The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-03-07

own. is ninety per cent II ninety per
cent OF these people are LEFT so deSti
tute as TO be thrown upon public
charity. 1t can only be that
their wages were SO low they
could not prepare for a rainy day. A
larger and larger number OF people
must be becoming dependent on the
employers readiness 10 give them
work and when they are employed,
their wages will only keep them a
short month from the poorhouSc
When VIC find that in single city
10000 families are in this condition,
It shows that more and more OF the
people OF the country are being thrown
into wage slavery. and tnat their share
OF their product Is sinking ever lower
The country began under conditions
such that every American. male and
female. could look forward to attain
ing economic independence. such az
II was Men gladly became apprenti-
ces, and girls servants, well knowing
that in a few years they would be able
TO become householderS in their own
right In the United States today
there are 100000 school children uD-
derfed. and with some physical defect
or another. These 900 900 children
underfed imply an amount Of poverty
that you may imagine for yourselves.
That they are physically detective
tells another tale: II tells Of improper
material conditions, Women are un-
seXcd by the nature of the work they
have 10 perform, especially in the New
England states When Mr.. Robert
Hunter says the reason the native
American has not populated the coun.
try is because of the 'hordes OF Eu-
rope. nc should be told that II is be-
cause the native American woman Is
to such large extent forced TO take.
up unseXing work
Decrease In Marriage as Symptom
Another symptom is the decrease Of
marriage. We know that when mar
riages decrease 1t Is an evidence of in-
creased difficulty in living Marriages
are decreasing at a terrific rate. and
divorces are increasing proportion
ately. With husband and wife, that
happens which happens to partners In
business, When business goes well,
there is no clash. But let business Go
bad, and each discovers flaws in the
other, and the partnership Is sundered
The number of DIVORCES is an index of
hardship In tho home, inducing clashes
This is symptom No. 8 that things are
deteTioratlnS
For another symptom, the 9Th In the
series, take the constitution OF The
Postal Telegrnphers' Union. which
gives the company which rules them
the right OF absolutely running the af-
g, ,tgb In
all the self-governing rights conquered
by the American revolution This vol
untary relinquishing of rights can only
point TO decline.
All these things point TO growing
worse of conditions
AduIteration as Another Symptom
Then there is the aduteration of
foods. Senator Stewart OF Idaho,
speaking In the senate on December
12. 1906. said II do not think the
country has any idea OF the poisons
administered in foods. IL is sApping
the constitution of the people If we
bad to raise soldiers as We did IN 1861,
| doubt whether we could find them
Clothing is also fTightfully adultcrat-
ed The result OF this on health and
life Is obvious.
So. then, things arc getting worse.
But Is it misfortune? No II Is de-
cided fortune The sulferinGs of any
social period cannot be looked at in
the abstratc The present social dis
trcss is a condition that does not por-
tend worse. it portends better-it por-
tends revolution The present physI-
cal suf1orinSs and discomfort arc mar
the people into shape for tho
next step in industrial government
And 1t is not the suffering which Is
making for progress. but the condl
tions which undcrly and cause it,
Those conditions are drilling the race
to its duty In ovcCthro~ing the class
which is today standing between it
and plcnty.-Dc Leon.