Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-05-14
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shepherd In a representative person.
He stands for the poor and the unfor'
tuna,c in this village. You have never
gone to see him because-well. probably
II was because you feared that the look
" him would distress YOU. The thing
which would have helped and inspired
and gladdened his heart more than any
thing else would have been the feel Of
your hand and kind and cheering
word and sympathetic counsel. Under
those circumstances. ! think I may say
that II was your duty nv neighbor and
"a human being TO 40 10 see him. Now.
he never needed money. In the kindcst
spirit. ask you II that money you sent
10 him In the best Of good will was not.
In fact. species Of bribery? Werc you
not, indeed. seeking TO buy immunity
from duty incumbent upon you a.
neighbor and human bcing?"
MIR. Bing answered quickly. "rhcro
are plenty Of people who have nothing
else To do hut carry cheer and comfort
to the unfortunate. have other things
to do"
That. sir. does not relieve you Of the
liabilities of a ncighbor and a human
Icing, In my view. II your business has
turned you Into a shaft or a cog.wheel.
Il has done you n great Injustice. fear
that II has been your mastcr--that Il
has practiced upon you a kind Of dcs.
potlsm. You would better get along
with less--far less business than suffer
such fate. | don't want to hurt You.
We are locking for the cause Of Ger.
tain result and can help you only by
being frank. With all your generosity
YOU have never given your heart %
this village. Some unkind people have
gone M FAR ~ to say that you have No
heart You can not prove II with money
that You do not miss. Money In good
hut II must he warmed with sympathy
and some degree Of sacrifice. Has u
never occurred On YOU that the warm
hand and the cheering word In season
are more, vastly more. than money IN
the important matter Of making good.
viii? unconsciously. you have estnb.
lished a line and placed yourself on one
side ~ II and the people ON the other.
Broadly speaking. you are capital and
the rest are labor. Whereas. In fact.
YOU are all working men. Some Of tho
rest have come to regard You as their
natural enemy. They ought To regar,l
you M their natural friend. Two kinds
" despotism have prevented II. First.
there IN the despo,isin Of your business
IN making YOU n slavc--so much NJ q
slave that YOU haven't time To be hu.
man; second. there In the dcspoiism Of
the labor union In discouruginG' indivld.
ual excellence, IN demanding equal pay
for the faithful man and the Stacker.
and In denying the right ~ free men 10
labor when and where they will All
this IN tyranny 0s gross and un.Ameri.
can as that ~ George tlfc Third In try.
Ing To- force his will upon the colonies.
II America In TO survive we must set
our faces against every form ~ tyran.
ny. The remedy for all our trouble and
bitterness II real democracy. which n
nothing more or less than the love Of
mcn-thc love OF Justice and fair play
FOR each aud all.
You men should know that every
strike increases the burdens of the peo.
pie. Every day your idlcncss lifts the
price of their necessities. IdIcness II
Just another form Of destruction. Why
could you not have listened to the coun'
sci " Reason In June instead Of In
September and thus have saved thest
long months Of hardship and bitter vio
lcncc? II was because the spirit a
Tyranny had entered your heart and
rut your Judgment In chains. Il had
blinded you Ia honor also. for you mon
were working under contract. II TIN
union IN To command the support ol
honest men. II must he honest. Il Wi
Tyranny that turned the treaty viii
} belgium into n scrap Of paper. lie,
: me assure you that Tyranny has M
right TO bc In this land of ours. Yos
remind me Of the Prodieal Son who has
10 know the taste az husks and TIN
oompanionship of swine before he cam'
, 10 himself. do you not know tina
, Tyranny is swine and tho fodder a
swine? II IN simply human hogstsh
I ness.
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