Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-12-07

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To the Editor:--I have just
read E. S. Hammond's article OF
November 20 in which he states
that the state institutions are in
the large majority of cases the re-
suit of bad homes. fear he has
the cart before the horse. The
money paid in taxes might help
keep up better homes. LIS it the
poor man who is taxing us? We
all know who has taxed us from
Caesars time until now and the
scriptures say the rich man always
oppresses the poor--not sometimes
but always, Does nfG. Hammond
deny this? It's good thing Abra-
ham Lincoln lived before the coun-
try was institutionally run or his
little log hut or his poverty might
have been considered. detriment
to character and morals---most of
our really great men have rose
from the ranks of poverty-r-simply
because they were great in spite of
their poverty. Today there is too
much emphasis placed on society
and too little on the rights of
motherhood and childhood. Yes,
children have rights, but say God
pity the institution raised child.
Did any one raised in one ever
claim 1t was good for their own
children? No never. Institutions,
like corporations, have no souls.
II you could hear of some things
that have happened to children by
their supposed guardians you
would be haling them into the
court rooms for justice. The only
difference is grating concern is
never molested, while step fathers
sometimes are, especially if he does
not inhabit Elizabethian struc-
lures and stoops to potato patch
work and pig sty provision. My
great wonder in ef.e recent case
disposed OF is that Ii was such an
open case Of injustice. The inno-
cent suffering for the guilty, the
mother and daughter separated,
Instead of removing the guilty one
III he was guilty. why do men al
ways shield and protect men as
against womankind? I'll trust
mother any time when she loves
her child to take better care of 1t
than any institution in the world.
great heart beat with
sympathy when he witnessed the
mute and dumb suffering of the
poor old black slaves separated
from their children and he vowed
10 God If the chance ever came he
would break such evil power to
pieces, but the southern aristocrats
never forgave him, for haven't /
heard them argue that they were
better off as slaves, they had no
sense except as driven like cattle.
Rich men always Justify their
deeds no matter how others suffer
by it. There is no weak senti-
about them either, for
they 90 on crushing out hearts
and hopes of those that Christ
lied for. No wonder He called
he church dignitaries the children
If the devil, for the work Of devils
hey do, and God will deprive them {
# both their privileges and offices
because they have been weighed in !
he balance and found wanting.
Weeping over white SLAYER Roy I
ton is simple and pure weak SEN
but there is no bond G
IN earth like that between mother S
md child. would put the man on Y
ock pile and leave the daughter !
lome. Revelations tells us that l
he number of man is the number I
4 the beast and also man was {
made a little lower than the u
ngels, while the same book says
Woman should have power on '
er head because Of the angels, q
hns nlacinR her in line with fhal
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