The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-06-15

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80 THAT ONLY THE sTBoHdxR sRALh
SURVIVE"
wait on hfmH Why Is our social COM
dition such that the stronger can Op-
press the weakerT'
Possibly, Ben" broke In Philip, so
that only the stronger shall survive,
as has been the law since Gain killed
Abel"
Both White and Blagg had turned.
startled at the interruption, but now
Blagg fixed upon Phillip a searching
eye and declared:
You don't believe quite what you
say. Mr.. Kelvin"
"Quite true" admitted Philip. ~It
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 plasteTing business.
looked up with smile. Good morn
ing, plutocrat," he observed. Here
Is one plutocrat, Blagg, whom l am
bound to save when the revolution
comes. He secured our places here
for my daughter and myself"
when the revolution comes we'lI
see about it." said Blagg, laughing, and
walked away.
There's a smart man." said White,
holding In the direction of Blagg. He
has all the facts of our social condition
at his finger tips. He can tell you how
many people starved last year, and be
can tell y~u 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" quizzed Phillip.
''why shiftless men fail in businessr
Why drones hang to the lowest posi-
tons? WhN unambitious workmen are
the first to be laid off when a pinch
comes? Why improvident people have
nothing saved for a rainy day7 1t is
all very well to talk Of Inequalities, but
most of the talk / have heard has been
irrational and so useless. think our
sociological mistakes can be remedied
and will be remedied, but IL 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"
"Fine!" replied White, Frightening.
Come inside and look at them" and,
touched upon the point Of his greatest
enthusiasm, be showed Phillip about
his garden.
Mrs. White and Elsie came across
from the Whites cottage. Elsie had
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, bat her
mother dragged her on.
Good for sore eyes to see you, Phil
lip" hailed Mrs. White. I'VE owe a
mighty lot to you, Mr.. Kelvin, and
it's fine to get a chance to thank you
Goodness, we've been here an age, 10
seems, and we haven't seen you once
in all that timer
81 have been rather busy, Mrs.
White" said Phillip, but you may rest
assured that 1 have not forgotten my
old friends"
al knew you hadn't" she returned
heartily. 'T told Elsie So"
In the meantime Blagg had 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 that he should court ana
marry Lillian Breed and partly be-
cause both Blagg and his art interest
ed him.
"Kelvtn seems to be a nice sort OF
fellow" said Blagg.
81 should say he isF' declared Rens-
selaer. 81 punched cows with him for
six months out in Montana, and / new
er found a better or squarer fellow
anywhere"
"Yes," admitted Blagg. III the world
were made up Of people exactly like
|; Kelvin 1t 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,.
''whyT'
Because he alone. aided by Breeds
money, was able to destroy a ire
! mendous institution ike the Stock Ex'
change" returned Blagg heatedly. 1T
should have been wiped out OF exist
ence, no doubt, but in the process of
breaking it up thousands of helpless