The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-03-30

'tSff>~SfS INSTANTANEOUS
You can scarcely attend any public
gathering, but what some preacher or
speaker will refer to some Charitable
institution" and il they are not max
ing plea for money to support some
charitable institution with, they are
sounding the praises Of some "skin
flint" who has donated from ten thou
sand dollars to one hundred thousand
dollars in support of such institution,
every dollar of which has been stolen
from the identical ones who are forced
to seek these institutions when cid age
overtakes them.
Our public officials and our whining
preachers are always putting up pitt
full mouth, and begging for donations
for this. or that charitable institution"
when such institutions should be the
exception and not the rule, as such in
stitutiOns in land of plenty like this,
should only be necessary when sick
ness or bad luck" such as the human
family can not control, overtakes man
or woman, but the aims houses of this
country, are of our own building, as we
permit few captains of finance" to
rape and ravish American manhood
during her days of usefulness, and
only permit honest toll to earn enough
to keep soul and body together, while
serving these captains of finance"
and when old age comes on, they are
compelled to seek shelter, supported
by public donations, as they have sold
their labor during their useful days, at
a price which only permitted them to
wind up each year as they began it
without dollar laid by, for that rainy
day" that always must come.
Millions and millions are spent each
year to feed and clothe the poor, who
can trace their poverty to the door of
this gang of human hyenas, who do
nate to support these public institu-
lions.
Would it not be better to protect the
poor in the days of their usefulness,
by giving them living wages, than to
work them like beasts of burden and
ruin their health, and then insult them
by feeding them out of "charitys
crib,'' when their days of usefulness
are over?
Ninety-fve per cent of the poverty,
woe and misery in this country is
caused by the oppression of the poor
by the wealthy, as in the days of mans
usefulness, when he can labor and toll,
he is not permitted to reap the bene-
fits of his labor, and is only paid a
paltry sum for his services, and at the
close of useful, industrious and fru-
gal life, he and his old mate are COM
PEELED to go "over the hill to the poor
house." to spend the remainder of
their days, or If not to some city,
county or state poor house, they will
enter some aims house, built and sup
ported by the Identical set of hellians,
who paralyzed their energies during
their useful days, by paying them star
walton wages.
All! it must be humiliating indeed
for that old father and mother who
have toiled day in and out, and year in
and year out, to make an honest living,
and who have labored earnestly and
conscientiously for some human hog,
who would not pay sufficient wages to
permit this old pair to lay up a few
pennies for the time when nature will
blow her cold breath upon this totter-
ing old pair, whose manhood and WON
anhood has been worn out by that
daily grind of drudge and toll, which
sooner or later wears out the machin-
cry of the human race,slto be compelled
to spend their last days in an aims
house."
Such men as Carnegie, Rockefeller,
Morgan, Rogers, Gates and many 9TH
ers that we could mention, who do not
deserve to be called men, will bride
public servants to help them steal
franchises, which could be leased by
cities, counties and states, which would
lessen the tax rate and thereby add
few thousand dollars to the Golfers of
the poor; but these human devils will
spend tens of thousands of dollars to
come into possession of franchises, by
buying public officials, and then, in or
der to force the public to sing their
praises, they will make fabulous dona-
tons to charitable institutions, where
your father and mine, and your mother
and mine, must wend their way, when
the sleet Of old age rattles against
their windows.
All! it is disgrace upon American
manhood and a shame llnOn American