New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-17


he had published a large number of statements
! for the purpose Of misleading people. and that
he must himself know that his statements
wickedly false. Why should he set himself up
as n Judge of all the best people living in the
world? Why does he come to the conclusion
that a workingman cannot get an honest v
ing? Is he dishonest himself. and on that
| account thinks everybody else must be dis
honest? I hope not Then why does he make
this wholesale charge against the entire peo-
pie of this Nation? No No. There Is a large
amount of good in the world. If 1t has
escaped the notice of viliiers Of the human
| race.
| What he means by the Coming Cooperative
| Commonwealth" Is difficult for me to under
stand. II he means anything he must
| that individuals will cease 10 receive the bene-
fits Of their work. He means that there
| shall be state nation made UP of people
who nothing and who do nothing for
themselves and that the indolent and proligate
are to have just the same chance IN life the
! people who are ready and willing 10 work and
who are careful and save something from their
| earnings. His whole theory is the rankest kind
of Socialism. though he does not seem TO have
| the courage TO call II by its right name. and
| In the end his whole system must end in
| chy. ] have little patience to argue with any
| man who can discover no good in law and
order. and who cannot see either that the en-
tire absence Of law would lead to inevitable
| chaos that chaos would be degrading, bru
| tai and wicked.
The paragraph which called out this letter
was published by at the close of article
headed "Arbitration." In his letter he inclosed
a clipping from my article. which is as fol-
| lows:
| Gould acb all fbp n
| United States with my voice to-day. instead ~ adj
| dressing them In the language of Mr.. Debs and
| other agitators, / would say: Gentlemen II YOU
| want TO be successful, you should And employment
| with an honorable. successful man. firm corpora
| ton You should obtain favorable contract or
| hir, as YOU can and then you should be- much
| more DESTROYS 10 be worth more to your employer
| than the wages you TO receive than you
| should be anxious TO obtain the last cent YOU earn
| You should give your employers such diligence
willingness of hand and fidelity that at the end or
| your first engagement Increased wages would be
| voluntarily offered you. You should recognize the
| fact that employer afford to lose a willing.
competent steady and industrious man
Continued employment. increased wages happ-
| ness. contentment and prosperity come to working
| men who are willing and anxious TO give 10 their
| employers the best service there is in them on
| the banner OF Mr. Debs should be printed the
| words conspiracy. Organized Idleness Bulldozng,
| Boycotting. Dissatisfaction. Discomfort Poverty"
| on the banner around which ! would recommend
| the honest sons OF toll TO gather would lie printed
| words like the following: Industry. Temperance.
| Economy. Fidelity, Contentment. Steady Employ
| ment Courage Prosperity. Self-Respect and Happi-
| ness"
| Mr. Ramage seems TO think that the doctrine
| taught by me in the paragraphs above would
| lead 10 the degeneracy Of labor and reduce the
| workingman 10 a point OF wages which would
give him bare subsistence only one point above
starvation. Did he read carefully the advice !
gave the workingmen, and does he think that II
they will follow that advice 1t Will lead them 10
starvation? | desire to call his attention again
TO the closing sentence in my former article.
repeat 1t:
on the banner around which I would recommend
the honest sons Of toll TO gather would be printed
words Ike the following: Industry. Temperance
| Economy Fidelity, Contentment. Steady Employ
ment Courage. Prosperity. Self-kespect ana Happi-
ness"
Would he intimate that industry naturally
leads 10 starvation? Does he claim that tenn
| perance Is a badge Of degradation? Does ne
think economy reduces people TO want? DOCS
he believe that fidelity is a bad element OF
| the human character? Would he teach the peo-
| pie OF this country that contentment should not
| be cultivated much as possible? Does ne
think that steady employment is a curse
| Would he have the people towards instead OF
| having them possess courage; bocS ~ VI"
,ect TO individuals becoming prosperous?
| Would he not have every human being nllei
with self-respect? Does he not believe In hap
piness? Does he not know that the condition
| az the toiling millions has been vastly and con
stantlv improved for the last 1000 years ana
| that their condition In the United states mas
reached the highest point Of comfort ever known
on the face Of the earth?
| MY correspondent seems worried because ne
| thinks | am putting my head against stone
wall" II am doing so. one would suppose
| that ny attention would be called to the fac'
as soon as It could be seen by an outsider |
| assure this writer that have no sensations OF
,ba hind which one would feel on attempting
TO demosh a stone wall by hitting IL WIN one
haod Is II not possible that this writer HIM
| self when he undertakes to overthrow all the
results of civilization which have been oe-
| ,.e,onad through 80 many ages may be really
| ATTACHING a wall as solid though 1t were
! made Of stone and that his own head may pe
| in danger Of being bruised? Civillzauoh - '"'
| outrrowth OF long years of nara toiI anu CAR
ful study OF the human race. It's results can
not be demolished IT a day by any "a'e,
Drained schemer. According TO my pehei anu
| Judgment the development or ihdl'luuai '""
| actor and the guarding Of individual rights are
| prest objects OF civilization for so'"e i'"
| son the Creator planted In the huni"" "ie"''
s,ropg element Of self-preservation and a
| 49,. s,,,o,,on ~ work for individual sue
cess No community was ever yet a SUCCESS
r,h.ra evorv one pretended to be WORKING ior
a,,arv one else. and claimed TO be ehtreIy
noalectfuI OF himself. The good OF the who'e
must never be lost sight Of but the good Oh
| tho whole can never be reacheu e"cep' '' VI"
.oo,ns, care and labor for the development
~ the individual. Communities are compose
- individuals and as the individuals are ue'
,.a,oned SO will the entire community De III.
,roved. Ignorant and vicious inoi'iu""'' "
what make q bad commoh"ea''" ,.,,, {,
| "A'' -, % .ro,arty ny an Individual is