The Labor enquirer., 1884-07-12

\ ddce, if they were engaged In producsion,
Instead Of being trained to execute the
murders sus DEGREES Of imperial tyrants,
and scheming bondholders, the
number of idle people is ever on the
/ increase. The luxurious seem to think
work a degradation. They, must be
taught that
TO work must yet become mans brightest
i duty.
1 Drones are the weeds that clog up freedoms
way.
From labor springs all wealth and worth
j and beauty;
From pampered ease and idleness, decay.
4 The study of the aims of social pseudo
reformers is curious one. Were the
issues involved less seriods, considerable
amusement might be derived from a
i short analysis Of some of their projects.
AT lecture last night in Edinburgh, Mr..
1 Alderman Moore occupied two hours in
describing the glories of Canada north
west. Mr.. Moore has printed on his
bills an extract from Canada paper
which proclaims him to be possessed o:
much fire and luency.n After two hours
Grating on the destinations of Canadian
scenery and the glories of ride over
the prairies in good stout oak wagon
which he conHdentially assured us could
/ be had for $S0-Mr. Moore said he could
not describe the great northwest in
speech, and he proceeded to Illustrate by
lime light views.
Now if the worthy alderman had just
told us at the beginning that lime light
issbetter than lungs in picturing the great
northwest, he would have left much
better impression on his audience. Mr..
Moore never mentioned the snakes and
mosquitoes and capitalists which are as
common as sunshine in Canada, But
surely it is great nonsense to advise
British people to emigrate. If the fluent
and fiery Moore likes, he can bring his
| $50 oak wagon to Scotland and ride
over miles Of broad and beautiful ground
capable Of supporting hundreds of thou
sands of men and women. But the
capitalist requires to refresh himself by
shooting deer after his fatiguing labors
in cheating the poor workers; and as
the anusements of the bourgeoisie are
of more Importance than the existence
of men and women, these vast tracts Of
land cannot be utilized for wealth pro
| ducing purposes. '"..@-7 2' n
Then the Rev. NJ. Blacklay will tsll US
to be thrifty. Compulsory Insurance
is the real method of preventing poverty
-starye yourself from 18 to/21 SO that
you may be only half starved after TO-
! Then we have the politicians who tell
us that all we requirelis peace, retrench.
ment and reform."/ Education, revolu.
ton and reconstruction" rather.
Heavy taxation or light taxation
makes no difference to the workman
In 1914 the public expenditure amounted
to nearly el07 100000; three years later
it fell to G55,0O0,OO0, and the people
were worse off under the light than
Under the heavy taxes. Political reform
:, is utterly useless in beneftting the
workers as long as the apparatus of pro-
duction is under private control. ''Put
not thy faith in politicians for they are
| preyaricators and scheme for thy en-
slavement" There is scarcely erJ class
of men more despicable than politicians
They are the tools of the bourgeolse
miserable yermicular creatures who
crawl at the feet of the god Mammor
whom they worship. r...
When John Bright was young man
he worked in the agitation in favor of a
bill limiting the working day in factories
to ten hours this was certainly noble
action. But afterwards Mr.. Bright re-
pudiated this as being mere freak O.
his boyhood days, and he and his col
league, Mr.. Golden, opposed the bill
with all their strength and influence
Mr. Bright, in his opposition. said Atha
the very fact that women were working
in mills in such large numbers was con
elusive evidence that their labor was no
hard. Now, such a declaration coulc
only come from hypocrite or fool.
leave you to Judge which of these names
is most appropriate. 80.
: The summing UP of the case agains
the bourgeoisie is a rather difficult mat
ter. Their poisonous fangs have piercec
every part of society. Houses are bull
just as if their principal object was t.
, fall down again, or breed and harbol
disease Food is adulterated to such al
extent that it is nearly impossible to ge
any article pure and fresh asst should be
Clothing and boots and furniture are al
made in such hurry that they art
scarcely ever substantial. All wealth i.
j, produced for sale, not for consumption
: In commercei immortality reigns supreme
In the administration of justice the
greatest partiality is displayed,
! The results of bourgeoisie domination
to the human frame is disastrous il
: simply means that we must kill ourselve.
|; in the endeavor to live A society il
which the majority must be permanently
, miserable, in order to afford temporary
happiness for the minority, is not such s
grand affair after all, and the sooner it il
!, demolished the better. While this statt