The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-04-18
THE NEW ERA AND EQUALITY

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all men are born equal, with equal
brain power and with equal opportun-
tiles for success, combined with the
brutal doctrine of the survival of the
| fittest, is responsible for most of the
selfishness and human exploitation in
this country.
The predatory plutocrat accused of
underpaying his workers and draw
ing huge profits from the labor of
their children defends himself ac-
cording to the established formula:
"They had as much opportunity to
be rich as l had started with no
thing. They'd be millionaires,. too,
if they had used their brains the way
have. Is it my fault if they have
to send their children to work in my
mills? I'm paying them all just what
they're worth"
All Of which is, of course, sophis-
ticated and vicious lie. 1t is good
sign that there is getting to be less
of this kind of lying. When it COM
pletely disappers the New Era of the
Greater Humanity will have arrived.
AS soon as we recognize that all men
are not created equal, and that all of
Gods creatures have right to sur
vive; that those who are richly en-
dowed mentally and physically are
under obligations to their weaker bro
Tiers, and that taking must be in
equal proportion to giving-then, and
only then, will the destructive creed of
Bolshevism and similar offspring of
discomfort and unrest disappear.
If all men were born equal there
would be no idiots, morons, imbeciles
or other mental detectives. From
those abnormal conditions of the brain
to the condition of great acuteness are
thousands of shades of mental
strength ranging from state of men,
tai brain power trifle beyond idiocy
to marked genius. Physically the
same variations occur.
When q 200-pound giant jumps on
an understood anemic weighing 95
pounds and beats him up the world
calls the big man bully and regards
him with great contempt.
When a 200-candle- power mentality
Jumps on 50-candle-power mentality,
works him to death, robs his children
of their youth and takes the joy of
living from him, the world halls the
Dig man as Iihahciai genius ilaNe a
la soclai giant OUT Oh MN, cnulcil
pillar ana an ooJec' Vi auol "'io" anu
emulation. rn. L...,,n,,
Just What IS the 1 nii.erenee ,'e;,sas II
the TWO giants DOM are asils "
laiVine gl.t 10 huI' Weahei uLoS aei
instead OF using IT, DIS IL was iii'e''0eu'
to help him.
| IL IS vary True tnaI enH mn IaneI,I'
educatioil anu haru WoiN VIII oerr,Y ,l
weak mehIaiiIies INV o'lons
]ust as exercise ;S anu plopGr naon.a u
ilVlng VIII make physical eupiol i Ina
man powerful. iha' 10 JusU wa az
AneIlca heeus 'ouay hor ,; 10y uie u
us ihhaplIalIs- sooa ei,'iio M i'i''en.' vi
portuhlty Ior euuea'ioii anu eenei d
oeveiopheht. r. .,, a.,o,ou
What chance ior mental uevelGp~
ment mas an underpaia laporer t WING
must WORK lohg hours W oiths Aoo"
10 tne mouths Oh ms chliuIeh ,
What cnance ior ihenIal ueVelop.
mcnt mas the iittie gi,, "orhihs al
spruie IA eo'' S Ill Ill, aouo,o,
What chance I9r hleh'a, ueVelop
meht mas the li''ie IVY d. '"e wal
NINE breaker n. h,, hoon of+on r,odo
Inc argument mas peen Vt'en n'a a'at
that any man VINO r Wahts 70 can ; ses
good eoucatloh' r mihco oin;I 10 poih. .et
OUT, ana others. Inc c.aln Is s g.;
iorth tnat men VINO 40 no. h progress o ~
me nave nothihg 70 p s'aIi eA'ep'
drink ana general si1'hl ~ uiness:
Ihat IS sheer urlVel. ~ agail SUP
poses that an men are 1orn equ a..
ana that success Is iherely d nia ~ /
Oh inuustry; d ineie are s Shn,, .o M ho
surInount az opSIae .I III o Iaae We pe
come fnpa.leh. ~, WI" H. an hoo uva Moion
ana REFUSE 70 neip .aeah . pe.auss heiei'
Meier overcalile tng opst Ia Us .,
Men VINO argue tnaI an ;, dake equ a.
opportunity are I ,i,?rey ~ iu omsda rn
scnoo,:pooA uI sophiS. ,; M az 0,;vo
sponsiDility: aney are ~ M nmf IA CIV a
w 4.. ~ A. aL,,.oh
cause Pol,ee secie.y anu anu ''t p,,t then
denlano Una. .iui, she, ;rst ~. e.o+t;n >
nave no coiapuhcLl or;s,, as sa ;sst ax
thc niones III o;n a fnI,s,, ny Wv u That e
Pioi ; u Saeif A'h'"e' nav ''
business m acui nh. A. No r.. r,o
10 DTlnR aDOuG tHt NcW Ezra WIG