The sun., 1891-06-09

to exercise his choice. not only on things which
regard his present welfare. but also on
those which will be for his advantage
In time to como. Honce man not only
can possess the fruits OF the earth. but also
the earth itsolf for OF the products Of the earth
he can make provision for the future. Mans
needs do not die out but recur: satisfied to-
day. they demand new supplies tomorrow.
Nature. therefore. owes to man a storeheuse
that shall mover fail. the daily supply OF his
daily wants. And this he finds only 10 the In
exhaustiblo fertility of the earth.
Nor must We. at this stage have recourse TO
the state. Mnn 10 older than the State and he
holds the right OF providing for the life of his
body prior to the formation OF any State.
And to say that God has Rivon the earth TO the
use and enjoyment OF the universal human
race is not to deny that thers can be private
property. For God hns granted the Garth to
mankind In generals not in the sense that all
without distinction can deal with 1t as they
please. but rather that no part OF IL has been
assigned to any one In particular and that the
limits q! private possession have been left to
be lxed by mans own industry and the
laws OF Individual peoples. Moreover the
earth. though divided among private owners
ceases not thereby to minister to the needs Of
all: for there is no ono who docs not live on
what the land brings forth. Those who do not
possess the soil. contribute their labor; so that
Il may DO truly said that all human subsistence
is derived either from labor on one's ownland
or from some laborious indnatry which 10 paid
for either in the produce OF tho land i'ssf or in
that which Is exchanged for what tho land
brings forth.
Hero. again. we have another proof that pri-
vate ownership 10 according to natures law.
For that which is required for the preservation
oflif and for LIES well-beinR, is produced In
great abundance by tho earth. but not until
man has brought It into cultivation and
lavished upon It his care and skill. Now.
when man thus spends tho industry OF
his mind and the strength Of his body
in procuring the fruits OF nature, By that
act no makes his own that portion OF natures
deld which he cultivntes-that portion on
which he leaves. ~ 1t were. tho Impress OF his
own personality: and II cannot but be inst
that he should possess that portion as his own.
and should have q right to keep 1t without
molestation.
These arguments nre 50 strong and con-
vincinG that It seems surprising that GER
tain obsolete opinions should now he revived
in opposition to what Is here laid down. We
are told that II is right for private persons 70
have the use of the soil and the fruits OF their
land. but that It is unjust for any one 10 pos
sess as owncr either the land on which
he has built or tho estate which ho
has cultivated. But those who rs.
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