Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-09-20
What Of the Future?

1t needs not pessimist for anyone
with half an eye may discern perilous
times close at hand for this country.
From the hireling in his howell to the
millionaire in his mansion, the whole
people are in a state of social unrest,
which, unless there be an interposi-
ton of some miracle, will terminate
eventually in anarchy.
There are several causes which have
led up to this deplorable condition,
chief-of which is great superabund-
ance of the non-producing class-a su-
perabundance that is increasing by
leaps and bounds. BY non7producers,
it should be understood, is meant those
who are not engaged in the production
of food, clothing and other essentials
Of human existence.
Thousands upon thousands are en-
ployed, at present, in the manufacture
of articles entirely unnecessary to hui
which are Of only momentary inter-
est.
This vast army is feeding on the
substance of the country, share and
share alike, with the most essential
workmen This brings a greatly in
creased burden on the legitimate pro-
Queer, other than the farmer, in two
ways-a lessening of his food supply
and consequent increase in price of
. the same, and a constant drain on his
, purse for the purchase of legion Of
! articles hitherto unknown, which his
family require at the present day
Another feature is the firm estab-
lishment here of a Lily White aristoc-
racy, which would scorn to soil it's
, hands with manual labor. All other
classes have their eyes fixed on this
delectable aggregation, and all are
, striving to reach it's plane as far as
possible. The man whose wage is So
per day is striving to live on the same
plane as he who is getting twice that
amount, while he of the 81 wage is
endeavoring to ape the living of the
man drawing Sc, and so on. No one is
willing to adopt simpler mode of
living. They deem this impossible.
Therefore they use every cent OF their
wage in an effort to equal those
above them of a greater wage, in their
mad race toward aristocracy's goal.
Consequently, whatever their wage
may be, it's not enough, and thus they
are ever c1amoring for more.
To sum up: The price of essentials
| has gone sky high because the army
of consumers - non-producers - has
grown much faster in proportion than
| has that of the producer, the farmer.
The amount devoted by all classes
| to non-essentials leaves not enough
| for necessaries. Hence demands and
strikes for higher wages all around,
| which, if granted, would only be OF
temporary relief.
| A well fed people are easily govern
ed; but i'll fed people will develop all
the cruel, crafty, insatiate traits of the
j. wild beasts of the jungle and are nc
more amenable to the law.
This country is fast approaching the
hungry stage, and may God help us
when it reaches the crisis.
There is only one remedy for the
evil to come, and that is nigeria tc
the land by the vast number whose
labor, at present, is producing nothing
necessary to mankind, but who at tht
same time are devouring the sub
stance Of those essential to human ex
istence. And there must also be
great lessing on the part of all of thu
desire to attain the goal of the aristo
crat. N. G. ABBOTT.
Eureka Springs, Ark.