The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-01-23

flourish? The marvel is that there
Iis 90 much morality among them.
The wealthy should set the people
an example Of plain living and high
thinking, and use their influence to
stem the tide Of luxury and license
which is sweeping over society.
IPuritanical standards OF conduct
would not necessarily be required,
but among the great and the aristo-
cratic. instead of conduct similar TO
the Princess Of Saxony, if their con-
duct would only be such - might
be reflected in the innocent merri-
|ment Of the masses Of the people.
conduct which being inflated will
mot bring misery and ruin to thous-
ands to whom their responsibility
II great.
But it is the horrid spscter Of
want and its fearful suggestions OF
misery against which the doors OF
these people are firmly closed.
They demand that their votaries
shall be happy, or at least devoted
10 the pursuit Of happiness, or its
counterfeit pleasure. Those who
are compelled to do menial labor in
order to obtain the necessities OF
life are considered disgraced, wheth-
Ier they be man or woman, but so
long as the man or woman possesses
the wealth TO minister to the pleas
ure Of others they are honored just
Iin proportion a. they make such
use. "Hewers Of wood and draw
'ers OF water" have no place in the
estimate Of values by them.
Among foreign nations a funda-
mental idea Of the American is that
the man who adds most 10 the na-
lticnal wealth, and accumulates the
greatest fortune, is to be most hon.
Iored, ss the Germans treat their
Barons and the English their Lords.
The opportunities to oamass immense
fortunes by methods not strictly
moral have been so great in the
past half century that tho posses
sion Of great wealth has become 90
much q mania that our reputation
for honesty as q nation has suffered
severely. But perhaps this is con-
sidered Q part of the 90 called "pro-
Igress" Of q nation. Our present
Iciviliration translates into foe
,lchurcbes, public Libraries, millions
of dollars, which perhaps over shad-
low thousands of dens Of squalor,
where extreme povertv breeds vice
and immortality. A statistician has
estimated that something like $45,.
loco, 600 has been invested in orna-
, mental church buildings in this
, Country, chiefly in the form OF
. |church steeples. II this feature OF
tIchurch architecture were dispensed
!. with, and the money 90 used turned
.linto other channels for the benefit
, lof the poor In our large cities and
i country districts, il seems
|. TO me il would be more in harmony
! with wise and prudent business
!. management.
Winter is now here with its grim
eIterror for the poor. 1t is something
Il appalling, tie wide ocean OF misery
!. in the cities this winter. There ars
q hundreds and hundreds Of families
who from hunger and scarcity Of fu
el are suffering the pangs OF death IL
|. Idark, damp Easements. Number
v|of such cases are caused BY failures
Alto obtain work, others through sick
luess have been reduced to this heart
suffering. The slums OF on
/ lcities breed savsges ever % much
!. more degraded than any aboriginal
film state Of nature everwsre. Amonl
the children are little faces which
/. would be handsome but for the daTl
: scowl Of sullsn dogRed suffering
! c aildhoo1, with the light Of hs 81
4 Iquenched, ,brooding with leaden eys
4 like malefactors in . Jail. helpless
: mess alone remaining. Youngcrsa
yvItures on whom tbs sins OF the par
4 ents lhave descended, with every
/ kindly ympathy and noble impuls'
i dlblasted IN their birth. with ever,
! healthly feeling fiogeed and starvet
,tIdown, with every revengeful passio'
: that can tester in swollen human
3 hearts, eating its evil way toths cor
!. lin silence. Still our Christian min
isters-and they are al such respeC
/, table comfortable bodies-sssm :
= think the stun savages in . very On
!. viable situation, under such Chris
q tian influence, in comparison Wit
= tho poor healhen worshipping thsi
= idols in the midst Of IN Africa
: sforsst. Yet l would not for on
! minute hesitate between The He'll
8 IN alley in one Of our average citis
r. and my chances in an African iuI
y gle. DoNSELr'
= The easiest money 70 spend %
= the hardest money to save % th
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