Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-17

OVeFAllS stuck IN his boots. GOI
cant get along without him. Hf
can get along without you. But il
there we're no products to eat thiG
city would rot on her foundations
and your paIatiaI homes would be
sepulehers if there was no food
He is the boy that keeps something
in your stomach.
And so he rotates his crops
Now listen! Beans, peas, alfalfa
they are rich in heterogeneous foods
Listen, they take out of the air
more nitrogen than they need for
themselves and they deposit it in
the ground and increase natures
bank account. Corn, Wheat fax
rye, potatoes-they take out of the
ground more nitrogen than they do
out of the air So they pick the
pockets of nature. So the farmer
rotates his crops, and he turns I'M
der these things that are rich in
nitrogenous foods. He don't break
a law. He simply complies with
it so he can give you something to
eat. That is what he does to the
world.
Crime On Increase.
Oh, there are difficulties, I'll adj
nit that. All sorts of crime is on
the increase. Listen to me, We
lead the world in crime. There
are lots of things that I'm not
proud of in my country. 1 am
proud of everything that's good,
and l abhor everything that's evil,
and / hope that when I stand up
here and preach the gospel of
Jesus Christ to make drunkards
sober, to make libertines pure, to
make bIasphemers pray, and Sab
bath decorators keep the law of
God, | am working for the good
of my nation and of my land, and
for you.
We lead the world in crime
There is a murder every hour of
the day and night in our land. We
have averaged ten to fifteen thou
sand year for the past II years.
In Germany there are five murders
to every million of the population;
in England eight; in Canada II; in
Italy IA; in France 16; in Belgium
IT; in the United States of Amer
lea, 81.
We lead the world in crime. And
! tell you, graft, as one OF the pa
pers said, has a strangle hold on
religion. Investigation shows that
it permeates seemingly everything.
Sometimes contractors have been
charged and convicted of securing
contracts by graft, charging the
state, or the city, or the nation,
two or three prices.
Another thing; Graft is destroy
ing religion and morality. Graft,
spOils, and special interests, sir.
have a strangle hold on our cities
and on the state. The liquor inter
ests dominate and they have their
representative to prevent the en-
actment of any law that will give
the people a chance to tear loose
from their dirty grip which they
have held for all these years and
years.
AduIterated foods. DR.. A. H..
Busby, the pure food specialist
who assisted DR.. Wiley. whom | re-
garded as one of the best friends
the American republic ever had
Doc got the hook. He said there
are 100000 infants die annually
from impure food 1t is one of the
most intricate problems we are up
against nowadays. Something
must be done to keep this nation
from becoming short-liyed apemics
as they are drifting on.
why, it is alleged that many
times mud is vanished with eggs
and sold as coffee. and that grain
waste from the brewery is boxed
and sold for breakfast food, glu-
cose for maple syrup, and clay and
sugar favored with tar products
for candy, cottonseed oil for cream
cheese.
What is the cause of all this
crime. Now. wait a minute. On,
my socialistic friend! He comes
to me and he says. Bill, why its
on account of the increase of power
ty among the working people, and
poverty produces crime. That's the
reason" / have no disposition to
quarrel with my socialistic friend
although | am not a socialist.
Liquor Worst Enemy.
Now, l will admit. my friends, I
will admit this much too, that pow
erty produces crime. But, hold
on! You are forced to admit that
crime produces poverty. And If
you do away with what produces
crime, you will reduce crime to a
minimum, and three-fourths of all
the crime committed in this coun-
try is committed by men while I'M
der the influence of liquor. There
is the worst enemy to humankind.
My political economist butts into
me and says, Bill, it is because
man is getting higher wages than
ever today, and he hasn't been
prepared by instruction
TO resist the temptation which
with an increase of wages"
He! He! Hei How ever man is
able to put food in the mouth of
his wife and kids and buy clothes
aud pay house rent on the pres
ant wages, l don't know to save
my life how he can do it.
But, wait a minute! I'll tell you
Jesus said, "Out of the heart pro-
,eedeth evil thoughts, murders,
'ornication." If the deeds of men
and women are black its because
heir hearts were first black. We
are trying all sorts of remedies
and they are bound to fail. You
,annot legislate men and women
)ut of vice. 1t is not simply a