Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-12-03
Charity Makes PaI.pers.,,

To the Editor of THE EVENING STAR:
Another correspondent. glad to see "Justice',
looking in the right direction, in The STAR of
November 60 is embOldened to suggest that
right now, before the beggars and their agents
organize for their winters gouge, the three
classes, those who have, those who earn. and
those who are unwilling to hire seemingly pitt
able objects to distress them that is to nav
beggars to stop their whine, which is about the
same thing). to assert the rights of acknowl-
edged honest industry.
If certain uncertain persons are really enti-
tied to support from others without labor of
their own, it is theirs as right, and this
beneflcent government ought to freely afford
it, certainly. fully, and honestly and as
right without indecently driving the party to
whom due, either down into un-American hu-
initiation. or to enforcing their claims by display
of their offensive mains and sores or exageer-
ated restitution and Over-alleged wOrthessness
or by blocking the sidewalks or any other dan
gerless highway robbery. If not SO entitled
then the innocent, nOn-encOuraging citizen. re-
pudiating all responsibility for them respect
fully asks protection.
THE government can't do everything" and
''if people can't get work they can't get it :"
We've heard all this and more till we hear it in
dead silence, see it in the dark and smell and
feel it all the time. We respectfully suggest to
the government the sedulous perusai of .'Smith's
Wealth of Nations and to those who either
weakly give or even more weakly pride them
selves on doing it, that to give to those who will
not work is to wrong those who do, and we
deferentialiy intimate to the rapidly enlarging
large army of over fOstered recipients that
there's always plenty of work on the ground in
Big America. and that starting there, each one
will surely come as near establishing himself as
high up on other peoples heads. backs or
shoulders as honestly entitled to do. Right here
in WashingtOn-and in fact. right here any
where else-let benefcent justice establish at
once free bureau. where alike those who want
work to do NAV find it, and those who want
work done may find those to do it. And then
let gigantic retrbutive justice, unfiinchingly
collar the recusants dishonesty repudiatiny and
untruly eyading each his due contribution to
the common stock from which he
lyes-shirking the fight, vet enioy-
ing the spoils-and force him and her
to full, fair usefulness on the roads and else
where, house, clOthe and feed him and her. and
put the thereabove excess Of their earnings to
the support OF the free bureau the support of
their superannuated, disabled and disqualified
brother and sister recipients" and to COM
Portable and ear ned Old-age fund for each of
themselves. Let the parasites wholly support
themselves and one another
a hoWl in the "sacred name of freedom"
seems SO reasonably to be expected here, and
s soIne baople OF Christian spirit and universal
brotherhood, that We mOmently wander" to
assert as against the begwar. the thief and the
nOn-Worker, entitled full freedom To enjoy
da our rights and earnings without having
10 oetend any against him; to offer that
when his Christian spirit. as evidenced nv
works, comes up to ours, we will start
even and keep up with him; and to advance
the plea of his superior duty to his fellow non
worker on the score OF closer relationship.
To come down to hard facts rivinr to ona
who does not earn is hiring him not to earn. and
so unjustifably lifting from him his own dine
burden to merely transfer it undeserved,y to am
other ultimately the hardest working and moor
est paid brother OF the lot, the man who digs the
I orr ,nf int <aifx 11rtT
and all its and most other pleasures, or even
comforts; and the representative 'gver" is com
parativeiy quite comfortable person, neither
hungry. cold. nor self denying, who put his
hand or her fingers as the case may be- into the
scanty store of the man who actually works
and sheds some Of the gatherings into the bot,
to;nless hat Of the man who actually won't.
ANTI-BEGGAR.