The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1916-11-11
CITY OF PORTLAND
TO Be NEXT VICTIM
Homeless Orphan Girls the Excuse
for Holdup and Drive for Duests
Orphan Asylum to be Named
After Bishop Christie
ONLY S1OO,OOO.OO NEEDED
Citizens Will Pay for Pspsl Slave
Pen Machinery In the Name
OF Charity

Teu WaShihciy w tuc NdiiIc
Of Charity
ITT will be remembered how a
IIH pagan emperor Of Rome once
tHI decreed that the whole world
S1 should be taxed. The pur-
pose Of that tax was TO enrich the
CHsars and magnify their power.
In like manner, papal Rome DEGREES
that the whole world shall be taxed
to enrich the papal system and
magnify pOpey.
Pagan Rome collected its tar in
the name and by the authority Of
CHssr: papal Rome collects its tar
in the name { = religious charity and
by authority Of its pope. The
Cpsars ruled and gathered taIes BY
military force. The pOpes rule and
gather taxes BY strategy, diplomacy,
and skillful manipulation Of human
feeling.
The pope's taI-gatherers, unable
to torce payment OF contributions to
the enrichment Of their master and
his worldwide corporation, get the
same result by clever play upon
human emotions. Ii is a noble
deed TO share prosperity with the
distressed. 1t is more blessed to
give than to receive-provided the
gift is TO the needy; but there can
be no blessing on the gift that takes
from the generous to make the rich
richer.
The so-called Roman Catholic
church is the richest corporation on
earth. Ii is also the most persistent
and most successful beggar on earth.
Its enormous wealth is the accumul-
alton of busy begging for centuries.
Conscientious people, grateful for
plenty, are disposed to charity and
division Of their surplus with the
less fortunate. Rome takes adyan-
tage Of that generous feeling as o
means Of filling its Golfers and ex-
tending It's power.
Charity and generosity are
prompted by nobility Of soul. They
are the product Of fine feeling and
worthy Of commendation. But
thoughtless and indiscriminate Civ
ing often defeats its own object.
None deserve charity but those who
need it. The rich beggar is neces-
sarily a fraud; and those who give
in such a way as TO enrich the al
ready overrich, do harm instead Of
good. They harm themselves; they
harm society; and they harm those
who really deserve their help.
Rome, in its greedy grasping for
the power that wealth gives, has
commercialized charity, and banks
on the humane feeling Of the gen.
erous. "Give me your money" SAYS
Rome, "and l will do good with it."
And the many comply moro gener-
ously than wisely. Their often
hard-earned savings pass from their
control into that Of Rome; and they
have no means Of knowing how or
for what purpose it is used.
This is the season when Rome's
trained beggsrs are abroad in the
land. The harvest is past, the in
crease is garnered, and the citizen
who can ever be expected TO have a
surplus has it now. Therefore,
Rome is busy.
Out at Portland, Oregon, Bishop
Christie is making the usual plea
for funds, with a proposed home
for orphan girls as the basis and
excuse. lie, and his financial as
sistants, are asking for one hun
dred thousand dollars. They have
their committees and solicitors. and
announce their intention to collect
the hundred thousand or more BY
Dec. i. Then, what!
Why, they are going TO do some
thing for orphan girls-nobody
knows what or who. The only def
mite thing about this campaign is
that Bishop Christie is to get con-
troll and Rome is to become the
owner Of what money can be pried
loose from the people Of Portland.
All else must depend upon the will
of the blessed bishop and his asso-
ciate agents Of the papal system.
In what way are these people
specially qualified to spend money
for the benefit of orphan girlsi
How are they likeb to 60 about iti