The Labor enquirer., 1886-05-15
Extract From an Address De-
livered by Young Vroo-
man, of Topeka.
Defining His Position as a Chris
tian Socialist and
Church Member.
Death From Overw0rk and Under.
Feeding, as Well as From Over
Feeding and Underworld.

peka, on Sunday, April II, from which
the following is taken. Comrade Vroo.
man opened his remarks by announcing
that hs was member of the Congrega-
tlonal church. He is said to be Won
derful orator, being only II years of age,
and yet is able to hold the most learned
audience:
Socialism, he said, ls the teachings of
Jesus Christ made practical. This pres
ent system is based upon sel6shness.
Modern business is a great game of
sa indling. When man goes into busi-
ness his two objects are to buy for 81
what is worth So, and to sell for So what
is worth ST. Our great commercial
centers with their thousands of clerks
are simply great training schools in de-
veloping liars. Everybody when they
talk themselves, have for sale the very
best of everything in the whole city and
sell the cheapest.
Now in Socialistic cooperation there
would be no inducement thus to lie and
men would grow more honest. All
modern diseases which are undermin-
ing the strength of the nation are caused
by overwork, idleness, hunger, over eat
ing and excitement, all of which would
be prevented under natural system.
A physician is called out in the morn.
ing to see a sick woman, he ascends sew
eral flights of ricketv stairs, goes
through some dirty halls and enters a
little room with one window and finds
what is left of woman lying on what
she calls her bed. When he first enters
the room he knows that he can do
nothing for her. He knows that she is
dying there from exhaustion, overwork
and insufficient 'nourishment. He
knows that if she would stop washing
and stitching for week and have hot
breakfast every day that she would be
all right but he knows that such advice
would simply wound her feelings as she
is thus compelled to commit suicide in
order to feed her little ones.
In the afternoon he is carriedi haste
by a colored porter in costly hack to
the bed of what is left of another
woman, and as soon as he sees her he
knows that he can do nothing for her.
She is living there from the effects of
idleness and over burdening her stom.
ach with dainties and sweet meats from
all parts of the world She has nothing
to do but to waste her tears on fashy
love stories, over-exert herself maybe
once in week by dancing the greater
part of the night. He don't advise her
to stop living as a drone, to do some
healthful work, to stop eating such rich
food and keep regular hours, because
that would insult such a high toned
lady.
Half the people diving from too much
to do and too little to eat, another class
dying because of nothing to do and too
muc to eat. Under Socialistic gov
ernment all would have plenty to do and
plenty t. eat and plenty of time for
mental and spiritual Improvement. So.
ciaism is no war against individuals.
We are not 80 much fighting Jay Gould
as the system that allows and produces
such vampires. We do not believe in
waging war against the capitalist, DO
liceman or militia, but against the sys-
tenn that produces them. Every one of
us would probably be a capitalist
if we had chance, but let us give no
one chance to impose on the people
but let us have the government manage
railroads, telegraph and express, as it
manages the postolfices. These police
men and militia who now appear to be our
enemies are slaves as much az We They
do not like their position, but take it be-
cause they must have living. When
Syria besieged Israel in the time of
Elisha there was snch famine that a
mother ate her own child rather than
starye These men will club their
brothers, but when the Revolution is
evident they will remember that they
are slaves and will fire the other wav.
In Pennsylvania working men dig
twenty bushels of coal for one bnshel of
corn, in Kansas and Nebraska farmers
trade even bushel of corn for bushel
of coal and some times can not do that,
1t costs about one bushel of coal fo. the
labor in shipping and making the ex-
change Where does the eighteen
bushels of coal 60 to? Eighteen out OF
twenty goes to the capitalists. Farmers
burning their corn in Kansas and
miners eating their coal in Pennsylvania
because few monopolists have taken
possesslc of what rightly belongs to the
peorle. They will try to keep YOU down
BY attracting your attention to politics,
but both Of the Old parties are in part
nership to swindIe you.
W. en- in any country the workingmen
are about ready to throw off the yoke,
the masters plan war and send the
workingmen of two different countries
to shoot each other down because there
is boundary line between them. The
fool workingmen divide the lead while
J the CAPITALISTS in safe place divide the
gold. Theinterests ofthe workingmen In
} all countries are the same. Workingmen
of all colors, of all races, of all countries
should unite in one common cause, for
one purpose, under one flag, OF one color,
: (the red flag. denoting what Paul pro-
claimed on Mars Hill, that God made of
I one blood all nations) to Danish all
forms of TYRANNY and oppression forevar