Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-03-04
EDWARD BELLAMY AND HIS
THEORY.

EDWARD BELLAMY IS man Of b9sins,
genius. and remarkable insight. That is
conceded even By those who do not believe
10 his remarkable theories % 70 how the
evils Of Che present are 20 be corrected.
That sll The evils be seeks to correct
exist there ia 10 room for doubt, for they
SIRE notorious and ois demonstrated facts
Oae hundred men own more than half
the wealth Of the United states with its
C5 600 600 population.
He ssys in "a article published Sun
day;
Ten thousand people own nearly the whole Of
New York city with its 100000 population
The entire bonded debt Ct the United states IS
held by % Geo persons only, and over Co per
cents Oft IS in the hands OF % o0) persons.
volume OF similar details might De furnished,
bs. thc situation may bee summed mp In one q
Che Characteristic phrases OF modern business.
as follows. Mainly within thirty years 10000
Americans have succeeded To freezing out
their IS O0lOoO co.psr.ners as TO more than half
tre assets Of the concern. and at the rate Of the
.H.ELI wears WAaAAA emmy tNNtH" --N'AN wan
have secured the remainder.
Tnsse are known tsc's Mr.. BRLLAMY
adds this true aad interesting ndiDplrt-
ant statement
The erea. corporations and combinations Of
.auitsl dwarf our municipalities, Overiop our
states sud are able Oh dictate 20 our National
LEGISLATURE The extent Cd wh en- intimidation
AND bribery ere employed % iuiu nee popuisr
~ frHIfu nearly
all ver-iclS CT the bale. wn the mdj lrllY d
nos fn-cc. Even iu The grand appeal 20 the Ma
tInn the money power, hy ildic.ous colcellft-
ton OF corruption funds upOa close States, l. able
fa zen AZ uaf-sht the win OF the people. The D.
t.as 10 the Presidents cfthe Republic are no long
ar clear WHIST money cannot elect az the polls
hy intimidation or py bribery 90 does net nest
cate CD attempt oy thr cor uption OF indN. "a
I..isia..rs. Ou7 municipal Council thal1oei y
are rHo often mere auction ROOM where plblc
frn cht.as are sold % tle hishcst ortber The
Ieelsfafurcs of tOre of our greatest states are
commonly said o. De ONned by some particular
ORDINATIONS The uit. % states Senate Is known
ast "-ich mems club and in The lower House
ot Congress The schemes or capital have only 20
meet tla sham opposition OF TIE demagogue
socially. the vas. disparitits cf wealth ahofd
on every side iuhumau contrasts oi cruel want
aui i1or tiuate luxury. The dazzling ilustra-
tiou- OF pOmp aud power, which are the pri1 =
o' wealth have lent to the pursuit of gain 40 All
tunes sufficiently keen, teveriSh intensity and
Go uaIa ION never seen before ln THIS or eny
other country. The moderate rewards OF pr
slelt industry seem coutelnpuoie IA u e MIDST
of "a universal speculative fever Tn all direc-
t.nus the old ways OF legitimate hnsineS and
steady application are being 0bandOuet Tor
speculative projects, gauol ng up rauons ana
AN manner OF brgand sgc u0der forms OF law.
The spectacle presented ln many instances OF
er.at riches uOtoriousl won boy corrup' methO1s,
has undermined the foundations If honesty.
Tho eni -ernic OF fraud I'd cmtezlement which
today renders wealth 50 insecure results from
rrr genera. recognition that the possession OF
properly. though 4, may have legal Title, is
very commonly without mo-al one I1is Is
fhodeplorahle explanation Of the cynical tOier-
arce OF fraud ty plbiic opinion. Property Will
not. in the long ful, De respected " Hlch Is win
out some reasonable has Too Industry or dc err,
ans 90 t. lust y believed that much OF the wealth
OF today could not stand inquiry into the means
% its getting.
Tie consequences OF the appropriation of the
Nation wealth by few, and ITS further concen-
trarOn hy means OF corporal OuS and syudlcateS
have sdc pes bic a pol cy OF monoDolizng
the cont oi aud prOus of the industries OF the
country never before even inl kgir el as among
che possible periis Of seciety. Hitherto when
oiiguchies have usurped The political control OF
uafi0cs they have Left the conduct Of tuNness
O, The vulgar. but Cur new ord e Of nobility Is
Iavi. & it's foundations deeper by ob.sinlng abso'
iH'c mastery OF the means OF support Of the peo-
The effect Of the concentration and eombius
lion of capital I'm thc conduct OF business has
been directly o. b-ing the wsgeearner more
employer. A chief iact o. combination Is
To- control prices by restricting protucuon-thai
Sf0sfy. employment While the competition
among wage. earucrs FOR work j. thus made ID ort
Icsoerste they are placed 40 thc mercy OF EN-
uloyers Dr. The fact thsi ID 30 fer as emp oven
are corsoii 'slet they no longer compete WIKI
one another.
Bnt there could be no greater mistake than t.
fancy that the manual worker is peculiarly =
victim of The present situation. The bu'iness
men. the small traitsmeu and msnuiscturer
and Che prCf ~ ouai classes are suffering quite
as much and have guile a. ul zen - uread 1oiu
monopoly as has the poorest class OF lshcrers.
As one al er another the different Departments
OF business. productive and distr outiye, pass I'M
90 the single or syndicate con roi OF ine stSa
capitalists. the sOCalied middle-class, me uus
iuass men with mo teratc capital aud plenty OF
NIT. who el % conduct che business OF tht
a. uutry are crogdcd ont Of their Occupation
aud rendered superiuous. No doubt ne SuuSii
tuition OF single for multiple control and the sup
rre. sion of middle men represents an economy
Irf the economy does not benefit the consumer
bud eoes to swell the PROFITS OF the capital IS
Meanwhile. fathers who were set up by theu
fstrers ia business mud 10 impossible 90 co the
Ike or their SOUS There is now almost no Op
n1rtuuity icft Tor starting 10 business "a noU
crate way. none indeed, un ess backed % lar.e
can tsf. What this means is. that We are rap
fflv apnrOachiug q time when there VIII ps TIC
class between the very rich, living on their cap
itai and vasi mas, ofwage anu saLary fecelN
us absolutely o. pendent upon The former clas'
a.
diate elect Of the closing up of business careers
10 Young men. the professions are beirg over
cow FED 90 the starvation point The problem
b core the youug men coming our OF school OF
r,iisqc where TO ind a pisce i'm the world. wa,
never 80 hsrd As now. f.utocraCy IS indeed
leaving but one place for young man, and
tssti, I'M the psrty OF Radical social Reform.
The agricultural iuteres OF The country ar
ns,sine under the yoke Of the money power
-,ifa al randy as the other inrms OF industry
Ire fsrmers are becoming eNpmpuaiei BY ne
ooe-ation of srmeihing Ike universal mort
500 system aud unless This tendency shel! ..
ch9ckef the next generation or farmers VIII %
d Generation OF tensnts-at-wuL The ssfatlsu
conditions OF Ireland bad fair ia no long time q
II. reprOiuced In portions OF the Wes- .
such. fellow- cluutrymen. is the eonui.on % o
oiitical corrup.iou. Of social bitterness o. mora
de.eueracv OF industrial oppression, coniuSiou
and imneniing ruin which has resulted Ion
he overthrow 90 our republican eQlahy oy l1s
money power. ~ you wou earn now .epuo
lfcs perish shut up your mustf hktorlesoi ureeoe
and Rome aud look about you.
la time the money power Is bound 10 seek pro
lection from the rising discomfort OF me masses
in a stronger form Of government, and then tne
-enub'ic long before dead will DE put out OF
ssght Then IL viii be too late 20 resist. Now II
h not 100 late. Therepuolc is being taken non