Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1886-05-23

she hears lectures from the SNUG philan-
thropist on the nobility Of virtuous starv-
alton compared with vicious abundance.
The benevolent man will tell her that 5s.
honestly earned gives far more Joy than
poundsb by doubtful and unworthy means,
and that above all she should he contented
in that condition to which it has pleased
God to call her.
Finally, the jails are for those who
have become thieves because Of the ex-
istence of the philanthropist. AS this
gentleman lives without work, others are
forced to work for, and to keep him and
his class in luxury; work is hard to get
and hard when got In a society found
ed upon theft, where he that steals the
most rides in his carriage amid the cheers
of thousands, while the worker is looked
upon with contempt as something low
and stupid, is it wonderful that there
should be some who endeavor, though
humbly and at great distance, to imi-
tate the exploits of our philanthropist
and his brothers? Our philanthropist
foresaw this danger, and therefore he in
stituted the Jail and workhouse to take
the place of the whip with which in old
times he used to drive his slaves to work.
But this is an age of humanity, and the
prison and workhouse are quite as etfec-
tive in forcing men to toll as the whip he
used i'll the past.
Our friend is also great believer In
expensive and even profitable philan-
thropy; he will seldom lay up any treasure
in heaven or give any order for the cree
e hAa ,ly ha t,a
get at least five per cent. on the capital
invested. Unlike the charitable robber
of old he does not take from the rich to
give to the poor, but processes to benefit
the human race by taking from the poor
and giving to the rich, namely, to him
self. .....s
1t was a gentleman resembling our
friend that wrote to the papers soon after
Riot Monday, suggesting the distribution
among the poor of all the waste and leav-
ings of middle class households, and
stating that he had always found the poor
very grateful for the scrapings from the
plates of the respectable classes. His let
ter was entitled "A Timely Suggestion"
Another relative of the anlable man who
is the subject of this article, said that the
workers should become vegetarians, so
that their masters might lower their
wages and thus be enabled to compete
against the capitalists of the world. For
cheap living means cheap wages, cheap
wages mean cheap goods, and cheap
goods drive out dearer ones. Thereupon,
he held up before the British workman
the delectable picture of the heather
Chinee who lives upon fat pork and rice;
possibly in time he may urge them to
better that bright example, and live upon
the rice without the pork; then, indeed,
will the British capitalists be able to have
the wealth of the world at their back.
Men of this philanthropic type are not
unknown to history. There was the rich
man in the parable who allowed the poor
one to eat the crumbs that fell from his
table, and was good enough to allow his
dogs to pay the beggar delicate attentions,
and Foulon, who in the time of the
French Revolution, advised the starving
people to eat grass. These men received
but poor return for their goodness, the
rich man went to hell, and Foulon was
hung by misguided people Let us
trust that philanthropists of the same
kind may meet with their reward. When
one hears these men jabbering, one is
tempted to eXcaim with Marat to the
people, 80 Nation of babblers, why will
you not act ID. j. NicOH, IN London
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