The Labor enquirer., 1884-08-02

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sgain 80 thst, With his surplus arrow
heads for loaaing. he does not need TO
trogkas himself With tillins, fshink cr
hunting. nr living Che may do se for
recreationl eyan slthough he nay have
TO borrow. : feF arrpw-heada he can pay
hack bis portion from what be receiyes
| from others And further, from his OBJ
|seryation. cunning and reasoning. he
|persuadee his tribe that II takes up too
much Of their time to make arrow-heeds
tpersonally, and what he assures them is
Of much more importance is, that they
ought 10 have but one pattern and one
kind Of flint rock of which to make their
arfow-heads, and ii they would only
| give him the exclusiye privilege bY law
to make arrow-heads for the whole tribe
what q nice thing it would be for them
It would give them more time to till,
hunt, OF fish, and above all else it would
give them one particular kind Of arrow
heads as an article Of exchange among
them. We See from this that even 9
good deed. such as trying TO cure the
sick, and from the voluntary Gift re-
ceiyed for the same. that by observation,
cunning and reasoning, we have arrived
to-day at astate Of complete dependence
on the one hand, and on the other, Of
Arrogance. pride and caste. Why? just
because those in state Of dependeuce
have been, kept in entire ignorance Of
the tremendous import Of their condi-
tion through laws made in the interst Of
capital, And, seemingly, all of our
teaching others have been based upon
the good deed Of the medicine man,
never for one moment calling in question
his Interior schemes on us.
And now that We have partially seen
4 the effect Of his schemes let us leave the
good deed and eliminate all the evil from
/ it. But this is not all there is in the
Illustration OF the medicine man. By
and through the course of time, using
his observation, cunning and reasoning,
he makes himself believe that there is 3
i certain piece of his neighbor's land he
would like very much to bein possession
4 of, and knowing from his former expert
! ence with the necessaries of life, that it
might be possible for him to acquire pos
session of the same by giving iu ex.
change partao his stored up labor cap
1italn arrow. heads, aud consequently he
4 makes overtures to his neighbor for q
piece of his land, it might be under the
/ plea that he wanted it in which to bury
/ his dead, and in order for such purpose,
his neighbor would exchange him field
for SO many arrow-heads. that is, capital,
or he might want it on some other pre-
text and gain possession of the field.
/ Now, what is the result Of this trans
action? Just this. that now he had one
field added to bis already portion Of land
allotted to him, i. e., as much as he could
cultivate, and he placed in the hands oi
/ him who parted with the land an advan-
tage over his neighbors, inasmuch as he
was now put in possession Of an sddi
tional portion Of the medium of ex.
change, 50 that he might now live with.
out work as well as the medicine man
Now whatever objection may be urged
against this, this much at least must be
! conceded, that the medicine man was 9
/ consummate, "analy ytical'' reasoner, fol
/ with my feeble powers in that. direction
/ Think I can see where usury or interest
/ for The arrow-heads or capital plays an
important part in gaining possession ol
the land of his neighbor, But it may be
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