The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1901-07-18

they never intend to pay for for which
| there is no reasonable expectation they
will ever be able to pay. Now, II you
have become obliyIous of honesty and:
| mean to defraud, why not save the
merchant as much as you CAM Why
not go some day to his store and when
nobody is looking Just shoulder a ham:
or the spareib and in modest silencei
steal away2 That would be less GRIM
inai, because in the other way you.
take not only the mans goods, but you
tahe the time of the merchant and the
time of his accountant, and you take
the time of the messenger who brought
you the goods Now, If you must steal,
steal in way to do little damage
to the trader as possible.
John Randolph arose in the Ameri-
can senate when question of national
finance was being discussed, and,
stretching himself to his full height,
in shrin voice he cried out, Mr.
Chairman, I have discovered the phil
osopher's stone, which turns every
thing into gold-pay as you got" So
ciety has got. to be reconstructed on;
TINS subject or the seasons of defalca-
ton will continue to repeat themselves.
You have no right to ride in carriage
for which you are hopelessly in debt to
the wheelwright who furnished the
landau, and to the horse dealer who
provided the blooded span, and to the.
harness maker who caprisoned the gay
steeds, and to the liveryman who has
provided the stabling, and to the driv-
er. who with rose1ted hat, sits on the
coach box
Oh, I am so glad it is not the abso-
lutte necessities of life which send peo-
pie out into dishonesties and fling
them into misfortunes It is almost
always the superduities. God has
promised us a house. but not a palace;
raiment, but not chinchilla; food, but.
not ca1yasback duck I yet to see
one of these great defalcations which
is not connected in some way with
extravaganza.
turbance of national finances Aggre7
cations are made up of units, and
when onehalf of the people of this
country owe the other half how
we expect financial prosperity? Again
| and again at the national election we
| have had a spasm of virtue, and we
| said, -EOut with one administration
| and in with another and let US have
| deal of things and then we will
| get over our perturbation.'' I do not
care who is president who is sec-
rotary of the treasury how much
| breadstuffs go out of the country or
| how much gold is imported until we
| learn to pay our debts and it becomes
| q general theory in this country that
men must buy no more than they can
| pay for. Until that time comes there
will be permanent prosperity Look
| at the pernicious extravaganza Take
/
| year pays 100000 for theatrical
| 'amusements. While once in a while
| Henry Irving or an Edwin Booth
| Joseph Jefferson thrills great audi
| ence with tragedy, you know as we'll
| as | do that the vast majority of the
| theaters are as debased as debased they
| can be- as unclean as unclean they can
be and as damnable damnable they
| can be. Three million dollars, the vast
| majority of those dollars going in the
| wrong direction.
Harmful and Unnecessary Expense
| Over hupdred millions paid in this
| country for cigars and tobacco a year.
| About 81 O00, oO0, 900 paid for strong
| drink in year in this country.
| With such extravaganza. pernicious'
| extravaganza, can there be any perma-
| nent prosperity? Business men. cool
| headed business men, is such a thing
| possibility? These extravagances a-so
4 account, as I nave already limited, for
| the positive crimes, the forgeries. the
| absconding s of the officers of the banks.
The store on the business street
| swamped by the residence on the fash
fonable avenue. The fathers. the hus-
bands craft capsized by carrying too
| much domestic sail. That Is what
springs the leak in the merchants
| money till. That is what cracks the
| pistols of the suicides. That is what
| tears down the banks. That is what
stops insurance companies That is
| what halts this nation again and again
| in its triuTnphaI march OF prosperity
In the presence of the American peo-
pie so far as 1 can get their attention
Il want to arraign this monster curse
of extravaganza, and want You to pe1t
1t with your scorn and hurl at it your
| anatheTna-
How many fortunes every year
wrecked the wardrobe Things
| have got to such pass that when we
/ cry over our sins In church we wipe
the tears away with a $3.50 pocket
handkerchief; I show you a domestic
/ tragedy in five acts.
| Act the hrst-A home. plain and
beautiful Enter newly married pair.
| Enter contentment- Enter as much
j happiness as ever gets in one home
Act the second-Enter discomfort
Enter desire for larger expenditure
Enter envy Enter Jealousy.
Il Act the third-Enter the Queen1y
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