Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-09-11


coast will be, according to the professor,
partially submerged and damaged be-
yond estimation. The loss of life he
places at not less than a million persons.
Professor Buchanan concludes his very
interesting article by warning all who
have faith in his judgment, and especially
those who have read his works, to leave
the lowlands of the Atlantic coast south
of New England within fifteen years. He
is In the neighborhood Of so years old, and
does not expect to live to witness the
fulfllment of his prophecy. ut is with
great hesitation and reluctance" he says,
''that I have consented to present this
horrid panorama; but truth should be
our paramount aim, and II there be, as I
maintain, any science which can look
into the future its proper presentation is
by the statement Of the future, so far In
advance Of the event as to constitute a
decisive test"
DR.. Lyman Abbott Is out in The
Forum as an advocate Of an industrial
democracy" to succeed our present IN
Christian and unscientifio system. Just
what the gentleman means by his pecu-
liar industrial democracy" it is difficult
to discover from The Forum article. He
says it is not anarchism, communism,
socialism or capitalism. In fact, there
are many things which it is not. The
intelligent economist will be likely to
class it with Barnum's great WHAT'S
it." The doctor says the industrial
democrat" would adjust both control
AMI participation in the profits accord
ing to the measure Of each mans con-
tribution," AM that "he would leave
each individual to free contract In the
open market" He would leave ''the cap
tains of industry and the privates of in
dustry to compete in q free and open
market" and yet "to every man he
would give share of the control in the
worlds industries" Do these statements
need Analysing to show how radically
they conflict? don't think they do.
Dr. Abbott would not abolish the COM
petitive feature of our present system,
which he declares to be wholly bad, but
would change the character of the COM
petitors by making combinations Of
labor and capital to compete with SINH
lar combinations. In other words, profit
sharing would be brought to such pitch
that the laborers would knife their broth
ers in n rival institution, instead of leav-
ing that homicidal work to the capital
lists, as at present. Competition, co-opera-
ton, capitalism, socialism, paternalism
and anarchism are all mixed into hope
less tumble In the doctors mind. He
sees that things are all awry and the
times are GU: of joint, but he seems to
lack the courage to prod deep enough for
the cause Of the trouble. When this
courage COMES to him he will not be long
in discovering the only sure remedy.
An article in recent issue of The
New York Mail and Express painted in
glowing cOlors what it characterized as
''TOm Bar1y's Big AImy"-the United
Brotherhood of Labor. 1t was stated
that this organization now has 100000
members and that it is rapidly growing.
According to the author Of this fairy
tale there is soon to be three cornered
fight between Gompers, Powderly and
Barry. The tale was evidently written
By some one friendly to Barry, but such
Btuff Is damage to the labor movement,
whether intended or not. The writer
has been misinformed concerning the
present condition of the organizations
and also abo1t the Barry revolt.
Tom Barry has dor 9 yeoman service in
the cause of labor, nd his honesty has
never been questioned, but in his contests
Will, other leaders he has not always acted
Will, the promptness and fearlessness that
distinguished his battles with capitalism.
Notwithstanding the statements in The
Mail and Express ] want to say that
Barry did not secede from the Knights
of Labor at the Minneapolis session, and
he was in no way connected with the Or
ganization Of the provisional commit
tee in Chicago. The efforts of this
committee have been largely successful,
and they have resulted In the organiza-
ton of the United Brotherhood of La
Dor" This Is an error, as the ''provis-
ional" had nothing to do with the United
Brotherhood. Such small things do not
amount to q great deal, but it is from
errors of this kind that history is some
times written.
Editor Eugene V. Debs, of The Loco
motive Fireuen's Magazine, has evident
" abandoned all hope of ever getting
Chief Arthur, of the Engineers Brother
hood, to take the fraternal hand which has
long been extended by the other railroad
organizations. Debs should and does
know P. NJ Arthur; but he has labored
on for years trying to break through the
chiefs selfishness in the interest of JUS
tice TO the railroad employees, who
have frequently had to fight a COM
bination of magnates and locomo-
tive engineers. But the effort has
been i'll vain, and now The Firemens
Magazine says plainly what 1t thinks Of
the head Of workngmen's organization
who hobnobs and drinks wine with De-
pew and other railroad presidents, while
the fellow laborers of his constituents
are striving with the magnates for sim
pie justice. Mind your own business"
Is Arthurs motto, and the undersigned
once told Debs that the self sufficient
chief ought to be given dose of his
own medicine, but Debs was for peace
and harmony" It is probable that the
firemen have at last learned that he
who is not with them Is against them.
and there is hope that this Is my last
term in Office" will not always be a
meaningless utterance with Mr.. Arthur.
Jos. 3. BUCHANAN.
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