World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1910-07-21
Have We Homes to Destroys:
BY N. B. .WILKIN SON.
Continued from Pa &c 8.

more than 1000 acres in 1850
this number had increased to
nearly fifty thousand-an
increased of about Sc per cent.
Frederick Weyerhauser, of St.
Paul, MINI, now controls more
than thirty million acres Of the
finest timber lands in orr coun.
try; and other trusts and single
owners own millions of acres Of
our richest and best lands.
DEPRESSING for moment. |
want to call attention, very
briefly.to the ownership of other
properties by a few individual Is,
aside from lands. Senator Robert
l. Oven in aspcech made in the
United States Senate June 18th.
1909, and by the way, one of the
greatest speeches made in our
congress; curing the last twenty
years, and hedging along as near
the edges Of Socialism as ne dared
10 get without com ming out
square'y for it, said: while it is
true that thirty five Thousand
millions of dollars OF the PRO.
CEEDS OF HUMAN LABOR in
the United States have passed in.
to the hands of various corpura.
tons, add very large part OF the
NET PROCEEDS OF AMERI.
CAN LABOR have b, Gil improp.
"rly acquired by monopoly: and
while 100000 children in like
manner are FROM OUT the
peaceful shelter OF the AMERI.
CAN HOME into commercial
rivalry with men; and while T..
10000 children, in like manner
are being driven under the CON.
mercial whip to sacrifice their
youth. in large part, to the
demand OF u!ammon: and while
there arc MANY MILLIONS OF
mcn who regard life with great
anxiety, constantly in fear u' the
drastic power OF extreme power.
" and lack Of employment, still
! Sc" that the American workman
III the factories o! our land, have
, exhibited n net output pnr capi,a
Of OVER TWELVE HUNDRED
l)Ol.LAHS, from which the leg.
Inmate demand on lin for the
support of an American family
can be- met ard still leayo IL large
sulpUs earning.'
And a little r)rthcr on, in the
same speeches, it is shown tina,
according 10 the United States
census report for 1900. Labor
received in iNIo, Is - ncrccrt OF
It's total pr0ouct, while in 1000
labor only recsi,cd l.. : peg cent
OF The output, And if the output
Is now only twelve hundred dol
lars per capita, and lie OILY r..
Gives is prrcents OF il he gets
tho stupenduouS suYa Of s.13 co
Tor MS years work. And the
capltalistlc owner OF the tools
received As his share If what the
hborer earned the sun Of $O~G 40
In ether words the tools with
which a laborcr WORKS are worth
nearly tive times as much as the
man who uses them. And vet
the great prophet, speaking for
Jeh"va, said. u will make a
man more precious than gold.'
In thu March 9Th. issue of the !
New York World, in Il labored |
editorial of the scare crow |
variety. Ii is said, after a tabu- |
lated statement OF the different
properties under j. p. Morgan's |
control, that he Is now the Der.
sonal manager Of properties of
the value of Sl0,3cG, $4,000. or,
in ronnd numbers, ONE ELE. |
NENTH of all the wealth of oar
eighty millions OF people. In
other words lie controies as
much property as is found in all I
the territory Of the United States
ying WEST OF TIE MIS-.
souri, AND MISSISS-PPIRI.
VERS. No king in all the world