Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-11-29
NOT a POLITICAL MILLEEIUM.

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IftheCreator intendcd that some men should
| live to be servants for others He would have
provided them with different digestive organs
| He would have made it possible for them to
| live without eating or at least provided them
! with an internal apparatus so that they could
( I'VE on an open range. But since none OF
| these provisions have been ade we belieye
/ that He Intended that all men should have
| eq al opportunities aud we believe, also that
| when one man appropriates the earnings of
| another TO his own use without giving some
| thing In exchange. he is SHINING against ma
lures laws. The product of labor is by right
! the properly of the producer and any law
| which deprfves MIN of it is legaliZed theft
| Barber County (Karsas) INDEX.
The above is very nicely worded, but
! when you come to look humanity III The
| face, you lind different natures. Some
are strong and others weak, some
| shrewd and others dull, some farseelng
| and others who cannot see beyond theII
| noses. Extravaganza and frugallty can
not work IN harmony, neither does in.
dustry or idleness, for mankind is d
| compleXed being. The Creator '. no made
TINS world. made it for d purpose, and
| that purpose has not been accomplish
ed yet. The Pops may dream of Euto-
pIan ideas, aud a political millennium,
but all humanity must be perfect and
innocent hrst,and that IS impossible, for
when Christ was on earth He had
traitor among HIS followers Wood
ward, 0. T.. Bulletin.
The trouble with the Bulletin is that
it can not distinguish between a .spolit-
ical millennium" and common Justice.
We agree that "some are strong and
others weak, some shrewd and others
dull, etc, and that IS the principal
reason why all should have an equal
race in life. The Popullsts are not at
war with natural conditions-they are
battling against unnatural conditions.
They take the position that all men
should have equal opportunities and If
individuals do not Improve it, the fault
is theirs and those who have greater ca
pacities are entitled to greater rewards
for their industry. But in the present |
age opportunities are not equal. The
most industrious and the most intelli. |
gent class Of people are among |
those who suffer the most injustice, |
while the trifling, idle and idiotic class
revel in the lap of luxury by reason of |
illegitimate gains.
we need not roam great distance |
over the globe to learn that these con-
ditions exist. Observe the events of |
every day life. Every product of labor
and every article of consumption is con-
trolled by trust, and every business |
transaction involves a tax which the |
industrial forces pay tor the benefit of a
diseased aristocracy born into unlimit-
ed wealth Look at the recent troubles |
III the mining regions in the northwest.
Men presumed that they were free and
independent, but when they refused TO
work at a rate of wages too low to at
ford decent living, they were locked |
up III filthy dungeon and kept there
until they would agree to sign away all
their liberties and return to work. The
pledge" was sweeping; 1t provided
that the applicant FOR work would not
join any labor union, and virtually
agree to any terms the mine owner may
choose to make. Look at Toledo Home
stead and endless instances where labor
riots were put down by force of arms
all because corporate greed was in the
ascendancy and labor was oppressed.
The Populsts are not soaring above
the clouds, they are simply offering a
remedy for these unnatural conditions.
They DO not even hope for a political
but they do believe that 1t
is possible to enact laws SO that all men
will be free. They believe that lnven-
tions should benefit the human race in
stead of curse it.
The theory that conditions are thus
and so and cannot be remedied, is too
absurd for an intelligent man to enter
tain. AS well say that murder and
outright theft have ever been among
the race since the time of Adam and
there is n use seeking to prevent it;
robbery, arson, felony and kindred
crimes are Affections with which socie-
ty must contend and there is no use to
try to restrain them by criminal code.
Ii the argument against unjust laws
which give wealth owners the advan-
tage over wealth producers, is good,
then we submit that the illustration
above submitted will apply. Do YOU
see the fallacy? Instead of looking at
it as "UtoDlan ideas" and political
it ought to be looked at as
a practical business proposition.
Government ownership and direct
legislation is the remedy.
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SOME years ago the writer had the
privilege of campaigning for nearly a