, 1891-03-22
PRICE 5 GENTS

80 $500 ~ ~AAA ~ HA@AA hNe
pie. No nation ever maintained its lib
critics and independence whose wOrkmen
were practically seris and whose subsist-
ence was in the absolute control Of 4 pow
Grtul lew. III man who is compelled to
toll continually tor the necessities OF life
has no time to devote to the improvement
Of hts mind or to seek opportunities TOR
the Improvement of his condition. His
faculties become bIuuted and his hopes
destroyed. He become a machine and a
very ordinary one. What Is despair in
him is ignorance and brutality in his
children. Accustomed to obey orders
they are easily induced to vote fer the in
struments OF their employers, and thus
perpetuate and strengthen that system
which Is the handspring Of their own
mistOrtunes.
Tens of thousands of lives aud hundreds
Of millions. Of dollars we're sacrificed to
overthrow a system Of physical slavery,
because it was sapping the moral life Of
the nation. 1t has been succeeded by 4
system OF Industrial slavery, more extern
tive and IN some respects more degrading.
1t creates gigantic fortunes and IN
bounded wealth for the few, and squalid
poverty and destItution for the many. 1t
is an memorable law of nature that the
Two must 90 hand IN hand. Poverty is a
prolific source OF crime which multiplies
in character aud number as Il Increases.
Want linked to 4 sense Of injustice stiles
conscience, sud undeserved hunger sur
renders IN the presence Of temptation.
Starvation IN the midst of plenty and
freezing blood surrounded BY an ahund-
ance OF fuel are unnatural. They cry to
heaven Tor redress and meeting none.
turn in desperation against the laws OF
man.
The drastic competition IN manual pur-
suits and consequent decrease in compen-
]sation, naturally ~discourages wedlock.
Marriages become more infrequent.
Those which are solemnized are often re-
garded as burdens to be cast off as soon as
possible, Some children are abandoned,
Others left to grow up like weeds sur
rounded by poisons and %noxious inhu-
ences, others made to work from a tender
age. Young girls are naturally drawn
into the p]urlieus of our cities. boys as
naturally yield to the suggestions of vice
and crime. The close and filthy howell
called a home is too horrible to endure
longer than possible, and the saloon with
It's gilded Earniture of temptation is close
at hand, The criminal, the ignorant and
the besottei ranks are constantly recruited
from all these sources, and old women Of
both sexes chatter about the spread OF in
fidelity, the awful condition OF morals in
our public schools, the need of more
Bibles, provided they be of an approved
translation, and continue to take up col
l~ectlOns tor the conversion of the be-
nighted heather in Borioboola Cha.
With a large class of people these con-
ditions naturally breed murmuriugs and
discomfort. They feel that the laws are
discriminating and unequal 10 their bene-
fits aud burdens. They see that the
of the United States, before
whom all men are equal, encourages and
fosters these conditions by a system of
revenue statutes Tor their protection.
They observe the laws delays and the
pOwerlessness of individual conflicts with
huge organizations. They witness the
ease with which legislative assemblies are
manipulated and the obsequiousness OF
those whose prosperity depends upon the
grace of presidents and managers. They
see the man who steals a crust sent to
prison and the one who steals a million
sent to the senate. They reflect that the
man who wrecks q train is hung as he
should be. while the man who wrecks a
railway is permitted to take it as his re-
ward.
They hear with composurc the sentence
Of the artisans who sought to force rival
wurkmen into their organization by des-
their products, but they cannot
how the Standard Oil com
pauy burns the refinery OF a competitor
with impunitv. They spurn the poor
devil who is kicked into the street for
accepting a bride, but they wonder why
the man who gave it is allowed to empty
his Stops upon him from the window.
They lOin IN Furnishing a man who violates
a law, and they clamOr because that cor
porations escape which co0lly break half
a dozen constitutional provisos. They
behold the process by which hundreds OF
thousands Of acres of forfeited land grants
are patented to railway companies not
outstanding their uncOncealed disregard
OF the conditions attached to their
acquisition, and contrast this with the
punishment of some unfortunate who has
violated the pre-emptiOn law in the dottiug
OF IN Il or the crossing ola It" They
know the government is powerless to EN-
force Its claims against the Pacific COM
panies, but are familiar with the number
less actions brought in its behalf upon
individual obligations.
From these and kindred conditions
springs the CONVICTION that organized So
ciety exists tor the benefit of the strong
and the oppression Of the weak. They
Justly conclude that we have dritted away
from the ancient landmarks and are pass
ing from a Democracy to a PlutOCracY.
They preach the doctrine of the rights of
man, and despair Of remedy save by
violence and turbulence. Love OF country
is supplanted by hatred of class, and
socialism finds converts by the score.
The man who can secure the greatest
consideration from the powers that be, is
inevitably the most prosperous in his
affairs. Special privileges are more
precious than pearls and jasper. They
discount energy and sobriety, are superior
to popular favor or the highest order Of
talent. ''Seest thou a man dIligent 10 his
business, he shall stand before. kings is 4
proverb which has become obsolete.
The decline of public morality therefore
finds its causes chiefly in the commercial
aud industrial status of the nation.
Change that aud return to the old