Foundation Principles from Topeka, Kansas • 2

right that God Almighty gave us as human beings. He would be a loss of time. We simply propose to fix the mill, gave the black man the right to -himself, and he has given or to ask you to do it. us all a right to enough of the earth's surface-for our sup- "We are willing to do our share, but we cannot do it all. port, and to claim that he has not is to blaspheme no, we We want your help, but you cannot "help till you can see do not want to take your land, but we want ours; and when what is to be done, and how to do it; and that is what we we say ours, we speak in the name of the landless, the home- are here for to-night.

We wanf-to reason with the people, less, the tramps, the vagrants, in the name of all who have to talk with them of things we have learned of which they been crushed by a false property system into poverty and have not yet thought. We want the people to see that they crime. are big enough to do this work, and put down the injustice "We are not blaming the peopled We are all the vie-1 that everywhere We want them to stop asking tims of a false system, and of the false education connected God to do it long enough to hearjiim tell them it is their with it. But we are trying to make the people see the work, that he has given them reason, and they must work wrong that this system works, so that they, with their good out the problem for themselves." hearts and heads, may be induced to so. change it as to pre- The people forgot their prejudices and became so inter- "Rev." Jesse II.

Jones suggests that I get help to take out of ''The Fountain of Life or The Threefold Power of Sex" the warts" and "wens," as he calls those passages that are objectionable to Christians. Cool, isn't it? Effective Cure. A preacher's righteous soul was sadly vexed by the talking and and giggling of some of the junior members of his congregation. Breaking off in the middle of his discourse, he looked straight at his tormentors and said: Some- years ago there happened to sit right in front of the pulpit a young 'man, who was perpetually laughing and talking and making silly faces. I stopped short and took him severely to At the close of the service a gentleman stepped up to me and said: 'Sir, you made a great mistake; that young man is an "Since that time 1 have not ventured to reprimand any persons who behave themselves indecorously in church, lest I should repeat the same mistake and inflict censure upon an idiot." There was exemplary silence during the rest of the service, Exchange.

vent poverty and crime; yes, prevent it; prevention is cheap- ested that it grated' on "their'eaWwhen Caleb Johnson called er than cure. We want a system of society in which all out: "If you do not want to divide, up, why do you talk of can have healthful employment and happy homes. -We want taking our land from us?" all mothers to have the best conditions in which to do their Reid looked him ull in the eye as he replied: "I be-divinest wTork, the gestating of immortal beings, buds of lie ve 1 said once, we did not want to take vour land. We promise that shall grow to be grand men and beautiful concede you all that is yours by natural right, but the mo- women here in this life, and add to the glory of the angel nopolization of the land is the cause of the wrong action of hosts in the great beyond. the distributor.

You are not a bad man, sir, and if 3 ou 'Born in sin and shapen in how can it be could see, and others lite you, the evils resulting from hold- otherwise under the conditions that now exist? Tired mg large tracts of land, if you could see that it was pushing mothers, half starved mothers, fagged mothers," ignorant women into prostitution and starving children to death, you mothers, fathers without work, the landlord threatening the would be as anxious as we are for a change." street who can paint the desolate, the turbid currents, the "Well, here are'your friends, the Wendovers and the heart-hunger, the hopelessness that flows through the veins Lawrences; they have flaiid, what will they do with of thousands unon thousands of nrosnective mothers! This, persisted. After reading: the above, I have aii fins trnes to make un what we have been tauerht to call "Thev can SDeak for themselves." renlied Reid. A. KJ A. 4.

decided not to judge those who re- innate depravity in the child; these, elements are organized Mrs. Wendover arose to her feet. It was the time turn iny sample copy witn: oena mto ne very heart of its being, and then we build jails and she had ever faced an audience, but she did not in a prisons, and pay sheriffs and police officers to take care of clear, distinct voice she said: and protect us from the organized results of our own igno- "I have not decided in what way I shall dispose 6f tjie i i -r i ii i i i i i i i ii i ranee, sec me lana iree ana use one-nan oi wuat now lanu wmcn nas recenuy come mio my possession, dud my costs to employ lawyers, pay fudges, build jails and prisons, mind is fully made up to what use it shall be put. I shall in making good conditions for all, and soon the others will use it to help educate the people that they may understand not be needed, and heaven will have come down to earth their rights, to know that the distributing machinery of so- me no more," lest i maive as uuu a mistake as the minister did. It certainly looks as if something was lacking when they fail utterly to let me know who they are.

Must VI stop sending sample copies to any ope lest I hit them again? "IMssatisfiecl." "Mrs. Waisbrooker, Dear friend: through the spirit of peace and good will which shall pre- ciety is faulty, and must be remedied. How that education vail." canvbe best accomplished, I cannot as yet say." He then branched off upon tbe results of interest, of "And that is also my purpose," said Mrs. Lawrence, land held by foreigners, and the money sent across the while Mr. Lawrence remarked: "The land belongs to the ocean to pay for the use of such lands, spoke of the national ladies, the Judge and myself are landless, but I presume Please find enclosed 50 for which send me your paper, "Foundation Principles." I have seen several indebtedness which had been needless, of men coming here to they will pity us enough to give us our share." be free, and then taxed to help support European aristocra- This created another laugh, and the opposing party, cy in the shape of interest on bonds.

"The money power finding the laugh was against them every time, subsided in- copies of it and like it splendid. A friend, called one evening and I handed environs us on all sides," he said, "but we are determined to silence. JReid nowsaid: "I believe you called for my to dethrone gold and enthrone humanity." friend here, whose disposition to "ask the why of things has him a copy to look at. He read a few moments and threw the paper down, Even his enemies could but acknowledge his eloquence, given him the sobriquet of Wherefore. Ladies and gentle but some of them claimed that on that very account, he men, I will jiow give you the opportunity of listening to with the remark: "I don't like to read such papers ought to be suppressed, as being yet the more dangerous.

Mr. John Wildermere." they do more harm than good by mak- "When do you propose dividing up?" called out one of "Wildermere," "Wherefore," "Wildermere," came from lug vUllltUi uiBsaiiBueu. vyhu iuou ivj the crowd. different parts of the house, and response John arose and I told him my opinion was, that it was inst what was needed. There are "Why do you ask?" said Reid.

said: "Because I want my share." "Friends, I am glad to be with you to-night. As to the "Ah, 1 thought so, how long would you keep it?" whys and wherefores of things, I have been looking into This raised a general laugh, for it was well known that them ever since I was a young man, and poor, when a. rich too many of them satisfied (or pretend to be) for their own good. The black slaves would Ijave never been freed if could he have it to handle, he would scatter with one hand man's son took my girl away from me, and after satiating faster than two hands could gather. himself, cast her off to be trodden under foot; the dear some one smarter than themselves hadn't come out in their behalf and tried to make them dissatisfied with "I am glad you asked me that question," continued girl that I loved so well, and for whose sake I have lived a lot.

You have undertaken a great Reid, "for it gives me an opportunity to correct a very single life. Having gathered sufficient means to give me general mistake. Ko one proposes to make a division, but leisure, I have made it my business to search into the causes to change the action of the methods of distribution. Sup- which produce so much misery and crime." -work, and if you do not accomplish all yon would like to, you will have done pose one of you has a flouring mill with a dozen boxes, into His voice was tremulous with emotion, and there were your duty, and future generations will which the flour is distributed as it is ground; but suppose tears in morje.than one woman's eyes, as he continued: give you the praise you deserve now the distributor acts unequally, nine out of twelve boxes'get- "Now, why was it? was the girl naturally bad? No, she ting but very little, how much good will it do to stop once was as innocent as a child, as pure as the lily of the valley, have read "A Sex Revolution" and lent it to all who would read it. It or twice a day and even them up by dividing?" and as sweet as a half blown rose, and she loved me; I knew is a grand little book.

He paused to mark the effect of his illustration, anil that she did, for she died in my arms, then why was it? The With best wishes for vour success, I then added: "We will suppose further that those boxes are sunshine brings the flowers that cannot open in the to supply twelve families; when they were evened up each He had leisure, education, and did not need to tire himself Yours truly, Louise Harvie, Macon, Mo. "Astounded." family would get a full meal, but the next meal nine am- out with toil. He facinated her, warmed her through and ilies would get less than their share, and so on till there "was through with his presence, his warm, magnetic I another dividing up. Now as the unequal distribution comes must toil and could see her only at stated times, and when A friend of ours, a man well known in from tbe mill by imperfect mechanical action, don't you think weary with my labor. it would be time and money saved to fix the distributor so that "I thus became the shade; while he was the sunshine; business circles here, and to whom 1 had given quitea while ago some copies of Ludf- each family could get his share each time? then if any one that is, he had the conditions which gave him the advantage, became so much interested that he sent wasted what he had and went hungry, it would be his or her so the tendrils of her love were drawn the other wdy for a 1 il, I Tkn tor several dooks, a mg own fault." yceuuxui, Again he paused to give them time to think, then he 1m i wnni hnnk and it rhrht said: "That mill is a fair representation of our property to the bottom of the question, too.

I was system, but with this difference. In the case of the mill time. Boys, young men, I mean, have none of you ever had a similar experience? Has no better dressed, better cultured'young man of leisure ever stolen the heart of the girl you loved?" He paused, and the audience were as still as though powerless to move; they hardly seemed to breathe. 1 "No," he repeated, "she was not bad, and he didn't intend to be; he wassimply thoughtless, selfish; we are all more or less so, but he was rich. He had always had what he wanted, and when tired of it, could throw it awayr' and SSSSSSS.

you could readily see where the trouble lay, but under the ry of the suhject and viewing it from so other we have been, taught" that the fault was in ourselves. luauv different sides. Its the best thing I have ever read in that line. mo aims a mu unu6o tima vuvav va- Pift nd n. two conies: one to keep tremes of wealth and poverty, are so hidden, you do not see and one to donate to missionary work.

that it is in the system and not in yourselves. The fault is r.ati Nov. 30-93. hi the property mill, and we do not propose to divide up; it.