The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1903-05-13
Bill Jenkins Sayings.
SAGE CREEK, March 4th. 1870


not the same opportunity of seein,
the workings of providence as thos,
who live In favored coal and irol
regions OF the east. 1t has Just re
Gently come to light that in the crea
ton Of the world the Lord set apar
the good things of the earth for tn,
Kaiser and the trusts, and of course
1t would be flying in the face Of
providence for them to refuse to ac
knowledge their "divlne rights" tc
own and control everything in sight
or getatable. For according to the
Baer and Kaiser version of the
bible, "the earth and the fullness
thereof belongs to the Kaiser and the
trusts.
Baer says, ''if coal and iron had
not been intended for the eastern
railroads it wouldn't have been
deposited so close to them, ;" and of
course that is a clincher and no one
has attempted to dispute it. 1t must
be great responsibility to be the
manager of gigantic trust and have
to carry out the divine plans, to live
IN luxury off the labor of others and
hold them under your thumb, to as
sure yourselves that the laborers are
not guilty of the sacrilege of getting
property of their own. Of course
lots of people freeze and starve on
account of the firmness of the trusts.
but then we should not accuse them
OF either murder or extortiop. lt's
just part of the divine plan. These
managers are in the hands OF provi-
dence and deserve all the sympathy
and assistance we can give them
we should be willing to go half max
Ell and on quarter rations to helm
them. If they live in luxury and
squander millions, it isn't because
they want to but because thew have
to-. The trusts not only have a d.
vine mission to perform. They act
as the safety valve of prosperity and
prevent corpulency among the labor
ing classes. For instance if WAGES
are raised 20 per cent the safety
valve pops off and provision goes up
40 per cent. It's a grand work and
would be too delicate for profane
hands but with the divine inspiration
to guide them they can not do wrong
There are people on the creek who
are irreverent enough to believe that
that the trusts have no divine rights
but are simply working one of the
devils old schemes. Now if anv of
you happen to have Baer's Revised
version with you. | would like TO
cite you to the extra chapter in
Genesis where it says:
"And on the eigth day after the
creation of the earth and the Lord
had rested from his labor he said
"Let US go down and make iron and
anthracite and deposit them in the
Apalachians, that the great octopus
may thrive thereby and wax exceed.
ingly tat. His heel shall be on the
necks of the people and they shall
be his slaves for generation after
generation. The fangs and the claws
OF the octopus shall be dyed with the
blood OF the people, and they shall,
not dare to make resistance for his
power shall be exceedingly great; the
people shall feed and care for the
octopus and shall receive nothing ex-
cept from his hand"
Now in the face of all this. the
national government, without the
vestige OF claim to divine rights
proposes to go down south and build
snip canal across foreign territory.
Just to please the slaves of the octo-
pus. If divine right trust were nj.
lowed to take up this work it miobt
prove blessing; but as it is the |
government is running the risk of {
bringing curse upon the whole ,
nation, But of course it won t be as
bad as if the government should
to control transportation
ines at home.
jim JOHNSON C