The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-03-01

can say tHaJ ike IL. But IL ID your
life In general. your business There
are women IN the world who could
marry man like you and be happy,
but couldn't And the more cared
for such man. the more unhappy /
should be. You see. my unhappiness,
IN turn, would tend to make him un.
happy. l should make mistake. and
he would make an equal mistake,
though bis would not be SO hard on
him because he would still have his
business
"Business!' n Daylight gasped
Whats wrong with my business?
play fair and square. There's moth
ing underhand about It, which cant
be said Of most businesses, whether Of
the big corporations or Of the cheat
ing. lying. little corner-grocerymen
play the straight rules of the game.
and don't have to lie or cheat or
break my word. :
Don't you see" he went on, the
whole game is a gamble. Everybody
CANDLES in one way or another The
farmer CANDLES against the weather
and tho market on his crops. So does
the United States Steel Corporation.
The business of lots OF men Is straight
robbery Of the poor people. But I've
never made that my business. You
know that. I've always gone after the
robbers
q missed my point" she admitted
Wait 4 minute - 81
And for space they rode IN 81
lence.
Z see it more clearly than can
state It. but It's something like this.
There Ii legitimate work. and there's
work that well. that isn't legitimate
The farmer works the soil and pro
duces grain. He's making something
that Is good for humanity He actual
". in way. creates something. the
grain that will I'LL the mouths of the
hungry. Z
And then the railroads and market
riggers and the. rest proceed to rob
him Of that same grain" Daylight
broke in.
There amt much difference be-
tween playing halfway robber like
the railroad hauling that farmers
wheat to market. and playing all rob
her and robbing the robbers like do
And. besides. halfway robbery Is too
slow a game for me to sit In. You
don't win quick enough for me-
But what do you want to win for?
Dede demanded You have millions
and millions. already; why cant you
do good with all your money!"
Daylight laughed
Doing good with your money.
Amt 1t funny. to go around with brass
knuckles and big club breaking
folks heads and taking their money
away from them until I've got pile,
and then. repenting Of my ways. going
around and bandaging up the heads
the other robbers are breaking? 4
leave 1t to you That's what doing good
with money amounts to. Every once,
In while some robber turns soft
hearted and takes to driving an am
bulance. That's what Carnegie did.
He smashed heads In pitched battles
sat Homestead. regular Wholesale head
breaker he was. held up the suckers
for a few hundred million. and now
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