The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-01-01

cannot fail 10 provoke the ht.
'sntfon of EhN thnuEhtful- Tho con-
Iaat Of labor HoeG Oh, and d bound to
70 on for years to come. with result "
Wh0Gs increasingly rapid changes u 10
to foreteli. The present Is
styled the age Of Invention. and II 10
onty necessary to recall the many
things IL has turned out
FOR tho sAvinG Of time and labor IN
order 10 realize how distinctly II will
stand forth AZ such on the PAGES OF
history. Tho yearly advance mede in
machinery almost passoe
ordinary oinprehcnsion. This SLIM
ply signifies that the efficiency Of ID.
Dor Ii imineneely Increased. and that
means the productive power OF the
and the world. Therefore, II
would seefn to be- logical that the pow
crty Of The productive classas should
disappear IN ut least an equal ratio.
A Glenriv-iniormed writer on this
problem. In recent number
OF d paper on political economy, makes
this impressive observation that
wealth IL At the present time being
produced 10 such quantities, that u
The productive capacity 81 labor y
this country were put 70 It's utmost
NuQ tti1 tp5Htb A0ppkts at1e& 49, roe
every living soul between ths canadi
an ana Mexican borders, aud between
the Atlantic and.Paciiic occana. woule
he pientifniiy supplied with all TIL
good things OF life. He expresses tn
firm BELIEF that 1t Is possible to dc
% way wholly with poverty In hi
view poverty increases In this coun
try faster than II does 10 the countrle
of Europe. We have new country
hut sparsely populated. with million
lof acres OF virgin soil and an lnealcu
liable amount OF natural wealth. ant
10 free political system. yet the sam
conditions exist mere, In respect q
the working-cIasses. that prevail II
the old Countries OF Europe. wiier
the population 10 dense. and the pc
liiticaI systems are monarchtai. Ihsfl
remains stationary In q eonse
here II is on the Increase, CONSTANT.
adding to itself. There ought to DO |
cause that is at least explalnahie.
The stern gnd ineontroYertible fac
'stares us in the face. that while th'
production Of wealth is growing
greater every year, the sum total Of
poverty keeps pace with II. A hun
idred wretched homes exist for every
costly mansion. For every million
which q vastly rich man adds 70 hi
possessions there arc thousands Q
workingmen who are toihng With o.
their might ard main to eafn tho scan
tiest OF livings We may theorize d
much es we Ike. Gays the writer. w
|mky. boast Of our free institutions
our liberaiity and equality. Dut %
long as all this poverty confronts Us
we are living only national lie. Iht
wrong thing about 1t all liz. that whit
this wealth increases yearly Ia al
enormous volume. itf0ws In but one
direction, and that away from thu
lmen and women BY whose labor 1t ii
lproduced. The few are growing
richer, while the many are growing
poorer, and tho number Of tho poor II
avery day. This is facl
which cannot be successfully denied
The frat question respecting 1t Il
whether it Is just and the SECOND ous
Iis what do wa propose to do In The
premises, II indeed we propose 10 d.
anything.
No more unjust. tyrannically unjust
'proceedlnR could be had than Is to b.
Iseen In the deliberate combination o.
"a certain clsiss of men to buy up foot
stock FOR the purpose OF forcing /
corner" on them, by which Is mean
making consumers pay any price,
which their greed may choose to All,
to such commodities. They are the
ones who presume to tell the mass ol
The people how much or how little Of
the necessaries OF life their hard earnea
wages shall buy for themselves and
their families. how much coal, how
much Hour. how much meat milk
butter aud other needed commodities
shall suffice for their consumption. Tc
thus speculate IN the necessarlee Of
HE is downrlght roobery no mattel
how legitimate u may pc deemed II
the circles OF the market. Has honee'
labor no right to raise it's energetic
pi otest against such wrong and rob
beLyY
II the stock exchanges OF the coun-
Try exist but for rnch purpose. they
were better ahoiisheu altogether. Ihis
In the products OF labor 10
une OF the stupendous vices OF the
age. National wealth. can never nave
lts true meaning wnen mus employed
The multiplication OF prisons. aims
houses and insane asylnms, Ii the
worst and strongest comment TINT
can be made on such mad chase Tor
wealth; our population bids fair to be
divided between criminals. madmen
and paupers. According to Inc sta
tistics there are more insane persons
IN this country thnn IN any other on
the face OF the earth. Inc Lending
cause 10 believed to be this mad chase
after wealth: mon are in such haste to
grow rich that they are willing To risk
and aa often TO wreck everything.
Both mentally and physically they
break down under the fearful strain.
A great city has been compared to .
don OF wild beasts. all OF whom art
preylng upon one another, once In &c
oftent the crash comes, and then power
ty and wealth suffer alike, the limo
cant with the guilty. Here. then, II
a problem that is pressing harder ant
harder Tor final solntion- Who 10 20
ing to be equal to the occasionf AM
1T has got to be met, or tile nntioi
must pay the heavy cost of Geferr.ni
lit to another day.
When tho people. too, are professod
ly their own rulers, there is nothing
but themselves in the way OF solving
such promlem.
When the monopolists sec and rea
lize what 10 doing, stral ghtaway the,
fall into a rage. which is strongl,
itinctured with fear, and complain q
liz their own rights had heep invaded
They are solieitious only for thel
own position, lest they should be dla
lturbed In II. They throw out that nj
things are In danger OF destruction
that society Is about to DO disrupted
THAT the bottom ia coming In the tor