The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-08-31

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and shadows. without even slack water nayi.
Mh thee ,b rnd Ss ahe
tSe artisan produced sSs other necesssries q
lie. Products were interchanged as far 20
cStsined saiieisnt and IN The great s p MAJORITY
,Sr thsm
starvation were unknown,, No hordes Of labor:
Ing ing., men. women: and children were crowded
sores upon the body .poiitic" The body Of
thon than now, Gas had not boon invented.
the petroleum light had not been found, WHICH
night.
q Inc AmsrsSa1 J.. DSops has aided he !$So. q
dition Of the power Of many million horses.
increasing the production In every department
In proportion to the number Of laborers. en-
gagged, The steamboat and railroad car haye
$ Sas Il man Srf
fold, but hardly at u cheaper rate. Machine
the sp% the Sns loon
hand production; Improved Implements and
the rapid Transportation Of freight and
persons by steam. the steam plough. the
have aided the farmer in his produce
tl lon u many hnndredfold: By these means
esn sha 81 a IS the
81 s sHsn r . o.s.
the good gifts Of the Aim shty upon this people.
the pr ,, And the labSsine mon are sub.
ching Was pre- Produced By hand Certain Il Is that
the laborinF men and women work no less
hours now than they did then TO got only the
0uDStAnttRI comforts and n0c09SQrto0 OF lie.
and many o. them Ia the lowest possible de-
gree; and 1t is still more certain that wage
sum OF money WHICH will maintain the worker
anil d. his family in the lowest e. degree Of CONTEXT
thus produced by the aid Of steam power, i'm
proved proved machinery zach ana method gomez X dis,
be this day . poor man IN this country who Is
able and willing to work-that Is. man who
his MT ovsry comfort Of life for
and What i AZ conssauepso7 . .,..,-o,
men ana more Of them in PROPORTION e our
Soeash IN mas shSse sounre s BY Their
social systems and laws, accumulated wealth
and lands are kept together from generation to
50 that there have rolled ny enormous masses
OF property In the hands OF the few. In this
country. by tho theory OF our institutions.
death OF its possessor.
| ~ pIoNcut bucH ucCuHlulhtiOHs VI wrath.
and mindful Of the condition OF the mother
country England, from which We sprang. our
ths lex 9
property in any one hand; Witness tie fact
s walks AK 1ss ill., s Who ded iS George sas
o. hHrGns the Sieh planter and
merchant. left estate, The one rising 10000.
| and the other an estate rising 100000 only.
Our fathers never dreamed that any man In
| lie
late 500; 900. 900. and liza, q number Of mon.
soSla be a reiF"nsa 6y II not by
time by any axertion OF their own, or By any
nsr St i5nm 5n esc INV and ID
many, Of them very much larger sums. w
for man not to have some I, regular and honest
directed his own business: however large in ey-
tent. Nor did T. enter into tn widest lmsSi,
nations OF the runners nj our CONSTITUTION mat
there ever could grow up In TIE ., r.nnbG waieh
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man ana Woman S m" Whosn snS bnsnssa no the ",
"dIonSs Of society" would BE- to i've In soth
M i1lenSss nsvln9 70 20, 9. 0Ssr
In Pandering to their own selfish ind',Hlcsnces
n,smr ~ dn,sa aer OWL n VIII nnn
EVEN the 20 payment Of har JUST share esSa TIE
public burdens and throw ,hs cost upon Others;
be psSfatv her U ' hy nrony e wnn
.hi a. 1871 a. ~ sons i y, ', No 20 n
tnis HeSeheracy oL .Ger sons INTO sutn s2e,ai
~ ~ ri 10 ~, H y, n,T so
70 .e H. ~ -, . ~ ny; M,oG,
auS fnr wbicb thew nmobt madnim ~ ,.nt
mem 'ne,r 1Nes ,htor ,o n nh ssc, :,
aDmot woif,re ~ ai citizens 90 a. ,.ro1,s ~
ths comntrv and So d.strmc.ivc TO tho ncnnle
wouid thnv moi have nrovidod Tninst tbcse iii
Nv nositive enactments in their iramo Of gov r.
srnment; even as they abolished the laws OF
| nrimnannitmre enI entnii Tor a jixc nurnnsc2
pW sea thar,fnra hnw iii IN thass Sood ~iits y,
God have been absorbed Hy the few. to the i'm
noyerishm ent OF the MANY. We hays nartIy
am not now criticisinG the acts Of men who.
taking advantage, Of the laws as they aro enact.
laws, BY their enterprise and energy have accu.
INFLATED fairly and honestly these vast an,ou mis-
OF wealth. but what shall Be said OF the laws
| themselves which in a repuhlic have enabled
such things TO be possible to be- done WhnI
shall 10 said OF the Leg satures which have ere.
ated the monopoics ana sanctioned tho means