The record-union., 1891-08-12
Capital and Labor Again.

Perhaps 'HBrother Murphy" Il pre-
sumo we both started from the same
monkey-an Irish monkey did not COM
prehend Tryphena's lecture as so. c."
did, but that is not his fault, for, accord
ing to 80. c." the Almighty must have
made him as he is.
True, there is no antagOnism between
the Iaborer and what he produces. but
there is between the laborer and the man
who controls what he produces-Who
controls it by one of 80. C.'s'' Almighty's
edlcts-by being q sharper rogue.
Are all men governed by their necessi-
ties and desires! Suppose Il man desired
bread, and was given stone with which
he hit 20. G." on the head. what was he
governed by then? By what he got or by
what he desired?
True, the rich individually are not re-
sponsibie for the conditions OF the poor,
but this system of storing labor in man
sions and paintings is what is response
bic for the condition of the poor.
The man who can buy painting or a
mansion must get the money by unjust
eXaCtiOnS from the producer, for 80,
C.'s" Almighty has so fixed it that no
man can get enough of what he produces
to honestly accumulate one. And that is
what makes men selfish and graSping, is
this Almighty's plan of giving to the
Iuckiest and brainiest rogue the most ac-
cumulated labor, and 80. CO. does not
want to try remedy for this, because he
cannot see a perfect one. What is there
that is perfect? Even 80. C.'s' Almighty
cannot make a perfect leaf in the forest.
lie would not have men organize so that
! the weaker can have the help of the
stronger.
What grand good has this marvellous
social fabric accomplished? 1t has made
a Gtly-t Il .s9Yln
and about as bad-oyer-fed and half
idiotic milliOnaires' sons.
Coercion may not have ever made a
Christian, but coercion has made it possi-
bic for lots Of peopleto be Christians. How
long would Christianity last in some
savage and heather countries if the
natives were not cOerced? And so with
civilization, it is savage to certain ex-
tent; 1t is selfish tOne OF the chief ingred-
tents Of a savage and cares not for the
! SuiferingS Of its fellow men, and why not
! cOerce the most selfish, so that their
weaker brethern can have a better show
As for all men being endowed with
certain inalienable rights what liberty
has man that he does not make him
self-in fact, this glorious country of
| Gus was made not given. \ man does
not come on this earth with liberty; he is
! subjected to others until he can make his
/ own freedom, and then does he get free
/ uOII manner lie gets anOJ0er master
/ known as necessities, and in our present
! state of civilization that master is worse
| than the first, for ii he is poor it is never
/ satisfied, and if he is rich he is too well
| satisfied.
! 80. C's' manner of criticising the sup
! posed mistake in taxing tobacco instead
| OF clothing would make one think this
Government was separate thing from
| the people, and that those clothes worn
1 by the soldiers were furnished by an in
dlvidual and not the people. Suppose
! the tax had been put on clothing instead
of tobacco and whisky, does not that
| soldiers wages go homo to the non-com-
| batant who pays the taxes to buy those
! clothes; but as this is somewhat off the
! subject l will say no more.
90. c." thinks it tyranny to force a
man in the ranks-rather hard way to
| speak of an Almighty. 80. c." thinks it
would be wrong for any man or men to
stop his selfish practice of working
eighteen hours per day and thereby Civ
| ing him twice the amount and his neigh
Dor nothing. 1t looks like he wants to do
what he thinks Murphy does-kill off
! half the population so he can have
enough.
As for men working by the hour and
working as long as they please, that
would be like drawing loaded wagon
and letting each horse rest when he
wished. Ii 30. c." was going some place
! in that wagon he would thank the AL
mighty when they all pulled together
| ana stopped together. MURPHY.