The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-07-09
A Toothless Saw.
Continued from Fifth Page)

Of child labor
Surely. | thought. money. like a CT
gar and unlike a man, is known BY
the company 1t keeps.
once l heard a feeble noise from the
pocket Of a Russian Jew peddlcr. Here
I thought. will be a sOrdid strain. But
it was a clear-toned cry that came
down from Egypt OF old: Tickets.
emigrant tickets from Odessa; Lord.
let my people go"
A rich woman was talking charity.
but her money was ~wrangling dread
fully: some of 1T was calling out:
Hospital while the rest shrieked:
sable wrap"
A painted woman singing. maudIin.
and disreputable. presented another
field Of battle; one cry OF the wages OF
her sin: more wine, more silk. more
hell" was answered by another. "The
Kid must be kept in school: the old
folks must have a twenty this week =
/ watched money pass from hand To
hand and heard its tone change with
each change of possessor. Here was
refutation of the doctrine OF tainted
money But then there came the
thought of keeping the greedy, the
from buying social absolu-
ton with the surplus of their steal
ings, and | remembered the moon
shine traffic which points out a mo-
dus VfVendf. For neither the moon
sinner nor the drinke would know
too much of the transaction, and 50
a dollor is placed on a stump and later
there appears a jug on the stump and
n dollar Is gone. If college presi-
dents and others toiling to bring light
into this dark world conhnc them
selves to the ciVility Of an unaddrcss-
ed Thanh you" there could be no
criticism leveled against them. Better
TO go Without money than to laud the
name OF an enemy Of society, or to
place Founded by Fe Faw Fun"
on the letterhead of an institution
dedicated to human service.
Far from the noise OF pocketbooks
sat me down to mediate on the
things ! "a heard. from money and
the things | had heard about money.
IL IS obviously power, centralized
power, and a great deal Of it. how
ever, obtained is power beyond the
conception Of democracy, whether II
be used for good or evil. 1t would
seem that the tendency of the great
increasing board IS to call for more.
ever for more. For the great board
can only increase by the neglect Of
the needs OF men. Money means
opportunity and the highest oppor-
tunity is service, and the basest is
found in greed with its needless. an
archistic cry for more.
recoiiected how complete and dis
sonant and disconnected was rnoet ~
a. illEfSL VI
the talk money had uttered. At the
bottom o. the scale was the clearer
demand Of the thin peck etbook for
lood. shelter. clothing for self and
FANNY, aye, with a Of
nelghbor. With increase In volume
there averaged an increased proDor-
ton OF the element of the sordid. and
the more 1t was given to internal
StriIe. The larger and yeIlower the
DIS. n louder and yellower wa apt
10 De their insistcnt call Tor more.
l was tired of the everlasting din in
my ears. weary Of the noises escaped
oE my more fortunate fellows. More
over, | felt mean about Il. for it seem
ed as though / were ~eavesdroppfuC
QlssectinS souls. or at best engaged IN
4 sort of picking OF pockets. Like an
Ancient Mariner" money made me
st and listen. despite all other inter-
ests and all other engagements.
After q While consulted an emi-
nent alienist, whose profession il was
10 exercise bats from the human
belfry just as Dorney clears a resi-
dence OF rats. Not a bad case :, eafd
the great man. Just a case OF yround-
Ell wires. You've heard hat action.
speak louder than words yo,,
maven heen hearing money at all hu,
listening to actions" Az he 81,
head something clicked into Mac -
noises ceased. and / noted ui,h -
that the bill / gave him slid ~ 10
pocket without max ing any remsrks