The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1901-07-26
IS THERE HATRED FOR MEN WHO
ARE RicH7

ties of the Florida East Coast Railway
and visited Miami.
For the sole purpose of imparting
! Information 10 his readers he printed
an article on the very magnificent
development of that section and in.
cidentally alluded TO Mr.. Flsgler, the
author and promoter of this splendid
work of transforming an almost bar
rem waste into an Eden of beauty and
plenty.
Indeed, il would be almost impossi-
BILE to write of the development of that
section and not say something about
Henry NJ. Flagler, and what the Ocals
Banner said concerning him was en-
tirely commendatory and compliment
tsry, and for doing which the paper
was jumped on by the state press as if
the editor were guilty of some crime.
Is that spirit right and should it be
fostered in this land of free institu-
tons?
Speaking of this spirit which finds
Judgment in other sections Of the
country besides our own, the Cleve-
land World pronounces it a disease
and styles il "plutophobis."
1t closes q column article as follows:
The Napoleon or Cesar that builds up
his might through slaughter of thousands
Of his fellownen and entrenches himself in
power by enormous accumulation of the
mites of millions wrenched from them by
taxation-for him we have warm place in
cur hearts and about the entire space in our
histories.
But the mere bookkeeper who, with no
armed legious ar his back with uaught but
his own hands, his brain, his energy, his re-
solve, as his invincihie host of battle. rises
10 a place Of power unparalleled, makes
puppets OF kings, turns capitals into marts
of trade and wipes out the dividing lines Of
empires. while his armies, ranks upon ranks.
armed not with weapons 10 deal death but
with tools of labor to develop life, march
triumphant across the earth-this man is
without genius. Is he
He is mere robber and oppressor IS he2
His achievement is due mostly TO luck
s-d the rest to dishonesty, is il?
He is to be hated and Kissed at by every
man who would gladly DO the same thing.
but cant-is he:'
Under our benign institutions there
should be no classes, either real or ar
tificial; there should be no class dis.
tinctions; no feeling of hostility
against either the rich or the poor,
and among the educated and broad
minded We are quite sure there is
none.
Mr.. Henry George in his Progress
and Poverty" makes no war on indi-
vidusls, industry, nor riches; the pur-
pose of his book is simply an effort to
correct system which the author be-
lieves produces An unequal distribu-
ton of wealth by giving some few per-
sons options on the bounties of nature
to the: exclusion of others.
But the idea of promoting feeling
of hostility against the rich, because
they are rich, never once entered Mr..
Georges brain, nor can any of his
writings be construed into any such
Interpretation.
The same thing may be said of Mr..
Bryan.
No uttersnee of his can be found in
which he makes war on wealth-nor
on industry, which leads to wealth.
He is fighting the gold standard be-
cause he believes it is possible under
its operations for few men to control
hAS huauSS> vi tue WOfIu aDu dictate |
its legislation, and, if his conten-
ton be correct, would soon lead |
TO the establishment of au oligarchy.
But as for making war on wealth |
Mr.. Bryan has never done so and is |
entirely too sensible TO do so.
The same thing is true of the dem
ocratic party as expressed in its va
rious platforms.
The editor of the Ocala Banner |
would regret TO believe that be had |
done anything to harbor the growth /
Of the disease the Cleveland World |
styles plutophobia."
He has every reason to use whatever
influence he may possess in the other
Il Erection