The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-03-20
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Moral nthioa, Philosophy and Legislation
---nome Points on 1anfi and How tho
Holdiera Were hohbed'
EDITOR News DRMOoRAT;- Please
allow me- 10 make u low cOmmfnlh on
Mr.. MOfeland'h criticism OF u previous
article OF mine,
Mr.. MoTeland'a ideas seem 10 need
strengthening out aud concentrating
He can talk 10 much OF my evolution
AIRY theory as no likes, there n no pat
ent on IL, lie says hn N unable 10 un.
derstand by what mental operation
reconcile creation by special Providence
with development by evolution
Win Mr., Murrland toll NO OF any
thug that ever came into this tarth,
that did not come by some creative act
OF special Providence, or some 0tlef
pTOorsR, aud Then completed, matufed
on brought up from ita intanllle o0ndl
tiOn, by SOME process Of evolution, ana
WY should not moral ethics IN man Du
subject 10 that natural law, He says
we have no evidence that man IL hu'
prriOr mentally Ur physically 10 the
men OF previous Civilizations, Nobody
claims they are, unless aOme Darwlnlte
But the question ID, does The average
man ntanu higher In the seale OF moral
ethica 10 day than he ana thon,. IL ht
don't, then evolution IL u fraud, that's
all.
But aa he says, how can our social
condition be improved 10 day,p Can
IL be done by legislation, or must WE
wait the slow process OF right educa'
tiOn, or evolution, lie says that
single tax legi0iatl0n will do H.,
aud that IL ia Il tOIeg0ne C0ncluaiou
that the single tax cannot be shifted
on TO labOra shoulders, Now would
like tO have Mr. Morland leave out all
other matters aud give us an entire
article showing us why the single tax
cannot be 80 shifted, IL he cannot con
vince me, may be he eau Others We afe
not all capable OF c0mprehending even
facts, aud want facts 10 prevail, even
II cannot comprehend them myself
am willing 10 take tho single tax for
what II In worth, but not for more than
l think II ia worth.
hOld that legislation never has done
anything 10 improve social conditions,
aud this Is the hitch that Mr. More
land started out on6 and Judging from
tho past, never can. While right edu'
cation has brought about all the social
reforms thai has ever benefited man.
Legislation, no matter how promising
at the start, or how good the intention
OF Legislators, has always been shifted
into the interest OF those who are able
10 control legislation. Our social con.
ditlons aie the result OF bad lava, and
wrong education. As a result OF
wrong education nearly everybody be-
lleveS that every man has u moral
right TO gather all the wealth no can, or
In other words, make all the money he
can, IN any way he eau, II II is consist
ent with the laws ana accepted customs
and usages OF what IL termed q civil
ized people.
Now the history OF the downfall Of
previous civilizations furnish US SUN
Client proof that civilized people may
deyiate from the direct line OF moral
right In their laws and accepted Gus
toms, and when they once abandon the
true line OF moral ethics, their laws
aud customs get farther aud farther
from that lint, until the whole buBi.
ness goes down with n crash.
Take as a sample our protective tar
iii; originating no doubt In desire 10
promote industry and enterprise, but
turned by those who control legislation
into most powerful robber of the ppO
pie; destroying the power that sustains
business aud enterprise, namely: the
power Of consumption, by taking from
the farmer the mechanic, the lab0rer
the artisan mud all classes, the means OF
supplying their wants. Nature has 30
arranged that mans wants will increase
IN his means increase. Unlike all
other animals, there Ia no imitto mans
wants, therefore everything that IN
croases mans capacity TO supply his
wants, increases business ana enter
prise, and wise versa Then think of a
great Democratic party talk of reform.
lug 10, Reform athlng that must be
stencil In the nostrils of civilization rs
long 10 u particle Of IL remains, Then
think OF legislation which enables one
class OF men 10 monOp0lize the earth,
and charge Others for the use or IL, or
hold II ont Of use for speculative pur.
poses, while Others are suffering for the
want oft
Then that chief Of all robbers, the
law of interest, which creates necessi.
ties that forces one class TO hand over
the proceeds Of their labor 10 another
class, from TO 10 per cent, faster than
they are able TO earn IL. Then think OF
that beautiful legislation that marches
an army OF soldiers TO the front, TO sac
uAce their lives and health to sustain n
for the benefit of the ban
ker, and pay them Off with money
worth 81 cents on the dollar, while they
create u market for the banker that
stays at home, and receives his pay in
money worth over 200 cents on the dol.
lar.
/ am not foolbardy enough to say
that right education will save what Mr.,
Moreland 10 pleased TO term civili2a.
ton, but do say II is the only availa-
BILE thing we have, and whether II saves
II or not, depends on how soon people
get to understand II, and how jealous