The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-10-06

cry. But tneee tHlnRo, sOine VI "hAS+ ete
apparently inconsequential. may contain IN
t6smseIyes the germ OF Something. One
point Is settled. Its certain that the preseni
tendency OF things toward the political MI :
LITIGATION, the social tquslidity OF the great
producing masses Of American men aud VIC.
men for the fattening OF few hundred most
mongtrouI cut-pursts, cannot long continue
We must at least make struggle against be
inc crushed by this constituencies gang o.
bloodsutkers.
Mr.. swinton does not ye! say what bill
newspaper will aim to do, what, II any
thing, it will offer in place Of the present
order. tits plain, however, that he will
endeayor to found 1t on discomfort, as the
champion Of the many against the few
Mr.. Swinton Is an expert journalist, q
strong thinker and hard hitter. Perhaps
no man is better fitted to conduct such 9
newspaper as heproposes. In justification
: OF his venture he assumes certain thing
which have been assumed before,-that II
this country the rich are getting richer
at the expense Of tho poor ant
thepoor are getting poorer; that the con
dition OF men and women who work witt
their hands grow steadily worse; that thes'
things are due to defects in our politica
and social systems which can be and ough
to be cured at once, and that by heroic
treatment. Mr.. Henry George, thinker
and writer who has dealt at length and
very shrewdly with this general subject
finds the root OF the trouble in the individ
ual ownership Of land-which ownership
he would transfer to the government. Thil
argument may safely be left to the humid
reds Of thousands OF working men who own
their houses in fee, and to the other count
less thousands who are working and hop
ing to own theirs.
AT one time and another we have heard
{ it soberly proposed to throw all property
into common pool and divide it among
the people. This is division which is
constantly going on in families. But the
Sons and daughters may take share and
share alike, and this is no guarantee that to
4ln n.j ~ Ito tbax, will ha canal In
ns .hN ~ .hot 1i.h;n 800 ,sara ons
,.aa ~. add ;ousnsely 10 b;a na,rimony
IA a, ,he o,her. bs nsnnsra In the rail,
Nd r,o,s n Is77 Wa Jaw a VERY strikino
illustration OF what is perhaps not very fal
from Mr.. swinton's rather vague Some
~ .ha aann,sotrr;rs cites ~ pi,t.bnr,h
"a si,aahan. tha bnrdsn ~ \. ymen, he,
ta,,an 80 saas;1v IN ,na l.ho,ins classes i
,hose citiss that rho man Who wonld se,i
ansls n,onos. .rch a ,hirs now wor,d h.
Srnnmad ont If pitt,hnrsb bv the worE,
insmen or mt IN m insane asvlum a,
.,heir in.,anca
The nroisssiona, soc;s, a,it.,ors mos, n
whom follow agitation as an easv wav q
aa.,;na = ,;,;ns ard Win evnsct ~ 90 ~
.hsir Likelihood from The neonle who Ar
worl, nroceed or The tbeorv that tbe wo, b,
;na,n.r, IL ,sodv w,,b onsn eyos and cav,
anS month ~ snln down anv,bins Tho,
nav ha .s;d .s.,n e c.n;,al ~ ;hs snssLe,
iii ala tall b;m that lahor il Tho ons nor
~, .h;na uo,r Mo.t 10 ma, ~ iii,
s,sn,n and ha want 10 far with bis ,osnel
nfhlaod tbat NO All. resnactin, voting.
man you'd I;s,en 10 him
its trne That there ,slabor which "a mad.
aon.,a,. Maid. q IA ,rns Mat ,hare ara mon
and wone, wbo ara crrellv oronnd bv am.
nlnvsrs tor NO other reason tban because
in their resnsetiye lines labor IA plentiful
~ not ahle 10 nrotect itself. and men and
womsn mrst have bread or die II Ia trne
tho, .b., ,ha,o .re corno,ations which ,ake
nnfa;r adysn,aos n their emnloyees and
~ ~ a. tbev can n tbe nnbiic II 4
,,ra ,hst soms smnloyers who ara LAYING
mn treasnre laryelv IN this world ara lawns
mn nons nwbere neither moths nor rusi
doth corrppt. and where thieves do not
ibreak tbroaeh nor steal.n
How ava these thing, IN he met and
oyersomeg sarely moi by apy violent up.
baaval. 10 some extent perhaps by law,
Tia 6rsatest hone Ia in the education Of
tbe workingmap. The more he knows the
La. bis employer Il eyllly disposed. will
hs able n impose mon: the more intelli.
esptlv arranged and conducted will be his
scomb;nat;ons for protection. And some.
~. =. n. sn,;a.on,s ,,v.,o,,ons soro
tnins-nos mr. ow'u.on ~ esetioua 9oiHe'
thing with big Sis TO be expected from
public opinion. Men and women who
wor,, for wagea form the overwhelming 40.
w. ~. =, M. Al, . ~.
and the women exert wonderful but I'M
!, o.snrad inflnsnce 1sit too much to hone