Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1913-09-25
THE MESSAGE OF THE
ANNAPOLIS MARKET
How Shakespeare Would Observe
the Apparent Partially in the
Gifts Of Providence.
THIS INEQUALITY WORLDWIDE
Honor Awaiting the First Nation to
Adopt the Cooperative Common
wealth.

Shakespeare 60 beautif ully ''finds
tongues in trees, books, in the run
ming brooks, sermons in stones, and
good in everything" that he would
have no difficulty in reading the un.
mistakable message of a city narke t.
Imagine the Bard of Avon visiting
our own base of supplies in Annapo-
lis. Walking in and out among the
jostling crowds of shoppers and buy
ers. his comprehensive mind wluld
probably first enthuse over the vari-
ETY. and colors of luscious fruit and
picturesque vegetable and flowers.
Here he would see the finger of God,
the Great Provider; and also the hand
of man, whose skill has so wondrously
developed on earth these gifts of
heaven.
Approaching more clos ely and OBJ
serving the human side of the scene,
the Poet would be interested in MOTTO
ing the variety of trafficking. At
the butcher s stall he sees a comfort
able-looking woman ordering a large
roast of prime beef. Next to her
stands a poorly-clad woman buying a
half-pound of liver. He follows the
wealthy woman at respectful dis
tance and finds she commands every
where the best attention and best
articles to be had.
Hers is the normal condition, T"
he would muse, "but why that other
class? What is the reason that some
persons can buy only liver or inferior
me ats and the poorer kind of fruits
and vegetables"
Could the great mind of Shakes
peare answer this social problem!
The little children of the slums, of
course, wonder at Santa Claus par
tialitv in leaving the best toys in the
homes of rich children But why
does the living God feed some of His
children on prime beef sdd some on
liver? Many people reply "It is rot
Gods doing 1T is the fault OF the
poor. Every man is the author of
his own poverty"
This view, often glibly expressed,
betrays serious lack of inf )rmation.
The Lord Jesus did not make poor
Lazarus the author of bis wretched-
ness. Nor do the modern students
accuse all the poor for their poverty.
1t is recognized fact that multi
tudes are suffering from undeserved
poverty they are either underpaid
or cannot obtain a decent livelihood.
The fact that they are sometimes
incompetent is only another proof of
society's ccntributory negligence.
Thus, while God is lavishing, abuud-
ance upon the earth to feed all His
children bountifully, the present COM
petitive system has made earth's
pantry a scene of savage scramble
wherein the cunning and brutal OFTEN
succeed more than the honest, while
many unfortunates are ruthlessly
trampled under foot.
To drag the brutal off the top of
the human mass, by destroying the
trusts, effects only a temp lrary
cessation of hostilities. The scram-
BILE will simply be resumed d in another
form. Scrambling for the necesssries
of life must be completely abolished.
Bro therhood is the only safe system !;
and brotherhood can only operate by
a system of cooperation. Every
municipality should be conducted as
unselfish as model home. Every
State should be one big family. Each
nation should be cooperative COM
monwealth, based upoL the public
ownership of all the necessary produc-
ing and distributing facilities.
The first nation to inaugurate
such a commonwealth will be the
banner nation of the world, and it
will lead all others out of refine d
savagery into universal peace.
(Written for thu Evening Capital
by member of the Christian So
cialist Fellowship