Evening journal., 1907-05-16
Breakers Ahead
By JOHN M. DoRNEY

other night Ia the car was a modest
timid looking mother. with two of her
children, a youth careless, Indifferent.
apparently taking his first lesson ia
sowing Wild oats" a stolid looking
member OF tho common herd" a
human OK; one of the products of our
boosted civilization" policeman.
symbolic Of government; on the plat
form, dull-cyed, worried looking
conductor representing our real gov
crnment. the corporations. Enter. two
women of certain appearance, painted.
gewgawcd, g0rgeously dressed, laugh
ing hoisterously, as n i'm the upper
heaven OF happiness with them were
two things, in the shape Of men, one
of the male creatures was middle aged;
the other fully "a hals century on the
road to the grave All the party were
under the influence of personal iib-
erty' The timid mother drew her
children closer. and grew pale The
wild oats youth Grinned in sort Of
a fraternal way. The human OK"
gazed on the scene as unmoved as the
sphynx. The dun eycG representative
of real government" the trolley com-
pany gathered in the nickels. The po-
| liceman gazod stolidly on the quartet
Despite the efforts of the unfortunate
women to appear gay. one could see
the evidence of unrest in those rem-
nants of womanhooti. And in the coun-
tenances of the men one could sec
bravado.
In all four it was very clear they had
taken the bit I'm thor teeth and were
living out the motto. "eat, drink. and
be merry. for Tomorrow we die"
To me the scene was p moving pic
ture of our boasted Christian CD civ
ilization. From one end Of the country
TO the other we see and hear the rum
BILE OF distant thunder shc roar of the
breakers ahead. that prcsaee the COM
ing storm. strikes, loclSouts, labor
wars, combinations of labor, and or
capital-plots and counter-plots- -union
men and scahs-strikers and strike
breakers, beating and stoning each
other and then the policeman's club.
and then the State militia, and then
the rifles of Federal troops. anarchy,
socialism. secret assassination socie-
ties. grow apace Government-city,
county state and nation has become
a stencil in the nostrils or tho public
| Ignorant men-the 'iolS sDittles of edu-
Gated scoundrels reign as kings, as
bosses of the cities.
The craze for money has infested all
classes Even many In the pulpits are
inoculated and some well-meaning
mon i'm the pulpits seem 10 be either
| strangely dense of the basic cause o!
the conditions Of which 1 write or too
timid to speak the truth Injustice IS
rampant even in our own town He
who shall steal a loaf Of bread is sure
Of the workhouse. But how is it with
others? Witr.n the last few months
there have been two sermons deliver
ed i'm this city one by a Protestant
ID. D.. the other by a Roman Catholic
u. d. The Protestant -. ID. said I'm
telligence. industry, thrift is the key
note of a nations greatness, and then
the reverend gentlemen dwclt upon
the word education. rs the panacea
and pointed out the dangers incident
10 the hordes Of ignorant immigrants
pouring into our country" The Roman
| Catholic ID. D.. said young men de-
clare they cannot afford to marry
/ and vet they receive from $50 to S25
per week. Unless our American peo-
pie marry. our country win be owned
and peopled exclusively by Russians,
Slavs and Italians, who are multiply
| ing rapidly. The American race Is
/ dying out" on one point at least both
the d. DIS seem TO agree-hostility
TO immigrants.
As a Christian 7 confess it is shock
| ing to me TO hear such sentiments
from a pulpit. A pulpit dedicated TO
Him. who in his Human Nature was
an outcast, homeless. poor despised
and at length put to death.
That the "Man Of Sorrow" was
God. we Christians believe, and
God. the brotherhood OF man. that lie
declared an mon were His children
and His brethren. And we say God
made the world for men and that all
men stand equal before God.
Now as to the Protestant divine's
idea. that education IS the solution and
ignorance the danger, I ask who arc
the men who are plundcring the peo-
pic by law, that arc looting saving
banks, and life Insurance companies
/ who are corrupting the very fountains
of government? Is it not a fact that
they are our educated men? The ig-
norant immigrant brings to us free
| gift of himself In an economic sense
! lie IS a wealth producing machine
that would cost us at least $1,000 e
raise up to the point of self-support
Hence a million healthy Immigrants
are a clcar gain of at least S2000,O0o,-
900 to the country. And is it the ig-
norant immigrant that buys councils
legislatures. congressoa, as Hartman
the educated American boasts?
Now for the Roman Catholic d. d.
If the reverend gentleman will guar
antee to secure these S25 per week jobs
I win guarantee 20 secure a thousand
men who VIII give him a bonus of So
for each Job. If the doctor would con
suit the reports Of the Department o.
Labor or better stll get next" TO hun
dreds of men i'm this city he wouh
know more about wages. and also o
the reason FOR the decline in marriage
the slaughter of babies, the growtl
of boarding houses, the boom in di
vorce AS to tho American race dying
well ] am ashamed TO say We Chris
tians CD Caucasians have pretty wei
wipod out the American Indians. Bu
is 10 possible the doctor means-he-
and land the other descendants o
English. Dutch. Irish. Germans, Scotch
etc. who camo over earlier? II so
marvel. as a Christian and an Ameri
can. q yankee.
assert that the Russian jew, tn
Slav. the italian has as much righ
here as has anyone else.