Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-04-14
10 McDILL'S MUSINGS.
THE DISSATISFIED.

The self.satis6ed man is an indurated 'urnor
on the bosom of society. He stats himself
with cheap truths worm eaten morsels OF inus'y
wisdom If YOU touch such man, 1t you
open the door unto him, he will breathe on you
the stink of decay. These meu are called men
of minds, principles and convictions, and no
one cares to notice that their conI lotions are
merely under-drawers wherewth they cover up
the nakeduess of their souls-MAXIM GoRKY
Mazim Gorky stands good chance to have
his head cut off, or his neck stretened, as he is
now in Russian prison, charged with the Lord
only knows what crime, and all because he is
not satisfied with conditions they exist in
his native country. 1t may be said OF Gorky
. that he is heaved up from the depths of poverty
and obscure origin, was Lincoln, and ap-
parantly with much the same mission, tor
Gorky has devoted his high talcnrs to the cause
of free Russia and better conditions for labor.
Dissatisfied people are becoming numerous,
both in and out of orthodox lines. Within the
lines OF the grand old party we find the Pfesi-
dent and three governors dissatisfied. Not
large percentage, but straws that go to show
that possibly we shall find that the party OF
high sounding words and gilded platforms have
ouly been engaged in covering up the naked
ness of. their souls, and this becomes all the
more apparent as the President and governors
turn on the light of investigation.
Now that the party is being "touched," " and
that the door is being opened, honest men OF all
parties have to hold their noses, there is such
stink of corruption and decay. Outside OF
government officials, the self-satis6ed industrial
captaius-the ''indurated tumors"-are being
exposed as men never were exposed since Jesus
laid bare the hypocracy of Judicial Pharisees,
l. e., they who made ''long prayers and devoured
widows houses; and, to some extent the cases
are parallel. Rockefeller and other captains
rob the people embodied in the cloak of re-
ligous profession.
Ida Tarbell, in writing up Standard Oil,
showed conclusively that Rockefeller was cap
able OF perjury as we'll as bribery and lawbreak-
ing. The Rockefellers are pillars in the Babtist
church. Charles Edward Russell, in Every
bodys Magazine says, in heading an article on
the meat combine: "Names change, details
change but when the facts OF these actual con.
ditons are laid bare, it will puzzle a thought
full man to say wherein the rule OF the great
power now to be described differs in any essen
tial from the rule of feudal tyrant IN the
darkness OF the middle ages" "Three times
a day this power comes 10 the table OF every
household in America, rich CT poor, great or
small. known or unknown 1t comes there and
.xtorts its tribute 1t has factories, shops,
stock yards, mills, land and land companies,
plants, warehouses, politicians, legislatures and
CONGRESS. To-day, it is compelling
lordly raiload companies to dismiss manager.
Tomorrow, it is blacklisting and running some
little commission merchant. 1t is remorseless,
t,reless, greedy, iinsatable. (" Young Armour
is the head of this combine, aud Old Armour
was a pillar of tue Presbyterian church.
The Sherman antitrust law was passed at
time when, comparatively, captains" had
small possessions and little political influence.
= Tn twenty wears CT the existence of the anti
,rrst law there has not been a single conviction
With punishment for its violation. The rivulet
of twenty years ago has become mighty
stream. The rights, interests and happiness OF