The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-26

tho widest inequalities and the rankcst
injustice, and that scod men are alex a. |
the sight of them. Great accumulations
OF wealth In the hands OF some, ana equal
accumuiations OF want. ignorance. bro
talisy. and mcntxt and moral degradation
upon tho heads Of others. 10 hand IN hand.
One seems 20 correspond With the othes
In d measure they are related Some as
sure that one H. the cause OF the other
they say that there Ii lw which "rivets
the lahorcr to capital more hrfriy than the
wedges 81 Vulcan did PrUmcthcus 10 the
rock This exaxgerstss the rclsatcns OF
one to the other. One Is certainly not the
only cause OF tho other. hut u can not
be denied that great accommodations OF
wealth In the bands OF the few go aions
With the process by which the poor arc
crowded down In deeper depths OF pow
erty. and, more sud more, the multitude
on the brink is precipitated into the abyss
| OF hopeless misery, while their places are
In turn Allied by the Industrious who boa
| Tor work and not for bread. Many can
| not suppress q profound sympathy for the
poor. and. almost IN despair, cry out from
the depths OF their hearts against civil
| ixation which can not save Its own vtc-
7! tins.
Such dissatisfaction With eoclai condi-
tions, arising largely from the excessive
| activity OF the natural right Of every man
and competitions OF life. have found ex-
preston In ways more emphatic than
words, The Legislation OF the past twenty
five years has been largely directed to
strengthen the lower and weaker class
against the higher and stronger. and equip
the former against the latter for the strug-
gle OF life; and the instinct running
through all classes approves thia policy.
The trend OF opinion Is shown In the char
acter OF measures which are not only ma
tured In statutes. but are introduced, nd
vocatod and received with applause, al
though they fail OF passage.
WILD AND EXTRAvAGANT PROPOSE
T1ONS
for the exercise OF tho powers OF the State
are sure Of an Incorporate advocacy IN
popular assemblies and certain public
prints. So great is the impaiicnce to end
, all social evils al n stroke, that the rights
consccrated In tho Declaration Of INDIE
, pendence and the constitutions, are ruth.
lessly set at nanght, and remedies are con-
, temptuously spurned. The explanation Of
, society. according to tho new lights. rs
| question OF economists and In this narrow
|, field. the theory and postulate is that man
ual labor is alone deserving; that value Il
what labor adds to physical substances. 4
which the laborer is the only one entitled
I and is the only one who ought TO appro
, pirate It: the Issue OF which dogma Is tina
: them wages, and appropriates the vaiu
4 OF their labor over and above what he al
: lows them, robs them OF the product tina
4 Is not hs own. Let this not be thought I
be an exaggeration or perversion. Thes
q nre some OF the phrases which one OF tn
n apostles of this sect uses In the course Q
u the exposition and development OF III
n dogma.
n IL Is perhaps natural to stigmntze thes
n doctrines as foreign imporiatione. at while
AZ our people will not give more than an In
4 crodulous glance. and resent as an insu
,e TO American common sense tho suggestion
10 that these yagaries and foolish fancies wi
,e find acceptance among US. But It Is eas
To to perceive just
{, GROUNDS FOR APPREHENSION.
- One cause for alarm IL the literatul
i which has within few years been p'
forth, and the reception which II has me
\. Its volume is great. II s not now and the
OF a pamphlet OF cphemernl form and COZ
IN tents. but books OF pretentions size ar
~ substance Tho writer's show maslerf
or grasp OF social phenomena. deep know
~ edge OF the laws which govern them, ana
o. rare power and originality In their q,
n PLANTATION. They enliyen their pages
ne flashes OF truths, some OF which ARE nc
re and others seem new Above NIL, deep
OF moved themselves by their revelations n
". animated by lofty spirit. their perio
ne are often all a6re with intensity OK ION
ms ing. and the passions OF hatred OF WI
ne seems to them the bitterncsses Of lite a.
lts OF history. THIS estimate Is supported
I'LL the pages OF Karl Marx In his book
Use capital, which he calls a Critical A
c- elysis Of Capitalist Production and
re, Henry Georges book on Progress a.
'rt Poverty" which on his title page he cha
ncterlzes as IAN inquiry into the cav
OF Industrial depressions and Of the
n. at n
nd the remedy"
crs II these books were left to grow she
ore worn with time and dust II would be
aid ferent But they are not lott alone,
her you go to any public library ana ASK
zen orc Of them you will find It's pages sol
ma By the hands OF many readers ana nj
ich by the pens OF many copytate; and u ,
OF are curious to inquire, you will find Z
nr- | It is the MECHANIC and the iaborer m
one than any otbr who draws them out. III
Ills this large body OF intelligence ID be
her penetrated by these teachings,
out AT this point two facts press upon
lis attention. Tn the first place. WINE
yer wage earners are men OF IKE passions
All other men, no better and no worse.
nan therefore to be expected to put their r
5ng sonaI Interests before those OF others,
Ill they display strange ana enthlps'a'
ned loyalty TO their class. 80 that II one
yo- ton falle into trouble, those who are
IN The moment less uniOTtuua'V ''H''"
! OF relief from their poverty with generoh
nth They exemplify the saying, ~ one M
and Der suffer all suffer with IT," The gym
rain thetic strike is the expression OF th'e
had sion In the next place the wage carr
left submit to a discipline as rigid ana sc'
ain. as an army In battle. Each abdieates
but free VIII, his judgment. his personal WI
i tn and interests He Is no longer an indi
we're nal hut an atom Of mass. the sinsl
rec. part OF machine driven by %
The greater than steam, and directed by
10 hand Of the engineer al ms pleas
the what this great body OF the citizens
and possessed OF political power. tranrpo
az by the enthusiasm OF self-sacriflce. DIR
In ed by relentless discipline. VIII be y
hose II becomes thoroughly saturated with {
ned. doctrines. Il Is not hard TO divine. In
the day, II II ever comes. the declarations
ions labor, their battaliona enthusiastic.
we're pact. disciplined, organized ana mo
evo- with one impulse at the word OF comm
.inla when launched upon institutions u
wed which they suppose themselves tro'