The Labor enquirer., 1884-07-19

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q knes contradictionsd hie lodl un
over the smooth lcFel d bis choIcs
.lanenaeA !. .Txn. uountaina mar haaqpal;
in height and size but differ IN other
rebpeclI Suppose ons consist Of sand
ana the 'ofher Uffoct1 tl1esB uushries
would NOT make them q4sqnfl We
would say they ara mike. { 81
Prof. Denslow presumes that he hes
arrived At & degree or fexcellenns. in jours
naliam equal to the skill ofuthe glass
ma.fe1. He then asks q sS7oiitss sitisl
j AD0es net our ability to exchange With
each others arlse out of,ouf respective
inequalitiss7s L. :gi5:
/; Not Atsail. With equal askilI each
labors to- supply certain wnt. The
wants maybe eqnal orunbqnalg they are
different therefore yoricaa make exs
changes. i,s 1ai u irlt,ss.E II, s''s; frtsslE,
! II sclear thelithat commenced depends,
not ona asject, starving want, bHt oIra
EQUAL normal wants. Di-
sversityis pot inequalityls;iisi Il s.;.+.t !.
We can trade with the editor ndsthe
g.assrnakerwithout being their intimate
friends The professor says t-ea ssi:sil
aSDcietyds filled with these innumert
able aristocracies of supposed meritH
when he means simply ythatpeople associ-
ate with those agreeable to them. Such
natural grouping cannot, produce caste,
nor give reason forany authority of one
group over anotherssf d s;,l9.ls, .,-silt. Z
! lam sorry to expesei another; ;incon-
sistency In his very fine but too brief
letter, but here's it is; ssips4ili,.tk ST
| sBut many persons say, and yoar
motto expresses the idea, though powers,
capacities and abilities may be unequally
distributed, rights can, and should be,
equally enjoyed.nt. 4Jld = tpi s:.saa ;sfiiI
|, This appears theisame as that double
/ decked truth that men are equal and
uneqnaks In, the above form a. laborer
will decide it is false inften minutes, yet
the professor Rsays it is true before be
closes. ~, After saying the success aof
0Connor, Bryant, Gould, iAstof, etc,
depended ION their special talents, he
saysaE % Jhin' Wts sti;[Jtta islsiji elta
fttNo one: of these. men ever enjoyed.
any right that Il have not beenini the
full enjoymentof for, nearly fifty years.
Surely, if he4 enjoyed the rights so
long without the faculty necessary to-
enforce them hisrights must be equal
TO theirs in, every respect .55ja l. u
While he was citing men of. represen7
tativei genius he should have added
other names of equal prominence, such
as Jesse James, Boss. Tweed, Captain
Kidd, Dorsey, Sitting Bull and Billy the
Kid. Allthese had great daring, energy
and shrewdness. TheYVsucceeded by
methods similar to- those, employed by
Gould, Roach ordWanderbilt. II .!,ar Is
They are all equally useless to. society
and none of them is more harmful than
another except in degree. They have
not more skillful sense of value than
the professor, for they gather other peo-
pies money like leaves, and scatter
dollars as the wind-dallars that. mean
many hours hard work by some obscure
slave. ~ lilas', i1,s.sd is,y5s's, K ,sayis
1t IS of no value to a nation to have
men tell what prices will rule three
months hence. That kind of talent
results in good only to one at the expense
of all. It is not a talent, it is only a
hazard, forAout of all who put up meney
as "a venture onfuture prices, only hall
are right, like any other bet where odds
are equal. ~ -. fityHE = zis'5tir
I object to the theory that men ought
to rule society by reason of their talent
and success in any particular direction
Prof. Denslow thinks the glassmaker
being successful should be- authority in
glassmaking the fnancier succeeds
Esherefore shouldrule finance; Prof. d.
himselfis 'shigh upf' in political economy,
therefore we should be e:aihstructed by
HIM. 2'3stit'i .A2'sa. "'i3.i' "a i5is
Fortunately common sense. is an
element in social science; the people by
using what logic they have are rapidly
learning that the old teaching abou,
aristocracy and inequality is fraud. &
If skillfu} chemist produce quack
medicine we can avoid it, We may con.
suit any authority in law, health: or
mathematics andSact on the instructions
OF not,as we choose Prof. Denslow will
allow no such liberty Men who have
shown ability in aceumulating wealth
in war, in literature; or in, election to
Office, shall have a number of votes
according to their success, and the
scum" or greater number shall be, ruled
by them --'!+i'.' .' Elm - aA%iHt
Finally he says he is not capitalist
and does not represent capitalists. II
he WORKS for wages he will come again
among his kind and see if we have not
some truth though less culture thanNhe.
He has omitted most of my criticisms.
They are important and should be met
if his position is sound. Give him all
possible room in The ENQUIRER, for il