Hutchinson gazette., 1900-03-22

lishman's eye, Mr.. Moore Is up TO the
average of his kind OF philosophers
Strictly speaking he Is swayed by the
commercial instinct,
One day last week, II was our good
fortune to meet an old gentleman near
Ing the age of ninety who has just re-
turned from the Ute reservation to
visit his son engaged in the cattle
business.
while there" said he, II saw In
dlans shooting deer and after killing
them they would remove their heads
and pelts and leave the carcasses for
the coyotes to feed upon, Even the
Indian has caught tho spirit of COM
mercallsm, He knows that head and
that pelt will bring money, knew
the Indian intimately In western New
York seventy-ave years ago and want
to say to you my friend, that In those
days Indians were not swayed by COM
merClallsm, There was an unwrltten
law among the Indians never to kill
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solutely necessary to do so to provide
food and an Indian caught wasting
any portion OF an animal was looked
upon by the other Indians as an Indian
merlting punishment and he usually
received the punishment"
There Is food for reflection IN this
little story. Even the so-called Eng
lish civilization has penetrated the
abysmal depths OF the Indians intel
llgence.
Mr.. Moore's claim that English civil
lization Is ahead OF Boer civilization
Is open to question. You cannot sell
cash register to Boer merchant.
This might be termed as an indication
of their uncivllzed state, but 1t need
not bo when one realizes the fact that
Boer Is naturally honest and doesn't
require cash register to keep him
honest, You will not find bell punches
on Boer oiilclals The Transvaal 10
poor country In which to sell safes,
bolts, locks, rum, Jail fixtures and ma
terlal for suicides. Undoubtedly this
Is due to lack Of civilization and we
presume there are Colonial danes and
Sons OF the Revolution that really
think we are called upon to institute
conditions In the Transvaal that will
make market for the goods above
mentioned; in other words clvlllze
them.
We notice that King Bill OF Germany
Is booked for another meeting with
his grandmother Queen Victoria.
This, we presume, may be taken as
evidence that Germany will undertake
to keep Russia and France quiet and
stop those countries from interven-
Ing. Queen Victoria feels quite sure
Of her grasp upon the Mckinley ad-
ministratlon and gloats over the pos
slblllty Of being let alone while she
butchers every Boer upon the soil of
the Transvaal. The Germans are with |
Dom Paul and we want to predict now
that II the Kaiser carries out his pres
ent program, German republic will
rise upon the ruins of the empire.
Crazy Billy OF Hoenzollen will find
that his army Is not to be relied upon,
and that 1t will turn their muzzles to-
ward him and his English grand
mother II 1t becomes necessary, II
Germany refuses to intercede In be-
half Of Dom Paul, we sincerely hope
the muzzles of the German army will
smoke him and his unholy gang off
the earth. The emperor Of Germany
doesn't represent the German senti-
ment any more than Emperor MCXin-
ley of the United States represents the
sentiments Of the United States Of Am
erica. Both Of these unworthy repre-
sentatives Of effete aristocracy have no
business occupying the places they do,
We feel as II the world is on the verge
Of great revolution, II that revolu-
ton comes 1t will be all day for the
people who have been grinding the
noses OF the poor and enriching them
selves through class legislation, stand
ing armies and lyddlte shells.
The cost OF wars is not so great when
figured from a dollar and cent stand
point, 1t Is the diseased and insane
soldiers returning from these far-off
islands to curse coming generations,
that cost civilization the most. OF
course we feel for the widows and Or
phans Of both sides, but when It comes
TO a mere question Of dollars and cents,
how little 1t all amounts to. Just one
Rockefeller with his two hundred
million dollars Of wealtA could pay for
such war as Great Britain or our own
in the Philippine islands for nearly
two hundred days, and 1t Is pity that
men like Rockefeller cannot be con-
hscated to pay for these wars instead
of settling the debt upon the people. II
a law existed settling the debt upon
we would have no wars.
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