The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-06

cuses, horse races and prize fights all
would be conducted by the people and for
the people. Should the people SO demand
il $4,000 beauties" and worlds cham
pons," circus riders and crack sprinters,
barkeepers and horse jockeys all should be
trained in the proper schools OF learning
and drafted into the Heterogeneous army OF
industrial soldiers. there to earn their liv-
ing by catering TO the fancy OF those people
who desire their peculiar performances
and adaptablities.
The legislative functions governing this
romantic social system should be vested in
officials chosen in very much the same
fashion rs those Of the present day, There
should be House OF Representatives, q
Senate, President and q Cabinet. Rota-
ton in Office should be n constitutional
enactment There being neither parties
nor factions, the rush for the spells OF Of
flee would be unnecessary. Oilice.seekers
would not be confronted by the allurlng
prospect of patronage 10 be dispensed, be-
cause of patronage there would be none.
Every government official should be paid
no more no less than any other laborer IN
the army Statesmen should be chosen
DtElllSH o. ltltlI tl1ttlul uUllllHNt bAlh biA'i
leaving Office they should return TO the
ranks. Civil service boards would be un.
necessary, ncpotlsm in tho Presidential
chair impossible, "bocks OF five" uncalled
Tor, "Mait' Quays aud Barney Biglns
buried out Of sight with the Mugwumps.
Poster fat circulars would be relies OF
barharism, while the plulocrat and his cor
ruplion funds would DO anachronsms the
people wouldn't understand.
So much for the theory briefly outlined.
But is it practicable?
The Naiionalsts claim that the evolu-
ton OF all modern industrial enterprise Is
| in the direction of consolidation under one
head Of the same interests operating on
| the same lines OF achievement. Trusts,
monopolios and syndicates are the result,
with the consequent minimizing OF the
energy put forth and the simpliiication OF
| the methods used. The modern trust,
| they aver, Is but u regiment Of industrial
soldiers directed by a single capitalistic
head While il is born OF competition, 1t
destroys that which gave II birth, and
opens up field for more extended. more
profitable and much less wastelu effort.
| II makes rich those who control II, and
makes poor those who are It's subjects.
The evolution Of the Trust rs destroyer
OF competition, the Nationalist claim, il
only another proof OF the tendency Of the
times towards Socialism, or n Govern
mental Trust The moro trusts the nearer
the dawn OF tho Sociaistic era, they say,
Why not combine, say the Nationalist
! all industry into government monopoly,
OF which all the people are the owners and
/ ~ the same time the sharersI Why moi
! save all the wasted effort now drawn from
| the dccrepit industrial body under indi
/ yidunlism aud unrestricted competition
aud concentrate IL upon nationalized in.
iustry with the people as the monopolist'
aud all possible competition stamped OUT
| lot the safe govern industry aud insist
| only that each man shall give the STATE
service In return for life and protection
suggest these nineteenth century philoso'
| pliers, aud tho most simple, happy and
| successful form OF government will be at
tanned, poverty will DO annihilaicd. mis-
cry blOlicd out, suicides unhcnrl of, insln
~ largely diminished, dishonesty discOur
/ aged, the prisons ompiied q loflier moral
sentiment built mp and the whole nation
/ lifted 10 a higher aud more exalted plane
| with undrcamcd Ut possibilities for peace,
happiness and brotherly love insured.
u
II men, say the opponents Of III,
scheme, were not selfish, II they were moi
jealous, II they were not enyious; II they
dill not love power II they dcspsed monol
instead Of worhiping il, then the nation
alisiic state might be possible
But the Nntionalisls deny that mankind
Il inherently selfish, or enyious. or ava
| riclous. Tho idea OF mans original sin
| they oxclaim, vs. IN cxploloT idea. Sci
iishncss, avnrice and kindvdc evils are onl
the natural outgrowth oi the present sys
tenn Of competition, aud aro many time
intensified by the doubtful prospects OF
change for the better.
Tho Nationalist already have brnnche
in upward Of twenty cities and towns I
the country, several being on the Pacid
slope. Their magazine, published for th
first time last month, made u decided hiI
while the local club Is rapidly filling u
with new members Of the thinking SCR
llui ~ ior turning the world upside dow
aud transplanting Il with tho seeds OF nj
uonalism, pure aud simple. that u q COT
summation scarcely to be realized.