Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-03-25
TWO TYPES OF BEGGING.

at gnat and swallow a camel" cx-
pressed himself in way which pro-
claims him a man Of independence and
conviction--qualities that appear to be
all too rare in the American pulpit. His
utterances are being widely quoted. In
part he said
Society abhors beggar. One Will
liam Morrow, was araigned in the Gin
cinnau Police court recently and given
four months for the crime of asking
aims from door to door. He happened
to apply for aims at the home of a po-
lice lieutenant. The rest of the story
was told by the newspaper as follows:
"'Fisher invited Morrow to take
chair and entertained him while an
other member of the household search
ed for and found a mounted policeman.
The latter grabbed the codger by the
neck and waited him to the nearest
patrol box, while Fisher smiled. Judge
Lueders put the finishing touches 70
him when he put him away for four
months
at was also stated that Morrow
wore a sheepish look when he appeared
in Police court.
Now note another example. 1t is
lamented that our flag has been driven
from the high seas. This is how it hap
pened. There is law which denies TO
any American vessel built in a foreign
country, the right to fly the flag. The
purpose Of the law appears to have
been to encourage American capital 10
patronize American ship yards,
But the tariff on the steel, which en-.
ters so largely into the construction
of vessels, is so high that the steel
trust sends it's products to foreign ship.
builders for less than the price which
the American shipbuilder is required
to pay. The effect has been to handi-
cap the home industry. And since the
desire to fly the flag was not strong
enough to counterbalance the extra
cost Of the trusts material in this
country, many ships have been built
abroad which would have been built
at home but for these navigation and
tariff laws
Now the people are susceptible to
any appeal which plays upon their senti-
ment for the flag. The opportunity to
make a successful raid upon the pub
lie treasury under the protection oil
the flag has proven an irresistible
temptation. Hence, in certain quarters
the cry Is raised: Let us restore the
American flag to the high seas. &.
How do they propose to do thist
Not by repeating the laws which have
driven the flag from the ocean. That
method would be too simple. 1t would
not serve the interests of these, our
beloved compatrots. II il proposed to
compound the lnfamy by taking mil
lions from hepubllc treasury and doing
1t out to private individuals, not that
the flag may float on the ocean, but
that the laws OF nature may not cheat
the steel trust of its tribute, and that
those engaged In the construction and
ownership of ocean vessels may not
be compelled, as the farmer and bus
mess man are, to rely upon their own
enterprise, but that they may he per-
mltted to hatch unearnei fortunes in
n nest feathered with government IA
vors.
1T Is the same old story. The tyrant
bids the people fix their gaze upon
the stars and stripes that his treachery
may escape their wrath.
THESE special interests, already
overshadowing the government, un.
daunted by past defeats, appear Mt
Washington again, and with an alfccta-
tion of patriotism of which they never
feel thrill want to know IL the Amer
lean government, in its largeness TO its
favorites, is going to be outdone by
the nations of Europe; IL Old Glory
) Is not going TO be restored to the high,
ways of the ocean, and If this little
ship building industry of ours, of only
seventy millions of capital. is going TO
he allowed to die OF neglect?
80 long as we have beggars in vel
vet gowns eating unearned bread at
the front door of the White House, we
; shall continue to have bcggars in rags
and tags, eating the crusts of charity
Mt the back doors of the nation.
'To hall, as leading citizens, the men
who beg for millions, while throwing
into gaol the man who asks for bread
this is an example OF straining at a
gnat and swallowing camel, which
could not have had its parallel In the
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