Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1918-01-12
CHAPTER VIII.
The Upper Dog and the Lower Dog


breath in his body ito maintain his exist
ence and to do as much injury as possible
in his unfortunate predicament to the up
per dog.
There are two kinds of extreme efforts
being exerted in opposite directions in this
struggle One is the effort of the upper dog
to maintain his position and hold the under
dog down. The other is the effort Of the
under oug to obtain some advantage over
the upper dog anad free himself from the
power that holds him in such undesirable
submission.
This illustrates the human race There
seems to be two important parts or divis-
ions among all the people Of the world. The
lines though imaginary are distinctly drawn
This is so found in every section Of every
country in the world. Tt extends from the
HIGHEST and most influential in the most i'm
portant capitals of every country down
through aall the more important Cities
even to the smallest and least important
towns or villages in the land.
One Of these parts or divisions is always
holding down the other part or division
either consciously or unconscously One
part is always on top; the other part is
ALWAYS at the bottom. Those at the bot
totm either submissive, or else making
strenuous efforts to gain position with
those on top.
Tt never enters the mind of the bottom
fellows to bring about reimbursement of
conditions by a reimbursement of the prin-
ciples and methods governing in the COM
mercial fields of action. in trade dealings, in
financial matters. in transportation, in all
the transactions and dealings Of men, and
in Governmental functions
The present methods and PRINCIPLES gov
ernino mankind in all these subjects have
never failed To develop classes one subordi-
nate tn the other. represented in many coun-
tries nv titles of nobility: bnt more particu-
1a"1v in our country bv wealth. and control
Of vast interests of various kinds
These are the ones that renresent the top
fo''ows, Tt is the lessor number the few:
while those at the bottom represent the
MANY. the GREAT mass Of mankind
This condition has existed during all the
known past And documentary records of
the human race have been discovered and
made known that seem to take us back
into a remote past much anterior to our own
history and indicate that the same condi-
tons prevailed then. though more marked
and under different circumstances.
OCCASIONALLY one of the bottom fellows
has been able through some favorable cir
cnmstances and by superior gifts to gain
position with the top fellows.
tNeH UUofl lie uUuS himself Il UOOl. OICoU-
times a willing tool in the hands of those
in whose domain he is only an intruder to
hind more firmly, and to impose greater bur-
dens upon those Of whom he was one
There have been times too when some of
the top fellows have enlarged and increas-
ed their own rights and powers at the ex-
pense of the Governing head and such en-
largement and increase of their powers has
eventually worked more or less benifiicially
for the bottom fellows.
The circumstances that eventually worked
the greatest advance in this direction was
the discovery of America. The discovery of
America. however seemed for time at least
to bind more effectually the bonds that held
the great mass of mankind in submission
to the will. the power and the ferocious and
determined grasp Of those who then welded
the governmental powers of the world.
This possibly was at time when mankind
everywhere was brought down to the low