Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-11-14

h;s st.ndnoint an able and interesting
book. and sscribes the suffering and
noyerty Of the manufacturing aud city
population in particular to the accu-
mutation of vast capital in tho hands
of , few. and tho large landed estates,
and TO land.owning in general, psr,icu-
larl, in the matter Of CITY property,
and recommends as to the unoccnpied
city property that it be so taxed as to
compel the owners virtually to ends
ca,icn and the sale Of that property to
persons more likely to build on 1t, &c.
This is socialism, PLAIN aud simple, and
is 30 regarded; aud this gen'lemin
also recommends some sort OF legisls'
ton by which the people would be
cbsnstd from the owners OF the land
10 tenants Of the Stale, paJing rent to
The State and yet this ~ to-day. and
has been, | know not how long, the
te,p,isn system, instituted Ia that
country by Joseph, the Prime Minister
# Phirosb, and has reduced thai
people 10 what are called feilshs work
irg a. renters the lands Of the Govern
m,nt. the most oppressed and mlsers-
ble ueople on earth. II Is also virtu-
ally the system IN indis, with the same
result. ard would he so here And
history proves that Governments, every
where that they have the power, are
slwsys heavy taskmas;ers, and are
sure TO raise up a nest of venal hire
lir'cs who have no mercy, and eyentu.
ally become a dominant caste, sus-
tanned by armies paid cut Of the very
money wTung from the people or ten
snts Of the Government and such in
measure was that feudal system over
thrown by the great Fench revolution,
TIE result Of which Was to divide the
lands among the French people In
small farms and convert France into the
greatest, most conservative, aud pros
Porous people in Europe.
notwithstanding this, Mr.. George has
q large following-so large IS to create
general apprehension among the north
ern people-and no doubt would have
been elected mayor Of New York but
for that mysterious influence that cap
ital, vested rights, and fear of change
exercises over the human mind.
Among the followers Of Mr.. George are
many persons Of wealth, many highly
educated and enlightened, as was the
case in the French revolution, in the
English reyolution--in all revolutions
that have advanced the rights Of man.
For without the aid and guidance OF the
educated and enlightened no revolution
has ever succeeded. Mr.. George may,
and no doubt has, many notions, which,
could they be made practical--and | do
not by any means pronounce them i'm
practical-would do much good; and
the revolution now taking form will no
doubt end in the advancement Of the
rights of man and much good to the
laboring millions in and by ways and
measures not now in view, but TO groU
rith the reroiutiOR Itself.
In the mean time, see but one way,
if mortal eye con see anything IN the
progress OF revolution, to crest and
guide the gathering storm--for it is
idle to suppose that SO clouded sky
will pass away without stOrm-and
that is to tighten the burden Of taxes,
to look into the cost of running the
Government; into the enormous and
and often fraudulent pensions, where
the pensioner is hale and strong; to
improve our rivers, make cspHls, en-
courage ship-building by reducing or
abolishing the tariff on materials used
for that purpose, and, above all, to
take the duty from all machinery used
in manufacturing, so as to encourage
the building of factories, &C., in the
vast interior, and thus drain from the
cities of the East the overcrowded man
ufacturipg population there crowded
together, and also by doing all practi-
cal good for our laboring people. Each
State should provide by law for in
creasing, or rather improving, the san
i.ary condition of every city, its build
ings, streets, &C., and for inspecting
mines, &c., and where tenement
house, mine, or factory is pronounced
unhealthy or unsafe, it should be con-
demned and put in proper condition
at the expense of the owner, and where
q lsborer receives bodily injury in any
cosl-mine, foundry, &C., &C.. or on any
railroad as employee, he should have a
lien on the property for yearly COM
p.nsation during his disability, be the
fault where it may. For this would
secure from his employer SO great care
that injuries of this character would
seldom, if ever, occur. Some speak !;
! choose to write. Respectfully,
JOHN s. SWAMI.
Charleston, Vest "a, Nov. Q, 1886.