcet
ana save his soul Time isu little piec,
broken of great eternity. WHAT ar,
we doing for the souls OF the present
generation? Let me say 10 is "a cen
Grafton worth saving Most magnif
cent men and women are in IT, vs.,