The Athena press., July 12, 1907, Image 6

II REAL SOURCE
Conditions of Injustice as Seen and
Analized By the Famous Author,
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
Before you blame anybody for any
injustice, look into the cause of things.
In almost every country town heads of
families are blaming the shopkeepers,
the grooers and meat sellers for exor
bitant pi ices demanded.
Again, rents cause citizens in all
paits of the United States to cry out
against the landlord's gteed.
In return the shopkeepers, the mark
et people and the landlords complain
of unpaid bills and show books with
long accounts nnsettled. And so the
aggressive and dissatisfied thought
cui rents All the air.
Meantime few go back to the real
cause, the monopolies and trusts.
The man who sells groceries aud the
man who sells meats are not grinding
the poor ; the man who acts as landlord
to the people who live in tenements is
' not a devil going about to seek whom
he may devonr.
Back of all these middlemen, who
are merely trying to make a living
(like all the rest of the working world ),
lies the system.
A grooer's wife, with tears iu her
eyes, told me of the dissatisfaction of
their oustomeis over the increased
prices, for whioh the grocers were not
responsible, and of her own dissatis
faction at the iuability of many of
their customers to pay. An hour later
a little booklet, writteu by a woman,
came to my hand.
I quote from it. The booklet is by
Virginia M. Woodward, and is called
"Parental Rights and Economic
Wrongs."
"The great villiainiea of life are not
individual crimes, but the results of
corrupt systems. The individual
crime only affects individuals. Its
sphere of operation and the term of
its results are limited, while the effects
of the villiainone system are oonstant,
reaching every inidvidual, and gener
ating a host of supplementary evils.
It is impossible that a system founded
on injustice can work justice, even
partially or temporarily. It can confer
benefits only by favoring some at the
expense of others, and in proportion as
the favored are few and greatly fav
ored, the victims will be many and
greatly defrauded.
"Everything man eats, wears or
uses in any way can be directly traced
back to the natural resources of the
earth. Man can no more live without
land than be can live without air.
He may live iu the fifteenth story of
a city ekysoraper aud be ignorant of
the difference between sand and soil,
but bis existence depends absolutely
upou land as does the building iu
which be lives. His food, his olotb
iug, his furniture, , bis tools every
thing whatsoever that he uses or pos
sesses comes from the soil.
"Cotton must grow aud sheep must
grace, and the leather that he uses de
pends upou the cattle ranges. Wood
comes from the forest that no man
planted, aud coal from the mines that
were stored by nature. Stone aud
briok, iron aud lead, silver aud gold
all oome from the storehouse that no
man filled, but from whioh all men
must live. Tuke away this natural
wealth from man and what remains?
A naked, toolless, weaponless savage.
Take away absolutely from any mau
the product of laud and nothing re
mains, not eveu his body, for his body
is dependent upon food aud water, air
aud sunshine, shelter and clotbiug.
"All the natural wealth of the
future generations has beeu surrender
ed into the bands of nieu who have
become billionaires thereby."
Here is the cause of all the troubles
of which the middle class people of
America complain. Not one grocer,
shopkeeper or tradesman in one hun
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dred looks back to the beginning of the
preseut conditions; all acknowledge
those conditions to be unfortunate and
vain ideas of bettering them by elect
ing a new mayor or tax assessor or
governor are indulged in. But while
political rulers obange, the system
does not alter.
The book says of the part played by
the government:
"Ihe government that urges fathers
and mothers to produce children re
gardless of conditions, at their own
expense and for the benefit of others
will not restore nature's riches, nor
establish an equitable system of taxa
tion whioh will produce the revenue of
the country from its natural commun
ity wealth. It will not take the chil
dren out of the cotton mills of the
south or the breakers of the north by
making the wages of the father ade
qaate to the needs of food and fuel,
clothing and shelter for the family.
It will acoept no responsibility for the
family of the individual except the
responsibility of the almshouse and
the jail."
Jast so long as the people aie in
different to the cause of these condi
tions, just so long as they fretfully
complaiu of one another aud iguore
the cause, that cause will continue to
make bad grow worse.
Once the people are awakeued and
united in a determined effort to change
things toe change will come.
The Manhattan Single Tax club,
New York City, will furnish anyone
who cares to know more about the
subject with facts and figures.
Later iu this column will be given
some facts concerning what the Single
Tax people of the United States
are doing in a praotical way to lessen
the power of the monopolies.
For they are doing things. And
vast changes are imminent.
It is just as well to read up a little
and be prepared for them.
Meantime stop finding fault with
your neighbors.
All are in the grasp of the same
octopus aud should sympathize one
with another and join bands in an
effort to tear away the tentacles of
the monster.
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No Alimony; Is Jailed.
W. D. fcurford, Pendleton manager
of the Pacific Telephone company, was
found guilty of contempt of court and
ordered placed in the county jail until
such time as he should pay f 80 ali
mony to his wife iu accordance with
a deoreo of the circuit court here last
February. The court at that time de
cided Burford should pay the sum of
$15 a mouth to bis wife. This be
failed to do, allegiug be was unable to
make the payment. The judge held
that with proper regulation of expenses
he could pay this sum from a salary
of $1)0 a mouth.
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HE FUELSITUATION
None of the Mines Have Their Regu
lar Solicitors in the Field--A -Little
Wood Hauling.
The coal situation continues to grow
more perplexing as the season advances
aud dealers as well as those in control
of the mines whioh supply the greater
portion of the Northwestern supply,
are confident that the winter will
bring a repetition of last winter's
unprecedented fuel shortage. Quota
tions have advanced from 50 cents to
$1.00 a ton during the last two weeks
and there is every indication that coal
will be retailing for $10 to $12 in
Walla Walla fcefore the end of the
present month. '
Although dealers are generally well
stocked and facilities for handling the
staple are taxed to the fullest oapaoity,
when the season of active demands
actually begins, it is a certainty that
the supply will be inadequate to even
a small per cent of the demands. In
view of these increased demands with
the opening of the cold season, and the
assurance of another railroad tie-up
when heavy shipping begins, the deal
ers and mine' owners are urging the
people to lay in all or a portion of
their winter's supply of coal before the
rush is ou. While some of the large
institutions that require a large ton
nage, are beginning to awaken to the
facts of the case, and are in some in
stances, ordering their winter's supply,
the great per cent of the consumers
are inolined to view the situation with
apparent indifference.
Shortage of Wood.
Mines that oontrol the supply of the
northwest, and particularly this state,
are generally operating at full capa
city, although some summer orders
are being turned down. As a further
indication of the view the producers
are taking of the future of the fuel
situation, none can overlook the fact
that solicitors have been taken from
the field and little or no summer busi
ness is being solicited, where every
year heretofore the big mines have
had men in the field soliciting summer
business for future delivery.
Coal is not the only f uel that prom
ises to be scarce this winter. Accord
ing to reports from the mountains
where most of the wood for this part
of the country comes from, the cut
has been extremely light this season so
far, and up to this time but little cord
wood has found its way into the oity.
Generally at this season, hauling from
the mountains is heavy and large quan
tities are rioked in vacant lots to sup
ply the demand. This year has been
an exception to a large extent and while
a considerable quantity of Curd wood
has been stored, the supply now on
hand would be inadequate to the first
rush for fuel when the cold season sets
in. It is believed that after harvest,
hauling will be heavier and supplies
will be further augmented. Neverthe
less, the fuel situation, on the whole,
promises to assume proportions that
will not be entirely pleasant and the
matter of supply and demand should
be iuvestigated by individual consum
ers and steps taken to avoid as far as
possible a repetition of the unprecedent
ed shortage of last winter. That the
shortage will oocnr uuless a part of
the winter supply is laid in during the
summer, is a certainty. Walla Walla
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Coroner MacMartiu of Walla Walla
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way aud Touchet Pioneer, who died
from heart failure at Touobet Friday.
Mr. Hurt was about 55 years of age
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editorial writer. He was associated
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