Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-06-24
The Republican campaign is now on.
DISGRACE.


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Now, am not sure, but it is my opinion
that the very strong man who tramples upon
the weak is a kind of degenerate. He is abb
normal-he is a mons1oslty.
Jesus was type OF what man should be, and
He could no more have wronged the weak,
helpless or ignorant than Lincoln could have
sent fleeing slaves back to bondage.
don't believe in making demi- god of any
man, much less the Carnegie kind. free libra
nv is good thing for some people, but only few
people, comparatively, can appreciate good lit
erature. To tie unappreciative, library is of
no moe use than a Chinese wooden god. We
have to 90 bacl; to the beginning and develop
thouoht before we can cultivate. The degiad-
alton of poverty is holding millions of people
IN its grasp, aud such degration can only be
removed by removing the cause. If Carnegie
had gone back TO the people from whom he ac-
oured his wealth, and started industrial schools
and co. operative manufactures, giving men the
chance to rise, and inspiring them with the de-
sire. people might readily believe that Carnegie
was sincere in saying that "to die rich is dis
GRACE" What about the disgraceful things IN
mans career who gets rich' Not WORD
from Carnegie, but very important query
We have had the sentiment dlnned into our
little minds that to be sent to the poor house is
an everlasting disgrace, and worse than steal
mo horses, till most of us would rather starve
than apply io1 aid. The hungry multitude
that followed Jesus thought 1t no disgrace to
eat of His loaves and fishes, and the thousands
of sick accepted free healing. All OF us accept
more or less OF Gods bounty every day. Even
Carnegie drinks water, breathes air and bathes
IN the Sunshine, and, to God, he Is on pauper
basis.
With our terrible sense Of disgrace from re-
| ceiving aid, we make a study OF "gettlng a
plenty" so that we may not be short in our old
DAYS, and we easily drop into the old mans
ule: "Get rich honestly if you can, but by
all means, get rich.' We adore Carnegie be-
cause he got rich We do not scrutiulze his
methods or, having scrutinized them, we tai
to find that they are damnable.
All of us, being dependent on God, tho
Father, ought to share with man, the brother
Cod divides His benefits. "The rain tails or
the lust and the unjust" Flowers grow every
where and birds sing in all the forests The
soil, with its plant food is distributed over th'
land and the waters Of the ocean teen Will
life. God has no "corners" and monopoliZe
no good thing. ole opens His hand and I'D
orally supplies the wants of all His creatures
Man is the thief that stands by and seize
what is not his own, and in doing so, starve
his fellow creatures. How date any man wh'
receives from God withhold from fellow beings
Such man is not Christian, and, repeat, /
either degenerate or has not caught up witt
tbe nrocession that moves to broader ant
deeper humanity.
The regulations of the captains OF lndustr
are not such as to furnish ideals. They canno
escape the imputation of begrudgng their tel
low being a decent living. Opportunity tut
nished them the facilities for gathering wher
thew had not strewn. Instead of initiating, W
should abhor their deeds.
farmer chucks rocks into wagon vii
corn, and sells rocks at corn prices. We thin
he is contemplate, and we think rightly. In
buver of the corn is the only one injured.
the farmer had millions OF bushels'o of corn, all