The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-07-16
All Wrongs Naturally
Are the Exact Oppo-
sites of All Rights
DEPARTURES FROM RIGHT
EQUALLY REPREHENSIBLE
The Public Eye Dotes on Gold.
smeard Glitter, and Can See
no Corruption in Gold
washed Individals.
(BY PARKWAY MOsEs.)


person who no doubt has been wrong
ing his neighbors TO do right 10y himself.
writes me>ss ask wv neither all DEPARTURES
frOm right are equally reprehensible?
He might ss well have asked whether ali
rotten eggs are equally unfit fo- the table.
or whether all pewter quarters are unac-
ceptable i'm the contribution box, or
whether all mules are equally and all
solutely not wild turkeys, or hundred
other silly questions.
All wrongs naturally are the exact op-
posites OF all rights. Wrong anc right
oppose each other as bellieerently a. tws
fierce rams bowling their necks and pre-.
pairing for the Wild and woolly war that
Is 10 decide supremacy between them.
The reason there are so many so-called
little wrongs in the world is because there
are so few OF us absolutely right Again.
the law often SEES wrongs i'm one man
generally poor man-which are recOg-
nized IN another man-generally a rie-i,
msn-as some of his leading virtues.
All departures from right are equally
reprehensible. You may as well own q
dog Ghat kills old sheep, as that kills only
lambs. The crime or uncOnventionality
of having children born ont of wedlock
is not measured by the size of the infant
The crime Of bigamy is not considered
greater In giants than in ruuts Yet OF
ten the man who steals dollar is a thlef.
while the man who Uses a public service
franchise to rob the public pays five per
cent Of his plunder To Y. VI. G. y. and
poses as a truly good man who supports
the heavy roof of the temple Of righteous
ness in his community.
All wrongs are equally reprehensible
but it depends altogether on the man who
perpetrates the wrong as to whether the
public takes notice of them. litts
wrong in q real poor mana wrong abou'
the size OF peanut-will look a. big in
the google eye of the public as two
pound wen on the nose Of his mother-in-
law, while an actually desperate wrong
in q man who controls six big industries
and five railroads and section Of Con
gress, may lie A. big a. a prize pumpkin.
but Il can be padded mp with money IN
I'll il resembles donation To the plan Of
redemption. All wrongs are not cor
sidered equally reprehensible because the
sosgle Of the public has a weakness for
gold-rimmed objects. The public eye
dOtes on gOld-smeared glitter. and can
see no corruption in gold-washed indi-
viduals- And il j. we'll to remember.
b'gosh, that you and and the rest Of ~
are the public.
But added eggs are all equally liable
To he rotten, no matter how gaudily you
paint the shell. Eggs are eggs, wrong-
are wrongs, and man just naturally j.
mean in spite Of his outward appearance
Some men try n Justify themselvsr in do
ing little wrongs in order that right may
come ont Of the Transaction No wrong
can produce right. any more than goose
eggs will produce goose I,erries, or stink
gas pipes and -hrapnel and the blood of
ssssssin4ted children will settle the mer-
its Of an international quarrel. Vet men
argue that the thing can and has been
done.
Now. there was Col. BOoner. of Hard
scrapple who Away ws- q hard drinker.
Int always declaring that n be had the
power he would pnt evpry drop n accur-
sd whisky ont Of existence when 4
hrst became scqusinted ~ith him he bad
joined the church and Thought he wa-
model teetotaller. after hearing him re-
mark that he Wa willing. for one. to
bsve whisky PIT ont q existence.
A lev days afterwards ! saw him IN
to~E, a. drunk a. defeated candidate.
bus still drinking.
says N him, says J 4. Colonel. ain Z
you the red-hot temperance man Who re-
naked ~ me q lev days sgo that II you
bad the power Jon would put every drop
Of whisky ont Of existence2''
"Yesh sir-that's me. but ash my pow
er ish sort Of limited. don't expect o.
accomplish much in one day, wisDout
the sistaDce of the church,
But don't you SO you have taken the
vr"ng pisn?'' says I.
Mebby 'tis, mebby 'fis, but IL j. a
wrong in the right directi1n, and hope
70 have IL ali put out out of exis tence t,e-
fore my boys get oid enough - get atsste
of the shsdnctive stuff -
but wouidn't IL be . better plan TO