The Labor enquirer., 1884-10-18

mad boft6r not ~ 20 establish An eco
nomic principle upon their practices.
'sThere must be strong natural in
stinctv among them in favor Of rent.
Why, certainly. Dishonesty and rent
~ twin brothers 'sSuch rents arc sim
| lply compensation for labor performed ON
| : large scale."
Then they afe not rents for land. Re-
turn for capital. and rent for land must
b kept distinct If We are to discuss in
tealieently the piinciplesinvolved. Rents
| in ireland arc mot returns for past labor
for the improvements were made chiefly
BY the tenants
Every man has natural right to land,
but the right TO capital must be acquired
BY labor.
Give man access to land and he will
pay no rent AS land is the source Of
capital be will create hisown capital and
thereafter pay no interest. Rent is the
greater evil because it necessitates the
other evil, interest. 81
What the laws may be matters COM
paratiyely little. Its in the construc-
tion and execution Of them that the
trouble lies"
Such an assertion as this ought to be
covered a few feet deep with idioms, to
conceal its absurdity. A law AGAINST
stealing sheep, if construed SO as to pro-
hibit polygamy, might crush the liquor
traffic if properly executed.
Intentional Misrepresentation" is one
OF the direct charges against me. Iideny
lit. / used the only legitimate meaning
of the doctors words. When anyone
speaks Of Henry George and "nationali-
zation Of the soil,n he surely must refer
to Progress and Poverty" the work in
which Mr. George develops the theory.
| For the doctor to say he did not mention
1.-THE book is mere pettifoging. Then look
i on this: "But how can any fair-minded
man say that I think that Mr.. George
would dispossess me after ten years labor,
etc, when in the same paragraph he
quotes me as declaring that is not in
Henry Georges programme What
was anotin Henry Georges programme r"
just this: In the doctors article which
1 first reviewed he meant to say, and his
words can have no other meaning, that
provision against the fear that a aand
agent would dispossess him vas not in
Henry Georges programme, This is
more pettifoging. Why should / say
THAT plan to dispossess a land holder
was not in Henry Georges programme,
when no one has yet saidsit was Z
The doctor was on hand when Diogo-
nes was looking for honesty [else he
would not have noticed my absence) but
old Diog. had no microscope.
DR. Lazarus apprehends from State
Socialismfihe absolute fusion of capital
with the church and the after enslaye-
ment of labor therefore he is an An
archist. He cannot conceive of good
government; his mind can grasp only
bad government and no government.
Opposed to this is the doctrine that
society is not an indiscriminate tangle of
sovereign minds, each holding infallible
theories, but al organization which
should be controlled by definite. and i'm
mutable societary laws, as the individual
man is controlled. by definite physical
laws. hold the latter doctrine, there
fore I am not an Anarchist.
TO restore titles to the play ofnatural
| forces" is not necessarily Anarchism.
Organization and association are natural
forces. Let US organize and associate
according to our. own nature and be free.
I hope DR. Lazarus will continue to dis
cuss these principles regardless of the
dishonesty of his opponents. / have
read many Of his writings which are
really good. l speak Of the portions
which are clear to me. The other por-
ton would make good poetry, for in po-
etry there is great license. Emerson
should have written nothing but poetry
with rhymes. The rhymes, at least,
would have been attractive. Please
allow me to repeat poem / read which
shows how Nothing can be- made
pleasing;
| Across the moorlands of the Not,
We chase the gruesom When,
p And hunt the Itness of the What
Through forests of the Then.
1 i, In to the inner Consciousness
4 We track the crafty Where,
! We spear the Ego tough, and beard
The Ergo in his lair.
| With lassoes of the brain we catch
The Isness Of the Was,
| And in the copses of the Whence
F We hear the Think-bees buzz.
We climb the slippery Which bark tree
| N To watch the Thusness roll,
| And praise betimes in gnostic rhymes.
4 To woo the Oversoul.
8 ZENo.
HELP THE CAUSE.
AS the Peoples party and its list of
candidates are COMPOSED principally OF
men of small financial means, I'D as it
lis necessary to have some money to