The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-07-28
WHAT lsITp AREmEDY,

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Thop h something wrong something |
not CLEARLY understood partially on en-
drely hidden, laying deep under the
present lroublcsand IL isiho part OF pru
dent wisdom TO unearli IL II possible,
We have more money to-day Ia the
United States than ever before, There
Is no scarcity Of bread, clothing aud
nol orc both chonp and plenty Every
article Of prime necessity can be bad at
reasonable figures, aud IN any quantity
Why 10 II that the people are poor Why
40 they chmor Ion work ~ working
must dos oA starvation pay ?
While tho armic, oi the north made
up Oft these very same lahorers who are
distressed io,day, were busy crushing
out slavery Mt the south, they were
busy nj the same time forging chains
for themselves, and those bonds toSday
bind the poor Of that section TO the car
Of the rich with force and secureness
which mover was understood and is atill
unknown in the south The war
made the rich, richer but alas
instead of wealth the poor have in the
same time only accumulated years poy.
orty and dispair The opportunities
and temptations offered to money dur,
ing the great civil war were eagerly ac-
ceptcd. Money was made in fabulous
quantities it flowed into every opcn
channel, coTupting and doliing even
the saints themselves Many proud
apostle of freedom found his gar.
ments reokng with the aroma Of fraud.
lie then found, no doubt much to his
own surprise, that his efforts to free
and elevate the negro did not embrace
the hope Of clcyating and improving
the condition of the lahorers Of the
norlh--thc very men whose courage
and soldicrly qualities secured the
splendid opportunity to him Of filling
his golfers, and thereby adding to his
personal importance, The wontcd in
dustres which before the war furnished
healthy and profitable employment TO
the poor Of the north are now dormant
because thescp hilanthropists have made
enough money ont OF the war, and the
general peculation which followed
closely in its wake They are satisfied
Their seclrity is satisfactory. They
pay no taxes, but promptly collect the
pHnccly revenue arising from the reRu>
larl y paid interest on the bonds
Now, if they sincerely desire to dis
tribute the advantages, if they sincerely
desire the best good OF all the people,
let them employ their boarded bonds
again in commerce and manufactures
to the doubly sacred end. the serving Of
their own interests and furnishing res
lief to industrious people, who are liter
ally starving in the midst of wealth and
uneXamplcd plenty.
In times of great public distress when
the poor of both Paris and France were
asking for work, and failing to get it, cut
Threats for bread the wise Napoleon put
them to digging canals. to making roads
over the Alps, to building docks and
opening roads and streets, and he paid
them for the work, too. Here is
an illustrious example for congress. 1t
is no doubtful experiment because in
the case cited it worked to charm,
and the condition here to-day does not
differ materially from the situation in
France then. We have the Texas and
Pacific road to build. 1t is great ma
tional necessity, and thousands upon
thousands OF poor workmcn would find
employment in its construction The
relief would immediately be felt. Thus
between governmental and private en-
tcrprise lies the correct solution OF the
labor problem, which is now filling the
land from Maine to California with airs
| son, murder and unrest.