The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-09-03

lazy then who created the wealth?
Has the average farmer, mechanic,
salesman, clerk, teacher, or laborer,
squandered their portion In riotous
living? Did they spend il Tor auto
mobiles, steam yachts, or even Tor
diamonds? Iinot, what has become
OF IL? Why haven't they got it, how
did they lose 1t? What has been the
unseen subtle, but apparently all
powerful force that has taken IL
from then? Why have matters be-
come 90 appalling in America that
the socalled .ffete countries OF
Europe have felt impelled to take
official cognizance OF the deplorabIe
conditions In which 30 many OF our
toilers are compelled TO live. The
Italian Government AS o result OF
the shocking reports that reachedit)
having sent commission TO investi
gate. Most revolving conditions
were shown to exist Whole families
we're found crowded into one and
two room apartments, while not
only the women, but little children
not much more than babies, we're
, found working In filthy, unhygenle
quarters, helping to exc out ascanty
. living for she family. Overcrowding
, was shown so be the rule NOS the ex-
ception. In one case seven adults
, and seven children were Giving In a
, dark, middle room, and a large, bare
q rear room,
y "The daily press also tells US that
!, since October, thousands OF entire
/ families have been out of work, as d
: result, they have used up all theil
A savings, not their proportion-Sr
r 600, as above-but a paltry $50, al
= they had been able to save durlnt
|. the years OF b >asted prosperity. Tut
president Of she Association Tor lm
n proving the Condition OF the Poor
. r f. Cutting, says: II cannot re
. member such u condition existing be
n fore. Not even In 1898 and 1872
" did the depression persist so long
:, While, according to Senator Foraker
II on July l, $4,000 skilled worker
:? are out OF employment here In CiI
. cinnsti. Presumably the number
the unskilled was greater yet. Thes
= illustrations OF unparalleled pros
perity have been duplicat ID all owe
- :, the country, no section has escape
:; the blight. There has been tr'
y >. mendous exodus OF those who coul
, not find employ ment, q hall mlllio
= more having emigrated to EuroI
=, than have immigrsted here.
cd "Why the depression, why It
N. blight? This marvellous prosperi'
nd seems to have been wonderful
;, efticacious in keeping the toile
,se poor. This uDprecedent prosperi'
.v seems to have been monopoliz3d
"a. a few. They have gone on pillng I
bo millions, but the larders OF the wor
ia ere 1t seems have accumulated not
m. ing, 30 that they now face starry
alp ton az their reward for the pa
,er. they took In producing 'widesprea
sed prosperity. The bottom has dropp
,ve out Of their full dinner pail
,ht Again we ask whs2 You say.
us CARELESS of politics once the mai
me iacturerso OF this country join univ
Int. sally In this movement, depressi
un- will cease Who are they to sell
lch; How can the masses buy when tn
b a savings are gomez With wages
av- duced, how are they TO pay mon'
ons oily prices and yet live? How are y
heir going to bring prosperity to
8 in toller without destroying monop
ally and special privileges? Using
ber- force.pump won't alter conditlo
arly the people want something m
the than wind. Why not prick
/, In monopoly bubble, let out SOM
ons, the wind and water, bring the ne'
In saries OF life within the purchas
been power OF the people. The crop
eas. millionaires may not grow, but
life equitable distribution OF the wee
produced according to the part t
the each has contributed to It's proc
,ost- ton will bring happiness TO mill
,sur and insure q natural-thereiore II
rity? ing-instead OF the 'force-pu
OF prosperity you propose.
ions LET usclip the talons oil monop
all uproot special privilege, and
o 20 nomic conditions will improve
hout NIGHTLY that all will be able to