North Park union., 1901-08-02
FRIDAY. AUGUST 2. 1901.
rnE CURSE OF WEALTH.

1tIb SNRSG VT W1AAAh.
WE'RE you EVER a millionaire
Did you ever stop to think how much
real trouble, anxiety and loss Of
rest and peace the average million
aire has? how quiet and peaceful the
average citizen who tolls from early
morn till dewy eve in the honest pur.
suit OF dollars honestly carned?-hov
cheerful his wife, how ruddy his chill
dren; good likely lads aud lasses
growing up into decent manhood and
living and lovablc womanhood. Not
so with the rich man. lie has peace
racking thoughts that hara ss him by
day. and herds Of nightmares disturb
his dreams at night: about his wealth.
how to keep it, or invest it, or wheth
or 1t is in safe bank, or profitable
securities; also his social position OF
that OF his family is just what i,
ought to be; that cut old Money Bags
daughter, with her red hair, turn up
nose and freckles, gave to his lovely
Helen, was such an insult that he will
bave revenge, for 1t almost prostrated
his wife, who was only poor girl
when she married the fortunate Mr..
Shylocx, whose weslth came SO sud
denly one day from lucky strike in
a gold mine in California. Yes, he
Will have revenge il it costs him half
a million dollars. His money came
quick; he is going to let 1t depart MS
easily. SO he plans and schemes, ly-
ing awake nights, thinking how he
will bring old Money Bags daughter
to a proper understanding of just how
low n thing her mother was before
SIZE was born, and had it not been
for her fathers partnership with the
shrewd Mr.. Cecil, shc-Mamie Money
Esga-might to-day be the obscure
daughter OF the washerwoman Of HI
bernian birth. That ia one form Of
the curse that comes as the result OF
wealth, but there's another.
OF course you remember back in
Iowa or Illinois years ago, what n
glorious sight it was to SEQ, at this
time Of year, the fields of waving
corn rustling in the wind, the long
ears ripening IN the soft sunlight Of
carly autumn. The wheat hnd long
been garnered; much Of 1t had been
in flour--in fact, your dinner dessert,
that rich berry pie crust, was made
from grain sown in the spring as the
last SHOWS were melting. The gran
aries were bursting with oats and bar
ley, and now it won't be long until
corn picking, "huskings' We used to
call them, will be in order, when the
young country lads will spread
themselves all day, have party Mt
night and 60 home with the girls.
From the spring plowing and
planting and tending Of the crops to
wheat hay and corn harvests, the motive
power in all this great bread making
business to feed the world has been
th hand Of man. Good honest Ia
Dor, the homely farmer, and while
the sweat trickles down his sun
burnt face he "piles his wintry board
with fruits Of honest labor high
the stealth. the cunning OF the mil
lionaire Is conspiring to cut the prices
of his hard earned products to the
lowest notch; combinations to control;
gbe prolongation Of the everlasting
battle between capital and labor.
The curse Of wealth in its worst and
most aggravating form. Why not
let labor alone? It feeds you, clothes
yoa, dresses you, builds your homes,
carries you, makes all that is worth
the having in life and buries yon
.whon you are dead. How can cold
capital degrade 20 sacred : thing as
labor. And ~ II does That . the
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