The Labor enquirer., 1885-02-28
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Like Byron; had ! dream, but mine
- Ill 1 dream. Byron VA notremArk-
4 abh for the exactne@ Of his statements
4 This dream was not ell dream he should
q ave given us the percent Of reality in it.
The inaccurate shape in which he left
| is dream makes it of little use to pos
4 srity. Now. do not yerv often dream,
'ut when / do, it goes into history.
Dreams always Symbolic something.
yen if the dream itself be very foolish.
If the reader finds anything particularly
lilly in my dream, he will recollect it is
eymbol, and not hold me responsible.
or even massive mind can dream
polish things.
I said my dream was all dream. but
aear the end change came DER the
jpirit Of my dream and the scene was
ihifted to the woodshed where I found
the kindlina covered up in snow. I dug
II ont and made fire, then awoke and
found had not builta fire at all This
took to be the symbol Of . joke on the
pazt Of Morpheus.
s In my dream the bright sun was ex-
Hpsuished, but whether the stars did
wander darklinG in eternal space or did
stay At home, I could not ascertain BY
careful inquiry. People lived in total
darkness. They had eyes which we're
not to be used in this world. Some other
world.
thought this world was vast plain.
There was no sea, nor steamboats,, nor
railroads, nor street-cars, nor horses,
nor wagons. Nothing but wheelbarrows.
All commerce was carried on in wheel
barrows. The population was dense and
all were in great poverty except the men
with wheelbarrows |; they were The aris-
tocracy. They conveyed the products Of
the common people from one point to
another and made exchanges. In the
darkness most of the wealth which
they handled stuck to their wheelbar-
rows, and they would take it 10 their
warehouses and lock itup.
These men had no common 7oute for
wheeling goods. They had . vested
right to go anywhere. They frequently
ran over some one at work, aid occa-
sionally some one would rur over 8
wheelbarrow and hurt himself.
This was serious matter. You may
trample upon worm or barrel-hoop
and it will turn and sting thee and then
subsidies, but wheelbart-ow nsver lets
60 until it has given you its entire repor-
toire OF disasters. This subject has been
referred to in a jocular way by modern
writers, bat in my dream itwas no joke.
Many people were badly hurt snd not a
few were killed. Still ths right to run a
wheelbarrow anywhere tInd everywhere
was not questioned by any one except
ing few Revolutionary cranks who
wished to DESTROY the pesce of the nation
along with its sacred inst stitutions.
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Some commercial fnen grew so expert
that they handled wheelbarrows Of
enormous size, SO that more wealth
would stick to them. Large wheelbar-
rows were sure to kill more people than
small ones. Other men would get more
wheelbarrows and hire men to wheel
them. Even little children could be
seen struggling under heavy load for
small wages. The employers would stop
wheeling and attend to the management
of their hands. fz+@
The government being democratic,
5 anyone who wished might run wheel
barrow. Most of those who began the
business would wheel few Aoadsss run
over few people, then give it up and
sell their vehicles. A few would get
larger wheelbarrows, ard buy of those
who failed, and thus do a large business.
Agreat many people were killed, but
public opinion never blamed the wheel
barrow man. 1t was thought to be a
natural evil to which they must submit.
Some of the victims were MANNED for
life, and some fingered awhile and died
prematurely. ..a,s
Finally, a long-headed man began to
think that too many people we're being
sacrificed. He would speak cautiously
to others about it and be answered as
follows: "What would we do without
wheelbarrows? Of course Sew persons
will be run over by the. will of God,
You would run over tn EN- toe, if you had
a wheelbarrow." (
I could not learn the name of the
long-headed man, so will call him Re-
fefmer. His words were not wholly
without effect, for after time number
would meet and listen to him. Once
they approached an employer who hired
so many wheelbarrow men tnat he had
grown very rich. Reformer asked him
what right he had to run over SO many
people and to keep most Of the goods
which he wheeled for Them.
Fright ?n said he, "Iare you question
my right2 You have the same right,