The Florence daily tribune. (Florence, Colo.) 1898-1903, 1899-08-11

L nave ueiQ Iuht SOclhllSul 10 I'M
possible on this earth, for the rea-
son that men and women are hu-
man; that it is not desirable, even
if it were possible, because it would
tend TO discourage, if not to de-
stroy, individual ambition and eff
fort. That was the proposition
that was all of it; and concerning
it they have written not line.
Now, let them meet the issue or
admit that it cannot be met Peo-
pie do not care TO know how much
Peil or Brimble may have read of
Karl Marks vagaries, or how little
| may know of the rawlings of 10
ham Most The question is: how
are you going to encourage effort
in this world by removing all in
centive to effort? How are you
going to set up a heaven on earth
without solitary angel to start
with? How are you going to make
good, practical, honest "co-opera-
tors" out of worldful of people
among whom, Brimble himself al
leges, honesty is at a discount
and deceit is at Premium" Let
them devote no more space to
showing that they are wise and
good and enlightened, while all the
rest of us are corrupt and illogic
and ignorant; let them get down to
business and answer these ques-
tons.
Readers of THE TRIBUNE are
caring very little what Robert Dale
Owen thought, or what Karl Marx
wrote. The former is principally
remembered for the stupid manner
in which he was duped into en-
dorsing the cheap tricks of fake
Undertaking medium" and the
latter would never have been
known outside his own guild of So
called philosophers if he had not
been fortunate enough to make
himself so obnoxious to the author
tiles that he was driven out of ev-
cry European capital into which
he ever set foot-except London
and he was threatened with expul-
sion even from there. Mind you,
| am saying nothing against these
men, only that they are weak sis
tiers to quote as authority on polit-
ical economy. They may have
been prompted always by the very
best intentions; they may have
meant well-but so did the fool
boy that took brick and under
took to kill fly that was peace
fully reposing upon the bald spot
on the top of his fathers head.
A fallacy is none the less fal-
lacy because it is supported by
German college professor. Edu-
cation may burnish-it cannot fur
nish-brains; neither can it take
the place of horse sense. There is
much in the saying: "Most any
body can be fool; but no man
can be a id fool till he goes
through college" Washington,
Jefferson, Lincoln, Grant, Dewey,
Edison, Morse, Watts, Stevenson
none of them were German college
professors. Contrast them with
Karl Marx, the Messiah of social
ism! They could DO; Karl could
THINK Tor thought he could
think@ "and SO do his disciples
even unto this day"
Now, Mr.. Editor, all this balder-
dash about what Darwin says, and
what Huxley says as to the attri-
butes of mans nature is only half
given and leaves an imperfect i'm
preston. Darwin and Huxley
and you and | will all agree that
man is an aggressive, contesting,
competing animal; thatit is to this,
more than to any other one trait,
he is indebted for his superiority
to all the other animals; that he
has advanced just as he has com
peted and competed just as he has
advanced. If Peil and Brimble
are tired of competition, why do
they not go where it will cease to
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