Workmen's advocate., 1890-11-29

'HI' h''N' i'i' l''iJ oA'fi lN"''N' i'' would again rest in the lap of society, and pass his declining years in ease and comfort.
 When the principle of justice prevails, the age of charitable institutions will have passed away. The duties of man to society and of society to man, are equal, so that man lahOrs for society. In sickness and old age he lives upon the bOuntIes which his benefits to society have guaranteed for his use.
 1t is well known that mortality is much greater among the poor who live in crowded tencments, subject to i'm pure air and unwhOesome food Thiniy clad and shod, they are exposed to the incIemencies of the weather, and when they become sick, are unable to obtain proper medical advice, medicines, and nouriohiug food. Besides they are ren- dered incapable of performing their daily labor, and so a complication of mnerles is heapeG upon them.
 What a change in the hygipniC Condi. tions there would be under the National plan, where none of those evils would appear. As a persons pay would con tlnue during sickness, It won be the interest of society to preserve the health and facilitate the recovery of the sick, that 1t may not be deprived of their ser vices
 It has been sometimes remarked by minimizing persons, that were all guaranteed good livelihood ther would be no incentive to man ambi- tiOn, and life would become 0bJeCtleSs, Let us inquire wherein the present instl- tutions impel ambition.
 Is it not in the acquisition of wealth and power? Does a man become wealthy by honest, single handed labor, or is it by defrauding others of the benefit of their labor? This question is easily ans wered. And what is power that man should want it? Ia it not exercise of force in some direction upon the minds of his fellow men? What natural right has he to use this force? And what right has one man to be considered superior to another, merely because he may have lived under more favorable conditions? Is it not perverted and selfish ambition to desire aggrandizement, and does it not foster the spirit of caste, which makes masters and slaves Should public applause, orations. hero worship, and wealth be the absorbing motives of life? Instead of monopolizlng the advantages of life, to elevate ourselves above our neighbors, would it not be more laud- able to wish every fellow being to be our equal?
 It is true that, were false systems swept away, the avenues in which ignobe ambitions can develop would be closed. This, however, would not prevent the activity of the human mind, but send it. into broader and more legit- innate channels from which the present system forcibly exclude it. The arts and sciences would be pursued for the love of knowledge and their uses to society. Reason cannot suggest more powerful or worthy motives. Now art is often de- based and science used for nefariOus purposes; merCenary temptations con- tinually struggling for the mastery. When society becomes homogeneous,t the good of one is the good of all, and each knows that benefits rendered to society affect his own welfare. Each working for all, all are recipients.
 With National colleges, schools, libra IltS, uuStuJIS, HOoiOSiCGl SdlhCllS, lliNh- tres, etc., the people would not be Ill in want of opportunities of instruction and amusement. Many scientific mind of the present day finds itself hampered by lack of facilities for research. Many an inventor is too poor to test the worth of his invention. Society could amend this by having spacious laboratories con taining all that IS necessary for scientific experiments, free to those who are lnte rested in the development of chemistry, with like facilities for other branches of science also workshops, tools, and ma terials free to the inventor for building and testing his models.
 Were land common property, and ne- cessary labor only nominal, leaving peo ple ample time to be devoted to embel- iishment or various kinds, they would take pleasure in beautifying their sur roundings. Landscape farming would bring into requislton all the artistic talent in the community, Armies of people would be employed in grading the land, draining swamps, planting forests, etc, so that when population sufficiently increased, the whole country would become upon grand scale as equally diversified as our present most beautiful parks. Each township would vie with it's neighbor in producing beauty and variety of scenery. We'll graded avenues, shaded by overhanging foliage would lead to stately palaces the home of the husbandman. Rich fruits by the wayside would freely offer themselves to be plucked by the passer- by.
 No landmarks or fences need deface the scenery or obstruct the free passage of agricultural engines as they move over the broad acres. The pasture lands requisite for a township could be in a body, and one dairy with cheese and butter factory supply the inhabitants. The people, educated and skilful. th hrnrnb .,1rri lnltnrnl chemistry would