, 1879-07-10
act Tint Is the physical and moral destruction Of


ns'l Wire tn"tcad OF quyrrns flesh and blood, tho
noss lalotioua lnn,i will hnvc nothing in his
cmpIovmcnt to prevent his becoming the most
PUBLISHED and illgnAcl man. In his personal
xnollos or @ Lori 't ch'et.seracia than ts b.ukcrs a
s'sidl merchant princes OF to-day.
. SEVILLE HABITS OF THOUGHT
and ohetl1cncc Will no longer bo associated with
"hewCrs of wood and drawers of watcr"; al
though anr orc Of them Will hew vast'y more
wood, anil draw far more water. through tho
agency at natural forres, thnn a thousand or ten
Thousand ss,cs, labarcra can to-day.
Intelligent people cvcrYwhcre arr sufficiently
familiar with the fact that tstc t1nvInE or pro-
dRcttre power oE steam, or Of any natural force,
a vastly superior 10 the pbStical power Of hl-
man being.
hut how to substitute natural for human
poMfr Is the great unanswered question.
And this question is not answered when rail-
soa1s, Sanals' steamBi,sps. wotcr- u gas,, Works
arc bui!t or rHn br Government. a Gorcrs-
mental plan u artificial.
The natural rlan Is TO make human labor 80
coatly that railroads, canals, steamships, water.
i!a1d eas-WorKs, etc.. vii! bo tho cheapest way Of
doing.
Very little, II any, machinery, or oven horse
power, Gao exist lit tho lnwtak Iabor-pnM cs1un-
tries Of tie world, bceause It's results could bo
undersod by ha,a! labor. -.
j., Machinery rnott prevails, where labor Is most
highly rewarded, because its resulfs .ill under.
7-A' S"p1U VA WV lHook MkWTEQA" u
thy attempted TO do thc saue work BY hand.
Whenever tIt price OF human labor Is sufficient
tY ibcrcasetf, tf.e poverty nf hand 1Abor can f,a
nnlerso!l By the wealth of machincry.
And thus It is, hrl thus It may bc, that wealth
beto1ncs cheaper than poverty.
:, There |. no power In tic universe 10 prevent
tho substitution Of machinery or natural rorces
for hnrA 1nbor "a fast "a tho products Of ma-
cl'incry can undcrtc!l those Of has,,l labor.
But, as long rs the results OF tln1ld labor can
nndcrsell those ef machinery, there Is no power
tilut can substitute machinery for hand labor.
The fact TINT 1t undersolls conquers everything
.-.whother 1t Is the poverty Of human forces or
the wealth Of natural ones.
In China, sedan chairs are used 10 carry pas
senscrs, tnstend OF hurses and carriages, mot,
ot course, bcentlsc transportation upoh mems
shoulders Is easier, or more raAd and pleasant,
.fan by horsepower, l,ut beenvse tIsetc a man
horses, the rl,acs. anil most lhumittatipg con-
trtsAuccs Tor travel must prevail: to which Roy-
alty itself must bom down. Because whero tho
Fcdatt-cttatr ayetem ia 80 n0atlJ Mnfversnt, the
streets Nna highways are too narrow md rough
AMI crooked In most cases for horses and car-
rlages.
The most of the streets In tho City of Canton,
in China. arc less than eight tect wide.
Tie Emperor OF China can send abroad and
import, II he chootcs,, the most elegant and
the roads ind streets Of his Empire wfdo enough
for thc!r use, It would probably cost him q re-
bclllon, II not thc luss Of Ills throne.
ltu can cut OF the heads Of thousands Of Ills
he can ridu over hts domiusons by horse and
cnIr!age, political economy must prevail that
will u,akc horses cheaper than Chlnatncn.
As 1t Is, the Emperor. Of China and his SUBJ
tccts arc f1ow governed III their journeys on
lasm by the tact umt tho sedan ehalrjsts u.n I'M
dcrsell horscs ulsd carriages. Like his "Vice.
roys" of the provinces, mud tho nobility, bo
must travel mostly in sedan chaiss, or npon
c1ephaits, either OF which can proceed where
carrlagewhccls cannot roll u.,d where streets
fhe "selar chalr u is a type Of tho fact that
prevails, 10 various forms. ia the most civilized
parts OF the world.
Whether tn my country tho method Of doing
agreeable, healthy Or unhealthy, fast or slow, is
not the atlcs.nn that decides. Il Is tue fact
that undcrsclIs all otsteFs TINT decides. -
It's nn more nncompltmentnry to tho half
human being to tile drudgery that belongs to a
beast or u machine than is tic ltutniatin!. and
wasting household dEndgcrv now imposed upon
,he ,s vet, Wen}chof tho most enlightened pnrts Of
But tho architecture at,d conyeuieucc.. tho
sevcraGe and plumbing, the steam aud other
uEahclcs that dclot.g to higher domestic civil
tzat!on arc uudersold by the low paid labor Of
whmcn.
ln America womau is cheaper than steam
nnu waste pipes atni elevators. She undcrsul,s
tho work lint ought TO be done nettcr a1ld
easlcr In laundry a,nl baking dcpartmeDt: nnd
Tor precisely the sat,c reason that III China
A MAN uSpERsELLs 4 HORSE,
To abolish The isudEery OF thu arrrage New
England kitchen ard to Introduce horses, car.
riages, ana machinery into Chlnn are essentially
The nnine pEohLctn to bo solved Upon the satne
principle, nm, arc dcs,incd to meet with thu
snihc narrow objcctionA from tho same BuQjl
cfnas in both countries.
III Tic simple mower Ut tho dcarcr oyer thc
cheaper is contained !he Divine Or natural plan
other ~ soos, as the wealth aIl intelligence Of the
more ndvauced part oE tllcm have given them tll
pnwer to lift up lie rest OF the ruce. When
scltshncss Is sufficiently enlightened IT
cal,not 10 very we'll served without serving otl,-
ets. The universal favor Of The cheapcst n,nkcs
II absolutely impossible for any part Of thv llu-
man rnce to rise very much higher than The rest.
II Is somewhat troublesome for the highcst to
pause sn their, pleasures anil lit u,,. but they
Will bc rewarded with moro wealtl, II tier do,
and be pnnihhed With more poverty II they do
nor. Nature provides thu Ipwest animals 3rlth
some sort ot power or WcaDun for eclf-delrnse
with Which to fight the battle Of life. IL wn,tid
be strange, tlivrcfora. Il every human hot,lg
were not equally well armed, however fecblc, OF
Ignorant, nr fur removed from tlr rest Of ,1,au-
kind, against tho rich, md stroug, md self
is!.' M In shs simple power of the cheap
aad effective weapon tia. Nature coui,i
invent u p!aru III the tnnla OF tho hcatlcn md
outcnsts Of human society. Among br,tes tic
lnwcrs given fur defense or attack are for tho
hut between human beings n far more subtle
and curious relation exists, by which they may
bless or puusli each otl'er. even ii they 1.-Two
lo,o9 miles mart mud arc ignorant Of each
ting The brotherhood Of tho entire human race.
AlGu need not meet each other like ntftnhtx f,r