The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-12-22
some Cbristmas Thoughts.

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To the Editor of the Journal and Courier
| I append here few criticisms of CON
ditions at the close. of the century with
few thoughts on Christmas compiled
by a crank in the hope that they may
meet the eye and penetrate the heart
of some of the "Comfortables" and
apologists for things as they are.
Christmas! The time of peace on
earth and good win to men," and the
two foremost nations in the world en-
gagged In the most unholy wars that
ever dsgraced humanity.
Christmas! England engaged in
most excellent pig sticking in South
Africa and America exterminating
people in, the PHILIPPINES for no otheE
reason than their love of liberty, and
the Christian church almost to man
supporting them in It,
Christmasl And here are factories
closing down on account of business de-
preston brought about by the COM
mercial excuses that have been indulg-
ed in, throwing cut OF work many men
through no fault of their own, while
the New York Sun comes out in big let
tiers with the assertion that none need
want for work except the incapabes.
Somewhere it is written that all liars
shall have their part in certain black
asphaltic lake and 1t would appear that
not few are graduating for the honor
Christmas! The department of chart
ties is now receiving bids in New York
for two and a half million pounds of
meats, a million quarts of milk, 10000
quarts of condensed milk, 900 pounds
of chickens. $4,000 pounds of turkey,
2 900 pounds of geese, $1,000 tons of
coal, all for sweet charity Yet If
men had their rights the city would not
have to pay a cent, for it would have
no poor to sustain.
How truly it has been said that the
devil cares not how many churches men
build so long as they practice injustice.
Christmas! And men yesterday paid
S4S, 900 for a seat on the stock exchange,
for what? Oh, just for the privilege of
being able to get something for nothing
the reverse of which is that some other
man must have received nothing for
This latter man can apply
to the united charities, while the other
.an initiate the considerate crocodile
which lay on the banks of the river
Nile
And he swallowed a fish, with a face of
woe,
While his tears flowed fast to the stream
below.
Il am mourning said he, "the untlmely |
fate
Of the dear little fish just now ate
Yes it's Christmas all right, and coal |
s a dollar q ton more than it was a |
short time ago, and provisions of all |
finds are high. But Mr. Hanna is plead |
ng for the ship subsidy bill which will
axe nine millions per year from the
,oor and. put it into the pockets of a
eW already rich men. A rich English
irm promises to buy the Cramps and |
he Midyale steel works if the subsidy |
ill goes through. Last month we ex-
orted $6357S, 715 more than we import
d. and If the English firm buys the |
ramps, that will help us to send a lot
lore wealth away for which we Shall
ct no return How dull some people
re seeing a good thing. But we must
OF forget that Rockfeller's Standard
Ill stock is worth $4,000 600 more now
han it was the day before election.
nd is that not something to be proud |
80
More than fifty years ago Thomas
Iood wrote in his Song of the Shirt"
o, men, with sisters dear!
o, men, with mothers and wives!
is not linen you're wearing out,
But human creatures liVesi
titch-@stitch-stitch,
In poverty, hunger and dirt
ewing at once, with double thread
A shroud as well as Shirt
Since then one of our butterfly, polit-
al economists. with poetical leaning. !
linking he had solved Hoods problem.
rote The Song of the Sewing Ma
line"
It's bad enough to think
That ever such times have been:
hat ever a soul was forced to sing
Into a mere machine.
itch. stitch. stitch il
Rest, fingers weary and worn