Show Hum Human n Croakers 1 I IJ THE PHE HE biblical declaration in connection n with the continued p presence pres- pres es- es I. I 1 ence of the poor might consistently have included the me human r. r croaker oaker or pessimist who seems to be with us always too Just at present this particular species of humanity is busily engaged in describing general conditions as much worse than they really are and in iri predicting all ki kinds ds' ds of nonsensical things and particularly par pap a business panic The croaker is an adept at turning the magnifying glass He looks into the small en end i when he wants want to tp I. I magnify the most dimin diminutive tive fly that might alight on the body politic while white he lo looks ks into the large end for or a diminutive view of pro prosperous conditions or of opportunity knocking even at his own door i In this this connection it is considered q if appropriate to to ri- reproduce i. i duce guce the f following extract from a speech in in congress r There are who clamor persons w o constantly They complain of oppression speculation and pernicious influence of accumulated accumulated wealth They cry out loudly against all banks and corI cOrt cor- cor r I t ons and all means means by which small capitalists become united united in in order to tc produce important and beneti beneficial l results They c carry rry on on mad hostility against all ll established institutions In a c country of oft Unbounded perfect equality they would m move ve heaven and earth against privilege and monopoly In a country where property is is ismore t ino inore more e evenly divided than anywhere ere else else they r rend nd the air shouting houting jabout ab about ut agrarian doctrines In a country where wag wages of labor ate are ar high b beyond yond parallel they would wo ld teach the laborer that he e is nut an oppressed slave lave 1 T These ese words sound as if th might have ave b been en recently ij uttered uttered but as a of fact fact th t they Y are taken from an address f I delivered by Daniel V Webster in ip the United States States' States States' senate enate enat in in-I in 1833 t 1 J or nearly or-nearly nearly ninety years ago Not only the does the speech fully cover over v prey prevailing g conditions in the United Sf Safes Safe's b but t it it proves praves that ev even een n nJ nI during the days when the republic was I was vas young and its existence c still precarious it was afflicted as it is today Ot with ith vho ho never neve construct r VW t J. J f I 1 i i I 1 New Orleans bakers are re striking for m more re do dough gh r |