The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-24

wealth is intended for the good of men
or that men ought to be sacrihced 70
create wealth? If a miner works in the
mines for 10 years or more ana MS SyS-
TEN becomes poisoned through and
through. until his face is yellow. ms
body stopped. his eyes glaring ana thefe
| is but one step between him ana death'
| should the corporation give MIN any
| support in the hour of need? Is IT,
| Christian civilization where every non
| est and willing worker cannot ma
| work, possibly because he does not be-
| long to the Irish clique the German
| clique or the English cllqueE Is II
| after all a blessing to the masses thai
| the press had ever been invented. that
| railroads had ever been built, that civil
| ization had made such wonderful pro-
| gress? I mean, do the people live bet
| ter have they more to eat, have they
| less sorrows and heartaches, ana 90
| they live purer lives? Do the people
| rule in this country, or is the country
| ruled by the bosses? Do monopoies
| ever buy up city councils. legislatures
to procure special legislation for their
| schemes, without the slightest regard
| of the inherent rights of the peopie
who own the property and have quilt
the city and state? Do they not cover
the cancer of the city corruption ana
state NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. with the cloth
of gold?
| Does not the political huckster stand
| a better chance of election than the one
who is conspicuous for probity and non
or, the man whose character is his
bondo
ct speak as to wise men: judge We
what I say
| "a millionaire is already on his way
| in American civilization. His daily IN
come exceeds by nearly $4,000 the yearly
salary of the president or the uni,eu
States. This man, John d. Rockefeller.
| was Is years ago a boOk-keeDer at a
salary of $500 a year. I speak of this
, not that have anything against Rock
| efelIer the Croesus of the United states,
but rather to show that a CIVILIZATION
that tolerates this state of affairs is not
in harmony with the laws of God. Ihus
far have discussed some of the phases
, of American civilization, possibly from
| a pessinistic view but l am an optl-
| mist, and I would not be true to my
E self if in the outlook for the 20th CEN
:, fury I did not see signs of hope, signs
) of better conditions for the tolilng
, ma sses, for purer type of citizenship,
for a, wide-awake church interested in
, everything pertaining to the rights, ND
, critics and privileges of the people. The
sermon on the mount will become more
, and more the ideal of humanity sec
E tariansm will be broadened out into the
. spirit of brotherhood. church and school
I
: | into a higher moral and intellectual
: atmosphere Every man will be appeal
, | ed to to do his own thinking and help
! ! guide the ship of state by his honest,
: conscientious convictions Chastity
y will be as binding on man as on wom-
an. Labor and capital. instead OF
auarreling, will cooperate and labor
will receive not only its wages, but also
: some share of the profits. College and
school, press and pulnit will unite in a
= grand crusade against the ward boss,
! against the gambler as a. factor in pol
= | tiles, against the alderman whose chiei
= business seems to be to fill his OWL
. pockets, against the politician who ma
+, | nipulates the wires and issues orders
: how working people should vote
- against corruption and steal, aga1ns!
( corporations that hold the people by the
throat and under their heel The world
i muet cut loose from hell. We must dc
!, away with huge rookeres, filthy tene
" ments, with garrets and cellars Whert
! children are born. and die like flies. /
: is in such places that anarchy is horn
= 1t is in such places one may see the In
ferno. 1t is a Christian civilization
: that must substituted for the presen
;. so-called Christian. We must become
=, interested with heart and mind in th'
- homes of the people, in the markets
- where people buy, in the streets Wher
- people walk, in the water and. food leo
- pie eat and drink. in sanitary condl
tions, in the wrecks of manhood ant
{ womanhood in shelters from lifes fierc
- blasts, in springs to refresh thirst.
;, lips, in laws to develop a higher man
* hood This is religion, and that is TIL
- meaning of a Christian civilization.
- Nature makes no mistakes We hav
!, vet to record a failure. Clarke's Rock