The Progress., 1894-01-06

that he did not make Il greater criml-
nal while he was about IT. The other
young devils who are in the background,
waiting for an opportunity, when they
read these exploits resolve 10 outdo them
when their opportunity comes, and 1t
soon comes, and if it does not come
they Will make it come.
In former days the brutal publicity
Of punishment was a great source of
criminal cuutagion. I'm our time, the
sensational newspaper is the most com
mon medium for the transfer of this ba-
silisk of crime. An marchistic out
break in one nation is sure To produce
through this means an outbreak in an
other.
CRIMINAL INSANITY.
1t would he idle To suppose that an
arChy is itself Il separate phenomenon.
Anarchy is a criminal insanity. 1t * an
insanity which is the product of "A dis
ease. Insanity usually comes from the
same organic disturbance of the consti-
tuition of the patient. In this case, 1t
is produced by organic disturbance. If
we seek to cure anarchy hy killing all
the anarchists, we have undertaken to
euro disease by ministcring simply to
the surface. | do not believe that On
archists should be spared, nor would
any rational man advocate our sparing
/ them. They should bo removed from
society as wild beasts are removed from
/ "A crowded street. and by the same meth
ods that wild beasts are removed. Such
men have no right to exist in civilized
/ society. But if they should all be re-
moved by violence tomorrow tho next
day there would be anarchists, and the
next year there would he practically as
many to deal with as the year before.
Anarchy cannot be exterminated by cX
terminating anarchists, for the simple
reason that it does not produce itself
primarily. 1t is the result of social
disorder. 1t is the madness of despair
and crime coming from a social disor-
der which must be remedicd first.
1t is useless for men TO cry, Peace!
Peace" when there is no peace in the
social world. 1t is useless to strengthen
the police, strengthen the militia, to
strengthen our laws with extraditiOn
against crimes of violence. 1t is child S
play to merely hedge i'll the manufac-
ture of explosives, when the spread OF
knowledge in chemistry makes it posi-
BILE for any child which goes to the
public school to manufacture an an
archist's bomb.
INDUSTRY OF WAR.
What is the zeal status of our indus
trial world today? As a matter of fact,
it is arrayed into two grand hostile ar
mics. On the one hand are arrayed cap
ital and conservatism in government
and society. Capital and conservatism
are organized and powerful, and they are
not only organized, but they are mill
tant in their organization. The spirit
by which capital is continually being
strengthened in its organization IS
spirit of deep hostility against those
who are not within the organization
Business has slain sentiment. Labor
becom es more and more strictly com
modify, from the point of view OF these
men. Humanity is relegated to thu
sphere of sickly sentiments. Il will ruI
my business to suit myself, or L vii
not run it at all, " is the motto of th'
capital king of today. Il will shut dowl
my business when it suits me, and
does not matter what may become of th'
people dependent upon it. If they starve
it is their lookout. | am running IN.
own business. 1t is needless to say tha
this position is one of war. 1t is need
less TO say that it is tantamount TO
declaration of war.
Upon the other hand, labor is organ
izing in hostile camp some hostll
groups. The farming element hithert
3 has been bulwark of conservatism, bu
} now has become the stronghold OF rad
= icalism. We have groups of radical la
bor unions. We have groups of radica
socialists. And we have groups OF mad
men called anarchists. But they are a.
I haunted by a spirit of deep seated hos
! tility against the capitalistic and cor
servative classes of society. They ar
: extending and perfecting their organi
: cation, and they have shown their TIRE
: mendous power in the past 10 years
:. They have organized strikes that hav
t paralyzed trade, costing millions Of do
Q lars, precipitating chaos in more tha
one nation in the business world. |
J the spirit and mightiness and demand
b of some of these organizations there
much that is brutal and unreasonable
II They refuse to allow a man to earn
. living who will not work in their wa
and through their union. They woul
Il force him to starve, and if he attemp
TO work they would murder him in b
's attempt. 1t is needless to say that tn
n is an act of war. 1t is needless to So
'e that the position assumed by the me
% who lead these forces is tantamount
10 a declaration of war in society. II
weapons they use are the weapons
le war. Boycotts and strikes and violen
n are used to supplement when deein'
< necessary.
)t Is THE WAR JUSTIFIABLE!
n We need not ask is this right, eth
ID upon the part of the capitalists or upt