Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1882-07-15

would collapse and lie fiat. To take
them away would be as sensible as 10
take away the beams from house or
the bones from a body. To hold So
ciety woll together the law of selfish
mesa, however, must not have full
swing aad full sway. The power
held by commercial organizations
must be held by the law Of Christian
ity and love. There are benefits from
the combination of capital which we
would never get in any other way.
1t cheapens goods. The old-faahioned
household loom could never compete
with Lowell or a Lawrence. 1t is a
grand thing to make things cheaply
but it must not cheaper men. If it
humbles the operative, and classes
him only as a beast, it wants true
moral impulse and justice. If capi-
tai has its rights, so has labor. 1t is
as long as it is broad. If capital will
suffer in dictation from labor it must
also net dictate. But no man owns
his business entirely where it involves
inhumanity or makes life heavier or
more burIensome to others. Capital
has no right to be unjust or inhuman.
The human element must be consid.
cred. If you employ men you must
take care OF them. The strong must
be the knights of the weak; the
good must be missionaries 10 the bad.
1t is time that the obligations to God
and humanity were preached.
If you were to hear the other side,
you would find much reason in the
complaints Of the working-men. The
poor have much TO justify them,
They pay their taxes better than the
rich. How notorious is the disbon
esty of the rich in this matter He
who does not pay his proportion
cheats every man who helps make il
up. There are hundreds of rich men
who are pickpockets. They sit in the
churches and are high in council,
but every day they pick thu pockets
Of the rocr. See tFeir attempts Ia
avoid paying their taxes, see the de
liberate and carefully considered
methods Of hiding property, of pass
ing it out of their hands, so that they
can swear that they have it not. All
these are concealed and indirect rob-
berries. Is there not ground for some
prejudice against the rich? 0
ought not merely to not Aide from
taxation, but to offer to contribute to
the welfare Of the commonwealth
The rich should 60 to be taxed, and
not wait 10 be hunted cut. But TIC
more wealth man has, the mere h.
desires to be taxed as little as posi-
BILE. He regards taxation as blood
letting. This is the meanest form OF
avarico and selfshness don't you
think so? Think Of the effect on the
young and on the poor. Here is
man with millions, and he only pays
as much as another man with thous-
aDdg. When the income tax was in
vogue, men who could have bought
me out twenty times only paid half as
much tax as I did. Do We need a
Gospel in this 2
"Then see how the power of COM
bined capital is used to affect legsla-
tion. Is the Legislature school and
pattern of honesty Can any meri-
torious schemes pass? Of the last
Legislature many hard things are
said the members are called rats at
the public granary; the lobby is said
to be more powerful than the House
To reverence the law, one must not
see it made. Men say that it is made
by money, and is the creation Of the
rich to Cypress the poor. What is the
influence on public sentiment of what
are called 'corners2' Has any man
a right, if he had the power, to etop
the Cult Stream 2 Would moi Eng
land and Northern Europe have some
thing to say Could we allow any
one to let out or belt up tie sun? o.
spread nuisance over wide tracts o.
territory Or by potent-right con
trol all industries and bo despot !?
Ought any man to control the grain
crop ard raise its price 20 per cent? A
few men can disturb the price Of many
things, and cause them 10 dance at
their will--to be the playthinss Of
avarice.
do not say that am against
riches, I am for riches in the spirit
of the Gospel, and against them in the