The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-03-08
THE BUILDING AND IT'S FOUND
ALTON.

A reverie by G. K. Clodsniasher.
l dreamed that l was bird on
wing. In my flight came to a great
edifice l lit on a part of the dome
which was shining bright with erys-
tai and gold. 1 asked who are those
who are here. The watchman said,
"These are the stock dividend PEG
pie; the most glorious of the nation. -
l drifted down story and asked
the same question. The answer came,
This is Wall Street. We are the new
center of the nation. All the others
must look to us. We can paralize any
part of the structure at viii. They
all do as we say.
| L dropped another story, and the
answer was, transportation. We car
ry to and fro throughout the nation.
We rest safe and secure directly under
Wall Street.
dropped down still another story
and again made my inquiry. was told
that Commerce dwelt here and was
subject to the powers above them.
This part of the building was rather |
quieter; not nearly so much improve
ment going on as in the two top |
stories. Things were beginning to
look shabby.
The last story told me that here
was the bone and sinew of the nation.
They complained of being in dis
tressed condition and everything was
going badly. I lit on the ground and
found engineers examining the found
alton. / asked, who are these9 The
answer was, the agriculturists. They
are beginning to complain. The load
did seem heavy, and the engineers all
agreed that it endangered the build
ing, but they could not agree upon
what to do to strengthen or repair the
foundation. The engineers from the
upper story refused to cooperate with
the engineers of the basement. Ev-
erything must be done their, way, but |
they could not agree on anything ex
cept that the agriculturists should
furnish the material by living more
economically and cutting down the
expense of production. Or they might l.
work it by cooperative selling which a
would have to be fixed so it would
BASS through the regular established Il
hannels. l.
awoke. I was lying on my back Z
felt for my wings but they were
ot to be found. turned on my side
nd began to think. l thought of the
reat fortunes amassed during the
ar; of great accumulations of wealth CT
presented by the stock dividends of al
Il, railroads, coal, steel, and other &C
controlled lines; of the bill :.
ons of coined gold ocked up in the q
easury vaults and Federal Reserve %
ank lying idle-with nothing to rep
sent it-taken out of circulation al 10
gether, in order to make the credits ga
i'd money held in Wall Street more la
Sluable and keep up the rate of in ha
rest. I remembered the very words ig
statement made in the report of &c
G agriculture commission appointed =
President Harding. The words are:
Imitation operates to take the money 80
'm one group and give it to another, th
d def1ation does the same thing, but WI
es not necessarily return it to the eff
pup from which 1t was first taken, en-,
found myself getting restless. I st;
ought, how crude and imperfect in
tice and human regard our present
7 civilization is. Then I thought
well, Rome was not built in day. j
has only been about nineteen hun. or;i
ID years since man was given the ~
ond Commandment and the Golden
Ie. One should not expect too much uoo
soon. enc
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