New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1910-10-01
OF MEN WHO GLORY IN
THEIR SHAME.

starred Mare AntOlnette inquired
what all the fuss was about, and
on be. .ng tohd that the people had
40 bread, very naivcly asked
Then, why don't they eat
cakes?' The poor Queens re-
mark was MT due to heartlesSness
'or Indifference, but to a dense
ignorance Of conditions; yet, if
carried to the cars Of the already
overwrought populace we can cas-
lly imagine the effect it must have
had on it. We are reminded of
the incident by some remarks IN
fin +. y more shocking than that
of the French Queen. and made,
not IN igorance, but with full
knowledge. by a cool, calculating
man of the word in the recent
eviction trials il New York. Ac-
cording t. the press accounts, no.
&c to yacate was served on q
striker while his w s dead lay
in the house and himself and seven
children We're gathered about the
corpse. When asked by the
judge if he had known Of these
conditions. the landlord coldly
replied. Il certainly did, but
they are undesirable tenants. and
! want to put them out. "
Haven t You any feeling?' roar
ed the judge. Its merely mat
ter Of business" " came the answer.
It is not d fficuIt to estimate the
effect Of such innuman utteran-
ceS on the strikers and the pow
erty-Strlcken generally. Men
like this unfeeling landlord do
more to promote the growth Of so
ciaiism than all the socialist ora
tors and socialist literature com
b.ncd. We are not concerned
Just here and now with the merits
or demerits Of the strike or even
with the justice rr injustice Of the
eviction, but only with the alto
gether needlcssly severe-in fact,
almost incredibly brutal rcum-
stances attending some OF them.
and particularly with the uncnvi-
able type Of man revealed by the
foregoing replies. The landlord in
question gave his answers appar-
emily without any hesitation or re
gret or d fidencc. His act brought
no blush Of shame to the cheek. IT
to him quite the proper
and natural proceeding. Ger
tainly | knew it, said he "and
what Of it? What else ito Won ex-
pect9 It's purely and simply a
matter of business. and of course
business is business. - No doubt
he felt proud Of himself as a
competent representative and
spokesman Of his tribo-the Grad
grind tribe. who live for money
alone, who talk only money and
judge and value all things of mon
ey standards. They are Of the
class so we'll portrayed by Dick
ems, the men who believe that all
is fair" not only Gin hove and
but also in the pursuit of
gain. They are the men who
glory in Their hard sense and
strictly business makeup; who
seem to regard, not love and SYM
pathy. but red rapine and the use
oi tooth and claw as creations
final law There is no mawkish |
or maudl n sentimentality about |
them, no woman-hearted weak
nesses or vain bhlbberngs from |
pent-up emotions. The truth is, |
they are glorying simply in the |
absence of the traits that make |
men human. glorying in Their
likeness to the beast of prey The |
love Of money has sapped their
and transformed them
into brutes. ruthlessly and relent
iessly crushing whatever h hnders
their mad pursuit Of The money |
God whom they adore. |! is by |
contact with such men that we
.0aie to realize-th full force and |
bearing Of Ro9sevelt's s dictum, 81
an for human rights above prop
nrty rights" and Bryan's, 81 am
- 900, oLo, H. Jo1Ior ~ - ic |
Incidents like this that enable rs
to see clearly the reason for the
wc,ds of t!s Wise Man: ether" |
is not a more iniquitouS thing thah
b. love money, for such or"
3ctteth his own soul to sale. ~
this s.oical Indifference
- the sufferings Of others may be
lrt0o other causes besides mon y |
z"ped-but whatever its cause or |
it be natural or assumed,
t is assuredly no mat er for boast
ing. The St0ic ph losophy has lis |
good points It may help to de
velop in us laudable self-contiol,
but It is not the proper guide in |
our attitude toward human mis- !
cry when the misery is not our
own but our fellow mans. 1t
v2nld be an evil and a better thing |
f11 the world should men general |
|y come to be ashamed Of display
no human feeling and emotion and
let the brute that is in them get
the upper hand of the man.
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