The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-23
INDUSTRIAL EVOLUTION;
TRUSTS NOT A Official ISSUE.
Corporations and Labor Unions-What Nay Be Done By
Liquidation.

ooet into ~ nWfty the lAW OF aocsesy ana
- eethdren from infancy upwards have
Mfs-sastaiain9 supplies proportioned %
th6ts nfs-sustaintnG iahors. and the 90
eiety Disappear forthwith by death of III
In young. Import into the society one law
OF the fsaAisy. and ie< iise-sussaininx sup
piiee - 91eAt In rropcfttcn a. the ne
sustaining inboes are small. and the socaety
decays from increase Of its least worthy
Memb<rs and 0ecseae Of its usoss worthy
membsrss Nov. more or less fully. the
doctrine u coisecstvssts. socialists and
communisxs ignores this distinction BE-
tween me ethics Of family life and ths
ethics Of NE outside the family. Entirely.
under some FORMS. and in chief measure
under 0thers. Il proposes TO extend tho
regime Of the family to the whole cc1n-
nsanity- This = the conception set forth
BY 4r. Beflamy In Looking BAckwards
and this In the conception formulated IT.
the maxims-Frosn each according TO his
capacity. 70 each according 10 his needs
And after pointing osx that III the su-
pesfor. psrsistentIy burdened by the In
fseior are hindered In rearing the1r own.
better oRspring. that the offspring OF the
Inferior may be as efncsentiy cared for.
gradual deterioration of the race must
follow" he says. people who. in their
corporate capacszy. abolish the natural re-
tation between merits and benefits. will
presently Be abolished themselves. Either
they WIN have to 90 through the mizrfes
Of siou decay. consequent en- the In
crease OF Those UNIT for The business or
life. or they will be Ovsrrun BY some peo-
pie who have not pursued che foolish
policy Of fostering the worst at the ex-
pen0 ~ the best At the same time that
tt Is Moiogicaiiy fatal the doctrine Of the
socialists Il pxychologically absurd IL I'm
plies an impossible mental structure
He concludes the chapter N socialism
by showing In his mastery and convinc-
ing way that such social structure Il
simply civil rsgimsntation parallel to the
military RECOMMENDATION. and that under
such conditions there must artse q new
artssocracy for the support sof which the
masses would toll. and which. being con-
soiIdated. would WELD power far beyond
that Of any past arhtocraey" In the sue
ceeding chapter, entitled In the Near Fu-
ture." he Gays: III the central admin.stra-
ton and the multiplying local adminastra-
tions - on adding function to function.
II year after year more things are done
by public agency and fewer things left 10
be done by private agency: II the busins SECS
Of companies are one after another taken
over by the state or the municipality. while
tbs businesses Of individuals are progress
siveay trenched upon by Official competi-
tors: then. In no long time. the present
voluntary industrial organisation will have
fts place entirely usurped by a compulso.s
Industrial organisation. Eventually the
brain worker will find that there are no
places left save In one or other public
department: while the hand worker win
dnd that there are none TO empsoy him
save public osglciais. And so wiHsbe estab-
iished state in which no man can do
what he likes. but every man must do
what he ID told An entire loss OF freetlou,
win thus be the fats Of those VINO do NOT
deserve the freedom they poesess. They
have been weighed in the balances and
fevnd wanting. having neither tie reauis-
ed idea nor the required sentiment"
In his Anal chapter. Conclusion" II Is
gratifying 10 see that this profound think
er takes an optimistic view Of the future
But IL the process OF evolution
continues throughout the future. as We
cannot but anticipate there
VIII 80 on that adaptation OF human ma
ture TO the social stae which began when
savages first gathered together Into horaes
for mutual aefen ie. That what
has happened vita all lower forms must
happen VITA the highes. form: .
that among types Of men those most fitted
for making a Woodworking society will
hereafter. as heretofore. from time 10 time
emerge and spreai, at the expense OF
types less fitted. until A fully fitted type
has arisen The ultimate man
win he one whose private requirements
coincide with public ones He viii be tina,
manner Of nss, who In spontaneously full
nning his own nature. Incidentally per-
forms the functions OF social unit: and
yet 10 only enabled SO 10 fuiffli his own
nature by all others doing the Ike
IT the children of the people are TO be
taught by the state: II our public schoo.
system ts TO consinue-aHd l am not op-
posed 10 its continuance. because | believe
that here, a. In everything else the march
fs onward and upward. and tina, therefore
some Of the details and methods Of the
system which are ahsardiy false and fool
ish viii In time hs eiimsnatea--r think the
better portion Of the graduating year
should be devoted 10 teaching this great
wark OF Sp.ncer's on Sociology" 10 the
boys and girls. and particularly the for
msr. so that when they enter upon the
serious business Of life they Nil! know
what TIE social fabric ia. and why. what
the citizen ewes te the state, and what 10
himself ana others. and so thar. instead
OF sitting With open mouth drinking in
the rot and nonsense Of feols ana def,a-
Eagases. they will know what TO think and
10 ~. with solid benefit t0 themselves and
10 society
Any anpreelstive reader OF Herbert
Spencer must admire the strong common
SfIsSe ne afsptASH on every page Of his
writing |, - pve-eminensly his charac-
,erss;ic. and Is the open secret uf the won
dsrfal hold he has upen the inselTsgen.
pablo We IND In what he saws no fine
span theories IN respect 10 the FRS. be-
xinnings Of society. It's manners. customs
ans laws. nor do we rna Any specific for
the tlis aaa evsts Of life whtcn IA 70 ,.fsr,,
them forthwith beyond ali pera5ysusurs
He does ret believe in the miraculous paw
81 ~ an act - the legislature He has no
patience with the doctrine thar the state
fnuss 10 and Ne syerytaing aud the snat-
yl4aai nothing. 4 leag life spent IA m
v.sgsgAtt5H 90 facts. in which re ar
ssiiEss fund q Information That ia per
fsstiy marvellous. and IN u consideration az
tae meaning % things. rate hirs A sssan
- profound lssyasns and wisdom, ana sv-
cry argument hs makss, svsA conclusion
re draws. sssssTsss ana esnvErres sae
rntHsa
ssA. aside sresn anything Spencer has
sals, wha. 10 shss sasnx se cali a rcrnsra .
Sters A moments reflection wsH sa.s US
taat L - notSsng mere than a ear-s ina on
or organization created for fhe eonxerisrt
sna mere esysciers resssze; ~ business ga
4 large ssaie q sale eessrsea~swate AHA
shss sEsSrmess3S growth ara srraass - -.