The Wilmingtonian., 1886-11-27

wealth that is-But the riches were not de
veloped. Labor must be present
Cooperation failed to meet with the Herr'i
approval. He said the bosses could kill CO
operation whenever they felt in the humor
He cited cases in Germany to show the truth
of his assertion.
The party he represented was in danger,
and he must fly TO its rescue. The speaker
maintained that it was only question OF
time when the railroad, coal mine and tele.
graph companies would be in the hands OF
the State. Monopoly was not good for the
people, and the people would crush monopo-
". 1t must be put down at all hazards He
disclaimed any sympathy with the Anarch-
ISIS because they tried to use force.
From the above may be gathered far diff
ferent views OF the creed of the German So
cialist than those that terrible individual is
commonly credited with possessing.
1t would not be out of the way as IA pen
dent to the above to re-quote Archbishop
Corrigan's encyclical letter, or that portion
referred to by Eoery Eeenieg Monday last
1t will enable us to compare and different
ate, especially as that dignitary's words
have a close bearing upon the teachings of
Henry George the mayoralty cadidate Of New
York city.
Undoubtedly God made the earth for the
use of ali mankind but whether the possess
sion thereof was to be in common or by indI-
vidual ownership was left for reason to de.
terminc. Such determination, Judging from
The facts of history, the sanction of law,
from the teachings Of the wisest and the ac-
lions of the best and bravest of mankind,
has been and is that man can, by lawful
acts, become possessed of the right of own
ership in property, and not merely in its use
The reason is because man is strictly en-
titled to that of which he is the producing
cause, to the improvement he brings about
is clear that in a farm, for instance, which
one has by patient toll improved in value,
N block of bic out of which one has
chiseled n perfect statue, he cannot fully en-
enjoy the improvement he has caused unless
he also has the right to own the object thus
improved. He has strict right-aud evil
are the laws and systems which ignore it
either to ownership and enjoyment or to a
| full compensation for the improvement
which is his. To strive to base an argument
against ownership in land by reasoning on
the universal distribution Of air and light
is only freak Of the Imagination. Human
industry cannot scatter cloud from before
the face of the sun, nor lift a fog that may
be freighted with damaging vapors; we take
the air and the light as God gives them, and
we owe him thanks for his bounty. It was
only the earth which fell under the primeval
curse when man had sinned, and only the
earth, not the air or light, which mans in
dustrious toll can coax back to something
| like its original fruitfulneSs When he has
done SO bis just reward is to enjoy the results
without hndrance from others. Even in such
u necessary, abundant and free commodity as
water, if man by artificial means CONCEAL,
a portion it into ice, is he not entitled to en-.
| joy its exclusive ownership? Can he not de.
mand for it with justice compensation
equivalent to his industry? Once deny the
light of ownership and you SOW the seed oI
stagnation in human enterprise. Who would
burrow the earth to draw forth its buied
treasures il the very mine he was working
were at the mercy of the passer-by WHOM it,
riches might attract? Who would watcl
with eugemass the season when " SOW anc
TO reap, and to gather the harvest which il
the very fruit of his labors if he is told thai
those who stand by the wayside idle are
equally entitled to its erjoymenI?