Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1908-07-19


In tearing down an old Government. But,
like Socialism, the trust shows a DISPOSE
ton to survive its usefulness. This is large
ly due to the fact that men, assuming risk
for profit, are naturally slow in surrendering
profit for principle. Socialists say the rail-
roads stcle-if they hadn't, what would
there be for any body else to steal? Sup
pose Morgan and Hartman arc rascalsl
they employ thousands who are not If the
Southern Pacific pilfered land it gave us the
Pullman for the ox-cart. If Rockefeller
monopolized oil, he raised its quality and
lowered its price. Now, which are most USE
flu. to tho country-syndicate that are pro-
gressive for profit or Socialists that are
poupers for principle? 1 don't believe in
the divinity of Mr.. Rockefeller; I'm a Uni
tartan. care not whether he be hypocrte
or consistent deepwater Baptist; his divinity
and danpness are alike immaterial to me-
but in dung much for himself he has done
mere for millions, and any man who is not
socialistically idiotic, knows I speak the
truth. Periodically, some crank bewails the
lack of Christlike principles in our corpora
tons. The Beatitudes would be as much
out of place in modern finance as the Holy
Familys flight into Egypt by automobile
The majority of these capitalists were poor;
Huntington was the son OF Yankee UNI
brella mender; Carnegie was poor and a
Scotch Presbyterian at the same time;
Rockefeller hadn't the money to buy enough
oil to luOricate a gimlet; Jay Gould was
penniless; Upton belonged to the same
syndicate: Hartman was as poor as a rat
But to these men poverty was monotony:
appetite. lack of variety Money was their
God, and there wasn't a backslider in the
congregation. Instead of worrying about
others, each made a speciality of his own
business. Result, concentration and its
Legitimate child, Success! The tools to
him who can use them!" Let him who
maj 10 W. for hiv,,xx he C,,;t;
OF others comes naturally to the man who
is honest from lack of temptation and sinless
from want of opportunity. HE who never
made mistakes never tried to make anything
else!" Now, Haywood is Socialist candi
date for President of the United States. And
tGese are the men whose war cry is
Equality! expectation is mutual
heip! and whose dream Is a Utopia found
ed on laziness and governed by conscience
Conscience is, to a great extent regu-
lated by the absence of opportunity, and
the presence of the police. No enc knows
the strength of his principles until 1t has
been tested; integrity is TO temptation as
theory to practice, fits or misfits awaiting
trial. The penitentiary is made up of the
bad who didn't want to lily from tepmta-
ton and didn't; and the good who did
want to but couldn't The only safe course
morally 10 to do nothing, for he who does
something is in danger of doing something
wrong. Enterprise introduces it's disciple
to many phases of temptation to which the
sloth is never exposed. The best man may
be open to the criticism of the worst
AS to what man should give away it
strikes me that this depends, somewhat on
how he feels about it. Every rich man is
overwhelmed with appeals for help; you
ought to see some of the letters I receive.
Philanthropy is good to a certain extent,
but most of us prize the philanthropy in
the proportion that we can use the philan-
thropist. Looking out for another atrophies
your faculties for looking out for yourself
while inviting no other to look out for you.