Workmen's advocate., 1888-02-25

What lies it the root of the other tenth he does not distinctly say, un- less 1t is in his reference to tramp ing when he says:
 "The migratory habits of a large mum Der of modern workmen have doubtless something to do with this spirit of rest lessnesS.
 The capitalist is evidently a rich humorist, and his delicate insinua- tion that tramping produces restless ness is novel to say the least.
 In another paper, written by a lawyer and lecturer on patent law Ill Yale College, We find the following good -natured joke on the Socialists:
 "A Socialist broadly deiined) is one who, working through peaceful methods to attain his ends, would have the State own all property. direct the labor of all persons and give to each person JHA eaough jor his needs and no more.
 The italics are ours. Fortunately the Commissioner report contains also the Socialist Platform, winch may be instructive reading to the Yale lecturer. He says, also, that Socialists constitute a very small percentage of the whole population, and that their numbers will not in- crease if due precautions are taken to prevent it." This contributor IS evidently a jolly fellow, even if not well informed.
 Another contributor, Henry C. Baldwin, is also a lawyer, and the Commissioner in in calling him a Socialist, seems to have a good opln- ion of him. Mir. Baldwin certainly handles the subject of labor's dlscon- tent in a much more philosophical manner than the first mentioned contributors in his criticism Of the present Industrial system, at least. He Is q veteran "greenback- cr," however, and shows his appre- citation of the important role money plays under the present system, when he says:
 "There are not two billion dollars all told of lawful money in this country and yet somehow labor is mortgaged to Shy lock to the amount of twenty billion dol lars more than that sum. Here is the great cause, here the fountain of labor S robbery and the source of discontent.'
 Lawyer Baldwin and the capitalist differ somewhat as to the causes of the misery among workingmen. Nine e-tenths rum and one-tenth mi grafton Is mixture that would eyl- dently cause much misery. But how can the laborer buy rum when he IS mortgaged to the amount of twenty billion dollars more than all the money in actual circulation, especial ly when the money i'll circulation IS not all circulating in the hands of the laborer?
 Another contributor is Herbert C. Baker. mechanical engineer, and late labor candidate for Governor of Connecticut, on a K. of l.. platform. The Commissioner says he is Presl- dent of the Connecticut Land and Labor League, new organization, probably. He gives a number of causes of lahor's dscontent, and among them one that If alone men toned would include all others, namely, the wage system. His first mentioned remedy, Is Ca law by the State shifting taxation from all other forms of property to that of land values alone. Unfortunately he is as careful as McGlynns friend George not to explain how this piece of states manship can be accomplished. And unfortunately, too, for the success of this scheme Is the fact that labor creates all values. and that 1t Is sim ply an indirect tax on labor and la Ln.. n,nla h uttnn,nt tn fax tLn lnnl