Morning journal and courier., 1883-03-12
Rev. Dr. Kleeberg.
4 Peaceable Answer to Earning Gues-
 tiOn-Lecture Last Evening.

4 Peaceable Answer to E Earning Ques-
 tiOn-Lecture Last Evening.
 Last evening Dr. l.. Kleeberg delivered very interesting lecture before a large audi ence in the Temple, his subject being "A Peaceable Answer to a Burning Questlen. The following is brief abstract of the lec- ture: When the sentences are uttered that property is robbery" or tine ''world owes me living" the respectable portion of so- ciety generally say that the speaker is 8 knave or fool But when men of learning and culture utter similar sentiments a think ing man will naturally examine into the causes which give rise to those expressions. The cause is that while the national wealth increases poverty also keeps pace with it. To abolish poverty is the aim of all such think CTS. I can assign three tasons why the rich man should desire to see it abolished (cer- taiply the poor man is anxious it should be First, the rich man can never fully enjoy his possessions as long as the spectre of poverty is staring him in the face and might on the morrow reduce him to the level of his beg garly neighbor. Second, the constant mo- lestation, such as begging and providing for the poor, which surrounding poverty sub iectss hin2s hs to Third, the constant fear of being robbed by the desperate poor. How can the abolition of poverty be accomplish ed? Have we 8 precedent in history when similar curse ladened Institution, to that of wage slavery, the cause of poverty was abol- ished? Although the South claimed the ne- groes as their rightfnl property acquired by lawful means, by purchase or inheritance, the indignant North declared the possession of such property to be robbery. The prop erty alluded to by all social economists and from which springs all wealth is the posses sion of land Only the man who cultivates it should have the right to it's possession, snd he who allows fertile land to lie uncultivated for the pur- pose of speculation should be taxed to such degree as to oblige him to sell it at it's real value, or to employ therein the thousands of unwilling idlers who are now only kept from doing violence by ex- pensive force, At the same time the cultiva- tion should be encouraged by reduction of taxation. Only luxur1es ought to be taxed The public have already shown their in stinctive feeling of justice by the contempt in which miser is held, whose unemployed property is robbery. The Puritans' only ex- cuse when they robbed the Indians of their lands was that only he who cultivates the land ought to possess it. The principle that ''the world owes me 8 living" is illus trated by the fact that parents are obliged to support their children and the community those who arc not able to care for themselves. If society recognize that prin- ciple by opening work houses for people un- able to look aster themselves why not en- large that idea and let the State manage the production of all the necessaries of life Ieav ing the manufacture of luxurieS to individual enterprise. The State now carries our letter by well regulated postal system. Why could not our telegrams also be SO transmit ted? The State should own and manage all modes of communication. Public schools managed in the same collective manner have proved a blessing to society. The State could easily ascertain the wants of the people by aid of the census and over production which is the cause of so much misery could be avoided