The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-02-24

or misery and want even for nee" o' ''",,
moor shelter. How to give better slicttc, ','n
more food. not i'll charity or under 'i'c i.
Of statute laws, but with just conp'i'sa,,U'i
| ia those who furnish both; how 10 COUP,
even greedy and graspinG coFcto"s'n~ o,,nc
work towards the supply o! alii,iI ',,', -,
| nod abundant foo;. nj low cost 10 ,''e ,,rs
thr community; how to make Shoi' MI I".,,
49, ,,,Ia hrr,i,sc more profitable TO p"'''
,,',,,,. md cgpitali>t. arc problems " nv.
=; ~, Understanding OF political 'eo',o"',
','.n .nrIly solve. and therefore Il us Sl""s
CONDITION or MORAL WELFARE.
", occono,isIl these ends Is but 10 Worh
o,,t M, tr,lr Elw 0r distribution, WhIch VIC"
discovered will become part o. t!'e c"'1i-
man lay, needing no statute pfoFiSioii' 81
,,,,, aud obvious viii he lis fitness TO human
rrrI # will surely not make tic rich r'c!lef
and The poor poorer than ntacr deserve u
l,c. ~ some statutes now 90. III Tie >"iu-
ton OF the question between labor ana c"l'-
tai. which IS assuming s'!rii po!tchto''s III,
mansions abroad, It will not Si'thce 10 ociehu
Tie r.cil man BECAUSE he gives iieci! OF ills
abundance or because lis large cNicii'at"Ic,
Weld mtich employment; neither VIII 1t c"',
lie. ,;,r the rich man 70 Ignore lhc 4'cs'i'''
IL one raised 10y those VINO WISH 70 CIV.
| leisure without themselves working i"i
! M,t possession in the abstract oi ever, Nit'"
Of ucopprtv. including kild, mus ~
! il .t;i;cd. moi only 10 the lh>tiIcI , n,''
| ia the reason Of the ui!c;'lhco. il'o
man whose lie is given oa'y 10 aiI "Eeu.
| mutation rluSt be Justified, ana no eno1.
made To interfere with his iu'i H"ci's VI
choice in his pursuit, :" that ne d"e> l'ijn.'i,.
| - -. tI,,,IN
! ia no one. This i one OF tie tti'o!lca Vi o"'
.tu,,v. Another is how L" lei me die' !i'"
zion Of that saline great estate cii"r. ,sc''
either through the WisaoM o! TIE i"'! Vi
those who inherit it. without stich e,lo"c liz
,n,l,.r,.rrr Tx statutes rs 10 cause the pro-
,,,,.,,. which IN liz accumulation is 4 gain 20
H.. common stock 10 etome an evil IN lis re-
,,It II isa question whether trustee settle
,,,,,,. r,v moi some timc lc done away with
nvrr,t I,,r the physically or mentally incom-
u..tn,t. aDd whether liberty 10 oii.!E'le
y,r,,,i, * Not IL necessary to the general wei
torr ~ liberty to accumulate and MAINTAIN II.
:. ;yhr fools 10 those who can Use them" is
,r,,r .,vinp, and which the income OF Il great
fortune Is IL the lrnds OF one MAO !.iSuH,>
Il IN wire and luxury. and who Is mere
Jv,nc L,,t cannot spend the principal be-
,.,,isn il is in trust, The tools are pro
.rtc., l,y statute in the hands OF those who
,ri.iI.c them. fiat each man should work
r,,t his own s%:yativn in fear aud trembling
,nIy be rs necessary in tln material ~ ii the
s,,i,it,,ol world. What constitutes the misuse
,',th.r ;j,gu tnc Use of land is nothc. prob
Inm which En,land must soon solve, and ro-
Iit;,al rronomT NAV decide thai i is III abuse
81 land TO withhold il from cultivation lur
pritate endowment under any plea q owner
:i.ir. Suffering Is ordained ~ him who ere
a.rd rs for tn. training OF our spiritual ~
tire. hit there j. loo s,rCat Il tendency 70
c,utGun,( with tie necessary Gnt; i&tai iuci oi
,ha sDi,.it TINT Oycr-:rt,tiots Struggle lOr lie
and .nr material subsistence Wlil"a Is HON the
common rifle and % consider excessive h
hnr or effort ~ Cur necessary share 10 ward
n.i.tl,e primal curse Iruui olu children: and
- the verdi PROGRESSES we more anu more
.;,rrrrd. Yet no one sccI1s 10 realize that
.>,c primal curse Of digging and dciving is
Iriu. lifted 10y intelligence and invention.
a,l not bv conversion to any creed, or III any
largc measure by statute provisions. think
tie
MIIESivM OF TIL: POLITICAL ECONOMIST
!, - sure Gi iuL!mcIt as any other, AID 1t
will come when, through invention, there i
srlch sure abundance Jilu SNch cQiiltab!c dis
t,ibuton is to give all enough, anu though!
,iliS abundance does not i'll Itself constitute
moral welfare, it is Na;c TO say that in It's alb
s,,ngc no general moral welfare can exist.
That the creator OF TIC universe c1n have
nacci mcn upon the earth TO lie swept away
~ wal, pc>ti!cncc, ana tan1ihc lor AL llihc
that he has established law iof the increase
Of nlcn 1T Il rate more rapid than '!c possible
increase Of substance Is. to my lnind, al III
ta..ly atiyi>,ic and ahl0rrcnt doctrihr Oh
simply prio,i grounds. Such 4 Ii" M
;ics That he has ordained the pcfmahcht cN-
is.cncc OF pauperi>ln, and consequently o. '!ce
anon the earth in which case the l;tIa's& PM
l,so,jllv of Islam would Dc lal loie rc;'>oHan!c
than the belief i'll progress oi the tru'y Icl!-
c;ons man. No. Life shall not always he Il
mere struggle Tor existence 20 the l!i;'$S is 1t
- now. # this ALLEGED law. formulated by
an elnincntIy thoughtful and good man, aIlG
nov held in IN itnacknoWlcd%cd mlnncr IS
the majority Of men, be not true, tneh 1t l0i-
laws TINT there must he Il law relating to The
nroIurtion and distribution OF wealth which
Shall cause war to cease, which SHALL a!atc
tEe f,mines which even to-day devastate HI
tionS. and which shall remove from sc-cllicd
civilized communities that paupclialn Which IS
ihe deadly poison and disgrace OF our day.
This law will lie one under Which men, coli
sEituted even us they are, shall oi necessity
conduct their affairs in such MANNER that
while equal distribution shall be rs distant ~
now, vet equity shall 50 prevail that all shail
have enough. and none save the SICK and
the ABSOLUTELY, incompetent Shall necd aid
i'm charity. Can this lie done by spc-
cal association hy special statute; ny
special ordinance? CnnStLcr only how
utterly any attempt to sursiet this one
city would fail, if the attempt were mauc 10
provide for all lis needs by stlelltc fegtlla-
lions. ItncclS no argument when we aiiirns
tirit each individual can procnIc hiS OWN
s:spuly Of food, fuel, aud clothing ll1 id.
letter and surer manner than the t1iTL VI
city corporation could supply them all. 40
organization could provide by special ru."s
for the daily distribution that goes on Through
our shops, our warehouses, and our mar
kets-ilnpcrfcct rs our organization may even
Tow seem to be in preventing waste.
Although our warehouses seem TO be
each year more costly and luxurious,
our plate-glass windows more cXtrava-
CANT, and mdd!cmen more numerous,
Vet each generation sees the cost of dis
t'lbution lcsscncd and Il less proportion Of
the annual product absorbed in the move
lncnl of tie remainder. The end 10 be
sought is that production and consumption
shall come near each other, and that friction
between them shall be eliminated. The con-
petition of trade tends to narrow the gap be-
tween producer and consumer, and our ap-
parcntly eXtrayagant methods are Intended
10. or on the whole do, abate friction. Ii all
this appears to be Il mere repetition of truisms
admitted by i'll, apply these ideas TO the at
lcmpts made under usury laws still existing
in i,,,st nf rbn StatuS ppIcr