The Harrison times., 1912-10-12
From the Gulf Coast.
Editor Times:

hills and valleys and ripping
streams and cold springs and lu
scious fruits Of Arkansas, and long
to be with you again; but now |
will Just write you a short letter
concerning the present times.
In these days of commotion, of sell
fshness, greed and strife, Of office
seeking, Office buying and foolish
man worshipping, of grave charges,
dark records and false promises
With trusts increasing every year in
number, wealth and power; and
with poverty, misery and slavery in
cfeasing at the same rate-with
more than half the people without
homes of their own and unable to
buy, while millions and millions of
acres of the best of the public do
main has been recklessly given to
rich corporations to enable them to
graft and rob the more; while FIVE
millions Of people are wanting work
to maintain a miserable existence
and can't get it because they have
produced too much and can't buy it
back to make room for more work
and markets; while multiplied mil
lions of the public money is being
recklessly squandered on armies, ma
vies and other machines for murder,
on retired supreme judges, admirals,
etc, on high salaries and useless ex-
travagant appendages, on office
buying and repaying debts for same;
while greed and all sorts Of eXtrava-
gance, false pride and vain glory,
debauchery, prostitution, legallzed
robbery and murder runs riot, God
is forgotten, Christ put to shame,
and justice and the people sacrificed
on the altar Of greed; in the face Of
all this tell me- oh tell me "Where is
our patriotism" Where are our
souls? And where are we at? Who
produces all this vast wealth, and
who spends it, and what for? Why
is it that those who produce it are
50 little considered, and why do
they reap so little Of the benefits Of
What they produce Is this govern.
'ment ruo for the people or the cor
porations?
Why is nearly everything adultcr-
atcd? Why so much shoddy goods,
short measures light weights, and
the other things ! could mention?
1t is selGshncss, greed and profits
How much do you pay my brother,
every year to help run all this; Yes,
your, Do you not know that you
are in part responsible for and help
ing to run the whole thing; well,
YOU are,
DO you know the average annual
production Of a loboring man, and
how much Of it he gets; Do you
know why so many cannot get
work, and why SO many are poor?
Do you know how Astor Rocke.
leler, Morgan, Carnegie, and other
mllionaires get their wealth.
This is a time for thinking, reas-
oning and investigating, Just as
soon as the working people and the
friends Of labor and justice learn
what is the matter and the causes
that produce these bad conditions,
they will get together and will help
to answer the prayer that Christ
taught to his disciples, and instead
of q He'll on earth will usher in the
Millennium and love to God and hu-
manity, and right and Justice will
take the place Of greed, scl6shness,
and expressions and the Golden Rule
will take the place of the rule of
gold, The bAttleshlps viii be used
for cpmmeree, and the army for use.
ful production, Instruments Of war
will be turned into useful tools, and
the brotherhood Of man, united in
peace for the good Of all, "And ma.
tion shall not rise up against nation,
neither shall they lcNrr war any
more, They shall beat their swords
into plowshorcs and their swords
into pruning hooks" SO says the
prophet
YOU may call this all a dream,
but it is coming as sure as God lives,
and His word is true, aud the many
pray crs Of Christ, his disciples and
the good Of all ages will he answer,
ed Just as soon ~ enough Of us will
agree and permit it, Then preach.
ers can preach the real truth and de.
nuuncc the real wrongs as Christ
did, aud can make real Christians
instead Of hSpocrilcs aud society
servers IT, Esraa,