Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1910 — CAPTAIN KIDD. [ARTICLE]

CAPTAIN KIDD.

Captain Kidd Quit his trade (Wise old Kidd), And a tariff law he made. (Tee, he did; ,Bo they say.) Then no more hie trouble* wore him. And no more hl* conscience tore him, For the tariff law worked for him Night and day. So hie victims all were robbed Just th* same, But they didn’t understand the captain’s game. Not a soul Could escape Paying ton Into Kidd’s vaults agape. For the tariff found them all, Great and small, ’ And the tariff took as spoil " Half th* wages Of the burdened sons of toil— Picked the solitary penny From the pocket of the poor— Took the wage* of the many On Its dally plunder tour Through the shops and mills and mine*. History’s pages tell the story If you read between the lines. Captain Kidd’s wealth grew, And he hired politicians, Going through All the land With a band To proclaim That the tariff legislation Passed by Kidd Was the workingman's salvation. This they did, And the people were deceived. They believed In the captain’s shrewd magicians. And the nation Raised Its voice in loud laudation. And for him they made an altar (Not a halter). Where they rendered humble homage unto Kidd. Loud rang his fame From the multitudes and masses. And a hundred million asses Brayed his name. Foolish wretches, for they knew net what they did. Captain Kidd Quit his trade Long ago, And his blade Never pierces a foe. But a tariff law he made. Which conducts a dally raid, By his command, On each and every household in the land. —Will Scott in Johnstown Democrat.