The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1899-01-27
PERTINENT ANSWERS.

w F'S''Nai AOutS, UdNs
ing had "A lot of questions propounded
to 1t for answers, among them makes
the following replies:
4. Why is the nation full OF tramps?
Answer: This Is equivalent to ask
ing why some people are lazy and
worthless. A certain percentage OF
people born in every community lack
the elements which make IA man apply
himself to the business of life with the
intensity and perseverance essential
for success. This percentage increases
naturally with the increase OF popu.
lation. The population OF America
has grown more rapidly than that Of
any other civilized country, owing to
the facilities for emigration, and emf
grants are not usually drawn from the
most eligible members OF society.
5. Why are there so many million.
aires in this nation, said to be govern.
ed by the people?
Answer: Because OF unusual opport-
unitics to make money in new coun-
try needing all the means and methods
OF civilization; because OF the progress
Of invention, the arts, sciences, com.
mercc, etc. Any man Of capacity can
make money il he devOtes all his time
and ability to mastering finance. But
don't get the wrong idea about mil
lionaires. They are engines Of civiliza-
tion, the bulwarks of society and the
pillars of prosperity They are usually
men of great public spirit and con-
stantly doing something for the race.
Many Libraries have been established.
homes, colleges, hospitals endowed,
scholarships founded for poor but
ambitious boys, funds created to help
on deserving students, grants of land
made for worthy purposes, etc. We
could hardly get along without
millionaircs
6. Why are the masses growing
poorer and the millionaires becoming
more numerous?
Answer: This statement is the en-.
tire political capital Of the demagoguc
AND IS ABSOLUTELY UNTRUE. Our
tax lists prove that there is not only
more wealth in the country than ever
before, but that it is more generally
distributed There are more comforts
in the homes of farmers and laborers
to-day than the wealtllest people en-.
jOycd hundred years ago.
:. Why are the rich looked
after and the poor fast becoming
tramps and criminals?
Answer: The rich are h0nored not
so much for thicr worldly wealth as
for the character invested and acquir.
ed 10 getting it. knayes and fools can
not get rich. Men who acquire wealth
must have or get health, industry,
perseverance, steadtastness, economy,
good judgment. patience, good nature,
decision, flrmness, and other moral
qualities which make them as rich in
nature as they are In purse, for money
is not the only nor even the most dc.
sirable wealth. Such men do not need,
ask, or wish any looking after. 1t is
the poor, that is to say, the weak,
incapable, inefficient, QuerulOus, un.
Gel tain, protesting and fault-nnding
members Of society who have to Dc
looked after. They must walk beaten
path, be surrounded by rigid stand.
ards, impossible barriers, feel re.
straints, penalties and the good Of
necessity on all sides to keep them
from shirkng the business OF life.
Laws and penalties are not for the
strong nature which is full of the in.
itlativc, able to mark out course for
himself and follow it, but for the poor
nature, feeble and irrcsolute or full OF
malice and hatred. People would see
this for themselves were 1t not for
that wolf in sleeps clothing, the
political demagogue. irresponsible
and unprincipled, too lazy to work, lie
bids for office by inflaming the pre-.
judices and passions Of uneElghtened
, crcdulous men and so creating popular
, discomfort. The political demagogue
doesn + care whether what he says il
true or not, doesn't care how much
harm he does, stands ready to deny or
repudiate all he says or promises, will
change sides at any time; all he wants
+, Is Office. APOSTLES OF DIsCoNTENT
ARE AS MUCH TO BE DREADED As
PLAGUE AND PEsTILENCE.
i Perhaps the hardest thing said