The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1899-03-16
Our Social CondliIons-whai The EnGf

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Our Social ondiiions-Whai The EnGf
FROM the Mississippi valley Democrat.
The daily papers Inform Us that the
army II paupcrs In New York Chy b
increasing so rapidly and has grown to
he such u menace to the peace Of the
community, that !, has become quite
fashionable fad with certain CLASSES Of
he ''new rich aud the fool rich
a. organize themselves into societies
for the purpose Of "being good 10 the
POOR We are informed through the
same source that these people have
adopted the plan Of saving the crumbs
and slops that are left after they md
their servants hSys bssB fed" thai
these ''leayings, which include cold
coffee and tea, and coffee "grounds''
and aabby tea leaves, are dumped inio
wagons that call oncc day, aud are
hauled off io feed The poor. How
nice and elevaliug aud comforting all
this is Aud how necessary, too--
perhaps--iur, ~ stated elseu horr in
this paper, there is one pnupcr To each
live families Ia our great metropolis,
besides hundreds Of thousands who live
on nuts, os brad and water, or somo
other cheap substitute for decent hui
man food.
Similar conditions prevail In all thr
large cities, II has not been man,
days since the writer Of this article OBJ
served a kindly -iaeed, middle-ased
man, dressed In what had been de
gently respectable olothing. searching
the slop barrel. and boxes that had
been deposited Ia an alley tor the scav'
engers to haul away, and picking ouI
bits Of geat aud broken bread, which
he WAC dBposiiiHg lbs basket fof hi'
family. When discovered he ,ried IL
conceal hiS occupation and slip away.
his pride revolving against the dcsper.
ate straits to which our gUldbug 'good
times" had reduced him. On ques.
iiouing him, We learned hat for year
be- had been employed in one Of the
city factories, at fairly good wages
bus rs prices declined and the ,imcr
grew ssoFe aud more cat Of joint, the
managers Of the factory found thai
they could no longer meet the Tuinunr
competition Of trade, and they accord
ingly sold gu, 10 a trust. This resulted
in the closing uf the factory and the
discharge Of several hundred cniplnycs.
For months the man had wulScd the
streets hooking ior job" but he
found no ''jobs looking for him." I'm
III finally his little savings we're I'll ex'
hausich, and then. rather than beg or
seal, he resored to the expedient oi
searching the public slop rcccp,a' les
for food ior himself aud family. We
we've hoErhcd TO learn from this mau
that hundreds Of men and women III
the city of NJ. Louis live ia that way
and Uf course similar conditions exist
ia all the large cities. lie was an IT.
icllgen,, welI-brcd man, and exceed.
ingIy well posted ON the issues ct tn
day. lie knew more about &C mic,
anh the foundation principals oi success
than nine mit VI ten If the men who
stand behind bank counters aud Ihiuk
they "know J, all. 4"
llow hong do you suppose such con.
ditious are g-ing to continue wiihuu' u
social earthquakee They may rcniaiS
permanent features IN Europe, wher
liberty has been suppressed for cen
turies, aud where onc.h half the popula
ton Is Supported by the government.
while the other half Is made to carr,
Its burden at the point of the bayonei
Hut the Anglo-Saxon, ho has dSyel- |
oped into M American citizen, is very |
dangerous animal when you pile Insult |
aud wrong on top of an empty stGm-
ach. Some day this human animal
will become raging wild beast, and
he viii tear tender flesh and make
blood run In rivers. We aTe well
NV ANf aHEs1tHs AhhlFtAAtNNtHt th1A g'N
are getting your army ready for him,
but what dies he care for armies
Let the Wild animal once be fall.
aroused III bis breast and he viii take
Your army and bruii Il for breakfast.
No, thrrc IL better and more righle-
Gus way 10 settle the trouble. Disbaad
your army, dismiss this senseiess idea
Of Imperialism, enforce the Law sgain-t
trusts, send the usurcrs 10 tho rear,
close the sobber National banks and
open fsosernment i'osisI banks in every
couaiy---and, finally, open the minis
and start the natural aaw Of liie-giying
currency to revive our fasnsshing In
dustrics, and see how quickly peace
and plenty will como TO all the prcple.
Open the minis and send forth the
showers Of silver and gsid 10 watcr the
waste places and make the desert bloom
iiku the ruse. That l. tho thing To do.