The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-14
Edward Russell Perry.

DR.. Perry outlined the biblical story
of Samson and his dawnfall and his
final triumph. Continuing he pointed
out the Samson of today, public
opinion.
THE awakening in our country Is
the most significant of any. In recent
years public opinion has not been &C
tive, we have been busy making
living. But because the law can only
be enforced by public opinion, we
have been too lax, until today we have
been awakened. The American peo-
pie are coming to realization of the
needs of the day and they are awak-
ening to this and commencing to ap-
ply public opinion to gain the reforms.
Let us know the facts, that it is the
only way. Our greatest weakness has
been in our failure to bring our faults
before us, sort of sham modesty
covering them up. Intemperance has
been fought but Righteousness has
been covered up until it is worse than
drink. say shame on u.s. The time
is coming when every school and COM
munity will have physician who will
warn against and instruct against So
cial disease with which 80 per cent OF
our men are afflicted. You parents
are making mistakes if you do not
give your boy or girl good counsel
and that at an early age.
Concentration of great wealth in
the rights of all by all Commercial
to be curse Rockefeller and Morgan
combinations own over half of our re-
sources. After every panic, concentra-
ton has been greater till in 1907 1t
was the greatest. This concentration
of money power defies the govern
ment.
Civilization is the recognition of
the rights of all by alal. Commercial
ism is an honorable instrument tend
ing to civilization. take my hat off
to every successful man as quick as
| would to a holy man. For they are
useful if they are straight, as the min
lister. They can practice their religion
in their business. For where else can
they practice it better?
"No man outside of receiving an in
nerltance, has the right to any dollar
he did not earn There is our weak
ness, for our system has been that he
has the right to all he can use. How
long this concentration will continue
we don't know but the life of a hog
is only fifteen years so there's conso-
lation in that. There are lot of rich
mems sons who should be In jail.
Why? Because of their damning influ-
ence on our women. Concentrated
wealth never hurt the nation until
coupled with immortality. Our system
has been to employ man as cheap
as we could But I say this is wrong,
for YOU weaken mans life and limit
his rising. You will never be able to
save men and women from immoral
iity till you pay them enough.
~ wish to God every girl had a
brother. And remember brothers that
other brothers have sisters, and you
must not do to them what you
wouldn't have done to your sister. NO
j woman ever goes WlOiS VI mi y" -
volition. No man will ever tempt you
/ if he loves you, and if he tempts you
do no trust him. 1t is honorable for
/ women to work but they should be
paid as just wage as man is This
distinction between man and woman
is abominable If a woman goes wrong
let the man suffer as much as the
woman.
"a new sense of honesty is being
brought into our lives. If there is one
thing that would bring as a cure te
our social and economic disease, 1T is
pure love. And divorces result from
not knowing others through human
hearts. BY your moral indignation, by
public opinion speak against present
day evils. We know what's right the
thing now is to do it,