The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1868-04-25

W hio curly wants anu PofefCJ ior His SucccfSs
htHoAhas siicceeded because he was born or.
canie TO active life as debtor. Whilst inak-
ing n fortune for himself, he has helped to
'niakc fortncs for his employers, for all employ
crs in some way tax the labor which they on--f
iploy. This is no Subject Of regret to him, for
having amasscd capital lie III turn .can leave off
1abofihg,s aud live aud inofeasc his mcansb by,
using his capital TO tax labor vs''.Fi'' .
Z The taxing or exploiting Of labor BY capital,
can never become general or serious evil in a
country like ours, where almost illinitablc
extent or fertile unsettled land invites imn-
grafton, and enables laborcrs at all times to cs-
cape from any unreasonable terms that capital
lists would impose. But before we proceed
farther, i. viii be best to illustrate aud cxponud
more fully the doctrine that capital commands,
but does not pay labor anything except in the
few instances whore in employing laborers,
capitalists trench upon thor capital and arc
not repaid by The results Of the work Of the
laborers. ,atat
Capitalists build dhouscs or shirscr railroads,
and pay thoirlaborcrs say two dollars a day.
IF these improvements after erection are worth
what they cost; then they llayei paid their la,
borers; nethings sforfthcy roain theirqcapital In
stead They mud. their Mborers. sl,;lxe onlyiex-
,ehanged equal values ;ffor capital is EutHac-
cumulated labor, human labor alone possessing
value: s.o,, ,,}.,s ..i .,y..,. .,:se,'
Ii the improvements be worth Il third mere;
than they cost, then will the laborcrshayo paid,
for the privilege of being employed onc;third
Of the results of their labor 60 their employers
All the profit mad" by employing labor, is 80
much tax levied or exploited from The laborcr
Now it is precisely this profit which capital
commands and cxacts. from labor, without paj.-
ing any value therefor, that creates all we,tl, );
that build up cities, and towns, aud canals, and
railroads, and steamships, and palatial private
residences, and theatres and churcIes, and in
fine, all visible tangible wcalth-and thus
speeds the car of human progress. t2ize
ifssrhe hca5icrthe tax thst capital lovics Oh OK
ploits from, labor. the larger will be the fund
accunmiatcd. to-bc expcnt.ed in w0. Si'u;' a:1r
and utility, and in the many Injuries uf li!c
that bcget refinement and high civilization.
Hence the most progressive aud prosperous
count ics'arc those where paurcrs laost aboun,!
The ,,1uperj bein., the laborcrs whom capital
has t.>cd 50 heavily us to deprive the:l of the
means oi Subsistence. If l.Dorcrs were pcy-
n.ttc6 TO consume all that they produce, there
would be nothing TO oaccunulatc, nothing To cx-
pend in the uxuries and rcGncmcnts i,nines
would he frequent, human progress would
cease and human rctrogression would begin.
Indeed, very soon all mon would relapse into
the savage state; live i'll caves or cabins, aud
wear skins for clothing. Artificial and ac-
Gn!red wants would cease, 80 soon ;is 1ac!, lian
had byrhis own labor to supply his own wants.
Society can neither be civilized nor secure
against Frequent f;,mines, unless all property be
owned by the few, and the masses be so dcst-
tute that the property holders or capitalists can
compel them to labor they please. not only
for the;r'o~n plain support and for the luxu-
rious support Of the capitalists and tho support
of government, but also to create MI enormous
annual surplus fund to be expended in great
and costly public and private works, and thus
to speed tire car Of human progress.
The car of Human Progress s Ju-gernaut
car, that often crushes under it's whccls the vo-
taries that propol it.. Paupcr laboycrs. as !,
class, have thus been squeezed, and afterwards
thrown aside like squeezed Lemons; but the
harder they are squeezed and The n,o,c OF t en-
that arc squeezed, the moro wealth. onli.l.t.
cncd, civilized, rrogrcG:s,iivc and distinguished
dcs=a society become a".