in this land of ours are surely the results of ignorance and folly. With
the crops which follow each other in our favored region of the earth,
and with membership in any mutual aid society, the industrious poor man
of America has an assurance that no picture so black can be drawn of his
lot "in the rainy day." We cannot reform human nature. When men cheat,
steal, lie, and remain idle, they must suffer the results of their
deeds, and, at present, those whom they drag down with them must also
suffer. But, with industry and sobriety assured,