Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-03-17
IA WORLD OF SORROWS
AND A LAND OF POVERTY

THE following artiolb wss written
BY Mr. Robert Lindsey. student Of
the Rosepine High School, and was
read befoTe the students Of that nsti-
tution.l
Murders, thefts. and suicides. previ-
GUS wars and future wars. sadness and
poverty, is everything we hear. Our
newspapers are full Of it, most Of our
books contain it, and our heads are
crammed with il to the utmost.
Ii would seem that in place where
everything can be had to make life
happy there would be no cause for sor-
row. We in America have practically
everything that the human race needs.
yet our daily papers. from cover to
cover, tell Of murders, thefts, suicides,
starvation, bankruptcy, divorces. and
all the things that it takes to make life
miserable And it is said that we have
fewer troubles than any other nation.
Europe is in so critical condition
that # will require years to bring her
back 10 a normal standpoint. More
people are dying day in that coun-
try Of starvation than the war killed,
and famine is a hundred times worse
than bullets. Trouble, trouble, trou-
BE, is all this old world knows and all
because a few are allowed to make
millions.
There are at the present time four
main problems facing the world, all
Of which are the source of greed, and
all. Of which have caused bloodshed
and unhappiness. These are:
First, War Debts. Every nation on
the globe, except two. are chin-deep
in war debts, and those two are in out
of sight. And every dollar of that un-
iversal war debtwas made by that class
of human brutes who drive the COM
mon world with their forked tongues
and then make them pay the entire ex-,
pense while they hoard countless mil
lions and grow fat off the necessities
of life.
Second. Future Wars. 1t seems we
have not yet had enough bloodshed.>
Wall Street, English and Japanese mil
honaires have not yet spent their
boards, so we must have another war.
Third. The Germany and France
problems. Both are in debt SO deep
that the coming fifty years must be
spent in paying for what has just pass
ed. Their lordly rulers have run them
So deeply in the hole and destroyed so
many Of their most able citizens, that
for wears to come they must live be-
tween a crust of bread and famine.
Fourth. The Irish problem. Eng
lands rulers have pulled the wool over
Ireland's eyes for centuries, but some
| how she has lately got peep OF day
light.
All these problems are staring the la
boring man in the face, simply because
| he knows, or ought to know, that what
ever debts are paid and whatever bat
Ties are fought, he will have to do it
| No wonder he loses faith in the hui
man race, and becomes wretch! Who
would not be disturber if he were
turned out Of work and his family were
living on crumbs and water, and h'
knew things were growing from bad t'
worsep -.
This is an outline Of the condition
| the world is in to-day. The common
i people, instead Of. being better OF
| from the war, have billions in wa
debts to pay and few more hundred
millionaires to speculate on their brea'
| and butter. The common class OF ev
ery nation is suffering. Suffering II
the midst Of plenty They are starv
ing in Europe and China. and we are
dumping food into the rivers IN Amer
ica. They are freezing and going ma