The Labor enquirer., 1884-10-18
LoRADo. SATURDAY. OCTOBER Is, 1884.

property only ~ u 1B ranoctod on -sne
hbozor " other beineR things or sun
tland oresnsn For common minds this
explAuation Of tho source Of property is
labout Is distant Is the sun.
Tho following Hclear paragraph, to
(which Iso carefully failed 70 sllude, can
be clear only to the fraternity Of idiom
makers;
sNature under four aspects inorganic,
Ivegetal. animal an hunlan, either phys
ically or spiritually refects as property.
the benefit to the me Of mis- impression
Of the not me-"
Nature is here, for the first time in
literature. represented Is masculine
character. If the pronoun "his" has any
other antecedent than nature" it must
be somewhere in the beyond. Perhaps
the rules Of grammar are unnecessary in
the new-fangled idioms. f.
A friend Of labor's rights will use
terms which laborers can understand,
otherwise they cannot learn what is
Justly property and what is not.
/ The doctor does not care to attempt
"the enlightenment Of the people" He
would rather amuse his soaring mind
with idioms, and see land monopolists
defend their property" with armies.
If his statement were clear it would not
betrue, for if Jay Gould's property be q
reflection of the benefit conferred by
him on the "not Jay Gould, !" then he is
entitled to all his millions. If Dr. Laz-
arus thinks SO he is not friend to
| laborers.
Such sentences lead me to believe he
has read too much Of Emerson's writings.
Nothing will ruin man so quickly as a
persistent reading Of that author. En-
erson originated the expression, Hthe me
and the not :ne,o which I once found,
along with other of his vagaries, ar
ranged by q competent literary critic
under the head of .Swosh.n Good name
/ for the writings of all who adopt his
foggy style.
The same critic (Alfred Ayree) fur
1 nishes definition for "transcendental, !"
one OF Emerson's best words,
EDoes Zeno find that (. e. one-thlrd of
crop as rent too trancendental2" asks
DR.. Lazarus. l
/ i don't know. Itdepends on whether
the rent is-receiyed.bY me or some one
else. 1t also depends on the meaning OF
atranscendental.n Here. is the defini-
tion in the doctors own idiom:
/ a'Transcendentalism is the spiritual
cognoscence of psychological irrefragi-
bility connected with concutient ademp-
tion of incolumnient spirituality and
etherialized contention of subsultory
/ concretion.n A New York lawyer trans
lated this for the benefit Of laborers as
follows:
! "TrancendentalisEn is two holes in a
sand bank "a storm washed away the
sand without disturbing the holes"
l object to "individuate personality"
when, individual conveys thesame mean
ing.
With these exceptions consider the
letter comparatively clear. s
DIR. Lazarus,labors under one disad-
vantage, namely, when he tries to bring
his fosginess down to common English
he is sure to be woefully inconsistent.
For instance he says:
"That capital is the surplus result Of
labor after deduction of COSTS is a truism
peculiar to noschool or party, and .ac-
knowledged by all"
Zeno alone disputes this truism, yet is
accused Of partisan ZEAL" zeno constl-
tutes a whole school or party" We
shall consider that compliment. This
"truism" is true if robbery is just, Ny
former question is unanswered. What
proportion. of wealth should be claimed
by the producer, and what should accrue
to the capitalist, so that the division may
be just 2 81 5-
One man will perform a given amount
oflabor for half the reward another will
demand. Which receives the amount
that rel resents the true costs of pro-
duction? .gs
The purpose of capital is to perform a
service for society which individuals can
not perform for themselves.
The source of capital should be tax
levied equally on all individuals who
will be benefited by its use. The present
method of accumulating capital is unjust,
uncertain, ineqhitable and idiotic. The
use of capital now depends on the whim
of man who, thinks more of himself
than he does of society, and who imag-
ines the capital is his own wealth.
This system causes the misery of those
who are deprived of the service which
capital should perform for them. Capt.
tai can be properly used only by the
i state. DR.. Lazarus thinks it should be
controlled by monopolistic barons and
accumulated by means Of shot-guns. He
will take the chances of the barons
growing tired of such means, but he will
not submit to an organized society. He
does not know that state can perform
"a public service without being despotic.
DR.. Lazarus wishes to show that the