Wichita eagle., 1886-10-09
LUXURIES AND NECESSITIES.
The Rule OF Anarchists Would Destroy Civili'
ZatiOn.

ZatiOn.
The anarchists and socialists. in all thei
writings and speeches to their followers
present but one ssde of the labor problem
and that side they never fail to distort
They denounce the very principles but fol
which there could be no demand for re-
munerative labor Labor produces all the
luxuries of civilized life. Capital is the re-
suit of manual labor not so much as OF
mental labor Without the Accommodations
brought swiftly about by mind and from a
thousand sources, there would be no de
mand for any labor outside of THAT which
is made an auxiliary to the products pro-
duced by the soil There is not home in
the land today that is not supplied with
luxuries which, although deemed necessa-
ries to civilized life, are superlative, and
luXuries according to the standard Of an
archist. These luXuries are the re-
suit of mental labor Their existence
was only possible through mind.
The after production was what
gave employment to the laborer.
Brick blocks and their contents, splendid
homes and their accessories, manufactures
of every description would fail of realiza-
ton under the socialistic idea and rule, and
all these are but the results of capital and
labor and made in the interest of capital
and labor combined. If the writer should
as the result of mental labor discover some
process of converting the gumbo of this
valley into some highly priced material in
demand by the arts and sciences of civil
lied life, and such discovery should bring
the discoverer many millions of dollars and
he should then turn about and put the
money in buildings, into factories and into
various industries, wouldn't the laborers of |
all classes, manuel and mental, get those |
original millions just as surely, and more
surely, than they would if we were com |
PEELED, under the anarchist rule to divide |
up equally with everybody who might |
claim share? Most assuredly Do away |
with capital, and the demands
of capital, and you just as
do away with all labor |
other than that PERFORMED by the sayages. |
As for the fixing of prices for labor it is |
just as impossible as it would be to control |
the increase of temperature on day in |
July with the sun at the meeidian and no |
clouds in sight. The law of supply and |
demand is just as sure in its results as the |
law of gravitation. To do away with the
resultant rules Of supply and demand, civ
ilization must be destroyed and brute force,
and not mental force, become the dominant |
force or ruling power, The anarchist asks
for just that thing. substantially and log !,
ically
The annual address at the recent state |
fair in Vermont was delivered by Senator
who departed from the usual
course of such speeches and devoted his
time to the discussion Of questions that
practically and vitality affect the prosperity
and welfare of the whole country. 1t was
the speech of n statesman, in other words.
and not mere tissue of pleasant ey-
presSions for the entertainment of a
popular audience. There are certain prob
lens, he declared which are outside of the
direct and immediate domain of farming.
and the mechanic arts, bu!
which combine at the same time TO make
up almost entirely the sum of the produc-
ton and wealth Of a country, ana are there
fore entitled to serious consideration in the
interest of all the members Of the produc-
ing classes. 1t is impossible. he went on
to say, for country to achieve a definite
and permanent form OF prosperity except
through the kindly and steady CO opera
ion of all the forces at IFS command. All
and classes are interdependent,
hat is to say, and one can not advance +
without the consent and assistance Of the
others: hence the secret of success lies in
such an adjustment Of their mutual rela-
ions as shall prevent conflict and promote
general peace and harmony.
In order to draw properly upon everv