The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-05-12

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private wealth.
The laboring classes will become increas-
fngly dependent upon those who direct
their labor in channels in which it will con-
fer the greatest value on society, and in
which it will thereby earn or win the high
est compensation and the largest liberty Of
individual action for themselves. The lib
erty of the laboring classes grows with the
efficiency of the organization OF labor,
which holds or steers or directs their labor
I'm those channels wherein it will be most
useful to society by being most largely sup
plemented and REINFORCED by machinery,
which economic utility to society is always
I'm fact measured by the wage or profit or
reward it receives.
Hence, labor becomes free in the degree
that it is bound to serve the needs of other
labor, whose efficient demand is measured
by its own capacity to produce what others
will consume and consume what others pro-
duce. Present facts supply us with the
means of determining that our soils and
methods of agriculture will be more pro-
ductive per capita as our population in
creases, until it shall have reached at least
thirtyfold its present number. In 1902 it
will not have passed tenfold.
Society will be seen to be governed more
by economic laws and less by judge-made
and legislative law.
Medicine will be perceived to be efficient
in the degree in which 1t has been admins
tered to the patients ancestors, neighbors,
family and friends. That which has to be
administered to himself, it will be perceived,
is too feeble to reach the disease.
All theology will be conceded to be my
thology Whatever respect is now accorded
to the former pagan religions of Greece,
Rome, Egypt, Persia and India will be ac-
corded to Christianity, together with the
higher merit of having absorbed and util-
lied all the others. But the world in
getting away from idolatry will not be-
come materialistic. 1t will recognize the
wondrous mysteries which underlie all the
supposed simplicities of the material uni
verse and will all the more profoundly per-
ceive that it would be impossible for any
heather artificer to frame an idol of stone
or brass without successfully imprisoning
the Godhead in the image.
The principal change which will occur in
American literature will be that there will
be an American literature. There will
even be American art, American novels in
addition to those Of Harriet Beecher Stowe
and Bret Harte, an American drama above
"The Danites' or "Blue Jeans" and Amer
lean music in addition to our plantation
minstrelsy.
Educational methods will be so modified
as to reveal high and fine art in broiling
chicken, but will dismiss the senseless
and soulless clatter of the piano to the
limbo of the obsolete In dress men will
again wear colors, and dress the legs in
tights just as soon as they again have the
legs to dress.
Trousers will be releG!:Cl to bookkeep-
ers, BARRIERS, pastry bal .erS and cripples.
In the degree that women own the property
they will dress plainly. The era of color in
dress among women for three centuries past
has been due to the fact that men held the
purse, and the dress of women certified
male generosity. AS women come to hold
the purse and the estates, they will dress
themselves more plainly. Men will then put
on color and wear tights to please women.
Still women will never largely control
the coercive or military functions of gov
eminent. But as these functions subside
in prominence and the attractive functions
grow toward their maximum e., rs gov
ernments seek coercion less, and education,
art and dignity more, women will come to
do more reigning. Cities will become
great only as workshops. The poor as well
as the rich of cities will have country resi-.
kdences, since the transportation to and frc
will be so minimized that to reside in the
city will be needless.
Every home will be clubhouse and the
words boarding house, will follow the
| word tavern" into oblivion. The chief dis
coveries will consist in producing fire out Of
water, silver out of clay, strong and perma
| nent buildings out of paper, a locomotive
| force out of gravity, diamonds out of char
coal, and in making it always possible be
cause profitable for every intelligent person
to travel. For servants you will simply
touch the button, and they will be turned
on or off at pleasure, like water or gas by
| the general Office. The mere fact that one
| is servant" will give less indication thar
| now that he Is poor. He may be rich, YET
serve.
The race will be handsomer, healthier
| and happier, and its longevity will SO in
crease that lives Of 120 years will be as fire
quent as now are those of ninety.
Our greatest city will be near the Rocky
| mountains-probably Denver or Salt Lake
City.
The most honored American now living
will probably be Robert G. Ingersoll, a:
deep odium while one lives is the surest
test of man being far enough in advance
of his time to be hated by his contemporaries
and therefore revered by posterity.
Generally it is essential to the hroadest
and most popular worship that ones infu
ence shall have been put forth to mold ant
modify religion rather than philosophy
science, art or government. Ingersoll il
this regard stands with Luther, Calvin
Mohammed, Jesus, Buddha and Confuciu!
an infdel to the ancient faith and mold
er Of the coming faith
Seldom can the laurels be torn from tn,
brow of man who successfully defends
the character of God against the blasphe
nous aspersions Of the majority of hi
worshipers.
If Ingersoll shall be most honored by tn,
multitude in 1893 1t will not prevent Thorn
as A Edison from being most honored b,
the scientific class.
VAN buren, DENSLOw