Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-16

their little aches with catnip tea and
weak solution OF corn starch" The in
reference by legislation In the matter
of prices, the restriction on the unfet-
tered right Of barter and sale, the pro-
hlbitiOn on the freedom Of contracts.
the elght-hour labor law, and all those
laws affecting the social status Of the
citizen, are each phenomenal OF the
came cause. The perniclous effect of
this interference consists In the effaCe-
ment OF the individual as M Integral
factor in the schcme OF government
and his subordlnation to the common
mass; the gradual reconciliation OF indie
pendent eNertion and habit OF looking
TO other sources than his own labor for
the support of himself and family. II
makes of humanity a huge machine in
which every man and woman Is a cor.
to wheel, turning with the rotation
of AFFAIRS, aimless, without idea and
without ambition. l am far from as
sorting that present conditions can not
be promoted to forward the happiness
of the people. In the voice Of lamenta.
ton of the day there are some trlie
notes of sorrow. and 1 should he the
last to treat with mockery the mlserles
or the poor; but l believe In that old
adage That every man should be the
arehliect or his own fortune and obey
the divine Injunction, I'm the sweat 81
thy face shalt thou eat bread" without
aid or assistance from the government
In the splitting up OF one calling or
vocation into many, forced by the
complexities Of civilization, a broader
scope for everybody IS offered, and as
soon as society RECEIVERS from the
nervous prostration consequent On pre-
| mature development, room viii be
found for all who earnestly desire TO
do their best. The inquiry next &C.
ours, what snail be done to preserve
the regular and orderly procession of
events, that society shall rot travel
outside tho orbit OF civilization to
| whirl without anchor in a chaos OF riot
revolution ana bloodshed.
/ In the first place no evil, however
| great its Inherent character, justitiss a
I suhVersion OF the law or the annibila-
/ ton OF the safeguards wisdom Inns
/ thrown about private property. Again
I II strikes me that We have allowed
! political privileges to outstrin educa.
I uonal qualifications, and conseauentlv
I IN municipal, state and national cleo
lions an ignorant electorate places the
| scepte of power where II least he
longs Men now buy office without be-
I ing really elected to positions Of ttust
I by the sufrrnges OF INTELLIGENT voters
! From nation of shopkeepers we have
merged into nation OF politicinns
ana business has been suffered to las
while the demagogue huurished. me
( primary steps In the direction of sonnd
education and remedying the evils
complained of is the undoing of the
fatal fallacy that all men are horn
eQual-equal In intellect, equal in moral
tone and equal in wealth. Tho second
step In the same direction Ia to over
throw the assumption that the world
owes every man living. ana renlaee
1t With the sensible Fundamental tbat
every man owes the world the amy N
labor aud that with Willingness and
readiness In whatever station NAV he
assigned him. 'e
The subservlency OF legislation Ia ,ha
Unsuitable NAV OF socialism Instead ', ~
gratifying II, merely serves 10 wbet
the appetite. and as said in Inc hoe
ginning, i IS left TO the banking H.
terests of the country, that snent
thread In the spinal column OF COM.
Inerce. which tingles and ,Sbra,ss ~,
the slightest touch, to protest aya,r ..
further encroaehment, Radics,, ,,ns
seems triumphant and oonserr,tt, ~
men keep close to their houses a assass
to venture out. Ths methods 81 n,,.