The labor world., 1899-06-10

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!, calculated to discourage marriage.
Would that be well, Doctor?'' .s5
| "We are now getting to a serious
question. AS I said at first the evident
j design of human beings on earth was
1 the populating Of the world, but con-
ditions may arise, whereby that may
not be advisable :.
"As you admitted that growth Of
population was one of the evidently
fundamental laws. under what condi-
ftions is marriage not advisable %
eve are all in search of happiness.
Whoever gets most lives best. If mar
riage brings happiness it would GER
tainly be best. If all the economic
conditions were such as to give every
married couple, with all the children
that should come to them a good sup
port, marriage would probably bring
most happiness NJ.
With present industrial conditions
a man who marries may be said to be
commit tting criminal act unless he
has an absolutely set aside reserve suf-
ficient for the support Of himself and
family. Fifty years ago a profession
was a profession. business was busi-
ness, a. trade was a trade. All has been
changed since then. The professions
are not only overcroWde ed, but they are
cut up with specialists. It is a piece
of rare luck that q young man can
nowadays settle himself IN any 10
scality and get a good living for hin- i'm.
self and a growing family, in any of
the professions. Il he engages in any
mercantile business he is destined to
see the business TAD Ell from him
a grea wealthy combine. If he learns
| a trade he will see that trade destroy
ed by labor-saying machinery in q few
years. It is Of no avail what his nc en-
atal or educational qualifications may.
be, the rapid coming forward Of new
devices for saving labor and combina-
tions of great capital may leave him
with the barest support for himself,
much less the ability to support wife
and children. Z 4; VI sss5. .s-i5&s
What is to become of the cultured
yound ladies who are rapidly graduat-
ing from our high schools and other
educational institutions? Young ladies
who are fitted to adorn any home ?'' ]
enquired. 5s,g /
They will have to take their chance
in the struggle for self existence. Cer-
tainly they cannot expect any young
man without a settled fortune to un-
dertake their support
.9rhe question has been discussed
lately "Why young men mel Do not marry
It would be much more sensible to dis
cuss How a young man can dare to
marry" 5E
.'Do you suppose, Doctor, that the
growth of population is going to fall
OF in the United States from lack Of
marriage? ~ zsz 81
.ssNo. The poorer classes, the manual
laboring classes, will continue to
marry. The children Of the immi7
grants into the country will supply
The population, but the young men Of
culture and refinement will less and
less take wives through fear that they
canno t provide the comforts to which
their wives have known before they
| were married.
"What would be your advice, Doctor.
to young man who contemplates mar
riage?''
SIT would be this: young man, il
you have inherited a fortune SO invest
| cd that trusts and combines cannon
affect it, if you have a business that
cannot be overcome by wealthy com.
binations, if you have a trade abso-
/
if you have any position, yielding from
one to two dollars a day which You
know you can certainly hold in spite
of unions, strikes or the whims OF em-
ployers who will want to put better
men or their friends in your place
then you may consider marriage. Il
. you are not certainly sure Of the above
taen do not be guilty of taking atrust-
ing girl away from the pleasant home
she enjoys today"
.'But Doctor. There is enough u
J! this world for all. Every marriesl
couple could have enough. Every fam
4 lily could have a beautiful home, and 8all
), the comforts, if Industrial conditions O
'lWere rightly adjusted. IS
: ga q, YES, my dear Mr.. Williams, thai