The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-11-27
Corporation.

Cooperation.
What is the outlook for labor in
this country?
1t is very much better than in any
other country under the sun.
What is it com pared with Is years
ago?
1t is not nearly as good.
What may we infer from this?
That we are gradually becoming
like other countries where labor is
completely Frustrated at the feet OF
capital.
1t has been estimated that the an
nual amount of wealth created in the
United States is about eight billion
dollars, the largest part of which IS
consumed each year. Allowing our
total wealth to be four billions. ana
the per cent of increase annually but
three per cent, the increase of our
wealth is only about one-eighth OF
the amount produced. Wendsll
Phillips estimates the earnings of
the laboring classes of this country
at $500, 900, 900 annually. And yet
the condition of the laboring class is
growing relatively worse. 1t is the
disparity in condition that causes
dissatisfaction among the people.
| Wages have not kept pace with the
profits and increase of business and
distribution Of wealth. The laboring
class is falling behind, and the dis
parity of condition of the laborer
and capitalist is rapidly widening.
The tendency of legislation and sys-
tenn of business is to make the rich
richer and the poor poorer. This
tendency is rapidly increasing and
will go much farther. The charac-
ter and places Of amusement are pa
tronized and enjoyed almost exclu-
sively by the rich. The cost of them
render it impossible for the loboring
classes TO enjoy them. The instruc
ton and culture of popular lectures,
operas. musical entertainments, art
exhibitions, ETC., are rapidly rising
in price beyond the reach of the
masses. Religious culture of the
highest order has become impossi-
bic to the people. Only the rich can
share the privileges of fine church
architecture and enumeration, of
cultured minds, eloquent preachers
and artistic music. All these are
| means of culture, refinement and
happiness. They help to smooth the
Journey of life and carry one joy
ously towards the upper glory. But
the masses must tread the weary and
uncontrolled way of life, and make
their journey towards heavenly
mansions on bob sled and at the
music of tin horn, while the rich
can revel in sumptuous religious
ritual, and go to a fifth avenue hea-
ven on downv cushions and with
operate music Some one, who
doubtless was posted, has said that
no person above Twenty fourth
street in New York City could go
| to heaven who had not an income
of at least $Io,o 900 year. A steeple
over 80 feet high gives notice dis
tinctly, mo poor people wanted
here" Stained and memorial wind
tows say, "None ofthe laboring class
accommodated here" In education
al affairs the same gulf is interven
ing between the rich and the poor.
The children of tifrrich are being
separately educated at expensive
schools which they alone can pa
tronize; hence the influence and the
means of the wealthy will be meas
urably withdrawn from the public
schools. All the requests of tae
rich to educational purposes during
the last few years, amounting to tf-
teen or twenty millions, have been
to schools and colleges where the
children of the wealthy alone can
be educated Our best schools have
become so expensive that the child
rem of the laboring class cannot at
tend them. 1t is certainly true, evil
IDENTIFY so, that we are Christening
rapidly on to the condition when
we shall have a permanent laboring
class dependent upon capital. Then
farewell to rep ublican institutions
and the inalien able rights of which
we boast W. Lang in Farmer
Friend