The herald., 1896-04-21

Competition VS.. Cooperation
Editor Herald: 1 shall pass by all the
kindly words of Brother Semple. They do
not in the least disturb the mental equi-
l.brium or cause "a ripple in the equanimity
OF temperament L simply desire as The
Herald bravely says, TO write the truth
as l see 1t, to fight the wrong as | find
1t, and to show another way as 1 under
stand it. out of the political and industrial
chaos of the present. 1t may seem pre-
sumptuous to the brother since l know so
httle() of the political and economic con-
dftfonS OF our country. to assert with the
author of The Rights of Man, that Uni
NerSal empire is the prerogatiVe of a VII
ter, his concerns are with all mankind.
and though he cannot command obedience.
he can assign them their duty" presume
not to accomplish even the duty, yet L
would show them that duty lies in making
the road smoother. The way brighter for
all mankind.
general significance il is. "E.ndcaVorina to
gain what another is endeavoring to gain
a the same time-a common strife for tho
same object. Ii is a synonym for struggle.
opposition. contention, iea lousy and all else
that tends TO place one human being above
another. for invariably that other must
take second place; and so on down through,
the social. political and industrial scale.
the same struggle for wealth. power. office
and rank-rank even in free 60 America
becomes more bitter determined and fierce
as tse love OF these elusive things dries
u the fountains of common humanity.
dwaris all the better impulses of COM
tive system is upheld and its principles
advocated. will brute force continue. and
the survival of the strongest have full
sway FREQ competition offers us no real
smelioration in the social and industrial
conditions of life. Every new country and
territory opened TO settlers has wide field
the best location. where all We're free to
compete. are each regardful Of the inter-
est of the other? Is the life and proper:y y
Of the other the first thought? None t.
kiss the ground q. the crack of the rifle? ?
None of the weaker competitors ever lic
crushed and bleeding at the feet of the
stronger in the race? Ave. YOU can truly
say. competition. free competition. has beer
a plorious boon and blessing to the newly
civilized territories. How it cngendered
strife. hatred and jealousy as it blocks the
wav TO the fun development of the indi-
vdual his highest ideals can never he
reached
man ruled by brute force. The higher
faculties of the intellect had not evolved
into the beauty of wisdom and knowledge.
Man was compelled to hold his own again It
her throne. when knowledge OF lightning
wave is disseminating her truths. offering
her choicest gifts for the healing OF the ma
tions: the betterment of the world, competi-
ticn has no place in the life of man or inter-
est in the welfare of humanity.
We quote from one of the able writer's on
tax of real estate is no socialistic scheme.
1t is not proposed to abolish all poverty
reform which consists Ill codSlll- TO
tax the very poor Of the small earnings
they might otherwise save. Nor is ii plan
to do away with competition with its great
rewards and fearful punishments. harsh
as the survival of the httest map appear.
Many will not agree with their thinking
Education is the sovereign remedy, it MAY
be in the long run. but for the present
education makes man less content or Il
more dangerous criminal There We have
epitomized tho Very essence of free COM
petition of the single tax theory. Not Il
NbrrnbV
else. orderly and harmonious arrangement
of the social relations of mankind may pre-
poverty BY lessening taxation. 1t would
oren the door for greater wealth in the
accumulation of land. the heritage of the
humblest child of nature, and create a vast
monopoly in land. while the walls and
curses of poverty would ring forever III
their ears; not. proposition to abolish
poverty. one of the fearful obstacles in
The development and progress of man.
Nor is it a plan to do away with compe-
tition with its great rewards and fearful
runishments;''' What is it then. that it
leaves us still with the giants wrongs to
fight? with the great rewards that make
men do their best to win the race in the
fight for wealth and power? Do men do
their best who have no higher conceptions
OF life than the accumulation of that which
lrings its fearful punishment? And
the education Of the masses makes "a less
contented man.. True, were it not for the
divine discomfort of the thinkers of the
world We should never have reached this
ever been that
MANY a thinker has paid with his head
For daring to differ with ancestors dead .
All honor to the less contented man
or woman who realizes that in the contin-
uance of the competitive system our re-
public is doomed. Are we willing to enter
the gates of the new century with all the
discord, misery and poverty of the past,
having nothing to offer that will lift man
to a nober civilization. watching the
dawn of the new day. still holding fast to
he lnN.n nf Xrlj Dt'
vast wealth, reeking poverty and crime :?
Oh the horror of such a thought!
"Is it instinct? Is it nature?
Or simply freak or fault of chance.
Which our liking or disliking
Limits to single glance"
Lord Kosebery once said: 'I have al
ways wished. once al any rate to be face
TO face with the citizens of that state
within a state which is called the co-opera-
tive movement.
The term corporation as applied to me-
chanica force is the handling or lifting of
some object which separately acts as a
strength of two or more persons the work
is accomplished with ease. In business it
is the combination of money and business
capacity, that the firm may be carried on a
larger scale and with greater success.
This sort of cooperation is regarded by
all as wise and legitimate, but when it
We. find objectors. Why? Because it
strikes at the profit system, for that bene-
! fits the few to the detriment of the many.
We say that cooperation of the industries
| would save the profits of the transaction to
/ the co-operators: that he who created the
wealth should have the full profits of his
| labor
| Cooperation tends to draw men in n
! closer bond of fellowship. to cast aside the
| brute force of mine and thine" and thine
| is mine. Cooperation leads to better
| things. nobler aspirations, forgetfulness of
| self in the interest for another. 'Those
/ who tell us cooperation canno:
INN
| and unkind because cooperation is only
| the pra actice of honesty, truthfulness. JUS
tice. economy and kindness" AS we learn
| rlore of its truths and beauty. its helpful
ness and brotherly spirit the nearer we
| come to the goal of human happiness. for
| true happiness consists not in centerine
! all things in self but in the enjoyment OF
| all the good things of life with our fellow
| men. In the friendly hand clasp of co
operation We feel the vibrations of truth
| of competition we feel a nameiess dread
! that ere lone we must fall in the race fol
| life, Lift high the banner of universe
| brotherhood: herald the day when al
mankind shall dwell at peace in the new
| AtIantis-the great commonwealth.
! have disdained all comments on the arti
! Gle of James Sempe treating solely tht
| questions of competition and cooperation
| One thing alone I would note, he says, ir
| reference to some passages of mine. 'T
| would be Just reasonable to say tha
! 1ieht could not exist without darkness.
! We do not understand the phenomena o
| light and darkness: We have not solved a!
| the mysteries in nature. but we do know
that. one is the counterpart Of the other
| We know that all nature would slowly Sue
! cun1b tc the intensity of light: that all lf,
I! snGl vegetation would shrivel and die be
! fore the all absorbing rays of the sun god