Show AWAY WITH revolution I 1 an idle brain is the devils work shop how oft this comes true kingdoms kingdom s have been overturned empires nave have past out of existence governments nave been put to the test of their strength in maintaining peace and how bow often the whole affair can be traced back to its inthis devils work shop and now ane shop is turning out some very complicated work congregated in groups on the street corners private rooms secret all plan ning how to make money who are they bey Is it not always the rich some would have you to believe so Is it the poor some would have you believe so the merchant has his bis money and credit invested in in wares and merchandise he is is in business for his own good and ably the good of the whole community the merchant is a thing very necessary and cannot be dispensed with you may call him a rich or a poor merchant he be is one 0 the araw liten the great body of the universe can the farmer or stock raiser miser or artisan go to the original producer for all his needs to carry on an his bis livelihood it be reason able the rich banker as he is often styled is also in business for bis big own good some will say does he afford any accommodations to any besides him sell self yes his accommodation is unlimited some will say he is paid for or it well and so is the parson whom he has bus business with paid because he finds it ft to his interest to deal with him or the banker would never see him on badness for he would go some where else the merchant and banker make their business profi profitable tabe by making better terms to those who deal with them abas they can get elsewhere or those institutions would soon shut up the merchant banker or capitalist is he the only one who hoards up money Is bethe hethe he the only one that forms trusts corners money and makes hard bard times for the poor what right have people to form secret societies to take vengeance on the rich neb the waif who sells papers for or his livelihood has his savings bank credit the poor woman who toils all day over the hot suds of her wash tub goes on saturday after afternoon nom and leaves at ane savings bank all she can spare from her small earnings the merchant the artiman art izan does the same saam it is drops that compose the great ocean to all human use this money that is deposited in the savings and a great dial in other places of deposit at it is is dead all the depositors care lor is its return when called for with int interest ereg of coarse for the use of it now the banker cannot let it lay there and pay interest on it without using it so he be has fm got to find some means of paying back me int interest rest he pays the depositor and aad something for himself those people who patronize the savings banks seldom if ever assist any enterprises th they dont object to the banker assists assisting in new enterprises just so they get their money when called for now I 1 dont find any fault for twe tote system of business I 1 highly approve of it but I 1 surely condemn the plan piano of killing off alt all the merchants ban bankers keriL and business men as is so often talked of by those who advocate a revolution utho to settle this hard times question 1 treat each otner as friends and nei neighbors 4 having the welfare of all the 9 afi man family at heart many men have got together great moo money ey and expended every dollar la raier railroads 0 ads canals great ships factories and are ye yet t willing to do so if it can be protected protect ej but the will does but liuk little just so long as these wholesale threats are made against them both rich and aad poor think of the consequences of cf con in this course and what it may lead to one way it will lead to universal prosperity peace and happiness the other to universal destruction ruin and misery J R W |