The herald., 1896-05-10
age man will remain in Industrial servi-

age man Will remain IN 1nQuStr1al SerVi-
tude."
That's very pretty as a compliment tc
my nieces, but as matter of cause and
effect it is very lame. AS fast as man
has realized his bondage he has won his
freedom. The shoe pinches him. but
he doesn't just know whether there
isn't enough leather or whether it is the
fault of the shoemaker, or whether his
foot has grown. He cannot step around
and do as he would really like. He wants
land and a home and steps on land
grants and titles, and the owners howl
off, sir, or give me what can get and
most people being in the same fix they
get great deal more than they ought
to. But the man meekly and supersti-
tiously bows to fate and says: Il guess
I've made mistake. / can't get to the
land (there's lots of it, without paying
more than it's worth, so I'll just take
work. Then he has to bow to companies
and franchises and corporations, and
they of course can dictate to him because
he must be employed by somebody, SO
they push him down a little more, and
political freedom doesn't amount to a
straw unless the man knows what Is
the real thing in his way to an independ-
ent life.
am afraid Ben S. May is not very
consistent champion of my neices when
he says. MANS wages were in a meas
ure fixed by wOman's work." He should
study something further than Nautilus
or even j. Stewart Mill if he would learn
the laws that govern wages. If Mr.. May
and the genus man understood just few
fundamental principles and acted upon
them wages would not fall until every
living person had enough of everything
he could make use of, which time would
never come, because he Is an animal
capable of increasing wants.
Then Mr.. Mays idea about wOman'S s
intuition leading man out of his wilder
ness is sentimental and pretty, but | tell
you it is not intuition; it is common sense
and a little effort and independence, and
& good deal less selfishness that will
get him out. The children of Israel
were long time because they kept going
back to the golden calf and all their fool
ishness, and intuition doesn't seem to
be of much use to even the women, so
they can't expect to be much help to
others until they're willing to follow
the truth themselves.
One of my nephew's fads is intuition.
so asked him one day if what he called
intuition never failed him. He smiled,
and after a little pause he said: Some
times, auntie, it does; it isn't always re-
liable"
Now, I don't deny intuition at all, or
it's place in the moral anatomy, but the
instrument must be fine one and high
ly developedto rely to any great extent
upon it. besides, the most intuitive peo-
pie have ever known were men, so MIR.
May must not get too sentimental, for
it will never teach him the law of wages.
I must stand up for Jonas and my neph-
ews. too. and they never got the law of
wages from intuition.
Now. l am just willing to get on to a
higher plane any time, but l want to
go with my eyes open. not shut, so may
know it is higher plane. People get UP
so high sometimes they get t-headed,
so I'd rather not go up any faster than
could we'll safely stand the change and
keep my balance. ! hope I'll be with you
all in that new cycle of time" but If
you all "sweep past" and leave me
shall say. go on, my dears. I'm COM
ing."-Aunt Sally.