Plain Words to Plain People
(A short sermon bj R. C. Hardlo.) ,
Text: Thretor take no thought saying wht
hall we eat? or what shall we drink? or where
withal shall w. be clotnedT Matt.
The highest authorities we havehad on
the origin and nature of law concur in
the opinion that all just laws arederived
from and based on the divine law
Hence it naturally follows that all laws
which contravene the divine law are un
just and ought to be repealed.
My text is the natural expression of
law of the Diviue Being, given at crea
tion's dawn, conferring upon all men
equal right to the bounties of nature,
an
in
eluding the right to the land and all the
resources contained therein.
That immortal document the decla
. ration of independence which sets forth
the axiom that all men are created free
and equal and endowed with the right of
life, liberty and happiness, must have
been an inspiration drawn from the word
of God. And it follows as a matter of
course that all laws which tend to deprive
men of their right to .life, liberty and
happiness, or that disturb in any way
the conditions of human equality, or take
from the most humble a single natural
opportunity to the enjoyment of these
rights is unjust and should be made null
end void.
The plain inference of my text is of
social condition where these God-given
rights could be enjoyed so fully and freely
that anxious thought for the morrow
would be forever unknown.
To eay that we now enjoy the right to
lfve, is to say that we enjoy the right to
the means necessary to sustain tnai me.
This, our observation and experience
tell us, is not true. Life means some
thing more than a bare existence. And
we know that the masses of mankind
have been so shut out from the use of
their natural opportunities in land and
labor, that life has become to them the
barest existence. The same may oe saia
of the right to liberty. With all public
utilities in the hands of a few, with all
the vast machinery by which production
is carried on owned by the Capitalistic
class, and with millions of men begging
for the privilege of using the God ap
pointed means to sustain life, experience
teaches us that our liberties are gone
that these boasted rights have become
legends of the past age. The life of the
laborinsr Deonle of today, is a life of
worrv. of anxiety. The thought of to
morrow's necessities, constantly ob
trudes itself upon the mind, driving
awflv peace and contentment.
The only argument necessary to be
made against the system underwhich we
now live is, that the laws governing that
system are unjust and make it impossi
ble for us to he subject to tnem ana at
the same time be obedient to the higher
law. In other words, it seems impossible
to obey the teachings of Jesus while
forced into the every day strife of compe
tition, in order to provide food and
clothing for the morrow.
Hence it follows that our present com.
potitive system is wrong and ought to be
a loliBlied.
Eut, is it true that the divine law
teaches the doctrine of human equality
and concedes the equal right of all to
share alike iu all natural opportunities?
When our first parents were created,
they were given a home in a garden of
: beauty where the gratification of every
legitimate want of their natures was
most fully met. They might revel in the
midst ot pleuty, with labor as only a
healthful incident of their surroundings,
Had they remained obedient no doubt this
condition would have continued indefi.
nitely. liut in their disobedience, a curse
was pronounced upon the land, and in
stead of a spontaneous growth of the
natural fruits and flowers, the earth
should henceforth bring forth briars and
thistles. And the decree of God institu
ting the law of labor went forth "In the
sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread."
The direction is given, covering the
generations of the future, that hence
forth human wants must be supplied and
human life unstained by the application
ol the hand ot labor to the land. And,
as it to lorever secure to all men, every
where, an equal right to the only means
given whereby human wants might be
supplied and life sustained, God says:
"The land shall not be sold forever."
"The land is mine." "Ye are butstrang
ers and sojourners with me."
The same truth is taughtinmany pas
sages of the Bible. 1'aul says: "Ir any will
not work neither shall he eat." "The
laborer is worthy of his reward." And
if the divine law teaches that human
wants are to be supplied by the hand of
labor applied to land, and if it advocates
the right ol each to an equal opportunity
in tne use oi tnese materials 01 proc ac
tion, then any law that contravenes this
law, that offers to legalize an act that
allows others to monopolize these mate
rials of production or in any way con
troi the opportunities of others, is a
vicious and unjust law and ought to be
annulled.
27,000,000 acres of our public doniaiu
have been monopolized by foreign syndi
cates or individuals. Many . millions
more are owned by capitalistic combina
tions or individuals of our own land,
thus, by law, possessing themselves of
the materials by which alone large num
bers of the people must live and in open
violation of that higher biw that has
made labor obligatory upon all and
that regards all men entitled to an equal
opportunity in the use of nature's own
resources.
Our magnificent mining interests (the
rightful use of which belongs equally to
all) have been diverted from their natu
ral and lawful purposes, and prostituted
to the private interests of a class who
hold possession by a law in sad dishar
mony to the law of God. And today, by
the operation of unjust laws, a few men
dictate the prices at which the people
may enjoy the necessities that God in
tended alike for all.
Railway corporations, whose so-called
properties are capitalized at many times
their cost, are enabled by a law clearly in
controveution of the higher law, to col
lect tribute from the people for the use of
utilities which by the higher law belong
alike to all. So that the laws, by which
the God-given opportunities of all are
taken away from them to satisfy the cu
pidity and greed of a few, are at variance
with the higher law of equality and just
ice, rendering obedience to the higher law
impossible, and ought therefore to be ex
punged from our states.
Tho text enjoins that we take no
thought for the morrow. The reason
given is that the provision made for us
is as abundant as thut made for the birds
and flowers. Consider tho lilies. They
toil not, and yet, (Jd as made ample
provision for their every need. And we
are better than the flowers of the Held,
how if God has so clothed the flowers
with beauty and fragrance and provided
for the welfare of the birds of the air,
surely He has done as much for us. , Then
why theanxious thought? Why thecare
worn brow? Because our opportunities
to profit by the gifts of God have been
taken from ns. "Other men have our
lands and vineyards."
The strife of competition forced upon
the laboring classes, makes it impossi
ble that we shall live above anxiety for
the future of those who may be depend
ent on us. The first law of ournatures
self preservation requires, under our
present industrial system, the most en
ergetic effort on our part to provide for
that period of life we call the "rainy
day." We grow anxious and worried.
Our peace is destroyed. We lose confi
dence in our fellows and finally lose faith
in God. The competitive system is,
therefore inimical to our obedience of the
higher law. It is in direct controvention
of the laws of God. It violates the spirit
of the gospel, Vitiates the power of religion
and ought to be overthrown.
What have we to offer in place of this
most vicious system? Do you think that
when Jesus was imparting to the multi
tudes the great principles that should
underlie a good life, that He did not
have in His mind a condition of society
under which these principles might be
pu t iuto practical operation? Undoubted
ly He did. He was looking forward to
the time when the kingdom of heaven
should be set up among men. And He
gives us the key with which to unlock the
door of the mystery that hangs about
obedience to the injunction of the text
when He says: "But seek first the king.
dora of God." What is this kingdom
more than the outward expression of a
divinely organized society the inspiration
of which is a heart enthroned Christ? A
society based upon brotherhood? A
Uinstian corporation wherein all are
equal and where the law of equalizing
love gives direction and force to its united
energies?
Co-operation must solve the problem of
the fnture prosperity of our country both
from the standpoint of economics and re
ligion. If we are to go on in the mad
strife of competing upon industrial lines
with fellow workers; if we are to be forced
to submit, to laws that create the classes
of master and slave, it is not hard to
read the closing pages of this nation's
history. What it cost of the blood of our
revolutionary sires to establish, and
what it cost of sacrifice and death of sons
and brothers to maintain; what has been
the pride and boast of patriots at home
and abroad a government of the people
will go down in shame and disgrace.
with the curse instead of the blessing of
lioa.
lhe meaning of the text is therefore
plain; we must seek for that social condi
tion that win make unnecessary any
worry tor the future; that condition
known as the kingdom of heaven, wherein
is one universal Father and all are breth
ren. When we have the spirit that
prompts us to do to others as we would
have others do to us, competitive strife
will have ended iu a brotherhood of co
operation on the basis of equalizfnglove.
tan we ever attain this blessed estate?
believe we can. The great defect in the
legislation that has culminated in the
social and economic conditions of the
present, has been our forgetfulness God.
Regard for His blessing and pleasure has
seemed to find no place in the laws of the
past thirty years. Hence the rights of
man have been violated and denied, labor
has been enslaved until like ancient Israel
we have been forced to make bricks with.
out straw. Ana now the voice of Uoa is
saying to the Pharaoh of the present,
"Let My people go." Will we have the
courage to go? Can we leave the flesh
pots of partisanship and start for the
promised land? Will we be blinded by
false issues or deceitful promises? SSol
let us turn from the false to the true.
Let us remember there is a God in Israel
and when we come to make known our
wishes as regards the enactment of laws
for our government let our choice of leg
islators fall upon men who will remember
that there is a God who takes cognizance
of the offairs of nations, and who will not
be mocked.
There are many who are expecting
that in the course of a few years, the
great spiritual reign of Christ will have
begun on earth. The full establishment
of the kingdom of heaven will be the visi
ble effect of His reign. And the means by
which the hearts of men will be prepared
for this will be found in those organiza
tions that have, as their foundation, the
fatherhood of God and the brotherhood
of man.
Are w e a Party of Pessimists
Editor Wealth Makers:
Are we a party of pessimists?
"One who complains at every thing as
being for the worst," as Webster defines
the word pessimist, certainly can not be
very enviable person, Bunyan has
such an one in the "slough of Despond"
with his back turned upon the celestial
city. They fall on easy prey to tempta
tion and make good recruits for tbearm
ies of the devil.
The world owes all true progress, to the
strong hands, and brave hearts, who be.
heving that "all things work together
for good to them that loveGod,"aretobe
found pushing great enterprises and urg
ing needed reforms.
We protest against the indiscriminate
use of the word pessimist as applied to
those who are opposed tomakingany
compromise with the saloon and the
kindred evils and who stoutly maintain
that our country is not in a truly pros
perous condition. Who believe with
James Russell Lowell that "we makecon
fusion between huge and great." That
the true measure of a nation's success is
the amount it has contributed to the
thought, the moral energy, the intellect
ual happiness, the spiritual hope and
consolation of mankind. What a pessi
mist was Noah in the eyes of his fellows
as he warned them of the coming judg
ment! And was it the hand of a pessimist
which traced the letters of fire upon the
wall before the terrified Belshazzar?
Was Wendell Phillips naught but a
dead weight upon all human progress, as
he scorned to be the pet of the petted and
became the friend of the friendless, turn
ing upon the abettors of slavery and 11
halting, compromising church with
words of sharp denunciation such asonlv
a king of the platform could command?
Abraham Lincoln said that "men do
not feel flattered in being told that, there
has been a difference of purpose between
the Almighty and themselves." While
the Savior Himself declared tlat "tho
world hated Him because He tet titled of
it that the works thereof are evil."
1 olitical parties seem slow to learn
that there can lie no lusting, cohesive at
traction, iu a platform which does not
embrace a moral issue. The "graud old
man" of England, than whom there is no
greater living statesman, does not seem
to fear lest there may be too much
of the Bible infused into politics. He
declares that "there is but one question
before the nations of the earth and that
is lhe Gospel."
aiany ot us in western JNebraafca are
longing for a union of reform forces un
der the banner of equal rights which
6hall free the masses from the damning
mnuence of the saloon, bliall insure to
us the right of a free ballot and a fair
count to both male and female, white
and black, and the right of all alike to
enjoy the fruits of honest toil, either of
brain or brawn, without paying tribute
to the hand of greed. The right of the
whole human family to enjoy the re
sources of earth and air, paying tribute
to their Maker rather than their follow
man.
Equality He who asks for more is dis
honest. He who tamely snbmits with
less is not worthy to be called a man.
. E.B.J.
Franklin, Neb.
THE SONGS UV SAMYEWL
lets sing a song uv inkreese
an earthly hell uv det
thet feeds on parrnt wisdum
blak greed & honest swet
theres increese in the pavements
& briks set in the walls
uv konsekrated tempels
& wiked dansin halls
the farm owt in the kuntry
the howses in the town
awl pay it deferenshelly
2 satun awl bow down
the ralerodes & the telegrafs
the horse & lektrik kars
kud draw inkreese frum jewpiter
& then wipe owt old mars
the states & nashuns pay it
the sittys & the towns
the parsuns lawyers merchunts
the dewds & awkwerd klowns
the wimen & the childrun
with pritty kurly heds
it kums frum kot & kassel
frum barns & leen to sheds
the soljers & the Balers
with brass & tinsel fed
fershilok gather inkreese
& gard hiz gold with led
the end uv life iz inkreese
the mark fer wun & awl
a mirage on the planes uv life
that terns owr sweets 2 gawl
ten thousand yeers uv darknus
old erth has rolled in sorrow .
an sum wood take ther heven todav
& chanse ther hell tomorrow
we preech the kumin kingdum
but feed the devels fires
til foks ar nskin iz this hell
whut meeu awl them church spires
but stil old samyewl fonagraf
keeps razin hi grad mewels
on perpuB tew lambastikate
them Benselus gold base fewels
Anarchy, Anarchy, Anarchy.
We regret exceedingly to read this in
cendiary, socialistic, even anarchistic ed
itorial paragraph in the New York Trib
une:
New Yorkers are beinsr plundered hv
oaKers, Dycoai-aeaiers, by gas companies,
by many landlords who exact exorbi
tant rents for small flats and small
houses, and by the telephone monopoly,
Aim prevailing prices in tins city tor
bread, for coal, for gas, for telephones,
and for rents for small flats are utterly
unreasonable and indefensible. Our
bakers, our dealers in coal, our gas com
panies, our landlords of small flats, and
the telephone companies are not satisfied
with reasonable profits. They insist up
on fleecing the unfortunate community
oy extreme ana unjustifiable exactions,
Does the editor of the Tribune really
think the baker, the coal dealer, the land
i .( ...
ioru, or tue gas man nas not the same
rights to charge all he can get for his
wares that the Tribune has to charge all
it can get for its advertising space? If a
seller of anything is obligated to charge
only reasonable prices is not an employer
equally obligated to pay reasonable
wages? We are afraid that paragraph
will put Whitelaw Reid's paper into log
ical chute and deposit it iu socialism,
single taxism, populism, or something
wicked of that sort. Times.
Cleveland Wants to Reason
Shelton, Neb., April, 1895.
Editor Wealth Makers:
President Cleveland in his letter to the
Dusiness men ot Chicago says, "It is a
time for the American people to reason
together as members of a great nation."
For 30 years the old Greenback guard
has lifted up its voice in the hard money
wilderness of ignorance, prejudice and
ridicule, and cried out to the multitude,
"Come, let us reason together""
If tho old Greenbacker's prayer is about
to be answered, he is happy, for he knows
in the field of reason he has Cleveland
ana otuer goiaen can worsnipers on a
pin hook.
The old Greenbacker says, come. The
tax-burdened, mortgage-ridden, farmer
says come. The men who lost their de
posits in defunct nntioual banks say.
come. The merchant whose business has
gone glimmering says, come. The strik
ers against a reduction of wages and
other oppression says, come. The en
slaved and half starved women and chil
dren, victims of the sweat-shops, say,
come, and Christ says come iuto the
vineyard of reason.
Come let us reason together that "Peace
on earth and good will to man" may be
come an accomplished fact.
John Stebbins.
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Memphis.
Memphis, Tenn., April 29. The cur
rency and banking conference to be
held In Memphis May 23 promises to be
one of the greatest economical conven
tions ever held in the south. Present
Indications are that every city of Im
portance In the Southern States will
send delegates and that the discussion
of finance and banking will be partici
pated in by many popular leaders. The
silver men of Memphis and Shelby
County are called to meet today to de
cide whether or not they will call a sli
ver convention to meet before or after
the conference of May 23. The conven
tion is to be non-partisan.
Washington.April 29. Secretary Car
lisle has formally accepted an invita
tion to deliver an address on the finan
cial questions of the day at the Mem
phis convention, May 23.
Will Brlet the Flonroy Tenants.
Lincoln, Neb., April 29. Judges Dun-
tty and Rlner of the federal court have
declined to issue the mandatory injunc
tion asked by the government counsel
commanding the Flourney Land Com
pany and some 235 other tenants to get
off the Indian lands at the Omaha and
Winnebago reservations " in Thurston
county. Agent Beck will continue evic
tions of the Flourney tenants.
Omaha, Neb., April 27. Capt. Beck,
jthe Indian agent at the Winnebago res
ervation, says when he returns to the
reservation he will enforce the govern
ment regulations, and he will comply
with instructions from Washington in
the meantime while waiting for the dis
position of certain litigation to come
up At the May term of the federal court.
This will affect about 2,500 persons. H
anticipates no trouble.
Important Libel Snlt Decision.
St. Paul, Minn., April 29. In a $3,000
libel suit against the Pioneer Press,
Judge Kerr yesterday threw the case
out of court on a ruling of the utmost
importance to newspapers and people
libeled. It was shown that the plain
tiff's notice for a retraction was served
on a reporter. Judge Kerr said the
law contemplated that a legal notice
tor retraction must be served on the
publisher. Had the notice been served
on the city editor, the managing editor,
or even the editor-in-chief, it would
not have been sufficient unless the
editor-in-chief was also an officer of the
company,
AFTER MEXICAN CATTLE.
American Buyers Will Have to Pay Big
Prices.
Tuxpan, Vera Cruz. April 29. A num
ber of American cattle dealers are nego
tiating for the purchase of the large
herds which are held in the Huasteca
district, state of Vera Cruz, and which
range over portions of the states of
Puebla and Hidalgo. These herds are
practically the bulk of the cattle re
maining in the entire republic for con
sumption and export, and high prices
will probably be realized. There has
been a movement on foot to shin
a large number of $attle' by
sea to New Tork and place them on
that market at the high prices ruling
on beef throughout the United States.
Beef and all kinds of meats are stead
ily rising in price all through the coun
try. The supply of stock in other parts
of Mexico is hard to compute with ex
actness, but from none of the cattle dis
tricts can any considerable amount of
stock be shipped to the United States
markets.
I May Affect This Country.
Washington, April 29. The adoption
by the German reichstag yesterday of
duty of $2.40 on cotton-seed oil may
materially affect the exportation from
this country. For several years the
amount of cotton-seed oil exported to
year it was increased from 1,075,946
gallons in 1893. to 2,199,434 gallons.
valued at $967,924. This is about one
seventh of the total amount exported.
In addition to this it is believed that
of the large amount of the cotton-sei
oil shipped to the Netherlano, aggre
gating over 6,000,000 gallons last year.
almost one-half of the total exporta
tion ultimately rpaehes Germany.
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The Baltimore Plan,
now practically endorsed by President Cleveland, is attracting
universal attention because it is based on the evident fact that
the currency and banking systems of the country must be re
formed. But is the Baltimore plan a reform? It gives the associated
banks the power to expand the currency and relieve the country.
It also gives them the power to contract it at will and create
universal distress for their own private gain.
It puts the credit of the government behind every bank note.
It donates all but half of one per cent of the profit on the note
issue to the banks, and it leaves plenty of opportunities for a
Napoleon of Finance to wreck a bank and leave the government
to pay the notes.
It leaves the banks free to demand the highest interest that
the several states will allow, and affords no relief to farmers and
business men of moderate capital.
Contrast with this
....
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In "Money Found," an exceedingly valuable and instructive'
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for sale at the office of this paper at 25 cents, Hon. Thos. E.
Hill proposes that the government open its own bank in every
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on long time deposits, receive deposits subject to check without
interest, and loan money at the uniform rate of 4 per cent to
every one offering security worth double the amount of the loan.
This plan is not an expense to the government, but a source of
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It secures the government amply, which the Baltimore plan
does not.
It relieves the distress of the common people, which the Bal
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It protects not only note-holders but depositors, who are un
secured now and under the Baltimore plan would be still
worse off.
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the Hill Banking System is in the interest of the people.
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