The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-03-05
PeOnase; Merely a Matter of Degree.

rare aud of necessity must have its eS.
I'tcnce IN the rural districts here IA,
ot mcu are not wrcathcd and
bound M ~ the mysteries Of money
worship; Ia the larger towns aud cities
Il - necessary TO lay open ~ the world
he weaknesses and worse than weak.
icsscs of crring flesh, to bare the breast
Nun the ulcer on II, and TO reach into
hr closet and draw forth the skeleton,
I'LL ut 1t being the development OF what
are pleased to call realistic
uden,ir, uf the times. The profes
are upcu Tee the same conditions.
the lawyer take, q murderer. who t.
but e murderer after all u
lone aud said. aud ,hruuds him IN th,
maze of technicalities bases his defense
upon tur sensational attendant iuilu
once, generally clearing his man, to
the everlasting icttiueu, ut the society
that ua, mtlc such u thing possible.
bout o., not 10 blamc, tor % Is the victim
Us wcll a. the creator. Divorce ease
umr up that smell OF the meanness OF
mean men aud women and are canned
to be- court, instead of the -ru,rugrr f,
they call 1t human realism and drag
|u AL 'uruugh the channels ut -ru~a
.uuuali,m UufIl She goddess ut su.'i,'
hats reason tu Dy glad that size b. blind
The loy'u., maac appendicitis uut of
tu, urIiyaruc, and pro,iatm that dt.
, eases are spread Boy mosquitoes, , fact
=, that was known ycutur,, ago, and Ha,,
4, dy, ,iopci the grtm idea 80 Tar that
IA death turks IA a child, Kiss aud sit, iu
the chimney corner. lu u.s. clcOrt o.
IL ala sensational. thi, modern time
and the condition, extend Iar hey ou,
4, these direct ions Just al the pfc-yu.
"a time We have had @ ,uricit ct 1t u
regard 60 financial aud sociological mat
, tct,. Iollowiu Lawson "IIcult'l
Finance. 30 CONE. q writer 800 one oi 90
magazine, who gets up a tine scar
about Darkest Mexico, making ia
very serious mistake of combining % .
Mexico, whore be- g%raNvly allcg,, ih,
iaquis are gotten 10 debt aud kel
that way the rest oi their natural live
being 10 all intent, aud purpose, slave
The article on this pcouage - certain
Vivid, that d, one OF the hall marks
the successful writer nowadays, VIII,
II is the sribc that can open 4 sore al
not the one that can tell uf green icl,
..H IH..lU-. 49, El.s tl. Co..
with the masses, but he fails to rrcog
i1c that the system be- denounced
rouudly - only a matter OF degree att
ali. lie singles out a few luckless rr
down IN the rubber country-and lcuN
out many millions of soralled free viii
folks who are 20 all iutcnts aud pu
IA pose, poems, some Ut them, most Vt the
for that matter, not realizing n, h
nevertheless poems. II Is not ncccssa
that one should owe II all To one az
~ order to Ice u prou, Many u ma
-, with millions il a pcou to his busine,
and wears out his immortal soul
schcmiug 10 keep ii going. Far mo
are tOuud IA the middle walks OF ID
who are endowed with intelligence, a.
"A who realize that they are poems, b.
have uo process, uf law to rescue thel
or power OF their own 10 perform Il
same Office.
What 4, the real difference hctwee
the man who staggers along under
., load ui debt, year after year, shaau
Oh one ouly to take on another.
=. order that his family may have Il
accessories aHd IA few, "a very few, f,
the Injuries Ut lie, aud the colored pc
son WHO borrows a dollar aud u force
O" WORK a year Tor ~ II IL only a ma
Ter OF degree after all, and the whi
man Acrps up has bondage through a
+, he day, Oi hIs lite, always in deb
always struggling, always tired, and
continues until they put him ~ d b,
aud the kindly earth spreads "a protec
ny arm over him at last. Iudusti
and irugalIty are recommended a. II
- cure for the white man . peOnage, al
- II there Is any cure 1t d, IA them, b.
how much does At avail the ordinal
plodder who has not the benefit Of re
Ius tu help ham pull out OF the hole
dcspund by "a brilliant effort! Has ear
ing capacity - not sufficient to pla.
ham upon the plane Of independent ma
hood, and he continues his struggle
long ~ there Is any value IA hiI lab
and leaves the rest ~ fate. IL
only "a matter OF degree, this peonag
| tell you.
The preachers tell "a, that the world
getting better, aud ia the main th,
. are night, Tor deep down ia the humi
= heart there Is a strata that comes clo
10 the divine, aud once in a great VIII
~ wIIl come to the surface, but 1t
< not Tor long, When the hard realities
\ modern life sweep on ia "A r%elentle
wave, and the bitter matcriality OF Il
time resumes it, sway. II i, all Yea
well to say that times are better tina
3 they cvcr were, aud that the man wi
Z works with his hands much and wii
\ his brain little has a better chan,
. than ever before, but Ia the claim
u accord with the tactsi do not b.
4 lleyo that n H., To bc sure there Al
y rare instances OF men being sci
y made, which il almost invariably
\ synonym for a booT and an 40
! measured from the intellectual stan,
q it....s g.. ~ go. l.. -. ..--.