The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-27
Heyoluttonary Tendencies.

Editor of the Times:
sir.-In an issue of June 18th you give
very lucid statement of the principles ei.ae
should actuate all employers and en-
,loves. and well say: These are such ele-
n,entary principles of natural risn. anu
Justice that it is hard TO understand no"
any persons can be found to Salnsay
them
Yet. we do see millions ga!nsaSlhs
them, not only in argument put IN pioou-
Why is there all this perversion? II Ger
tai1,iv has a cause. What has oeeh Inc
chief Influence brought to bear upon the
masses? Is it the Church influence! 4Not
at all. The Church acknowledges herseil
that her power has waned, and, besides
fully two-thirds of the masses are not III
membership with her What, then, Is the
power that influences the masses zfof Sooo
or for i'll? Is it not the public schooi :! are
not our ministers, our educators, our pom
ticianS, and even our numanltaiiails a.io
our leading employers all shouting Oh us
glories and depicting the great pa.tlo. &c
industrious and happy masses as It's re-
sult? They are. Then what the masses
are the public schools have made them'
and if they are callous to the most eie-
nentary principles OF natural right ana
Justice the public schools must be respon-
sb!e for the deplorable situation
Many of the leading men OF the country
are predicting that our labor unions are
leading on to revolution. Mr.. NJ. e Ihomp-
son. of Huntsville, Ala testified IN most
decided terms to this effect before the
Industrial Commission recently.
He stated that the leaders OF these un-
ions were worse than traitors and that ma
nv of them were avowed Socialists. AS
remedies, he proposed: y correct pubic
sentiment; the organization OF ali en-
ployers; uniform law that would take
the individual workman out from under
any ban of reproach, such as scap. or
"blacklist': law that would make II
justihabie homicide for any killing that
occurred in defense Of any lawful occupa-
ton All these are remedies partial to the
employer. and are those naturally to be eX-
pected in retaliation from that class, but
they are calculated to increase reVolt-
tionarv tendencies. We need to go 10 the
cause of the existing troubles and remove
that Mr. Thompson and all others OF the
employer class are undoubtedly jealous
public school advocates. The time mas
come when they must see the results OF
the schools. A leading Socialist says of
the public schools: They are proving the
stepping-stones to State socialism. Chill
dren that have been taught in them are
now demanding State food clothing ana
shelter upon the same grounds that they
received State education. They are making
their graduates dissatisfied with the drudS-
cry and monotony of ordinary daily LABOR
They have given the colored race an OPP
portunity for advancement in the South;
are making them dissatisfied with their
lot and are forcing on solution OF the
race problem"
Is the above not enough to illustrate the
revolutionary situation both among whites
and blacks? Is it not time for every SEN
sihle. pea ce-loving American citizen to
call for the abolition OF the system that
is-nroducing results working national dis
Indignation?