The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1911-06-08

as has been the law since Cain killed
Abel"
Both white and Blagg had turned.
startled at the interruption, but now
| Blagg fixed upon Phillip searching
eye and declared:
"You don't believe quite what you
say, Mr.. Kelvin
quite true. admitted Philip. 1T
| becomes necessary, however. to say
| such absurd things in order to bring
down the general average Of what my
friend Citizen White says"
White. still bleached with the traces
of his one time plastering business.
looked up with a smile. Good morn
Ing. putocrat." he observed. Here
Is one plutocrat. BagE. whom am
bound to save when the revolution
comes He secured our places here
for my daughter and myself"
when the revolution comes we'll
see about IT," said Blagg. laughing. and
walked away.
There's a smart man." said White
hodding In the direction OF Blagg. "He
has all the facts of our social condition
at his finger tips. He can tell yeu how
many people starved last year. and he
can tell you why they starved. He can
show YOU in our scheme of government
the hundred flaws which permit all
these vicious inequalities Of wealth"
Can he tell you" quizzpd Phillip,
why shftless men fail in business7
why drones hang to the lowest posi-
tions? why unamhitious workmen are
the first to he laid OF when a pinch
comes Whv improvtdent people have
nothing saved for a rainy dayl II IL
all very well to talk of inequalities, but
most of the talk | have beard has been
irrational and so useless. | think our
sociological mistakes can be remedied
and will be remedied. but II the rem
edy were left to the people who talk
most about 1t we would have things
radically wrong the other way. How
are those wonderful string beans get
ting on?"
Finer replied white. Frightening
Gene inside and look at them" and
touched upon the point of his greatest
enthusiasm. he showed Phillip about
his garden.
Mrs. White and Elsie came across
from the Whites cottage Elsie bad
run down for an early morning call
and was on her way into the garden.
Seeing Phillip. she was about to re-
turn to the house instead. but her
mother dragged her on.
Good for sore eyes to see you. Phil
lip" hailed Mrs. White I'VE owe
mighty lot to you. Mr.. Kelvin. and
it's fine to get a chance TO thank you
Goodness. we've been here an age. 1t
seems. and we haven't seen you once
IN all that timer
IL have been rather busy. Mrs
| White" said Phillip. but you may rest
assured that have not forgotten my
old friends"
81 knew you hadn't" she returned
| heartily. II told Elsie So"
In the meantime Blagg bad gone TO
his operating room. and. having test.
ed his Instruments and made ready for
the days work. he went to the window
overlooking the garden and gazed out
in deep thought
Young Rensselaer, strolled into the
room. partly TO escape from his aunt's
insistence thar he should court and
marry Lillian Breed and partly be
cause both Blagg and his art interest.
ed him.
Kelvin seems TO be a nice sort of
fellow" said Blagg.
81 should say he isr' declared Rens.
selaer II punched cows with him for
six months out in Montana. and ! nev
er found better or squarer fellow
anywhere"
Yes" admitted Blagg, "if the world
were made up of people exactly like
Kelvin IL would be all right; they
would all have an equal chance. But
since the world contains but a few
men like him he is dangerous"
Nonsense" replied Rensselaer,.
"whyp'
Because he alone. aided by Breeds
money, was able to destroy ire
mendous institution like the Stock Ex.
change" returned Blagg heatedly. 1T
should have been wiped out Of exist
Nhtc' uO uOuDl. out III the process or
breaking II up thousands of helpless
poor were thrown out OF employment
and faced starvation. and these are
the people who invariably suffer. Then
Kelvin, by merely opening his mouth
with Breeds consent. stops the panic.
What does he doI He issues to the
press this morning an announcement
that the cash drain has stopped. that
Breed no longer requires shipments OF
actual money for his bread. and that
$lOO,OOO'OOO of currency, a very small
percentage of what he has taken in, is
to be put back into circulation. What
happens next? Immediately confidence
will be restored; people will go back
to work Don't you see the monstrous
thing In thisY The very lives of hun
dreds OF thousands of men, women
and children have depended upon this
mans word! 1t is monstrous! Some
day that system will be swept away.
and with 1t must be swept young Kel.
vim and all his kind"