Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-07-10

in some form or other comes the use of narcotics to
bring relief the tired, and worn sufferer with the
usual result that the last condition OF that man Is
worse than the first In this connection, might be
well mention, that a cause OF neurasthena, and
continual nervous irritation syphiophobia is not unm-
portant To who has had syphills, no matter now
well he NAV have been treated for it, every pmple,
blotch frecke, and eruption is Immediately magnihed
something terrible which of course helps TO break
the health of the unhappy victim Possibly at hrst
blush it may not be apparent to many just how modern
business influences and awakens the tendency TO dis
ease particularly nerve ailments and functional disor-
ders. But from what follows, 1t must be patent 10
every one that the causative relationship between the
two factors is real and not fanciful.
During the last Is or 90 years the growth OF
commercial business in this country has been almost
beyond belief This and the attendant prosperity, has
been fruitful Of various disorders, principally
nuroses.
"nI fares the land, to Fastening ills a prey,
Where wealth accumuates, and men decay"
That wealth has accumulated rapidly, no one can
deny and just as the nobler qualities OF men are
developed and brought out by sickness hardship and
suffering so do all the meaner and more contemptble
features of human nature show during times of wealth
and plenty.
The history of every fallen nation proves that
luxury and riches, have been the cause of decay.
Competition in trade while the main spring OF
commercial development. has, under the modern sys
tenn become such a mighty monster that it is rapidly
stangng all the higher ideals and aspirations Indeed
so terrible has the pace become, that men seek to kill
all lawful and commendable striving for superiority
by means of combinations and suppression Of produc
tlon by outside parties Men in the of business
are harder than adamant with each other.
Money making has become our national God SC
that the worship of the Nazarene is rapidly being sup
planted by something more tangible.
Business men, If they pretend to religion at all
get it out Sunday morning rub it up for show during
the day. and then pack 1t away Sunday night and lay II
Monday morning, and for the week treating their fe
low men, than and iustifying 1t by say
ing that business is business" The glorfcation OF
money making unfortunately, permeates all classes.
Seldom indeed our scientists, authors, philan
thropsts and composers, held up to the rising
tion successful men. but almost always, some man
who has gotten wealth, honestly otherwise and
rarely has anything else to recommend him.
Humanitarianism philanthropy, the love of God
and feow-man: the desire to help, and upift fallen
brothers, qualities that going out of date rapidly
in the mad rush for the yellow demon.
Asylums, and sanitaria have multiplied all over
the land and the male inmates in most instances are
who have fallen by the wayside and gone to pieces
in the wild pursuit of money while still in the prime
of life. How can it be otherwise, when mans every
channel to the exclusion of everything else? The av
erage commercial man. is a rule, densely ignorant OF
everything aside from his business To him the marbles
of Praxitees, the of Raphael the harmonies
of the immortal Beethoven, and the sublime language
of Shakespeare are naught. These immortal souls
fools that they did not get rich by cornering the
marble supply, instead of cutting it, Writing the 5tt
and 9th symphonies for posterity instead of turning
out two steps and rag times for beer halls etc AnC
the worst feature of it is the wholesale contempt will
which he looks on others, who may be interested il
higher ideals, such science literature and art. Al
the Indians look on an insane who ha!
been touched by the Great Spirit and made simple
do our modern Indians of the money world, view al
who do not share their ideas, and engage in the same
soul destroying body wrecking pasme
With the exception of the scientific, literary,
professional classes, the women of our country are
much better educated and smarter than the men
Does anyone doubt this? Let him inquire who predom
mates in all graduating classes of the public and hgf
schools about six girls to one boy Boys leave school
or are taken from it, at too early age, and put into
business houses, to different kinds of work while
the girls continue in school, and college The natura
relationship of the is being rapidly reversed
women assuming control of things that should be
long to men. Still, the masculine element seems to bt
satisfied. Women organize, and manage the advance
ment Shakespeare, Town Improvement, Literary ant
Musical CLUBS Our successful business conduc
clubs where tobacco smoke, gossip drinks are tn,
chief intellectual pleasures. If the are to rule
the destnies of country and rule they will
If the present condition of affairs continues what will
be the ultimate result? History no instance of
great nation, with its at the helm and the males
reesated to the rear, by their own ignorance 1t is
trite saying, that intelligence has always ruled the
world True there have been apparent lapses in places
hut the rule holds true Is there any reason to suppose
mat our dear America will prove the exception anC
its future be turned to a lot of uneducated men
and the intelligent women, sit idly by?
After business hours, and the wear and tear OF
the day Is over how many men turn themselves
loose in the hope of relaxation, through alcohol
opium, or visit to houses of i'll repute Bad as this is
IL is true, because our wretchedly false ideals have
rendered them incapable OF any other enjoyment
The president of one of the largest manufacturing
concerns on the Pacific coast, is an old man worth
twelve million dollars This life reading has been
limited to one book All interest in everything except
business, left him years ago.
Think of such case Worth twelve millions and
no more use for IT, than blind would have for
picture gallery But it will be argued this is an isolated
case Not so by any means, but perhaps an extreme
one which only too we'll proves the tendency of the
umes. People in America have strange, and unnat-
ural fondneSs for walking up to the brink of a prec
pee looking over and so far in our history of turning
back. VIII they do it this time or is the greed fo7