The herald., 1895-06-26

How are the masses to receive re-
dress? Is there any other remedy than
through the law? When we consider the
corruption that exists in our legislative
bodies it seems there is not even. a
remedy Cheie. | believe in the constitu.
tion and legislatures OF our nation but
these are based upon the presumption
that legislators are honest. Our institu.
tions and our constitutions are all right.
we are wrong.
"Wil free silver, universal suffrage or
high tariff solve these great questions?
None OF them will accomplish the desired
end except through the laws of God.
"Gladstone's theory of making man
happy was to decrease his wants. But
civilization tends just in the opposite di-
rection. Our wants are constantly in
creasng. Things that were once held to
necessities. TO adjust matters man must
be given the opportunity of satisfying
this increased demand by sharing IN the
increase which results from the growth
and Improvement in the engines OF pro
duction.
There are in this country today
thousands of idle men. Laziness is q
but if vicious legislation causes idienes,
the remedy must lie elsewhere.
As to taxation, one l.; justified in
saying that the poor man is not justly
taxed. He pays more than his share Of
the taxes OF this government. | would
not presume to pronounce an ultimatum
upon the single tax question, but l be-
lieve it to be false in principle. 1t leads
necessarily, if pushed to its logical con-
scqence. TO coniiscation.
The position of the laboring man IS
constantly becoming lower. / hold that
there is dignity in any honest labor but
the fact cannot be denied that the con-
dition of the manual laborer is socially
deplorabe. Hence it is that everyone
strives to enter the professions. Farmers
sons are dscontented with their lot. and
Justly so, and are fiocking to the cities
there to swell the ranks of the dnem
ployed and add to tho cri iminality which
results from overcrowded cities and en-
forced idIeness.
1.-THE presence of so many young chill.
dren in the trades IS an evidence OF
wrong somewhere. Women are entering
more and more into the tielus of labor
and crowding out the men. honor q
woman who is self-sac: iicing and brave
enough to earn livelihood by her own
industry. Nevertheless, | deplore the
fact that she has to do it. When such a
condition of affairs exists there is some
thing wrong in the labor market; wrong
in two ways; first,in displacing men, and
secondly in having TO perform the same
labor for a smaller rem uneration. There
is a difference everywhere in the salaries
paid to men and women. That differ
ence goes to the capitalist and the men
go tramping.
- would not put myself on record as op-
posing women in any line OF work they
may choose to take up hut believe it is
wrong that they should have to work
They render the highestH and most noble
services to the race, when they are en-
gagged in keeping the home. They can
not keep the home and work too. God
has ordained that man should be the
bread winner
THE harmony of labor and capital IS
as necessary to social health as pure
blood is necessary to good bodily health.
Strikes and boycotts cannot settle the
Guilty between the two elements. By
h violent means labor may commit the
me crime that it complains Of
"A chain is ust as strong as it's weakest
INK. And the same is true OF our govern
ment. Our weak link Is not in our form
OF government, in our army or navy, or
our legislature but in our moral nature.
At this moment in our history the moral
question is of more Importance than all
Others besides. Among all the great ma
tions of ancient times those which
achieved the greatest victories or attained
to the most perfect civilization were the
ones which were governed by the divine
principle; those which acknowledged the
rule Of somo god and carried that belief
into moral effect. triumphed over all 9TH
ers. But when that higher power was
eliminated from the working principles