Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-09-13

have been supplAnted by spobbefy and %
ten,ation, and by self important ldem,-go s4
t--au .eaders and crest Statesmen, Who ni
these responsible positions. not always or
account OF real worth, but more often De
GAUGE Of q wen developed bank account
backed by political prestige. Wealth thus
hears itself into all positions and places
II 4 the open, sesame to all positions--and
around it grows that which is fungi to
Republic sristocrscy. caste and arrogance.
We find in this RepSblic
An aristocracy Raised From Plebeianism,
dispute and squabbls concerning rank and
pret edence and .emblazon on their coach
AID doors q coat of arms which had Its
oriein.-God only knows where. The wand
that makes the transformation is gold
solidifed lsbor-melam orphoSsd muscnl II
exer,ion. Like borrowed plumes, 1t Is gen
orally worn by those who earn it not. We're
the scriptural commands that we earn our
living by the sweet of our brow followed,
vol ID such difference exist? Ifesch who
roll, d received the profit dle on his labor
vo Id such sffai ext t? We know IL i'm
possible Tor one to amsss great fJrture
from bisowp labor. The simplest msthe-
maticsl figuring will prove this How
then csn one amass the fortunes that exist
to day? The only answer that can possibly
be givtn is,-thst they are sccam alated
from the labo. of others. That capital
makes capital, is talse 1t is simply labor
paying tribute to aggregated capital.
When we know that the very
existence of capital is due to labor
it se. ms that more care should be exercised
for the protection and harmony of labor.
Tie ger ersl and wide spread education that
our lard gives together with the boasts OF
EQUALITY, makes even the dullest mind feel
that it is entitled to more than pittance,
The false doctrines taught in our schools
that all stand an equal chance in the race
OF life, with the possibilities of the highest
honors-lesd the aspiring minds into
heaven, and they regard their chances as
q probability. fe shows the impossioihty
IN many cases and they fndthst the barriers
of Mammon stand before them commanding
that they labor and pay him tribute. With
crushed ambition they lay aside their cher
ished dreams and become newer of wood
and drawer Of wafer, pouring their life's
blco into higher perfection of the world
for they erect the temples, span the wa.
tiers, and level the mountains and are verit-
ably the children of Mercury. In this
humble path Of life they find that even with
our Haunted perfection oil Government, that
hideous monopolies control their lives, con-
t-ol their psy,-snd law gives no redress
because its coils encircle the Legislative
chambers, its emissaries sit BY virtue OF
bribery as their law makers. Its corrupting
influences
Impregnate the Judicial Ermine.
Such condition Of affairs has brought
numbers OF Labor Unions and Anti Monop
oily Unions which are swelling with rapid
ty; aud socialism has even displayed its
bloody business in our Republic. Oppres
sion and arrogance OF capital is held to be
responsible. Whether close reasoning and
The fact OF affairs would fully suostantiste
bis, We know not, but so or not 80 thus
hey believe and thus they act This is
worked upon with indifference by many,
sho regard it is a nightmare that will dis
I've into vapor This nightmare cost
FIaLce of ore time nearly all her nobility
even 20 The klrg ana Queen, when if th-
prCTer precsutIon had been used the tury
sculd have dissolved, and been removed
ere il bad tine to break. Some share in
ha iTea advanced by one Of the most en-
nent American economists that all such
movements Of labor or socialism are futile
on account Of the ignorance Of the lsboring
classes being at loss for leaders. This is
trivial nonsense, for history is reple.e with
evidence that all movements find a master
TO lead. a Cromwell or Napoleon comes
from the ots,Drity to lead and conquer.
1t is the duty OF our Nation to well consider
the causes OF this omnibus darkness and
depression, and exert
Means to Remove Them.
Limit the powers of corporations Strike
down gambling in stocks. Make corpora
tons which are chartered as public servants
public servants in fact, instead OF the pub
lie mase 8. Suppress the great sccumula-
items Of breadstuhs or corneriDg of markets.
Suppress the importation of cheap foreign
labor. Abolish all convict contract system.
Place limit TO individual accumulation Of
capital If this would bring no better con-
dition to the masses, the Socialstic idea
would bear careful thought and iuvestiga-
tion. That eminent Socialist Lycurgus
adopted it because there was extreme in.
equality among them and their State was
overloaded with multitude of INDECENT and
necessitous persons, while its whole wealth
had centered upon very few. To the end
therefore that be light expel from the State
arrogance and envy, luxury and crime and
those yet more inveterste disease Of want
aid superfuity" he divided their lands
ard permitted citizen to accumulate only
a certain amour: above the portion allotted
him. He reduced the circulating medium
from gold to IRON and obliged the citizens
10 eat of the same food and wear clothing
Of the same texture The consequence
was that a state Of peace and friendship
took that OF enmity and avarice. Equality,
h. ppness ard prosperity existed, and Pu-
- ch tells US that Lycurgus, after Journey
ism the country during harvest, smiled
g, ssid to those about him, "Methinks all
l., col ia looks like one family estate Just
.i,idtd amcng number Of b:others
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