Workmen's advocate., 1890-06-21
BOSTON NATI0NAL|STS,
IA GREAT REVOLT OF INTEL
 LECT AGAINST CAPITALISM.

The Boston Herald" Acknowledges
 the Magnitude of the Movement
 and the Enormous Amount Of
 Brain Power Enlisted in its Sup
 port. A few weeks ago we reprinted from the Ro.fou HsraH remarkable article on the Boston Soaal,ta. Inus issue of last sunday the same paper had an illus trated article of Il columns on the Ma, tionaltts of that city. The portraits of twenty one leaders of the movement-l1 men and womeu-Hdoru the text w" represent today the introduction to this article and shalt later publish further extracts, chiefly sketches of the well known persons therein described, some of whom figure among the foremost thinkers, orators, authors, journalists, historians and scientists of America,
 "What is going to come out of lE' IS the uuestion heard on every side. Prob" ably no other social, economic and poll tical agitation has aroused so much dis- cussion. or attracted so much attention in so short Il time as the hatlonalistic movement It is one of the most striking signs of the prevailing unrest in the civilized world, of the widespread feel ing that vast improvement ln the pre- sent conditions of the mass of mankind is practicable, and that the means for making this improvement are within reach Eminent political economists and philosophers on both sides of the Atlantic have taken up the discussion of these newly advanced ideas with an alacrity that indicates the weight they attach to the subject. Some of the more or less orthodox among them have evinced a denuncatory fervor that ap- pears somewhat surprising in view of the reputation for coolheaded and judi ciaI consideration which they have enjoyed. It would seem much as though they felt that no time should be lost in stamping out ideas SD hcretical, and that the prompt expression of their ex cathedra opinions would at once check the rapid spread now threatened. On the other hand, men Of the newer school of politico-economic thought, represented in this country by such authorities as Prof. Richard T. Ely, Prof James of Philaphia, Dr. Albert Shaw and the talented group of clear headed young investigators gathered at, or sent out from the Johns"Hopkins University at Baltimore, though not yet accepting the nationalistic ideas in their entirety. nevertheless welcome them as bringing strong re-enforcements to bear in favor of the propagation of their own views on some of the great problems of the day, such, for instance, as the pub lie control and administration of what they style natural monopolies.
 'Just as we are lamenting the deterl- oration of political parties in this coun. try, and earnest patriots are wishing for the growth of some great and dstlnc- tive issue that shall arouse definite discussion and stir the souls of the peo- pie, counteracting the demorallzlng in, fluence of present political methods based upon selfish contentious for per sonal and selfish advantages the Nation alists come forward with definite, clear cut propositions for dealing with some ot the most vital problems ot the age These problems have become so pres sing as in measure already to compel recognition among the existing parties, which recognition, however, has not ad- vanced beyond the advocacy of expcdi- ents. either oppressive or palliative The disposition thus manifest Is to regard the causes of the evils that have arisen as something that can be cradcated by legislation of the kind such as Is aimed against the formation and existence of trusts. But the NationaIists say that it is folly to attempt to deal with a dis ease Uy endeavoring to heal its super hcial effects, and, as evidence of the futility of such course, they point to history, with it's record of the contin- uous failure of the most stringent re- pressive legislation designed to prevent the growth of corporations, The trusts, they say, are simply natural develop ment of the tendency toward association of interests, which was at first manifest in the formation of corporations.