Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-24

We haVnet reached that stage yet
but nearly every public officer has his
price. 1t ranges from five dollars
upwards. I am told the price of AS
semblyman is $780,
When Egypt fell the wealth of the
country was controlled by 5 per cent
of the people. In Rome by 8 per
cent. In the United States it is CON
trolled by one hundred men. who may
cause panic or era of prosperity
at will.
For the last forty years the affairs
OF our government have been neglect.
ed by the people in the rush to get
rich and while the people were thus
obliVious Of the affairs of the govern
ment few men whom you may Ik-
en- to the powers of darkness have
been quietly swerving all the machinJ
cry OF this government from its true
course to their own selfish purposes.
But the people are at last awaking
at least such as have mind enough
to comprehend the situation are a.
waking and efforts are being put
forth to stop some of this wholesale
robbery.
Now while such men as Dolliver,
Clapp, Bristow, Cummings and La
Toilette are boldly fighting these
forces of corruption in, front let the
schools of this country teach the
rising generation this graet question
OF government so that they can fall
on to the rear of the forces of cor
ruption and thus annihilate them for
ever by destroying their very foun-
dation.
AS long as such men as Rockefeller
Carnegie and Morgan are allowed to
purchase the favor of cities and uni
Versities by donating money or Ii
braries just so long will this work
of corruption go on. This must be
stopped and such men considered
little less than highway robbers. And
when dead ought to be buried in
some secluded place where the eyes
OF the children cannot see their mar
bic shaft less it should cause them
to do likewise.
These Parasitic Captains of indus
try not only control the great indus
tries of our country but will not en-
ploy our men. Visit the steel works
at Pittsburg the coal mines of I'LL
nois, the gold mines of the Black
Hills, the Trans-Continent railroad
west of the Rocky Mountains and 20
will find all of the common work done
by foreigners who cannot speak a
word of English. You will ask why |
they employ them. The answer is, |
they will work for about half of
what a white will, because they live |
on rice principally
If this continues within the next |
ten years there will be a massacre
of the Japs in the Pacific States |
rivaled only by that of the Jews at |
Kisheniff, which will involve US in |
war with Japan that would at pres
ent end fatal to the United States.
Japan has an army of 100000 mel
ready to move at an hours notice to |
meet them we have a regular army |
of $4,000 men poorly equipped, half
fed and poorly clothed, differed by |
a lot of generals and admirals whose |
days of usefulness are past.
Our coast defenses are worthless,
our fleet $4,000 miles away, another
and still more alarming point it the |
lack of patriotism of the common PEG
pie. N
In 1851 nearly 1000 900 able bodied
men threw their lives into the bal
ance to maintain this government.
$4,000 persisted and their bones were
left to bleach in Dixie The balance
returned. How has this government
repaid them for their service? Thou
sands died without any reward and the
rest received from Sc to SIS per
month a paltry sum to be sure When
you top to think of how the money
was spent in other directions such
as to send an envoy over to kiss King
hand at his coronation and
appropriating s25, 900 for Taft to
tour the states for political pur-
poses.
Such things as these have damp
ened the patriotism of the American
people to a great extent
They are perfectly justified in not
defending country that will not pro-
tect them. Let those who are bene-
fitted defend it.
In carrying on the reform the in
surgents are bound to make mistakes
all mortals will. They have already
made a mistake, it was not really
their fault for they were deceived
by a wolf in a Sleeps skin. That
was in electing Taft but that will be
remedied in three years. 1 think tina
Taft can hear even now, his political
waves as they beat on the lonely
shores of st. Helena.
Car Cannon beginning to make out
the writing on the wall that he has
been hitherto unable to read.
Aldrich can feel the approaching
storm and is gathering shattered bat
talions around him for the final strug
gle to the death.