Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-03-09
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Speaking Of the president, PETER says: ellis
ambition has been to assist his fellow men in
helping themselves" This does not apply to
the people OF the Philippines. Carnegie will
agree with PETER. l., too. Mckinley helped
Carnegie, while Carnegie helped himself The
trouble with McKinley's help is that it is ex-
tended to only few men. PETER fails to find
that McKinley's arm is rather short. McKia-
ley helped the bond holders to bonds, and the
bond-holders helped themselves to gold stand
ard. Mckinley helped Uncle Sam to raise q
big standing army, and, some time in the flu
ture, the standing army will help the McKin-
leys to overthrow the liberties of the masses.
In conclusion, will say that PETER has
sole head, and perhaps Mckinley will help to
heal the sore by giving him valuable ap-
pointment. -
More Scarcity.
That there are not more "poor boys" at the
top is one of the most astonishing things l
have met up with. have known thousands
Of poor boys, but not one OF them broke into
congress and made speeches in favor of high
tariff and gold standard, Most of them were
good boys, and not all of them died early, as
good boys ought to. Some of the good boys
have known were preachers at the gospel;
some were teachers; some went into merchan-
dizing; many became careful, intelligent farm.
ers; some became mechanics. None OF them
took to "the road," and only one took to law.
Not one of the farmers is worth five thousand
dollars. The preachers, teachers and mechan-
les have barely lived. Not millionaire among
all of my acquintances.
Now, have just about reached the conclu
sion that there is not much room at the top, or
the poor boys of my acquaintance are dod-
gasted poor lot.
My head is not very long, and, therefore, I
can't figure out the room for ''poor boys" of
the Carnegie brand; but 1 guess that, give
the manufacturers as much wealth as Carnegie
has, and dozen "poor boys" would absorb all
there is IN manufacturing. Divide up the rail-
roads to the size OF the Gould pile, and the
number Of "poor boys" at the top notch would
surely be limited. Parcel out merchandise on
the Wanamaker lines, and the roads would be
lined with hobo ex-merchants How many
banks can there be the size of the Morgan
Drexel- -Standard-Ol-Gage Company's bank?
A louzy calf to gold-standard dollar that all
the banks in Anderson county would be branch
banks.
Law opens up the road to congress for "poor
boys' in about the ratio of one to FIVE thou
sand The ''poor boys" VINO get in on that
road as "poor boys" have to swear allegiance
to his Satanic majesty of the Kingdom of
Hades. l tell you, the road for poor boys is
long and rocky, and room is limited to the elect.
would like to laud good boys, but l am
afraid to. l am afraid that some "poor boy''
who climbed into seat in some United States
court would be down on me with an injunction
like night-hawk on Junebug. l would like
to commend truthful boys, temperate boys, in
dustrious boys, boys pure in heart, who are
chivalrous toward women and brave in defence
of the rights of man. would like to see boys
who cultivate their minds and expand their
spiritual natures would like to tell the boys
that there are riches more to be desired than
money CT land, and nobility that is conferred
on only the good boy. The modern "poor
boy'' so often quoted is ignoble, selfish, base,
and, in all that lifts. humanity, the teacher in
a country school house, or preacher on a cir
cui:, is infinitely his superior.