The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-26

me draw a distinction proper TO be 90
served, and vet SO plainly existing that
it would seem superhOus to call atten-
ton TO IT, The distinction
which I wish to draw exists in that
capital IN which use and ownership can
be com bined. or more accurately speak
ing, in which ownership exists for pur-
poses of use alOne-that capital which
the owner holds not for the purposes
Of use by himself. but for use by some
on else
1T is manifest that in one Of these
cases mutually does exist between labor
and capital, or between lab0rer and
capitalist because the qualities OF own
ership and use are combined in one
person: in fact. the distinction between
laborer and capitalist is blotted out,
and the two are amalgarnated into one,
and the mantle human heing-pos-
seSS6s IN such case as absolute q f-sut
TO his capital. thar is his tools or MS
clothes or other articles of personal use
as he does to the limbs Of his body,
because they are, like his limbs, the
instruments with which he labors,
which he uses.
But on the other hand the man
who possesses a thing not Tor the pur-
poses of his own use. but for purposes
of somebody else's use. and whose in
terest in it is limited TO the compensa-
ton which he can eXtOrt from others
for the privilege of using 1T occupies
an entirely different position and must
be viewed from an entirely different
standpoint
II then illustrated the kind Of prop
erty falling within the last mentioned
class and the line of distinction be-
tween it and the one first mentioned
by citing the monopolies and the quasi
public institutions. such as the trusts
and combines. the railroads, ETC. claim
ing that as to such the paramount
right of the user existed not only In
the nature of the property and pur-
poses to which dedicated by the owner,
but the same had been confirmed TO
p NV leo 81 Ia
cisi0ns of the courts
while not a part of the address in
question I take the liberty in elucida-
ton of the distinction II tried to draw
between the two classes Of property
and in defense of the position assumed
by me to cite some eminent Republican
authority
william A. Phillips. twice Republi-
can congressman from Kansas. says in
his book. Labor. Land and Law.
pages 4Z1-2- Capital is of two kinds
The capital which is produced for use
and used by the man who owns it, such
as houses. cattle. horses, vehicles fur
niture machinery. etc Then there
is the capital a man has accumulated
that ne does not personally need or
use. Out of this he expects 10 make an
income from those he permits to use it,
This is the kind of capital that requires
the supervision of the public, or IT VIII
impOVerish all labor and create an arls-
tocracy among men,
"Out of this kind of capital Chief Jus
tice Waite of the United States supreme
court in his celebrated decision Of
Mum against the people OF Illinois ga
United States supreme court EepoEll-
affirming the right of the legislature TO
control the charges Of railroad ware
house and other like companies. said.
When. therefore. one devores mis- prop
erty to a use i'm which the pubic mas an
he. in effect. grants TO the pub
lie an interest in that use. and must
submit ID be controlled by the public
for the common Sood TO the extent of
the interest he has thus created
III therefore. when a man dedicstes
his property to the use of the public he
grants to the public an interest IN the
use of the same. and must submit 70 /
public control in respect 60 such use, IL
necessarily follows that the rights Of
the public to wit-the users, are para /
mount to those of the owners
las to whether I ever said that rent I
is robbery or anything equivalent to !
of July addresses. when describing the /
conditions of unrest throughout the /
world. and in speaking OF the various /
classes of dissatisfied people and their I
theories and complaints, I said
do you know that q million of men !
have arisen who challenge the con- I
science of Your life and the utility of +
your methods. who denOunce your po-
litfcal economy as a sham and a fraud. I
who declare that money is useless that I
rent is robbery. etc [ merely stated I
the fact that such extreme views were I
held by classes of dissatisfied people I
gree the opinions held by them. These /
purp0rIed quotations are partisan Ii /
bells, utterly baseless so far as anything /
I ever said or any views I ever enter /
tanned"
Judge Doster is the recognized cham I
pion OF woman suffrage in Kansas. He +
has advocated the right Of women to I