The evening times., 1895-10-02
GOOD TINES ARE COMING
Drudgery Of Life VIII Soon Be Overcome
BY Human Invention.
Steam and Electricity Will Be Ap-
piled to Everything and Mankind
May Rest Upon His Laurels.
New York sup1

western philosopher pIOpnesieS tnat
the time is rapidly approa -hing when men
will be relieved from all arduous labor by
new applications OF the tnaniniate forces
OF nature, and more especially elec-
tricity, which will be put at our service
through discovery and invention. Twenty
years from now, he says, there will be no
| more hard manual labor in civilization.
The present tendency, unquestionably.
looks that way, even If the end he foresees
is not reached in SO sho~ n time as he
fancies. Steam and electricity have already
taken off the shoulders of men many of the
heaviest burdens once borne by them. They
have replaced human strength in lifting
building materials, in loading ships, in
agricultural operations, and in many other
fields where formerly it was put to its
severest strain.
They have also largely superseded the
power of horses, and thus those animals,
so long associated with man In the heaviest
work of the world, re sharing with him
tie relief afforded by the use OF these in
animate agencies. And yet the millennium
has not made its appearance.
Another advantage enjoyed by this gen.
Grafton will be incrcaeed and extended in
equal measure during the next few years.
The Tribune refers to II report that prcpara-
tions are making to put on the market next
year large supply OF bicycles at greatly
reduced prices.
1t Is presumable that before many years
their cost will decline like that of the sew
ip,v obi, hot, fol nd tsbn
until it is brought within the means of al
most everybody. The rich man, with the
fleetest horses and the grandest equippage,
Will have no advantage over the poor man
in possessing the means of travelling rap
idly over the reads.
Both of them Will have their own private
vehicles, and each can ride when he is SO
inclined. Invention and competition, be-
sides reducing. the cost of the bicycle, will
provide for its propulsion by other motors
than muscular strength, SO that the rider
viii enjoy luxurious ease at trifling ex-
pense OF money.
The burdens men carried on their shoul-
ders or in their hands they can transport
with the aid of machinery, and they can
extend greatly the area within which II is
possible for them 10 pursue their activities
The nursery rhyme talks Of the time when
beggars will ride, and verify that dag is
approaching.
The application of electricity to public
transportation W i'll largely reduce its cost
TO those who provide it and those who use
it. The running expense of all machinery
viii be decreased greatly, SO that it VIII
be made available for multitudes Of private
uses. for which the muscles of man and
brute are now employed.
The main part of the drudgery of ciyiZa-
ton will be done by the forces of nature
nessed for human assistance and the ex-
emption from cxhausting physical nature
once enjoyed by the few only, viii be
shared by all.
As it is. under the present progress of sci
ence and mechanics. the poor man has case
and Iuxuries formerly denied to even the
richest and the graudest.
The niarkets>of the humblcst and most
crovdcd districts now supply in abundance
fruits and meats which not many years ago
We're ri rely yobtainablc by thcniost pros
porous; and as the cost of production and
transportation decreases, these will be still
further multiplied and brought within the
means of the people universally.
Perhaps the dream of the socialist of a
time when all the ma tcrial blessings of life
shall be extended so that they can lie shared
by all lin their fullness may yet be realized;
but the fulfillnent will he brought about
by the very means socialism would destroy:
By capital. competition and the impulse
which seeks for individual superiority.
1t will not come from the average ability |
of the mass. but the superior ability of the |
few whence has come the general advance |
nIent of mankind in all ages. II will not |
come from checking individual faculties, |
so as not 10 best your mates. according TO |
the labor union principle. but from the |
eager striving 10 best your mates, and TO get |
to the top, no matter if others cannot |
attain the height until you have sho wn them |
how, and have given the means of rising |
to the summit of advantage.
And. after all. misery, sickness. poverty |
and the effects of stupidity and vice will |
remain in the world.