The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-02-06
CONCENTRATION or WEALTH,

The tendency OF the times IN 10 con.
Of wealth, Even IN land II
is apparent, In this country, In our
neS States the quarter sections OF home
stead settlers are being absorbed into
great farms OF thousands OF acres.
The small land owners Of old Eng
land, thsr boasted yeomanry( Of a.
few centuries ago, have been wiped
out, and the small tracts now form largo
landed estates, and ara kept 10 by entail
and primOgoniturc, This concentration
Is advancing rapidly ia America.
Aud modern Industry, with ita inyen'
tibnsRhd Improvements IN moving Ia
the same direction, namely toconcentra'
tlon, aud henc6 monopoly The factory
Of the great corporation haa wiped out
lmnll establishments that used TO he
scattered throughout The country, Aud
thlsaborptldui tin Concentrate popuia'
lion IN large CiIIos,anl more distinct W
becoming employer aud employe.
When government Is run IN the Inter
est OF this tendency to concentration
pnd moDQpoIE tho status Incomes
dOuhly uiarmiDg 10 patriotic American
citiZps, Ile iulurnoss refTrcd 10,
aided by our general government under
Republican sway, have done much to
rausaallrm, Al are familiar With the
enormous riilwayllnd graalsi aad un'
der the sperloug name " protection"
tho eyll9oi monopoly are extended, all
70 tho injury OF labor and honest busl'
ness, .. .......
W. hear much Vt starving In Ireland
and the horrors thUo rbSalling from
hudlordi5m and concentrated wealth,
Are weu1t htfeon tho same roaAy Is
not oar government IN Republican
lands holpmg Ihl5 NongY Durng the
hard times a few years ago IN this coan'
trg, our highways were crowded with
mgn Ia search Of work, We here know
something Of poverty ana distress, Of
scarcity of work aud tramps, all nn.
der Republican protective tariff rulel
II seems poverty Keeps along With pro-
gross, Invention aud Improvement do
not seem 10 remove poverty or even to
dIm,Hish.lt As wnsgrOw and factories
multiply, rentR advance ana 40 absorb
the Increase OF production and tho labor
ers condition romaini substantially The
same, SO II Il, und progress does not
seem 70 remove, or even lessen poverty
In the aggregate, Millionaifos multi
ply but the poor continue.
The history Of the world shows that
The most endurable and most dangerOu
shape concentrated wealth lai IN land
Landed estute passes from generation u
generation IN the same family; aud the
evils Of land monopoly are thus trans
mtted. LundlOrdsm no doubt cursea
ireland aud II also curses England and
Scotland aud other countries, not OK.
cepting our own.
Property IN hand endures, not no with
property In other shapes. A financial
crash destroys business, and frequently
reduces to poverty men OF repulei
wealth, Other properly, as q rule, is
perishahle. Fire may destroy; competl.
ton may Interfere; new inyertion8
may divert IN various ways created
wealth may vanish, Not 10 land, The
fertile wales Of England are there To.
day as they were when Julius Cesar In.
yaded, near two thousand years aga. so
In Ireland, those fair estates wrested
irom the native Irish centuries ego by
their English conquCrOrs. The great
aud enduring curse is undoubtedly
LAND MONOPOLY,
Human existence depends upon the
productions OF mOthereal All wealth
comes from that source, The clothing
we wear; The dwellings we occupy; the
iron and other articles We use at home
and In business, aud the vessels which
plough the seas all came originally
from mother earth, Thus have we n
common Interest In mother earth, and
an inallenabe right 10 life,
Labor, however, let IL never be forgot
ten, is the tali4man that works on, all
those results These vast aud wonder.
ful productions Of mother earth would
not come forth were not the requisite
labor put forth The mlllIonOiro's
palace Ia the result OF labor, Equally
with the Irish landlord do the AstOrs Of
New York gather In their vast rents
FROM labor's earnings, Sudden for
tunes, no matter how or where, cOuc
from labor Wealth, then, ls Away
wO1uCpd by labor, and hence, II men
who do not labor get wealth, II Ia at tbC
expense OF tho o who do labor.
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