Hutchinson gazette., 1899-10-12
EAGLES AND HAWKS.

Once there were some eagles dwelt
in snug nests high up In the cliffs OF
the mountains Of aflluencc, which had
been upheaved from the sea OF indus
try by the power OF law. Countless
myrlads OF fshhawks eagerly scanned
the surface Of this sea OF opportunity
to secure the necessities of existence
for themselves and the means OF rear
ing their young, The eagles, seeing
this, called q meeting and held council
together, and adopted q plan, and all
worked In harmony to carry It out,
and they soon persuaded the fshhawks
that those who owned the highest nests
should have dominion over the others,
and should receive tribute from all
common birds. So tho flshhawks paid
the eagles rent on the nests which they
themselves had built, and the eagles
prospered.
And the flshhawks paid a poll tax
on their heads for the privilege OF liv-
Ing, and rent on the perches on which
they rested, and profit on their own
beaks, and interest on their claws with
which they caught and held ire fish,
and fares on their own wings by which
they Travelled, and profits on tho
feathers which they wore-and the
eagles prospered. 1t Is true the eagles
did not build the flshhawks' nests, but
they allowed the Gshhawks to do so.
And that was something. And they
allowed the fshhawks to have a place
to build the nests-and that was come
thing. 1t Is true that the eagles did
not build the perches, or make the fish
hawks wings, and claws, and beaks,
and feathers, but they gave the fish
hawks the opportunity to make them,
and allowed them to use them-and
that was something. And 1t came to
pass that as the stomachs of the eagles
grew larger and more greedy and their
eyes more covetous, by effect OF un-
earned feed, that they keenly watched
the fishhawks as they worked.
And whenever q fshhawk paid his
rent, and profits, and interest, and had
fed his family and himself, and had
yet strength enough left to work, and
had secured an extra fish to salt down
for rainy day. the eagle who dlscoy-
cred him thus heavy laden would dart
from his cliff with q scream Of rage,
and wrest the fish away and greedlly
devour 1t. This was called competi-
tlon. 1t was said to be the life OF
business and trade. It led to the sur
vival OF the ilttest, which in eagle Ian
guage meant the greedlest. And Il
came to pass that one day bony fish
hawk, whose feathers we're thin, and
whose wings we're frayed, and whose
beak and claws were DUH with much
toll, sat upon high perch and
screamed. And the other hshhawks
knew him for an anarchist, and gath
cred around him and listened to his
questions. And he asked, III there
were no eagles, to whom would we pay
our rent"
And a silly young flshhawk an
swered ITO no one" And the bony
one asked: "Then would we not be
fatter?" And the others were aston
ished. And one said: xiii the eagles"
But the bony one said: mot so. DO
not harm the eagles whom we have fed.
A new brood is growing, anyway. Stop
their feed They live on rent, interest,
taxes and profit. Without these, they
will have to produce work or starve.
Stop their feed" And the flshhawks
knew then that the bony one was q
repudlator. And they were enraged,
and with fierce screams they fell upon
him, and with their votes they tore off
his feathers, and strewed his bones on
the sand, and gave his flesh to the
eagles, and flew away to raise their
rent, taxes, profit and interest-and
the eagles prospered. and prosperity
came at last.-Dr. g. Rulllson.