The Labor enquirer., 1883-12-22

engineer he i always on the side Of
king and capital, and naturally be il
their creature and does their work,
With his intelligence and education he
would make an excellent teacher, did be
possess little more honesty and indus
try, and the churches he occupies
one day in seven would, with some slight
changes, makes excellent schools, lyce-
ums and gymnasiums for the mental,
moral and physical training OF the
young. 4
The lawyer is the most vicious and
dangerous member of society his trade
| is to lie, cheat, steal and to condone aAd
defend all crime and criminals; by in
stinct and training he is the friend and
defender Of all tyrannies, and the nat
ural enemy of labor. Were his talents
turned in different direction he would
make an excellent scientist and teacher
of the higher class. In such capacity,
he would be useful and honorable
member of society.
The medical doctor, especially the
skillful surgeon, is necessary and hon.
orable member of society, but the aver
age practitioner or quack is no better
than a legalized murderer he may chop,
scalp, dose, poison and strangle you, and
then give burial permit or pass to
Lone Mountain, and the law takes no
cognizance of his butcheries and slow
poisoning. He is very dangerous citi-
zen, but, under better system, where
none but those adapted by nature and
education could enter the profession,
might be made very useful one.
The soldier-under this head we in
clude not only the regular" but all the
irregulars, such as policemen, sheriffs,
jailors and hangmen. Their trade is
murder-foul premeditated and cold
blooded. They are loafers, bummers,
politicians and dead beats they are not
only consumers, but what they cannot
eat, drink or carry away in plupder, they
burn, blow up pand destroy; they lack
even the saving grace of intelligence and
education possessed by the other pro-
fessions their business is brutalizing,
degrading and heinous, and they follow
the trade to which their instincts prompt
them. Under better social system they
might be utilized as butchers, scavengers,
or to do other necessary and useful labor.
These four avocations form large
part,of the population of every country,
that produce nothing, but consume the
best of everything, and must be kept at
the expense of the laborer, the mechanic
and the farmer. A
1t is nearly time we had a change in
this regard at least. In the support OF
these men, the expenditure of time, Ia
Dor and material that is wasted is enor.
nous, appalling and beyond belief. That
number of men, with what they use and
consume, might better be dumped in the
ocean, and the world would be happier
wealthier and wiser for the loss.
Another great waste of society is in
the suaerabundance of dis tributors and
the system of distribution.
There are at least fifty stores for every
me that is necessary In other :, words
there are 50 per cent more distributing
depots than there is any necessity for
and almost the same waste of time, labor
and material in the employment Of
clerks, porters, horses, wagons, fixtures
houses and machinery. With govern
mental co operation, all waste in the de-
partment of distribution would be abol
ished.
At present there Is no system; every
one seems to 60 il blind.
Twenty different milkmen leave milk
to twenty different families in the same
block, and these same milkmen have to
drive all over the city, with great waste
of time, labor and material, to hunt theil
customers. The grocer, the butcher, the
baker and other distributors are COM
PEELED to do the same thing at an enor'
nous and useless expense. Under oul
system there would be depots of supply
in every square or district, with goods
of uniform excellence, free from adulter-
alton, full weight and measure, 30 that
there need be no choice on the part o.
the consumer on the score of friendship
the price, quality or quantity desired.
Thus, at least, two-thirds of the time,
labor and operating material now neces.
sary would be sufficient to do the same
work better, cheaper, quicker and more
sati sfactory in every particular.
! If each letter carrier. on going to the
postofice, in the morning, was to fill his
bag out of heap of unassorted letters
and start out to deliver them all over the
city to their proper addresses, it would
take him a whole day to deliver fifty OF
one hundred letters, which he can do
now in an hour or less with greater
promptness and certainty, to say nothing
of the saving in time, labor and material
By proper organization, system and
/ discipline, a similar saving might be
made in every department of distribu'
| tion. s-a. H..
A similar saving might be duplicated
in every department of production, and
bv a proper division of labor, the force