Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-01-05
Prosperity

Kansas has prosperity, lots of IT.
it is the most prosperous state IN The
Union, aud we do not rely upon the
Topeka Capitals word TO back us up
in this. We bave the evidences.
There are the big crops aud the many
herds of live stock and tho new ma
chlnery on the farm and the raising
OF rent in town. Then we have sta.
tistlcs and trusts, both sure surface
indications Of prosperity. There are
two kinds Of statistics-one to show
that Kansas could never be prosperous
under prohibition and the other to
prove that Mckinley and j.. Ralph
Burton did it-and the only differ
ence is that one is the other polished
up with kerosene. We have the
plumbers trust, the coal trust, and q
host OF other local trusts, as well as
those Of national influence. They
are here and prosperity has brought
them} mo trust, no bust" was the
motto displayed in the corner gro
Gerry, you remember, and the reverse
Of that is exactly the condition of our
businesses today, Self-preservation
forces them to abandon the sinking
hulk of the competitive system for
socialistic organization, for competl
ton is destructive Of prosperity.
But We digress. We started out
to call attention 10 a discordant and
unhappy note that arises in the midst
OF all this prosperity. The Kansas
City Journal and Topeka Capital,
which, il their own testimony is to
be believed, are leading dailies Of
thls state, have called attention to the
fact that our prosperity has been mis-
appropriated. In Topeka aud Kansas
CITY it has been maliclously diverted
from public and Godgiving ends to
private and selfish useo. Through
the ssgaclty Of the Journal it develops
that certain persons IN Kansas City
have used their cunning and intellig-
ence TO accumulate wealth and erect
large buildings and provide lavish
entertainments unmiudful Of the fact
that others whose souls are just as
divine lack the physical strength or
the mental ability TO do the same
things. Therefore Kansas City pros
perily is one.sided; 1t leans away
from a great many who suffer in COZ
sequence from cold and hunger.
Wien the big snow storm came last
month, and again at Christmas time,
the Journal called attention 10 the
d. stitutioD and want and suggested
that it should be relieved. 1t will do
the same thing next year.
On the arrival at Topeka Of last
months cold snap the Capital urged
that those uDprovided with the neces.
ssries Of life should be looked after
and notified that they were prosper
GUS and freezing and were therefore
entitled to q pair of secondhand
trousers or jacket or some old shoes
or maybe visit from the city physi-
clan, On Christmas morning the |
Capital published quite long list Of
cases of restitution aud sickness
among the poor, and said that they |
were only few of the many in the |
city It spoke of Que old man who |
had worked himself out and was end
ing his days with nothing but gaunt
poverty surrounding him and his wife.
Like the Journal, the Capital wanted
relief, not cnre It will also make
The same sort Of an appeal next year,
although there is every INDIGESTION
that Topeka will witness more pros.
perity than ever before 10 1899,
1t was unkind, to say the least, of
the Journal and Capital to preak in
on prosperity at the very time when
people wsnUed to give presents TO
their relatives aud friends and enjoy
and forget why Christ
came into the world. They should
have done this just before election. -
Topeka Advocate.