The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-06-14
\ 1ApoR1Na MAN,s VIEWS
the Final End of the Great Labor
Problem,

OF the Final End of the Great Labor
Problem.
For over thirty years my efforts and
study have been to ameleorate the con
dition and advance the interest OF labor.
NV first efforts was as an Abolitionist,
and after securing the freedom OF 4,
100000 black slaves, we have still LETT
in a worse state Of slavery over 4O,OOO,-
600 of both white and black. Then tor
over twenty years 1 voted with the ke-
publican party on the ground OF pro
lection alone, in order to protect
American labor. Were it not for the
fact that thousands of more Intelligent
men are are still doing the same thing,
7 would be ashamed to acknowledge II
today. have taken an active part IN
the Carpenters Union since it has cen
organized, and have been a member OF
the Trades Assembly since it was first
started. Am associated with the
Knights of Labor. And SO long
as our social system contin-
ues to make labor organizations
A necessity, 1 shall c%ontinne to lend my
aid to such organizations.
But the more l study the labor PROB
lam the moreI am convinced That we
nave been working at the wrong end
of the string. We have been lighting
the effects at one end that are produc-
ed by a cause at the other end, and have
Deen entirely ignoring the cause. The
The cause is the monopollZlng
OF private ownership by corporations
or individuals, of the natural gifts, IN
tended by nature for all classes. The
cry will 90 up, that is Henry George
and we don't want any Henry George
theories. Now l have a few PROPOSE
lions to make, from which | draw my
conclusions, and if my proposltions
will not sustain my conclusions, then
NV first proposition is that nature
has given life to man, and with life, mas
giyen to nan that on which life de-
ponds. . 4bot
the agency that excludes any man Oh
any class Of men, from the free use u
these natural gifts, is the agency Una
| forces them into poverty ana slavery;
and causes the effects We are ngntlng
| against by labor organizations n Ousl-
ness combinations And ny concur
| sions are that the Government by CIV
ing to one class of men the exclusive
| right to these natural opportunities Tor
a compensation, is the agency that AZ
Excluding untold millions from Their
natural inheritance and the natural
opportunities which nature turnlsneu
them to supply their wants.
The course for laborers and all lovers
of truth and Justice is simple and clear
Have the Government recognize the
fact that each individual is a full part
ner in all the natural gifts furnished to
the whole people by the Creator: Insist
that the Government adopt such meas,
ures as will secure to each individual
his full share of the increase In the
values of the senatural gifts, produced
by the social growth of the community
This is the end of the labor problem
and any compromise or political issue
that would temporarily satisfy labor
would only be an extension of industri
al slavery. spencer says: Glyen' .
race of beings having like claims &c
pursue the objects OF hell deslresi !
world adapted to the qualification o.
those desires-a world into which sucf
beings are similarly born, and 1t una
voidably follows that they have equa
rights to the use of this world.
The assumption that land may b.
held as property involves the PROPOSE
ton that the whole globe may become
the private domain of a part of its in
habitants. Therefore it is NANTES
that an exclusive possession OF the sol
necessitates an infringement OF the Law
Of equal freedom. For men who cal
not live and move and have their belnt
without the leave of others can not b'
:. equally free with those others,