New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-15
INDUSTRIAL DISCUSSION.
SOCIALIST AND OTHERWISE.


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eve have let some rats get aboard Let u.s.
+beraforo sink the ship and kill them Then we
will build another ship" That is the SUI" anu
substance Of Mr. Lloyd's book. There are many
chanters Of elaborate disqu!stion to prove the
creatures are really rats. and good deal ABOUT
their natural history. on the whole, the story
Is not well told; now with too much hys'efl'a'
sbrillness and then with too much n'ei"ui"
matte thunder and always with lack OF iu'Iu''S'
These however. are minor CONSIDERATIONS Even
.bo question whether the story. told by an eN-
,ran,e partisan, is in letter and in spirit true
needs not to be debated here. Granted lor SAN,
Of argument. that it is true. Is II 'he p''' ~
wisdom to sink your ship in midocean' 10 get
rid Of the rats? For if we do So now noun'v'
inc about in the water shall we contrive to build
warrant IS there that it will not also become IN
800 With rotso There were none aboard TINS
oro uban u was built but by our own hesI-
garca We have let them get in. Those laC's M
I,o,d comedies And the new ship Wou'u
no manned by the same company ana ehsase )"
the same trade Would human nature 'hei' ''
so changed that those who let rats get Ii'o .-''
Old ship would keep them ont OF the ne" wa!
not try to change it now, so that we s"aii ""P
the rats. or poison them. or drive 'heih oNei
board? NJ
"vealtb against Commonwealth IS MI
IIoyd's theme; meaning the abuses Oh co'ooi"'e
mower in American industry. But 'he corpo'"
ton" he says 'is merely cover 'he oo'''
ton Of corporations an advantage N
ro.I actors are men" No system Of government
has ever vet succeeded in Transforming hui'""
nature. If men are minded TO be selfish ana uh-
.orrr,,o,s tbev will be So alike in the freedom
Of this Republic. under the tyranny of the Car
ord IN tho -oIeasing anarchy of Altruria. But
Mr. I1ovd saws they are more than selilsh; they
hoye broken the law Property" he tells us
"to the extent of uncounted millions, has oeeh
changed from the possession OF the man! WIN
owned II to the few who hold IT. HOW ne
Tolls us. "CO Without the knowledge OF the real
owners. (9 Without their consent. g, win 10
compensation to them for the value taken. W
BY falsehood, often under oath. 'o) III N'oi'''o''
~ tho Law" The last specification covers all the
rest They are all ''in violation OF the law
Co &c arson. So is murder. But the laws are
not. therefore, evil. Is not the fault rather Win
citizens who neglect to enforce the laws? And II
no will not enforce laws in America, we would
probably not do so in Altruria we prea'"'
eavs NJ Jlovd DO as you would be done by
IN orr churches and a fair exchange is no ROB-
berv' in our counting rooms, and All clt@ens are
eoual as citizens in courts and Congress. just
as we are in danger of believing that 10 say THESE
things Is to do them and be them. there come
INTO us these men, practical as granite ana
gravitation and prove that we
are liars and hypocrites. Their only secret Is
that they do better than we, the things we are
oil irving 10 do. but Of which. In our morning
and evening prayers seen OF all men, we are
continually making believe 10 pray: Good Lord
deliver u.s. But if only We should abolish the
Republic and adopt the Commune, all these
+bines would be changed. in the twinkling Of an
eye. into sweetness and light. o amiaole SIM
plicity:
Severe as Is Mr. Lloyds indictment Of the Ame7-
can people it IS not altogether undeserved We
do reckon ourselves too low. We do, no DOUBT
hold too lightly that government OF the people
for the people and by the people Of which IL is 50
easy TO declaim. The infamies Of Tammany would
never have been possible had every New-i orK
citizen increasingly performed his duties, as he
thought he was enjoying his privileges. The race
track Legislature of New-Jersey, the ripper
legislature Of Ohio and similar bodies which nave
diseraced the name of representative government
never could have existed without at least con-
1ributory negligence on the part Of the people.
'cWhat these men are" says Mr.. Lloyd OF those
his book denounces, I'VE have made them. All
n a
none of them more so than our government of In
dus,rv" That is quite true. And what is the
rooralp That the power correct these evils is in
our own hands and if we do not use IT, no one ia 10
be blamed but ourselves. OF governments mat
which is best administered is best II we de-
Nberately let this go TO ruin through Negligent
administration il is folly 70 think we should 90
better with any other. Mr.. Lloyd speaks vaguely
OF q new constitution" All the constitutions IN
the world are not worth the paper they are writ
ten on unless they have behind them men VINO
will maintain them in letter and in spirit An
awakening Of the public mind to that fact. a
more general fulfilling of the public ana private
duties Of American citizenshp-that is the great
need Of the day. The fable Of the fellow who'
when his cart got stuck in the mud prayed to
Hercules for help. and was told in answer to put
his own shoulder t. the wheel. is uncommony
profitable reading for socill roformers and for all
citizens.
Professor Won IIalles treatise is historical. de-
scriptive analytic but not controversial. He en-
beavers 70 give q succinct account of the economic
development OF this country. and Of the various
phases il has been made to assume by force OF ma
tional characteristics: and to state the legal
and other influences which will probably deter
mine future phenomena. 1t carnot be said that
the result is a particularly happy one. Earnest
and impartial, the author doubtless Is. But how
could he or any one. hope TO treat so vast a sub
feet satisfactorily within the compass OF less than
$50 small pages? The work is a mere out
line sketch. full Of suggestion To the stu
dan. hut neither convincing in statement MOI