The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1900-11-02

ieienSlve operations. Then the American
eated the spaniards The Fipines l as
iown their lives and shed their blood in
sxarss to conquer Spain No jugglery Of
hey were actually our allies. According
20 the usages of nations and the dictates
reasonable wishes and to treat them as
we would expect ourselves to be treated
Under like circumstances.
When the Persian feet was DESTROYED
~ the Greek fleet Themistocles, the
Athenian leader. perceiving that the
Athenian fleet was stronger than the COM
oined fleets of the other states Of Greece,
proposed their destruction in order to as
sure the ascendancy Of Athens in the
1t said to their eternal credit, rejected
the proposal with scorn, declaring that
TO n;istreat or Cypress their allies would
Let Mr.. Mckinley and Col Roosevelt
and their followers and apologists say
whether the standard of honor in the an
Gent world was higher or lower than
that practice6 by the present administra-
ton.
ABOUT THIS PROSPERITY so MUCH
TALKED OF.
We hear much said at the present time
about the prosperity of the country, and
a subject for universal congratuiation
The prosperity of the country at large
is ii subject which interests the wage
earners, for II times are hard and the
general conditions of the country are bad,
he is sure to suffer From this the casual
prosperous the wase Garner is sure to
be benefited. 1t is a homely, but gen.
orally ,Say true, saving that it is poor rule
tunately, in the present condition of
things in this country, the rule will not
capital, organized into trusts and combi-
nations In restraint of the natural course
of trade, and for the purpose Of raising
the prices of products and controlling
the markets, may realize immense pro-
fits, yet as matter Of fact, labor is not
only not benefited, but is actually in
jured thereby. If all production and all
distribution were free and were carried
on under ide system q free connection,
nearly just proportion of the proceeds.
ALL PRICES FIXED BY THE MoNOP-
OLIES.
of the business and commerce of. the
country fix prices by monopoliZing the
the manner and quality in which it shall
go upon the general market. The result
is higher prices for everything and an
inferior quality of goods. These great
combinations of capital Tot only fix the
price that the consumer must pay for
commodities. but they determine in a
be paid by themselves for everything
which they must purchase from unor-
E ta producers and the amount which
earners. The earth is the source of all
supplies. The three great departments.
from which all supplies come originally
are the forests. the mines and the fields.
The man who fells the trees and cuts
them into logs or other forms of port
able timber is the primary producer from
the forests. his wages or his compensation
as the case may be, are not deter
competition among those who need his
services, or who must have his supplies.
Being thus in control Of the whole
course of trade from the primary pro-
cesses of production to the final placing
upon the market of the finished product
for the general consumer, these trusts and
combinations of course thrive immensely
and are exceedingly prosperous, and it is
to this that the republican press and
Of the The
of such contention is in the fact of the
limited number of persons who enjoy
the industry, the labor. the enterprise
the endeavor of all classes OF people.
NUMBER OF THE RICH KEEPS
GROWING LESS.
number of those who participate in the
profits of the general enterprises of the
country grows smaller and smaller as
compared to the whole population. Year
by year and day by day the number of
those in Independent circumstances
grows smaller and the number of those
in dependent circumstances grows larg-
to the whole population. Year by
year and day by day the number of
ent concerns or enterprises grows small
and smaller compared to the
whole population, and the number of
those who are wage-earners, or work
for salaries. who are, therefore. abso-
lutely dependent upon others for the
the whole population. Year by year
and day by day We are recruiting and
,lIgmenting the mighty army of those
who struggle with one and another an
the fierce competition for wages or for
salary. and thus we are constantly WIDEN
ing and deepening the gulf that sepa-
rates Dives from Lazarus; cOncentrat-
ing more and more the whole property
hands and diminishing the number of
the rich and increasing the number OF
the poor: closing more and more firmly
the gates of opportunity against the
young men and fixing conditions which
of hireling servitude and homeless pen
ury Rockefeller's profits or net in
come now amounts to $75.000.OoO
FACTS DO NOT BEAR OUT THE
PROSPERITY ASSERTION.
All these things show condition
can call prosperous. or even contem-
plate without the deepest concern. The
claim put forth that farmers have been
especially prosperous under the Mckin-
facts. Outside of the single article OF
wheat, which has advanced little,
every other farm product which enters
the general market has commanded
smaller prices during the last three
years than in the three preceding years.
The attempt to cajOle wage-earners
with the cry of the full dinner pail is
equally fallacious and in view of exist
ing conditions, absolutely offensive, as 1t
amounts to an insult to the intelligence
of no UvQ eyS1-a vyycC t,o