Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-22
MUST HEED
DANGER SIGNAL

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from a wife and a wife from a hus-
band. I think the most good-for-
nothing. God-forsaken, monte
bank, the marpIot, the triple extract
of infamy, rot and degeneration is
the man who is false to his mar
rage vows, or the woman who is
false to hers.
Thou shalt not commit adult
cry"
Thou shalt not steal
The man is a thief who takes
that which he does not give an
adequate return for, either in prop
erty of money or in work. man
is a thief when he sells under false
representations. A man is a thief
when he says, THAT is all wool"
when it is half cotton.
He is a thief when he says, That
was imported" when it was made
in Cleveland or Pittsburgh or Chi
cago.
An employer is a thief, if he
takes advantage Of the necessities
Of the poor and pays his employee
starvation wages and makes him
live below the hunger line A la
.borer is a thief, if he soldiers and
doesn't give honest work to his
employer for the wages he pays
him, then he is a darn thief.
A gambler who beats and wins is
a thief If he beats and loses he
is a fool So. every gambler is
either a fool or thief. or both.
If a church runs a lottery, that
church is a dirty. low thief. AS
rule the man who steals a million
stands a better show to keep out of
the penitentiary than the fellow
who steals a hundred thousand
So true has that become that a
friend of mine suggested that we
take that commandment, and make
it read, Thou shalt not steal on
small scale"
Here's what I believe. You can
call this republicanism. you can
call 1t democracy, you can call it
whatever you please, here's what I
believe l believe that the man
. who sticks a gun under my nose on
we public highway and demands
my money, or my life, measured by
every rule and standard of honesty.
he is no more a thief than that man
or combination of men who secure
control Of a nations food or fuel
supply, or some other necessity and
indispensable commodity and thGn
put the price of that commodity
up so high that the working man
can't afford to buy it, and then give
him the alternative OF paying the
price for it or starving or freezing
to death. He is a darn thief.
Thou art weighed in the bal
ance, and art found wanting"
Safety First for America"
Thou shalt not bear false wit
ness against thy neighbor"
Shun Tale Bearer.
Shun the tale bearer, the tattler,
the gossiper; shun these buzzing
pests Of society!
An old philosopher was right
when he said. Those who listen to
SANDER would. if I had my way, be
hanged the tattlers by their
tongues, and the listeners by their |
ears"
There is only one worse than the
slandered. That is the man or
woman who will listen to the Sian
derer without protest The re-
ceiVer of stolen goods is as guilty
before the law as the fellow that
stole the goods. When you sit and
listen without protest, you are as
hRAck-hearted as the one that told
you. And the fence is as guilty as
the thief.
People are too much bent on
pleasure nowadays. The divorce |
evil is called from the false, loose |
interpretations of the gospel. Every !
one of the gospels are opposed to il. |
There are times when separation |
is justifiable; there are times when
separation would be necessary. 1 |
think, and even commendable, but |
remarriage is the radical evil. and |
The remarriage is sought by ninety /
put of a hundred And wherever
somebody is mentioned in the di-
Eorce proceedings. that man or
woman turns around and marries /
The correspondent thus named. !
CovetousnessI That is one of the
causes of evil today and the wreck
age of our homes.
One reason why divorce is on
The increase is the attitude people
lake toward divorced persons. The
family is a social unit, and the So
cial life is a reflection of the fam
Iy life and 1 know what the family
life is by what the social life is, for
he social life simply reflects what
he family life is
Now, then, if by some miracle
avery unhappy married couple
could be caused to disregard their
children and their claims. think. |;
ems of thousands of applications :
or divorce would be filed-and if
he present ratio, my friends, of