Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1884-06-21
DRoNE, AND WORKERS.
I.ral, Enbor and SIency-The Views OF
Mr.. sSsi sssterOf JssiJ.

Mr.. aSsi lester OF SSssiJ.
Mankind has always been divided into
wo grsat classes. the drones and the
workers: those who live without work by
,puropr.ailnS part ot What others piCducc
md those who work 10 produce enough To
upport 10th themselves aud the droncs.
In old times, superior individual phys
zeal force was the mcans employed 10y TIE
drnlcs to deprive the workers OF the
wealth they pruduced, without rendering
all e9ulyaIcnt. Later, supvr.or mental
force came to tc cnplUycd. Tnls change
was brought abou: by the weaker and
more pcsceably inclined; weaker lhdltid~
ually, but mach the more numerous, and
therefore the stronger in the agSrc 5atc'
combining aud inslitutlng government.
The fundamental principle OF government
is justice, to protect the weak and the
praceabie from the entertainments OF the
s:roag and mere warllkc.
AS al first the ony methods employed
by the drones were physical, government
y o>i .cd prccuu ,iun~ against THIS only.
Tie drones were rot loug in percevinS
thai hy getting conll"l "i the Loy'rnn'eht
machil,ry, ,hcy could make aud con'r"l
,he !cgul uious 0aws) instituted 10y and
through Government, and thus accomplish
their Object. T., TO live without work
ing, more ciTcctualiy and with ks anS
to themselves, ,tnnly before.
Strange TO say, the workers do not YET
sc, N to have discovered that it Is equally
the province ol Cows rnuIeut 10 protect the
intellectually weak Il. e., in the predatory
instincts and iaculties) from the cncroach-
m,nts Of The intellectually strong. e..
tho.e OF more cunhl g and less conscience.
Every individual who gives TO society
useful ~, rsonal service Gt matters not
whether oi hr1in or brawp), or the results
oi such service G. C. conmodities) is II
worker.
Each and every ope who demands cr
obtalus from society, to satisfy h ; wants,
that which can ONLY be prodAGcd by labor
without giving an equivalent iii usetrl
personal service o. lahor, or the result'
OF such service, is II drone.
1t may he said, AMI. doubtless, in some
instances with lrnth. tnat such men a.
Vanderbilt, Gould, and others ot thai
class, work v,ry bard. True; but ali
tlni, laber or cxertion is expended Ia ap
proptia,ing or absorbing, by erinst
aid uhqu, stIonable methods the
we,l,h that other men produce. II
coald he said, a,h equal ruth, that
G .ptaln Kidd and "Billy the Kid" work
ei very hard at times. Sc do most of
our prot,s sinnal burglars and the Grim n
al classes IN general; all those who obtain
n subsistence by seizures III violation ot
legal cnactments.
Ii is urged that Mcsscurs Gould and
Vanderbilt "accumulate' iegalIs! True
sgain; but statutory law cannot make
that right which is morally wrong, nor
vice versa.
AT different times. theft, piracy and
slavery have all been lcgal;-wer they
the less wrOngl
Now comes the practical inquiry: BY
" hat methods, and in what way are the
drones sSabud to deprive the workers o.
portion Cat present it is the major part)
Of the wealth they create, without an
equivalent In two ways, and two on
ly.
Through usury, under its Janus
faces Of rent and interest.
Second--By speculative profits, through
fluctuations in prices, caused by change
in the volume OF money.
These two methods include all others,
which differ only in seeming, however dif-
ferent they may look at first sight.
Having laid the foundations, let US now
detne " hat my friend Mr.. Bonsall terms
the Triuue Fundamentals.
Land is simply one of the four great
naturnl elements essential to human exis-
tsnce and productions; equally necessary
but no more so, than any OF the other
three, viz: light, air and water, bat differ
ing from them in that it can be more
readily appropriated en's monopolized.
Land OF itself is utterly unproductiive
oil those things which are useful to satisfy
the proper wants OF mankind, and Which
we term wealth.