Show THE unpardonable SIN SYSTEM OF PERDITION A great has written a book which should be to this generation what les Mise was to france oliver twist to england Englan dand and uncle toms cabin to pre civil war amer ica it is titled the grapes of wrath it tells what the depression has done to countless human beings especially the dispossessed cotton growers and the social group they represent tracing a family from their southern plantation to the pacific coast broke discouraged starved and degraded by an outmoded out social system the writer pictures children actually starving to death in sight of great piles of kerosene sprayed golden oranges and right well does he conclude the spring is beautiful in california but the smell of rotting bodies and perishing souls fills the country a crime beyond denunciation a sorrow weeping can not symbolize a failure that topples our success yes it is all too true that the system has permitted people to starve in the midst of abundance so much abundance that it has been ordered destroyed in sight of famishing children this is the crime of the ages the unpardonable sin a reflection on the intelligence of man and an insult and a blasphemy against god the system that practices it was born out of perdition and will go down in chaos to another perdition unwept and unsung progressive opinion |