The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-09-02

ne touln run inr HaAi'"
than those appointed 10 do no by
himself and thousands OF others
Just like him. ono voter would
put the tariff higher than II ever
was before. the next would hbol.
ish II. But. whichever type OF
thinker gets HIS candidates Into
power. there remain always In
these United States millions OF
people who have 90 be poor. dirty
and disseminated.
From this even n child would
conclude either that vast MA.
iority % people ar. doomed 10
unhappiness by the God who
made them. or that vast major.
ity OF politicians arc incapable
governors As 10 tho first con.
clusion. We know nothing. hut
40 10 the second. We are certain
beyond peradyentnre. With
mighty few exceptions. those
whom we put over us 20 govern
MS are the most incompetent lot
OF legislators and administrators
in history.
hut tho thing goes deeper.
What in each voters judgment In
the one chief thing that ia wrong
with these United Statea' There
would be almost as many answers
as there are voters. I've asked
lots OF men. and no two agreed.
but | liked on. mans answer a
lot, He raid: The chief trouble
with tho country In that It's clti.
xens have 60 pay taws when they
ought 20 be receiving dividends
And this" he said. would b. the
case II from the start we had been
governed by our best minds. In.
stead OF by our worst. n as a
nation We had been run from tho
beginning the way Standard oil.
for Instance. has been run aa a
trust"
How many billions az dollars
was thia country worth. ms land.
coal. oil. forest. gold. silver. iron.
etc. Only astronomers think IN
biz enough figures 20 answer that.
Anyhow. aH a nation 40 grabbed.
stole and cheated Il all away from
the people who owned n And
then we l'rEan 10 play ducks and
brakes with r. n from tho start
our resources could have been
handled by n Rockefeller he-weii.
he nigh, be n thousand times
richer than he So. but we've
would none OF ~ he poor. And
our house would be clean and 81.
fieicnt from Farre, to cellar. and
not Quilted aud creaky aud fun 81
vermin and half the ceilings down.
Tho only man with sufficient
mind and power 20 esfec, any.
thing good IL yourself but II you
personally we're 10 preach tho
gospel OF efficiency people would
think ron were working. 20 put II
bluntly. for your own pocket.
This gospel then osiensihiy mus,
no, come from ron II must not
come from tho rich. From whom
them From the moor. you answer
nut alas. my friend. even the
champions Of the poor mr.. open TO
Kuspleion.
This gospel then must come
from whcreT Why. from heaven.
81 course. whence all good Eos.
pels have come. or are usually
believed 90 have come And.
seeing that we are in America.
where the women arc given tho
best OF everything. our heaven
sent messenger must be n
woman
7 sec your gesture OF horror.
Bu, she shall not be as you see
her. She shall he young and
beautiful and good and sincere
She shall not speak her own
thoughts. but ours The masses
will believe IN her. The classes
may. and N they don't they will
have sense enough 10 pretend to-
With you TO help. believe.
upon my word Of honor. that I
can make this thing happen
VIII you help What do you
Think
Yours as ever.
MILES STiLLiTER.
To this letter Professor Stillite
received the following answer b.
return messenger:
Dear stilliier:
I'll helm n YOU can answer one
thing satisfactorily To he n sue.
cessful gospelist the woman. as
Won intimate. must he sincere
She must believe what she
breaches. n che II sincere. how
can she toll people that she comes
from heaven You say she mus,
come from heaven in' order 20 be
iieve. II n quite n rigamarole.
know that yon have been think.
ing and experimenting for years
toward some such end as this.
But am n business man. and I
have 10 be shown.
Yours with sincere interest.
n.
To this Professor stilliter an
awered:
Dear Barclay:
She has only 10 believe that
comes from heaven. II she can
he made 10 believe that. are YOU
satisfied 8.
That night the two men met b
appointment. Outlining his plar
and occasionally going into detail
Professor StillIter talked rapidly 10
almost two hours. without stopnini
TIL the sweat stood on his bro,
and his voice began TO fail him. II
finished with these words. IAN
for few OF us, ms n mere side issu,
there's billions In H."
Gordon Barclay remained for
long time in profound thought.
There Is. as you say" he said n
last. billions In II. Yet II wa
sure that We could make II haI
pen. really make everybody cor
tented and not poor. I'd be conten
to give up everything have a
ready. and could die happy"
80 would l." exclaimed StillIte
hurriedly But I'd rather max