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THE MAN WHO PAYS IT ALL.
Tho monarch of tho counting room,
with single stroke of pen
Can raise tho price of everything to
suit his own sweet will;
And shift life's heavy burden to the
backs of other men
Who have to sweat and labor while
they're toiling up tho hill.
But tho man who gets tho short end
of the scheming every day
Is tho man who answers daily to tho
morning whistle's call.
All the added cost of living, rent, and
taxes, como his way,
For tho man who works for wages
is tho man who pays it all.
Looting in all public office makes the
taxes higher grow,
And tho landlord without winking
merely hoists tho rent to match.
Oil and sugar up aro hoisted and tho
grocer is not slow
To make those who have to use
them come to the financial scratch.
And tho beef trust makes the butcher
pay a hlghor price for meat,.
But tho butcher merely puts It where
all other burdens fail;
For ho raises retail prices, and the
end is, wo repeat,
That the man who works for wages
is tho man who pays it ail.
First tho trust hoists up tho prices to
increase their dividends; ,
Then the wholesale man must fol
low, adding on his little bit.
Then tho retail man adds to it and
tho price then still ascends
Till a fellow as, he watches thinks
the raise will never quit.
But tho landlord raises rentals, and
the coal man raises coal.
Till they play lots more than even
ere tho prices downward fall.
But tho man who flnds the bottom of
the deep financial hole
Is the man who works for wages,
for he's got to pay them all.
Let tho times grow hard instanter
down coma wages with a crash,
But tho man who hires labor keeps
his cottage by the sea. ,
If the times keep growing harder
wages tumble all to smash,
And the mills aro closedwhile
. owners quickly off to Europe flee.
Then, when times are growing better
and tho factory spindles hum
Labor Is at once invited to respond
to whistle's call.
But while all else quickly rises, la
bor's raise is last to come.
For the man who works for wages
is considered last of all.
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A Llttlo Fixblo.
The Little Brown Man rubbed his
eyes and looked about nim. The last
ho remembered was going to sleep in
his native country, and here he was, in
a now and strange country. The only
familiar sights were a Benevolent As
slmilator and tho Flag. And the Flag
was flying everywhere.
"Where ani I?" queried tho Littlo
Brown Man.
"This is the United States," said
the Benevolent Asslmilator.
"Ah, the land of the free and tho
homo 6f the brave?"
"Correct, my Brown Brother. That's
just what it is.'
"And that trl-colored banner with
tho longitudinal stripes, the azure field
and the stars of white what Is that?"
"That, my Brown Brother, is the
flag of tho free. Wherever that' flag
floats liberty and equaiity is guaran
teed to all men."
"Indeed! I sunnoso it Is floaMnrr nn
J numerously on that account."
"Yes, sir. That's it; this is 'flag day'
when everybody raises a flag."
"And It means liberty and equality
wherever it floats?"
"That's what Liberty of speech,
liberty of press, liberty of thought;
equality before tho law, and all that
sort of thing."
"And those men over therewhat
aro they doing?"
"They are framing up special laws
for their own benefit."
"And those other men over there?"
"They are preventing legislation
that will destroy their special privil
eges." "And those men over thore in tho
shade, seemingly asleep?"
"0, those are a lot of kickers and
agitators who are always complaining
between times."
"But why do they sleep during the
day?"
"This is the day the party primaries
are held, and they always sleep dur
ing tho primaries."
"And does this banner guarantee
all you say it does everywhere it
floats?"
"Yes, sir; you bet."
"But it floats in my countiy and I
am denied the right of trial by jury.
I am denied a voice in the making: of
the laws which govern men. Editois
there are sent to prison for giving ut
terance to their honest thoughts, and
men are deported and banished for
disagreeing with the inen sent over
to rule thsm. 4
"Where'D thunder did you come
from?"'
"I am a rjati'e of Luzon, and my
ancestors for three hundred years
fought to r uie liberty which is de
nied '0, you we one or them Filipino
savages, eh? Well, you'll cot all
that's coming to you, so don't worry.
It takes time.'
"But how long will it take?"
"That depends. Just as soon as you
aro capable of self-government we ex
pect to have you in a position where
you won't dare ask for it." '
'lull you cannot kill the yearning
foi- liberty, can you?" '
"0, I don't know. We've got a lot
of fellows in this country now who
never think of it any- more because wo
keep their stomachs filled."
"Then the flag does not mean what
you say it does, eh?"
"Look here, Mr. Brown Man.- That's
treason and it shows that you people
aro treacherous, unworthy of being
trusted, and only to be ruled by a firm
hand. Now you hike back to Luzon
because we don't allow vnn in ,i.!
land of liberty and equality. I've got
to hustle down to the wharf and load
a few gatlings made especially for pur
poses of benevolent assimilation."
Moral: Sometimes the flag is'humr
on the wall for tho purpose of conceal
ing a hole in the plaster.
older than Methuseler .
"What makes you think he is as old
" 'Cause he's so old he's forgot that
ho ever was a boy."
The usual Fourth of July appropria
tion for fireworks will be made in that
particular family.
Indefectible.
"Hustlery is tho best tax collector
I ever saw."
"That so? Why?"
"He spent six weeks trying to col
lect the canine tax on tho Dog star."
Tho FaLots.
"Puggsloy tells mo he sold that dog
of his for an oven thousand dollars
tho other day."
"Ho didn't sell it for cash?'
"No, ho traded it oft for two' Ave
hundred dollar Angora cats."
Loarnod It.
"I suppose you learned lessons of
honesty and thrift while serving your
term in prison," said the Eminent Re
former. "Dat's what," was the reply of Bill
the Bug, lato No. 6778.
"What work did you do in prison?"
"Dey put me ter mairin' pasteboard
shoes f'r do prison contractor."
Worso tho.n Evor,
"A scientist declares that niano
music will make tho hair grow "
"That's all right. But if it's the
piano music in the next flat I'd nrefer
a hairless crown."
Good Guoss
This discussion of a" "noiseless
Fourth" was well settled by a Lincoln
youth of fifteen, summers. His father
gave him an article on that sublect
and told him to read it. The boy read
it carefully with frowning brows, and
When he finished ho laid the paner
carefully aside. p per
"Whdo you thlnk of it, son'"
queried the father.
"I bet the fellow who wrote that is
Good.
"I say, Waggsley, I see thai. Kansas
has refused to permit her natural gas
to be piped outside of the boundaries
"of the state. What do you think of
that?"
"That will be awfully hard on a lot
of g. o. p. politicians down there who
have been piping it to, outsiders for
the past dozen years.' D ' ,
Ever Notlco TKct
The girl with a , new diamond air
ways has an itching nose?- ; :--.
The younger the mustache the more
earnest the attention given it?
The man who complains cL never
having had a chance hasn't energy
enough to take advantage of one?
The iceman takes tht last ticket in
the book just when you are broke?
That the "end seat nog"' is the fel
low who will not move over when you
want that particular seat?
The best fishing days are those that
find you compelled to hump over the
desk?
oSmo men are so busy telling what
they are going to do that they have
never done anything worth telling
about?
The "softest snap" usually winds up
by presenting the biggest expense account?
Drain Leaks.
Done Today re'sts tomorrow
A trade well learned is better than
great expectations.
Lpts of people spend most of their
time fretting about things, that never
happen.
The man who will no'tTvoto for his
rights isn't brave enough to fight for
them.
Some men's" idea of a good time is
nothing to do and all the rest of their
lives to do it tn.
If borrowing was as hard as paying
back a great deal of trouble would be
saved many people.
We are not at aH superstitious, but
we never see the 'sponge" fail to raise
but what we look for trouble.
Organized labor has lost more by
its failure to suppress its mouthers
than it has by the aggressions of capi
tal. '
A slow nod of the head and a tightly
closed mouth often gain' a man a repu
tation for wisdom, th&t he. never de
served Wo would hato to do business with
a merchant who does n;t feel a thrill
when he sees a barefooted boy hiking
down tho street with a fish pole over
his shourder.
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