The Labor enquirer., 1884-06-21

never taken the trouble to investigate
and try and find out if their views are
strictly true. And Ihave no hesitation
in saying that the theory Of finance as
taught in eur schools and seats of learn-
ing are on par with the theories and
teachings of those eminent men on the
subject of the wave theory of sound.
And to the national greenback labor
party is due the credit of pricking and
causing to collapse one Of the most in
genious theories for the enslaysment Of
the human race, A theory that has at,
the head of it the most learned men of
ancient, as we'll as modern times, and
even so great thinker as Henry George.
LIN his own particular walk of investi-
CATIONS have fallen into the common
fallacy on the financial question; such
as capital being an equal factor with
labor and law, ought to be compensated
in the same ratio. He seemingly cannot
see the difference between the producers
and the product. A very small amount
of intelligence on the part Of anyone.
must make this plain, provided they
have given the subject any thought at
all. But unfortunately there Is where
the trouble lies. They have never given
the subject the slightest investigation
for themselves, and it is hardly cause for
wonder that this is so, because the dis.
tinction between the same have never
been taught to our young men and young
women in our seats of learning, and
they simply-parrotN like-reiterate. or
teach what they have been taught by
other parrots than themselves, who have
had 1T handed down to them since long
before the time of Moses, and of course
the financial fallacv is much more hoary
headed than the Pythagonian fallacy of
sound waves, and consequently, from
the very nature of things, will require
more time for its destruction, because we
are only overgrown children, and every
one knows how tenacIously child will
cling to its first Impressions, and the
fundamental fallacy of teaching, that
dead immoyable something ought to
be compensated the same land IN many
cases higher than the living. moving
factors of labor and land. The denial
of this hypothesis is an entirely new
statement of the case to ninety-nine out
of every hundred of the population of
the world, and consequently they do
not and cannot understand the law that
is operating 30 nightly in cursing the
present tate of society, of the present
day, where the rich are growing richer
and the poor poorer, and must and win
continue as long as the law is tolerated
to obtain a foothold in the political
science of any country. And l say un-
mistakably now, that all the revolutions
since the world began. till the crack of
doom, will prove themselves as only
palliatives in the amelioratlon, land even
revolutions are questionable) of the
many as against the few, 80 long as the
present finantial system is recognised
and tolerated. And by its overthrow in
all countries, if such could be done simul-
taneously there would be no need of
revolutions at all.
The workers see that there is some
thing wrong, but are unable just to grasp
the remedy. And those who are their
teachers, that teach revolution; are not
their wisest friends. However this is
matter of personal opinion. All l can
say is, if must accept John Most's final
consummation of the social revolution,
let US wait wee. Yours,
D. NICK. WHITE, SR.