The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-04-16

time such an incident was closed.
Nothing amuses me more than the
excitement displayed by such moss
covered conservatives as your honored
self" laughed Colonel Monroe. For
years Us radicals have been predicting
this very condition Of affairs and have
been becoming more and more temper
ate IN our language and views as time
verified our forecast. Every couserva-
tive once knew Is now bowling rad
teal, each with remedy more drastic
than the other and all intent on hav-
ing the hfeblood OF every triumphant
trust. Ii is marked characteristic OF
all conservatives that they direct their
attention solely to effects and that they
ignore causes. AS typical eonserya.
tive as ever l knew is Deacon Purdy
OF our village board OF trustees Did
you attend the last meeting OF the
board. judgeY'
Il did not What has the deacon
done nowY'
As you know, there Is a proposition
before the board TO drain the swamp
west OF the depot" explained Colonel
Monroe. 1T Is the breeding place OF
al of the mosquitoes which infest Lin
colnville and the most prolific source OF
disease. | called the matter up and
moved that an appropria ton be made
and work started. so that this menace
be abated without further delay. The
good deacon arose and said that pep
permint was the best cure for mos
quito bites and that everybody knew
that quinine was a sure remedy for
the prevailing epidemic OF chIlls and
fever He therefore moved to amend
by making a small appropriation for
the purchase OF peppermint and qut
nine, but my persistence carried the
day In favor ~ draining the swamp
II Deacon Purly were called on 10
suggest a remedy against the billion
aire he would undoubtedly prescribe
taxation. confscatlon or decaplJatlon
You are having considerable amuse-
ment this evening at the expense OF
Deacon Purdy aud myself" said the
judge good naturally THE postmas-
ter and will be glad to listen to such
remedy or remedies as you have to
propose. Let rs hear from you. colo
mel, on the subject What Shall We Do
With Our Billionalres p"
THE best thing to do with them al
present is TO let them alone and TO
grant them such legislative and Judi.
eial aid as they see at to demand re-
( piled Colonel Monroe.
You surely do not mean what you
say" interrupted Judge Sawyer.
Il mean exactly what say" de-
ciared the other. There Ia no way In
which TO patch up or modify the ex.
istlng system Of finance aud Industry
without Gripping IL to the disadvantage
Of all concerned. II Is so constructed
that blow aimed at its greatest bene-
hciary, the man with the money. falls
with crushing force on the man with
the muscle The worker Ia absolutely
dependent on the continuous success OF
his employer. That Is what the stump
orators mean when they say that the
interests OF capital and labor are iden-
teal We have built up system
which requires that certain men be
made wealthy In order that they may
be able to employ others Mt wages for
which they will consent to toll II nat.
, urally follows that the Weather these
men are the more men they Will b.
able to hire and the more wages they
can pay. Is not my statement trueY'
Rather harshly put, but | do not
{ know that 4 L. ~
mitted Judge Sawyer.
NO fair man can object to that de-
scription," continued the colonel at
naturally follows that IL such a system
Is the proper one the Millionaire ia
vast Improvement over the millionaire.
The wage system, or the capitaIIstic
system, or any term you choose to call
1t. Is the only system OF which the
average American citizen has any com
prehensiOn. Until he can conceive OF
some way Of earning a living as A
worker with his hands without being
compelled to obtain the consent OF An
employer be will show good taste and
better Judgment In refraining from at.
tempts to Interfere with the plans de-
signed and demanded by those whose
money makes his employment possible.
A system Of industry based on private
capital is successfully operative only
under the unrestricted management OF
capitalists. The employee has no more
call to vote against the legislation ask
ed by his employer than he has to de-
eide on the dividend rate. In neither
instance Is he qualified to Judge what
Is to the best interest Of his employer
and therefore NJ himself. ! honestly
believe this For the same reason IL
follows that you cannot overthrow or
cripple the Millionaire without over.
throwing or Gripping our entire lndus
trial system. The Millionaire and the
system will stand and fall together"
Il am beginning to think you are
right" sighed Judge Sawyer. '"rhe sit
uation Is 10 radical and unprecedente,
that none but radical change IL prac
teal"
II have figured II outr exclaimed
jenkins, who had been silent and busy
over a pad Of paper for some time. eff
Millionaire had to divide his money
among all OF the people Of the United
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