The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-10-07
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Chickens
IS THIS SARCASM,
A Remarkable Article on the Social CPisis.-It
Reminds One or Marchiavelli ''Prince'' in
Which He InStructs Tyrants How to Govern

Wealth is now as much a mark of honor
as was nobility and knighthood in times
past, and more. for higher qualities are
required to win them. In their hearts all
men recognize this and do homage to the
superiority Of which wealth and success
are a proof.
No hard and fast rules can be laid down
for the treatment of the social question,
but if the upper class would keep 1t in
mind the paramount object to be striven
for, and would adapt their resources to
that end with the same skill and determine
alton with which their position was at
tanned, it would suffice. There is no more
valuable object lesson than that afforded
by the most successful business organiza-
ton in the world, the Standard Oil Com
pany The same skill that has made the
success Of that company could in q few
years establish society on q secure basis,
free from the dangers that now threaten it.
The aim must be to keep all power and
sources of power in the hands Of the up
per class. They are the real masters of
the country, and are under the obligations
of master to govern. They must keep
in their own hands the substance of all
civil and military power as we'll as a con-
troll of the priesthood and judiciary, but
above all the sources Of production of
wealth and means of subsistence.
Those who control the wealth and the
production Of wealth can by these means
acquire all other power and the use of
all other power is to preserve this control
and the benefits it commands.
The advantages of wealth comes princi-
nollv from, tho ppcoSSifipS fha MANY
poor, making them always ready to sell
labor, time and skill; and the greater their
necessities the less the price will be, for
wealth is not an absolute quantity, but
relation or a ratio between your re-
sources and those of another by which you
command his services.
With employment for all and wages high
the workers would soon become dainty
about what they would and would not do.
and anything they might take a prejudice
against they could refuse to do at all.
Personal service, for instance would very
likely become so unpopular that even the
wealthy could not command it. The re-
suit can be imagined. Therefore, for the
upper class to retain its advantages and
improve it's condition 1t IS necessary not
only to increase and absorb the sources of
income, but they must also do 1t In such
| a way that 1t will maintain the dependent
condition of the poor.
The Chinese fishermen and the common
! ants which they use on the rivers illus
trates my meaning. These birds are do
INVESTIGATED, and when taken out fishing a
ring is put around their necks. Being hum
cry they eagerly search for and seize fish,
| which the rings prevent them from swal-
lowing, and the only way they can get
| food is by carrying the fish to their master,
who allow them enough, to keep their
strength, but not enough to satisfy their
| appetites, ana thus they are kept at
| work.
| The lower classes can be kept In order
only by keeping them occupied with the
struggle for subsistence. for hungry mar
is humble one, But u full belly breeds in
science. with employment and high
wages for all there would be no solid re-
spect by the laborers csfor their superiors,
and they would Away. bel demanding
| greater and greater Concessions. that 4
would be increasingly = dafAeult 10 deny.
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