PITTSBURG.
“THE REALM OF MAMMON AND MOLOCH." Fourteen thousand chimneys discharge their burning sparks in Pittsburg. From above, soot, ashes, and glowing embers rain in a steady shower. Scarce an hour passes without an accident, and no day without a fatal disaster. When the sun goes down it will not become dark. Evening tranquillity is unknown here, and twilight does not bring peace and rest. The fires burn on, the steam-hammers clang,and the rain of sparks continues with even greater fury. Toil and struggle proceed without intermission. There is no Sunday in the hell of Monongahela; no holidays are observed. The host of bondslaves bear their yoke without cessation. There is no day and no nights; for God’s day is darkened by steam, and smoke, and clouds of soot rising heavenward, while the dark pall of night is snatched away by a conflagration worthy of the abode of j Satan himself. The rich care nothing for the poor, j And, following the spirit of self-di- i recti on, what reason is there why j they should ? There is an abundance of emigrants ready to fill the vacant places of those who drop out. In this realm of Mammon and Moloch everything has a value except human life.—From “The Inner Life of the United States," by Monsignor Count Vay de Vay and Luskod.
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Northland Age, Volume VI, Issue 3, 6 September 1909, Page 2 (Supplement)
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