Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-08-06

perfume aud matured, and should be I'M
posed by circumstances and should pro-
gress with time, which Is the first min-
lister of the Creator, for man is the
UNCONSCIOUS INSTRUMENT OF
GOD.
Men act with I'm inextricable confusion
of ideas, passions and interests. They
impose increasingly upon each others acts
of which they can appreciate neither the
course nor the result.
Each individual Is free In the execution
of an indnitesimal detail of an immense
work; ignorant of the general plan. His
horizon is cloudy atmosphere, hiding
the skies beyond,
Rulers stand towards their people as
magistrates of heaven. How great, then,
is their responsibility. How much II be-
hooves them TO seek out the welfare of
the toiling masses who appeal to them for
! justice!
The social question should be placed on
a religious basis If we would obtain at
once philosophical solution of the diff
Guilty.
| The divine decree Is that man shall
eat bread by the sweat of bis brow, and
! Apostolic injunction declares that II
man will not work neither shall he eat.
Having then established these premises
1t becomes an absolute necessity in hui
! man society that legislation, in accord
! ance with the commands of God and re
| ligion. shrould follow and keep pace with
/ the times for the protection of those who
OBEY THE UNIVERSAL ORDER
of the Creator and Preseryer of all
| things
Atheism and departure from the
| Christian faith are the great aids and
| stimulants of anarchy and socialism. The
I Christian faith alone is the bulw0rk of
| social order Where Christian institu-
tons and customs are not maintained In
q state there must be disorder, bewilder-
ment and decay. 4g
At this moment Europe Is In the
throes of an immense upheaval of soci-
ETY., In which one violent struggle sue
| caeds another INCREASINGLY. In many
| ctses the reason Is to be found in the
| fact that legislation has not been duly
enacted; for every person should have
| his Legitimate part in the benefits of
! society, according to the order of Provi-
| dcnce. This state of unrest Is not con-
| filed to the working classes, properly
| so called 1t has taken root. and is
| bearing nefarious fruit in the more cult
waited part of society:
The masses, who do not perceive, the
niceties of light and shade, seeing those
moving in superior condition of life
adhcrents of the principles of socialism,
| allow themselves to be blindly led by
agitators who have no real interest in
the cause they 30 loudly uphold beyond
NptplD yin ~ oILl-I 1911 O-NlI.
And this is why strikes are SO unpro-
| ductive of beneficial results. Placed on
| Il basis more social than economic. being
more of struggle than pacifcation,
more of aggression than Defense the
strike loses its natural aspect aud hides
| Its essence.
A strike can be justified only as q means
| of defense whel an individuals Interest
| Is attacked. Never can 1t be Justified
as a Elective arm of aggression.
Man has natural right to live and
| to work. As means of procuring a
| living he has right to remove every OBJ
STAGE 10 his work and TO get the value
of his labor. And therefore, when his
labor is neither productive nor remnnera-
! tive, he has a right to refuse to continue
| it.
But an industrial right cannot be trans
formed into a collective right; nor can
an arm of defense be changed into an
arm of aggression to cause means of
good to degenerate into u source Of harm.
An aggressive strike Is not reciprocal
between operator and operative, but an
instrument of nttnck upon the proprietor
and property, The operative on strike Is
u passive and dominated instrument, not
an intelligent and free being. While his
action lessons the capital of the employer
it puts no money into his own pocket
The struggle against Illegal coercion IL
one of the glories of the Catholic church,
and this. as well as the welfare OF the
people, should always be uppcrmost In the
MINDS OF EVERY GOVERNMENT,
If the discontinued operative Is TO be
detached from nnar.hc socialism his
wants must be understood by his rulers,
who must not leave to INSCRIPTIONS
ngitators the monopoly of social reform
Nor should II he forgotten that many
who range themselves under the banner
of socialism repudiHie everything Illegal
in the program of anarchy. accepting only
those thilgs which regard The resolving
of the urgent difficulties Of economical
political reform demanded by the cNigcn-
cies Of society. The chan must be sep
arated from tho wheat and Just demands
must be satisfied II still more terrible
upheaval is to be avoided Nor should
this danger be considered improbable
when we see The rapid strides unArchic
socialism is making The demonstrations
which have taken place and the tunlults
and riots which have followed, are most
grave symptoms Of the situation, and call
for the serious attention of the most
astute economists aud Lawmakers, who
must acknowledge democratic socialism
to have ripened into power of which
1t is necessary to luke account, and in
the face of which 1t Is incumbent TO
a6opt wise and prudent tactics in order
to bring about spontaneously those econ
omc reforms which are favored by
euditv iustirN "icrcv md rrli''ion
NOR DAN ANYONE FAIL
10 recognize tnul grave eTToTs nave Deen
committed by those governments which
are hostile TO the church, and which
would deprive her of her powerful pres.
tge-the great buclsler and shield of
ruler and people The potency of re-
ligion and charity oppose an insurmount-
able obstacle to the dangerous move
ment which human force and human
repression can only make more grave,
The right Of protecting the operative,
whether in the factory or In the field.
should be admitted. And for this purpose
the maximum of labor, as well as the
minimum of salary, should be fixed. |
The hours of labor should be arranged.
giving due attention TO the days Of |
rest and abstention from labor.
Institutions should he founded and |
maintained for the sick, the old, the |
feeble aud for those who are unayoida- |
bly, unemployed, while punishment should |
be melted out to the drones of society.
Laws have been made almost uniyer-
sally for the protection Of women and |
children laboring In factories and else |
where. but in how many cases have |
those laws been enforced? Inspectors of |
work should be appointed everywhere,
whose duties should be to see that these
laws are not infringed