The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-16

into fippant pedantry; religion into
shallow mysticism; politics into vague
passion for aristocracy; society INTO d
languid mob of sycophants, the para
sites of English pederasts and French
grisettes, with the spirit of Ur1ah Heep
and the morals of Robert Macaire
For whatever hatred and exaspera-
ton there are against wealth in the
United States, it's pOSsessorS are directly
responsible. They have brought 1T upon
themselves by their senseless greed and
folly and rapacity. Great rewards Tor
great services is the law of our race.
No genuine American grudges the Tor
tune acquired by industry, courage, en-
terprise forethought and genius in falr
competition and honest rivalry, whether
it be millionaire a hundred million.
He does not believe that any limit can
be fixed for individual acquisition, nor
that the wealth of the rich is the cause
of the poverty of the poor, nor in taking
from those who have and giving TO
those who have not. Least of all does
he accept those vagaries of the frnpotent,
which would deprive ambition OF IT'S IN
centive and labor of it's reward, and IN
stead of lifting all to the level of the
highest would drag all down to the
standard of the lowest.
The Usage tribe of Indians, whose fer
tile reservation lies between Kansas and
the Creek Country, is the richest com
munfty in the world. Their per capita
of wealth is more than ten times greater
than that of the most opulent civilized
nation.
They number about 1900. They have
in tle United States treasury nearly
IS OOO 0OO derived mainly from the sale
of super1uous lands, drawing interest
at the rate of per cent. They own, in
addition, nearly 1,500, 900 acres of wood
land, farms and pastures, worth not less
than SO an acre.
Each Usage Indian-man, woman and
child-is worth at least $4,000 Every
family, upon division, would possess
on an average 100000: 1t is held and
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are ''natiOnaized.' The government
takes care of their property, superin-
tends their education and religion, pro-
vides food and clothing, protects the
weak from the aggressions of the strong
and abolishes as far as it may the in
justice of destiny. All have equal
rights; none have special privileges
They toll not, neither do they spin The
| problems of existence are solved for
| them. The rate of wages, the hours Of
| labor. the unearned increment, the ra-
| pacity of the mOnOpolist, the wrongs
| of the toiler, the howl of the dema-
| gogue do not disturb nor perplex them.
| They have ample leisure for Intellectual
| cultivation and development, for COM
munion with nature, for the contempla-
| ton of art, for the joys of home, but
! they remain-Osage Indians.
| Socialism and communion are the pre-
| scriptions of those who have failed.
| They are the Authorizations of despair.
| They have been tried and found want
| ing Instead of being novelties they are
| the refuse and debris of history. CIVIL
! ization has been built on their ruins.
| The action of the Window Glass Trust
| last week will not tend to allay the irrf-
| tation between labor and capital, nor to
| mitigate public judgment when the day
| a reckoning comes. Window glass is
| the vehicle of light and air; the indis-
| pensable minister of life in the novel
| and the palace. Having a capital of
| $50, 900 900, it began it's nefarious work
| by decreasing the price of glass until
| the independent concerns were crushed
| Having thus cleared the field of rivals,
| that the demand might exceed the sup
| ply in order to advance prices and in
| crease profit by grinding the consumer.
| The edict was issued a few days ago,
| and all the factories in the country, with
| the exception of a few cooperative con-
| cerns were shut down simultaneously
for an indefinite period. and 1900 work.
| men, skilled and unSkilled, representing
| through their families a population of
| not less than so 900 men, women and
| children. thrown out of employment and
| left to shift or starve.
| This trust is a public enemy. It de-
| liberately raises the price of one of the
| staples of every community for the
| selfish purpose of increasing its unlaw-
| full gains 1t destroys competition. 1t
| restricts trade. 1t menaces the life and
| health of it's employees. 1t should be
| outIawed so that its members and it's
| property could be dealt with we deal
/ with the rattlesnake, the tiger and the
| mad dog
| The laws are ample for the destruc-