People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 May 1895 — Cheap Men. [ARTICLE]

Cheap Men.

When by war, treachery or cunning men have possessed themselves of slaves, they have lavished the wealth of their labor on palaces and buildings. Thia is shown in, the excavations .of Boinpell as well as lb the books of the history of men. Today the rich by cunning, treachery and open bribery have possessed themselves of the labor of the people, and the great works, palaces and buildings, eclipse anything the ancients ever dreamed of. In both instances the slaves were many to one, and in both instances they were educated to believe their masters had a right to live in luxury while they lived in poverty and servitude. I am sure slaves were better cared for than the working people of America are today. Slaves were counted as being worth something—a workingman in the United States today can be had for nothing. Feed and clothe him and you can get him by the million. The most efficient and willing slaves that ever rich men had. They not only feed, clothe and palace their masters, but annually vote to perpetuate their own degraded, poverty-stricken, bond-ridden condiJion. Great Jys the American voter!— Joining Nation/